The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-29
Chicago ProdigaIs Gathered
In Chicago Last Night and
Richmond Man Made the
Principal Address.
HE SPOKE OF INDIANA'S
OUTPUT IN ALL BRANCHES
Praised the Authors, Business
Men, Statesmen and Journ-
aIistS and All Who Were Ad-
vanCing interests of State.

Chicago, Jan, 29.-The annual BAN
quet of the Indiana Society of Chicago
was given in the ballroom of the Con
gress hotel here last evening. 2,n
guests, practically every one of them
lndianans, were at the table. John :.
McCutcheOn, whose fame as a cartoon
list only equaled by his renown as Il
war correspondent, presided as toast
master at the post prandiaI program
which followed the discussion of the
menu.
The principal address OF the evening
was made by William Dudley Foulke
of Richmond. Ind Other speakers
were Booth Harrington. the novelist,
of indianapolis; w ID. Nesbit. the poet,
now of Chicago; VIII T. Hodge. the ac-
tor. starring in The Man From Home
and Daniel Fraser of Fowler.
FouIke Talks of Output.
Dudley Foulke of Richmond, Ind,
was given rousing welcome by the So
ciety. His theme was 'Indiana's Out
put. lie said Ill part
In a negro church in an Indiana
town the pastor thus addressed his
congregation: ''Brudderen and Sisters:
Ma sermon is divided into tree paints
de subieCk, de subjick mattah an de
'rousement' AS de hour is late We
will omit de fust two pahts and pro-
ceed directly to de 'rousement' And
l. a Il ~s.t.
the subject matter of my toast. when
come to think of il, are too gigantic
for after-dinner treatment. My ideal
of the after-dinner speech is that
which corresponds in length to the
skirt of the ballet dancer-"qui COM
mencait a peine ct finissait deja"
'Indiana's Output. If | go into
that subject as | should. where shall
begin and when shall I'end? And.
alas. | have not the Ethiopian qualifi-
cations for the "arousement" Indeed
great as is my delight to be among you,
| can not quite understand why | am
here. That saying. uttered by un-
known lips and foully attributed to one
OF her own sons. that "all bright men
come from Indiana. and the brighter
they are the sooner they come" is Il
saying that naturally appeals more
powerfully TO a Hoosier who lives IN
Chicago, than to one who dweIls I'm
Richmond. Where, indeed. could it
/ have greater vogue than here. where
/ the luminosity of the Indiana contin-
gent is the only thing that can pierce
the smoke, the gray sky and murky al
mosphere: How then, can the pos
| SCISSORS of this briIIiancy call upon
| those modest souls who still abide m
/ liOosierdom: Why should an electric
| light solicit cooperation from talloW-
candle: 1t must be from pity that
do it. or perhaps. with the gIilefui
purpose Of tempting us to forsake our
rural joys and share with you the
wickedness Of your metropolis. Would
| tat could describe the traits and the
triumphs of Indiana's output in liter
ature. ] would do it with the sympa-
thetic touch Of that artist who. in the
! basement Of No. 81 Washington street
OF your city. under the figure Of Il
charming lady, placed the seductive
words. John Robertson. portrait
painteT-beauties acceutuated ana Ike
ness preserved But alas, my slen-
der talents make such portraiture i'm
possible. | can only say, "Circum-
spice But is that not enough. When
we look upon ourselves who Of us Is
= there that can remain unconvinced
that Attica was barren indeed even
in intellectual achievements by the side
tophanes in the shadow OF Ale. Demos
themes al the feet Of Beveridge. or Per
| icles as the boss Of d little Athenian
toy machine, a Tudimentary screw Of
Archimedes. in comparison with the
Lusitanian turbine operated by the
mighty Fairbanks: Where were
Parrahasius and Euxis when compared
with our gifted toasrmasteTE There
is an utter lack Of perspective in cali
ing Charlottesville the Athens Of In
diana" better sense of proportion
will lead future generations TO consid-
er Athens as the CTawfordsyiile OF a
ruder and more barbaTous race.
Wear Violet Too Long.
Led for 50 many years through the
valley Of humility b. the meek and
lowly Beveridge. We have worn the
violet too long. Il is time 70 thrust
the sunfIoWeT through our button
holes. Walt Whitman sang himself
let us, to more majestic measures sing
ourselves. o that | had the power OF
Zeus to compel, not the clouds. bur
t1e recognition of the universe for thu
hegemony OF Indiana in all things thar
sparkle with divine fire.
Tn school in Denmark the problem
was given. Name six animals native