The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-22
GAYNOR ABLE AGAIN TO SPEAK
TALKS, mr. WITH DIFFgCtLTE,
AT A CHURCB DINNER.
~ Times His Voice breaks hut tie Makes
Himself Heard-Ha AZ the Ministers
who'd Have Al Things Reformed

at Ouce-Elad There's No smoking,
temperance "A an after dinner speaker
la the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria,
The occasion was the sixteenth annual
dinner Of the Collegiate Club % New York
and was commemorative of the 25Ih
anniversary Of the Collegiate Reformed
Church of Harlem.
smoking was not allowed at the dinner
and mineral water ruled ON the tables.
Both facts moved the Mayor To- comment
IL was apparent to those who heard
him that the Mayor has been wis. IN
limiting his public sp"ahing. He spoke
\ IN low tone and slowly. and Will. IN the
main those ahou, heard him, vet Their.
were times when there was IA quaver
or the ton. went high when IL was eN>
p-c'ed ,o tall ar when it died away in .
husky whisper Their. We're words which
only those very near him could under
stand distinctly. hw everybody strained
ears. and there was never a more art-n>
tive aud.no.
,aaol- the ma Iurltv II the gal herring seemed
At "A glanC. 20 b. women Tbs j. eN.
planned bv the fact that the club decidad
to allow th. wives daughters and friends
It it, members 10 participate. George
h TAYLOR. president of the club. acted
a. ,oastmasrer. Mavor Gaynor being
seated a; hts lett. and }. X Planter. thu
Consul General of the Netherlands. ou
his right
Other at thu speakers tahl" We're the
Rev DIR James Rurr-ll ~ th. Marble
Collegiate church. 4 r. Clearwater,
pr~-iden, # the Holland Society: the Rev
Or Parkes tadmaN Of the Central
iongreg itional church. Brooklyn IN"
Rev DR. Jane. = Kittell II the First
Reformed Church. Albany; William 4
Marble. president general of the Sons Of
the American Revolution: the Rev DIR.
William Il y. Demares' president OF
Rutgers College: the Rev DR. J Preston
SeIrle. president OF the Theological
Seminary at New Brunswick. the Rev
Oscar VI. Noorhi-. president NJ the chassis
# New York; the Rev Benjamin T.
Dickhiut of Jamaica and the Rev r.. y
Ralston Of PouRhkeepsie- John J
Hopper. late Independence League can
iidate for Governor was Also mentioned
in the La. Of diners There We're something
lik. $50 others
When the Mayor was introduced there
was prolonged applause and everybody
got a. close to ,h. platform a. pos~ible
When | accepted The invitation to come
here -aid the Mayor. Il though would
be- abl" TO do my share Of talk ing. as l
generally do when ! 20 TO banquet
But I suppose | shall hav" rroubI. IN
max ing myself heard IN a room a. large
a. this
IL | am not altogether mistaken
continued the Mayor his voice gaining
strength. til. Dutch reformed Church
was on. Of the first established in this
part OF the world can't speak by th.
book regarding this. but the fact that II
has been established go years shows that
W. arr growing quite old in this country
Your denomination IL growing TO be- a |
very large one. not only here. hut all I
over tn. country Won have churches |
III sections now where formerly the
people never saw a DutChman
The Mayor spoke OF the grea' power OF
This time his voic. had grown little
husky
But h. said everything OF good in |
the world Is of slow growth Things tina,
arr. done IN hurry ar. badly don. Every, ,
thing of good comes to maturity by slow
degrees You must not bs discouraged
4 you cannot do everything AZ once
There are few ministers in New York
and n To- Va of no hr think har h..M .p1H /
can do everything at once They want
everything good don. IN on. dav Some
others make more noise and do less nan
all III. others put together They want
every gambling place closed and every
wrong thing stopped But IL takes tim.
TO do This II cannot be done in a day
Ministers have been preaching from the
time Of Jesus Christ but they haven't /
got the people yet 10 observe the Ten !
Commandments fairly we'll.
Yet many 81 them think the Mayor
can do everything IN iwenty-four hours |
They have no pafienc. whatever. Some
nave no conception 81 patience. soma
% my friends would call upon me io act |
n they saw a man spit upon the Brook
lyn Bridge. while others complain that |
there are too many newspapers dropped !
down al the foot Of the elevated rail ,
way
The Mayors voice by this time came
with an evident effort. hut he bravely
held his ground
Il have said NOR. 10 you than ok
pected TO say" he cont Dued and per
haps you have been abb" to hear m. be-
cause this room il no; filed with tobacco.
have often had 10 speak IN a room where
my eyes smar'ed with tobacco smoke
and sonnet hing else This was greeted
with laughter.
II! this were banquet held when this
church was Dedicated 80 years ago
the Mayor went on. with glanc" at the
bottle Of mineral water before him.
"'her. would have been a bottle ~
schnapp- al every place. Even II You
are descrndant- 81 the Dutch Won have
changed considerably. and you have done
your -har. toward the development Of IN"
Wherever the Dutch have gone