New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-13
MEMORIES OF LINCOLN.
His Simplicity and Patience Recalled
bu RepIHcan Club Guests.

The woman's Republican Club had the gooo
fortune 10 have for guests at its Lncoins bir'h-
day luncheon. which took place yesterday Al
Delrnonico's three persons who had seen Lincoln.
They were General Stewart L. Woodford. Mrs
lille Devereux Blake and Mrs. Charlotte VII
bour
MIS- Blake had seen Lincoln on several occa-
sions. and always and everywhere she was I'M
pressed by his great simplicity and his look OF
patient endurance.
.eae suffered with every solder who fei' she
said and the sadness reminded her OF HUG
compliment Lincoln once paid her.
at was SO long ago." she said. that perhaps
may be permitted 20 repeat IL was al
white Bouse reception, and the President looked
so sad and so tired that I felt IL would be cruei
10 force him 20 shake hands with me. But as
,rss raising him with a more distant salutation
bs extended his hand. I said. Forgive me- MI
president I thought you must be too tired 10
shake hands No. when it's with pretty
lady, he answered
General Woocford was present az the nomina-
tom of Lincoln. and from the gallery sew tne
elevation in the convention o. twenty OF thirty
enormously long rails together with a big pla-
card announcing, These are the rails old Abe
-gplit-
-tza was NOT the man that wished TO see
nominated" commented General Woodford.
.sut I have lived long enough TO be reverenty
grateful for my disappointment
In conclusion General NoodIora saaa: .,
Cha future On you will rest the responsibility
An the next great hour Of stress when the stars
are weeping blood To you will be the ISSUE TO
MS. wiIbour had seen lincoln only on the
lecture platform, but she had read some OF MS
unpublished letters and had gained from them
m Immersion of the writer's infinite sweetness.
Il felt after reading those letters" said Mrs.
wtBbour, that this country had entertained an
angel unawares."
other speakers were Attorney General Julius
II. Mayer. Congressman william s. Bennett and
James II. Hickey. The president MIS- j. u.
Wentz. presided.
Other guests were Mrs Stewart L. woodford,
Miss Mary @. Hay, president OF the Daughters
Of Indiana; Mrs George 7. Stevens. president OF
the New-Engiand Society: Mrs Samuel j.
Kramer, regent OF Washington Heights Coun-
ell OF the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton; Miss Lathrop, regent Of New York
City Chapter. Daughters of the American Revo-
luton; Mrs. Emma BeckWith, president OF the
Daughters OF Ohio in New-York; Mrs Arthur
7. Seymour, regent OF Nathaniel Woodruff
Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolu-
don Mrs. Howard McNutt- president OF MI
nerva; Mrs Harry Wallerstein. president OF the
Rubinstein Club and the West Side Club;
8frs. II. III. Dunklin, president OF the Dixie
Club; Mrs James H. Parker, president Of New
York Chapter. United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy; Mrs. Harriette NJ. Johnston-Wood.
president OF the Portia Club and the Business
WOman's League; Mrs. Charles Conrade Ruth
rauff, president of the National Society Daugh-
tiers of Ohio; Mrs. Helen Secor TONES, president
OF the Woman's West End Republican Associa-
ton; Mrs. Charles w. Fisk, president OF the
Brooklyn WOman's Republican League; Mrs
z. A. Flint, president OF the Mount Vernon
Woman's Republican Club; Mrs. John Fowler
TrOw. president Of Post Parliament; Mrs. Dore
Lyon, president OF Eclectic; Mrs. Belle de Rivera,
president Of the New-York City Federation of
Women's Clubs; Miss Jennie Pomerene presi-
dent OF the College WomRn's Club: Miss MAZDA
CEstehun. president OF the Woman's University
Club; Mrs. Esther Herman, Miss Emile NJ
Bullowa, Miss COrrie Scheffer. OF Holland: Miss
Helen VaricF Boswell and Mrs. Cornelia Stew
art Robinson.
The ballroom was transferred into bower OF
greenery for the occasion and literally deco
rated with flags. The souvenirs were bonbon
boxes with Lincoln's portrait the cover.