The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-21
The FEAST OR ST. NICHOLAS
OBSERVED WITH ALL THE IRA.
DITIONS HONORED BY TINE.

Guests Invited 10 speak In q Llght vein"
Knock None Too Gently on Heads
That Are Raised Into Public View
A Good Word Said for H%OrSeraClng.
The invitations to the guests Of the st.
Nicholas Society at It's Easter dinner, held
last evening at Delmonioo's, said that the
'toasts are to be informal and the responses
in a light VEIN But for all that various
persons got oratorical wallops that we're
considerably to the point. The anti-raoe-
track campaign Of Gov. Hughes. for eK-
ample, and Mr.. Roosevelt, for another
example, and the Public Service Commission
and Tammany Hall, and yet others.
Somebody must have told Congressman
Mccall Of Massachusetts that one OF the
regular sports at a st. Nicholas Society
dinner is to josh the Yankees. Anyhow
he stayed away, but all the other invited
guests were there and spoke. William
Jay, president Of the society, was there In
all the panoply Of the presidents uniform,
and the famous old wooden rooster was
borne in and placed upon the table with
the customary procession Of colored per-
sons clad in watermelon suits. The church.
wardens we're there and some Of them
were smoked. In fact all the traditions
OF the society we're observed.
In the high seats sat Austen @. Fox,
Frederic Gallatin. Judge Charles @. Gar
rison Of the Court Of Appeals Of New Jersey,
Col. Norris G. Osborn Of New Haven, John
h. Planten, Smith +. Lane, the Oldest
member Of the society DR.. Frederick II.
Sykes and Frederic de p. Foster.
Others present included Stuyvesant Fish,
Joseph II. Auerbach, William Baylis.
George Blagdon, John q. Bowler. Jr.,
Beverly Chew, Justice Vernon M. Davis
Samuel V. Hoffman, Joseph Milbank.
Henry G, Swords, +. W. Rhinelsnder,
Alfred Wagstaf, h, n. Taller. John X. Van
Wormer, leonidas Westervelt and John C..
Breckenridge.
President Jay began the knocking in a
light vein by saying that he noticed on the
tables baskets OF colored eggs They we're
placed there out Of regard FOR the old GUS
tom Of rolling them. The man whose eggs
didn't break got the rest. Mr.. Jay said II
the stewards had consulted his wishes the
eggs would have been omitted this year.
because the old egg rolling custom was
clearly a form Of gambling,
Il yield to no one" said he. lin admira-
tion for our Governor. but | cant help
feeling sorry, and | think many Of the
older members will share the feeling Of
regret al the likelihood that racing IL to
pass away in this State. 1t was a pastime
Of our forefathers. suppose il was very
wrong Of them, but they did II. Our Gov
ernor IL a very good man, but | can't help
thinking that in this matter he is perhaps
a little narrow. he Is a Christian and u
good one, but he belongs to a branch OF
the church that Is perhaps not as broad as
some. think have heard that he is a
Baptist"
Judge Garrison said he had come from
the rural district Of Jersey to see the great
oity and that az he walked up from the ferry
he was a little disappointed not to see any
Of probabilities whose pictures he had seen
in the papers. He didn't expect to see
Lydia Pinkham, but he had thought he
might see William X. Hearst perhaps and
he had wanted to see II Mr.. Hearst really
Tesembled a watermelon Jack O lantern
with the candle blown out. One Of his
neighbon had told him that was what Mr..
Hearst looked like.
Adrian H. Joline, one Of the receivers Of
the New York City Railway, said he could
talk like Bryan or Roosevelt or Bourke
the man without a party. and he
inclined to be glad Of il. Presently he
10 talk shop and declared that with
the aid Of the Public Service Commission
he and Mr.. Robinson, the other receiver OF
the New Iark City Railway, hoped soon
to be- able TO improve the street cars OF
the city TO such a point that every man,
woman and child in the city should when
ha On aka NAgl a gUE l.. vR.VraIaA uraNh
sitting room. a bedroom and a bath.
Then he went on, I'VE have got horse
,ars. Where else can you find a city Of
he first class in this country that has horse
ars? Think Of thatl Why do we main
them? Why, for the same reason
hat thoroughbred racing IL maintained in
his State-to improve the breed Of horses
" course.
I'VE have a noble Public Service Com
he continued with a touch Of
rony. Perhaps II behooves me to be
in what ! say about them owing
o the bulge they have on me, but |
lines wish they would try TO help US and
lot hinder us, and that they wouldn't sen
heir orders 10 the newspapers before
hey let us know about them,
Mr.. Joline was Of the opinion that we
rave the most remarkable city government
n the world. Efforts had been made 10
,ring il about 80 that the city officers should
" chosen by the men who pay, the tax
layers. but that the Legislature had in
voted down this proposition
md the city's money was now disposed
4 largely by men who didn't contribute
dollar Of il,
Col. Osborn and DR.. Sykes also spoke
in light vein"
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