New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

II is proposed TO have this address read at INC
theatres in the afternoon and evening also. 1HeIe
win be many mass meetings, but the Ihosl nv"
worthy Will be those held in Cooper Onlon al
- IIo11 Tho e-rea+ hall of the College OF the CITY
Of Now York and the American Museum o. Nat
uraI History. The meeting at Cooper Cnlon' "telo
Lincoln delivered his first Eastern speech Oh
arv 27 1860 will be held at z p m On that &c
,.,o- +ba reading desk and chair which he USED
viii he brought out. There will be addresses py
Mayor Mcclellan. Joseph H Choate ana tne heE'
DIR LYMAN Abbott who will make the CnIeA au
dress Bishop Greer will act as chaplain 1heIe Is
= ,,aoioI signi6cance in DR.. Abbotts connection
NTH the meeting for when Lincoln came East TO
make the speech which was delivered IN cooper
Irnion IL was with the expectation OF giving 1t III
pvrnontb Church, OF which Henry Ward Beecher
- ,,orto- 0r Abbott was Beechers successor.
The plan TO have Lincoln give the ahoress N
Cooner Union was formed after ne hau accepteo
+ha invitation TO speak and without MS Kno"Ieuse
The other meetings will be held in the evening
music being an important feature. AT the CoAese
of the Ctv of New York Andrew s. Draper, Com
missioner of Education of New YORK state VIII
mako the chief address William W. Ellsworth OF
The Century Magazine will give his illustrated
lecture ..Iincoln-Boy and Man." at the American
N1,,se,,r, Of Natural History At Carnegie Hall
Richard Watson Glider will read poem and Gen
eral Horace Porter. the Rev. A " V. Raymond
and Bishop Alexander Walters Will speak There
will be anniversary meetings in thirteen of the city
arnories. Among those who will address these are
7 Thomas Heain, of Alabama, at the I'd Battery
Arruory, in The Bronx: Judge Alton b Parker, al
the 7th Regiment Arnory; Judge L. NJ, Rose, OF
Arkansas at the Sth Regiment Armory, Manhat-
tan; Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia. at the 18th
Regiment Armory. Manhattan and Senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew. at the list Regiment Armory.
In the evening also there viii be meeting IN
schoolhouse in each OF fortysix school districts
of the city. At the district meetings there will be
singing by school children the reading of Walt
Whitmans 20 Captain! My Captain!" and an ad-
dress by well citizen. Among the less promi-
nent celebrations of the day will be one conducted
the Young Mems Lincoln Club OF Five Points
When Lincoln was In New York IN 1850. Il is said
that he visited the widely known Five Points dis
trict Three years ego when group Of young men
Of this neighborhood Cmosty of foreign parentage)
they wished to give It the OF Lincoln. They
chose as their motto. with frmness in the right
as God gives us the right" words from Lin
coins second inaugural address This club will hold
an anniversary meeting. and nearly ali who take
part Will be of Italian parentage. Among those
who will make addresses will be William Ordway
Partridge who will speak about Lincoln in Italian
and the Rev. Dr. George P. EckInan. The club will
send Wreaths to Lincoln's birthplace and TO the
Hall of Fame. In this connection It is interesting
to recall that of the principal streets of Ca
tania the second city OF Sicily has long borne the
name, Via Lincoln
Another feature Of the anniversary Will be spe-
cial exercises in Plymouth Church and the marking
of the pew which Lincoln occupied when be at
tended service in that church IN 1860