Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-29
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.
Kit Carson Post, G. A. r., Entertains
It's Friends.


Several hundred friends and members OF
of the Potomac. G. A. r., assembled last
evening in the main hall. q. A. r. building.
1412 Pennsylvania avenue, for the purpose
of celebrating the thirty-ninth anniversary
Of the post An elaborate musical and
literary program was rendered.
Mr.. c. S. Wilder. post commander, opened
the meeting with an address of welcome.
He then gave orders for the military guard
of the post to come forward and present
the flag, which was done while the music
Of fife and drum resounded throughout the
hall. The audience arose and sang 1.-The
Star Spangied Banner and the Takoma
Chorus, under the direction of Mr.. James
w. Dyer, sang Americas national anthem.
Mr.. George H. Lillbridge, member OF
the post. sang tenor solo and received a
hearty encore. Mrs. e. v. Wilcox recited
1.-THE Opening Battle OF the Revolution"
which Is an extract from a sketch by
George William Curtis. Mrs. Wilcox's
recitation opened with the noted ride Of
Paul Revere and treated of the battle Of
Lexington and Concord AS an encore Mrs
Wilcox recited Kipling's poem on the
British soldier, Tommy Atkins" Mr.. W.
H Scholz. accompanied by Mr.. E. S. Gee.
gave Alteration and "Jocelyn" on the
violin.
Rev. DIR. George Bailey, pastor of the
Western Presbyterian Church, delivered an
address. He made appropriate remarks
on the anniversary of the post and then
spoke of the work done by the men of
the country. Several instances in the his
tory of this country were referred to, and
he said: Gen. George Washington was shot
at by the Indians many times during the
battle under Gen. Braddock, but he was
saved until his work was done. President
Abraham Lincoln endured difficulties in ac-
quiring an education that men of the pres
ent age could not stand, and he lived to
Ix with taof fnod
The life of William Mckinley was also
referred to. DR.. Bailey spoke of the perils
of Ignorance in this country because of the
indiscriminate immigration of people, and
stated that to stop this we ought to con-
slider whether there should be an open door
in this country. Uncle Sam has not the
thousands of acres to give away he had
several years ago. The saloons of the
country were denounced by DIR. Bailey as
an American institution that destroys the
lives of thousands of people"
Mrs. E. S. Gee gave monologue. The
Telephone Girl" Mr.. Arthur NJ. Middleton.
bass solo; trumpeter Of the Artillery
Corps at Fort Myer, Va. sounded the
bugle calls; Miss Mary Buford Smith re-
cited Independence Bell" Miss Laura Col
Chorus rendered 20 Columbia! o Italia!
Italia Belovedp' The finale was the singing
Of America" by the audience.
The members of the Takona Chorus,
Sedtec OH tiIe stage, were MTS h1OOTeS MIS-
Smith. Mrs. Neall, Miss Hopkins, Mrs.
Washburn, Mrs. Easterling, Mrs. Rhine,
Mrs. Jackson. Miss Bailey, Miss Perry,
Miss Gould, Mrs. Shear. Mrs. Perry, Mrs.
Miller. Miss Russell Miss Stuart, Miss
Skinner. Miss Gilbert, Mrs. Brainard. Mrs.
Walters Miss Miller, Miss Dexter, Messrs.
Head, Rhine, Washburn, Mccoy, Shedd,
Walters, Smith, J. N. Jackson, Norman
jackson. Perry, Neall, Shear Easterling.
Director James w. Dyer and Prof. Johns,
pianist.
The committee of arrangements consisted
of Capt. Robert Armour, chairman: Messrs.
T. S. Upton, Col. G. c. Niffin, John Bresna-
han, e. S. Johnson and Dr. E. A. Duncan