Arizona republican., 1907-02-13

at yesterdays meeting was under the
 department of history, Mrs. Dwight B.
 Heard being in charge. The room
 was decorated with flags and pictures
 of Lincoln and Lincoln scenes. such
 as his Springfield home. pictures of
 the monument erected in his memory
 etc.
 The program began with a club
 chorus, the selection being God of the
 Nations" sung to the tune of the An
 vii Chorus. This was followed by a
 quartet composed of Mrs. Dameron.
 Mrs. Barnes, Professor Hughes and
 l.. D. Coggins. The song was Flag of
 the Free
 Mrs. Heard then read paper en-
 titled "Glimpses of Lincoln's Life Be-
 fore the Age of 21." IL was replete
 with incidents of the great presidents
 boyhood. many of which were more
 than usually interesting. for they were
 not the same old stories told lover and over again. but new ones gather ed together from different places. stories that had not become familiar
 by frequent relation.
 Prof Hughes sang Just Before the Battle. Mother" as a solo with tba other members of the quartet assistinp- Tn the chorus. It was an excellent rendition by all.
 Miss Kendrick followed with de-
 hghtful talk which was to use an ex- pianatory phrase. a second hand ac- count of personal recolIections of Mir Lincoln. To be still more explana- tory. William Pickrell of this city is probably the only one in Phoenix who Knew MT. Lincoln personally. He lived 'h springfield as boy and young man. When MT Lincoln was the central figure in the country and claimed the same city as his home. He has vivid reeoilections of the great statesman ana mad spoken of them to Miss Ken drlck Who in turn gave the club the benefit of them.
 lie recalled among other things Mir. Lincoln's second campaign. when he had refused to make any noIiticaI speeches but under stress of the earnest appeal of his friends and helshbors. he consented to make one h'tie talk Co the people of his home town and NIT. Pickrell was fortunate enough to hear that speech. Lincoln started to the appointed place in carriage, but before he reached there the admiring crowd stopped the team. and pulling him out of the vehicles. in sisted on carrying him on their shoul- derS. The incident was a great deal more flattering than pleasant. to Mir Lincoln. who felt almost like q man who was being mobbed by his friends He said that he feared that he yyould not have a sound rib left in his frame by the time he reached the platform. Beiore he started his address he gave orders that his carriage should b. driven alongside the platform so that when he had finished he could lean into 1t ard drive away from the en- thusiasuc populace. This plan was carried out and he was successful in getting away without suffering from a too violent appreciation. He was not the first statesman nor the last. who needed saving from his friends. but the manner was a little different from some others.
 The assassination of Lincoln was mentioned and the funeral train. the arrival of which in Springfield was distinctly remembered bv Mir. Pickrel. | who recalled its decorations and some thing of the personality of the nOtables who attended. A train ran before and another followed the one on which the body of the dead president was car 'ied. The monument erected to Lin ,oln's memory was also described in letail, and pictures of it were shown. The description included the signin- canoe of the various sculptures that ornament the four sides of it. one each being symbolical of the infantry. the cavalry. the Artillery and the navy.
 After Lincoln's death a guard was placed over the burial place for a time and after the guard Was removed. it was related that men were caught in he act of trying to steal the body | Later. when it was finally inferred. it was placed within a solid cement en- closure twelve feet thick
 Mrs. Dameron sang "Tenting To- night with the assistance of the quartet in the chorus. after which Mrs. i Heard read Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. It was subsequently, stated | n the discussion concerning this speech. that on the occasion of it's | delivery Mir. Lincoln was most de- | pressed. He had first prepared his l short speech on the back of the invi- | ation sent him to make the address. This was done while he was on the | rain en route to the battlefield. Ar | lying there Edward Everett. as the | orator of the day, had delivered a | ong and impressive address. At it's | conclusion he was enthusiastically | lpplauded. After Mir. Lincoln's short | 'peech, not a sound of applause was | leard and he returned to Washing | on, feeling that he had really made a | complete failure. that he had not done :. 'redit to himself or the occasion. and | { was months afterward before he | appreciated that the speech was a | lotable one and his words were too impressive to permit of noisy approv- H. It was one of those times wherein ilence was more significant than any loisy testimonial
 The program ended yesterday by the inging of the Battle Hymn of the Re public by Miss Laura Knagg. who was assisted in the chorus by the club horus.
 'AN-KENTUCKIAN