New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-17
FROM ENDS OF EARTH.
Wanderers, Foregathered, Listen to
Mark Tzcain and Others.

Where do you come from
/ come from the ends OF the earth"
What for?"
10 study the language"
With this greeting before them members OF the
organization known The Ends of the Earth
held their third annual banquet, at the Hotel Sa-
Voy, last night and listened to "reminiscences and
anecdotes from wanderers ali the face OF the
globe. The organization Is quite informal one.
1t has clubhouse and no dues. but in its mem
bership included such persons as Admiral
Dewey. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Winston
Churchill Ernest Crosby General Sir Frederick
Lugard, of Northern Nigeria: Rudyard KipIng, Sir
A Conan Doyle. Commander Robert E Peary and
others well known.
Chief of the wanderers present was Mark
Twain. who is chairman of the honorary council
MI Clemens was a late conner. entering after the
dinner was over. escorted by Poultney Bigelow.
who is chairman of the working committee The
humorst in high good spirits. enjoying hearth
ly the Jests of his fellow speakers. and kept all
in roars of laughter when his turn came talk.
Introduced by General James H. Wilson. the toast
master. he said. in part:
don't quite get the hang of this club. II has
been described TO me by competent men. but now
Of business The secretary makes his report; there's
know What his report furnishes. except it doesn
furnish money. Why, you might as we'll be in the
do down there. for you'll probably come out all
And you all look so young. handsome and re-
spectacle. Why do you come from the ends of the
pose Now. I'm getting old: and when you get
old you will live on "reminiscences. And find it
very pleasant to live on "reminiscences.
Then Mr.. Clemens told how he originated Null
berry Sellers and how Charles Warner persuaded
him to change the name to Escol Sellers He went
on:
One day I was in Philadelphia. tall. deter
mined looking man walked Up 10 me and gave us
He Mas the Te Ec & OUT He o. o 5oke ike
business--So we took IL out.
Mr.. Clemens next told how he first came to
lecture in NewYor the Cooper Institute. thirty
nine years ago. He said;
You know the place; it's down in cellar Well,
I went there-once-and I've never been there
again; There re was SIS in the house The lecture
there The thlrty-hys At dollar head were the
and wanted TO find out.
An anecdote of his trip to the Holy Land fol-
lowed. He told how one of the party spoke Of the
place as the scene of Christs sojourn on earth and
went on:
And And this Is where He will walk again on his
Englishman in the party.
Yes, once the man replied.
Then you don't want to see il again, do you2
For of all the God-forsaken countries on the globe
this is the worst. The Saviour saw It once; He
won't want see it again.
The eventual domination of the Anglo-Saxon
was lne DurQen OF many OF the remarks. General
Wilson told a story of Richard Croker, in connec-
ton with Imperialism. The ex-Tammany cheftain
returning TO America. General Wilson said.
when on board ship the conversation at the dinner
table turned on imperialism.
What is the meaning of Imperialism passen-
ger asked Mr.. Croker.
1T means kill every son OF gun who can't speak
the English language" he replied
There were many other speakers. including Pro-
fessor E. S. Morse. who lauded Japanese cfviliza-
ton something superior 10 the Western brand;
Captain Thomas Franklin, of West Point who told
of his experiences in China and the Philippines:
Colonel T. L. Livermore. of Boston: ex-Com-
modore Robert Z. Tod. of the Atlantic Yacht Club:
Colonel D. L. Brainard and F. Hopkinson Smith.
the latter of whom told "darkey' stories exceed
ingly well. and Captain W. Wyndham. the British
Consul at Boston
Some other Wanderers present were B. Bowyer
Vaux, Charles Trller. Major z. st. ]. Gieble How
ard Mansfield. H. ". Thayer. Professor Fred Wells
Williams Madison Grant, Professor H II. Donald
son, Charles R. Miller, Major W A. Wadsworth.
Charles H. Isham and Colonel Charles Ledyard