New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
HUGTENOT BAD PROPHET.
Nc7c RochCHc Didn't celebrate
LaHdiHg as lie ErpCctcd.

"Mcthiuks" said a grave, bearded HuEu'not
as b., st,TT,G ashore on the site of Now Rochelle
OF Jan, day 2-1 years ago. this Landing II
religious ,NlIcs who have r.d the fury of rers"-
cutiou in Franc. viii bocom, historic Post,rty
VIII c'l,hrat. This day with hoGt,iue s"lcmuity.
sayit@ prayers and singing hymns Ana these
poor saHa-'s whom We $50 .u paint and feathers
vii. mayhaT p" converted 20 our faith and v..
Join IN the revoroutja! THANKSGIVING
I'll, "Id Hugu,not had another think com
ing Fresh from the stern realism q tho
scoao~ following the revocation Of tae Elret Of
Naut,s and filled with the intense Is,ty of his
tim. D.. was right lu the belief thar pasr,-5tv
would c.i,irat, tn, arrival of the carav3 l.
Rochelle, lut he could not quite forero" the
mature II the celebration devised by frivolous
town 60 commuters IN the year 1909 There
woro f'v PRAYERS or hy INNS in connection with
tho affair pulled of 10y RochclIcan postcrity on
Jun, T. last Il wae big pageant all right
bcing something Of a cross between EGmalo
Bills SHOW and Droamland SPECTACLE arG the
real estate people said il was "nuo for business"
but there was little doing in the way Of rovcr-
ential Thanksgiving A. for converted Indians.
the real ones were converted long ago with pow
der and ball, and tho morals Of their imitation
descendants may be Judged hy the picture which
shows one Of thom tipping 0ask Of New Ro-
chclc frewator.
Oh. YOU Hu@ucnots! Things have changed
somewhat since IGAs. ana postcrity rather con
fuse the Edc, of Nantes with the baseball
score or tho Board II Health regulations. 10
disr"spcct Is meant. ana there is no intention to
deal blow at dignity and soemnity, but IL
Is rather funny to see the fashions Of a couple
of centuries a., k and. besides everybody knew.
who dressed mp in jackhoots. turnovc~
child's collars ana plUmcd hats to represent tho
religious oXilcs, and who was undrcsscd and
painted rcd to look Ike Siwanoy Indians No
on" could tax" fellow o"mnutcr seriously a
al 'Xil" or savage.
Tho show began at - =. IN. when a band of
whoorinG Indians ran through the crowd of
thcir civilized noichlors To- the theoretically
non-eNi~tcnt hoathouso of Il rowing club. piled
int" makc-bclicvc birch canoes and padded
swiftly over the imagined solitudcs Of the bay
toward HucIlchcrry Island cannon doomed
81 The ohirE- ana the spectators on the beach
coni"cturcd accurately that the approaching
HEgucn"ts had seen the savagcs ana were
elthcr salutinG or warning them.
Soon came sailing around the point the stanoh
ship la Rochelle. bearing the cXilcs from far
Gway France. The oXiIes in ja"khoots and
Slumcd hats must have felt lonesome indeed as
thcv stood on the deck of the humpy carayai
"a remodcilcd houschoaU ana surveyed the will
derncss Of the new world. Except the ssvagcs.
not . soul in sight, barring several thou
sand spectators. Besides the caravc and the
can""s, no other craft shared the dcsolatc waste
OF waters cavc multitude of power boats,
launches, small yachts and rowhoats. There
a profound silence, not considering the
roar Of applause that went up from the assem-
bleJ crowd but the Huguenots brave
They dropped anchor at the right spot and
made the historic landing in boats at Ronnofoi
Point They fraterniZed with the Indians and ali