The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-19
PILGRIMS GREET KITCHENER
NAILED as GRGATEar ACTIVE
SOLDIER LIVING.


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Triha'e 70 Mlm 10 Peaeemaker,
The bARpipsa skirled for Kitchener
% khartum last night at The Waldorf.
The Pilgrims. whose guest he was. chsored
him nightly. Orators decorated their
speeches with stories Of his victories.
Joseph X. Choats hailed him a. the great
cot living soldier % the aee In active
service. And through IL ali Kltchenor
% khartum smiled deprscatingly. while
his rugged face. burned by eight years
Of Indian suns. turned terra Gotta.
IL 10 the habit Of the Pilgrims 70 honor
visiting Englishmen Of Tenown. and fairly
they Outdid themselves last night 90
compliment the Man Of OmAurman. Al for
Lord Kitchener. any eye could go that
he was having a bully time In spite Of
the compliments that were cracking
around his head. With Mr. Choats on
his LETT and Attorney General Wicker
sham on his right. he laughed straight
through tho dinner. IL 70 q mistake
10 think that Kitchener Of Khartum
doesn't know how TO laugh.
Perhaps the English Field Marshal
was in keener humor for q bit Of Joke
he had on bis hosts. They bad sst !
o'clock ~ the hour for Q reception in
the. Asbor Gallery. when all the guests
could have an opportunity 20 shake hands
with him. Seven o'clock came and 80
did Kitchener. He was punctuAl 20 the
dot. But Of the Pilgrims q bare half
dozen were there 90 greet him. Their
experience OF New York public dinners
had not led them On bslieve that anybody
would ever arrive On time.
But thers was almost Immediately n
steady stream oatail coats and white shirt
fronts. George T. Wilson. at Lord
kitchensrs right hand. resolved ths
whispered names Of tho gIie@ts and ~
peatsd them 60 Kitchener. who shook
hands with everybody WHISTLER he caught
the name or not and occasionally said a
few words Ia old acquaintance. Toward
the end OF the recspaiOn there vas haFsly
standing space in the AstoF Gallery and
Lord kitchsneT was bsmmed in a. tightly
A. the Dsrvishes ever had him.
The sqtisslina ard the whining OF the
hagpipes gave the call tn dinner. lord
Kitchener threw up hrs head when hc
heard The Campi'eIls Are Coming He
smiled in obvious delight when the bag
pipers swung by with = gigantic drum
ina jor. John 4 Rowe. twiriinR q poli.hed
haton. John Rowe served under the
Field Marshal when Kitchener was only
a Colonel in India. aud he found mean-
later ia the evening Of letting the guest
Of honor know how proud he was To pipe
him in Ia dinner
From time 90 time whiIe tho courses
were being served the bagpipsrs made the
Circuit OF the grand ballroom. RorReous
IN their stuart tartans, their uniforms OF
the Black Watch. the FoTty-second
vi ghlanderH. Kitchener observed with a
smile that the drummer wore Anglo
Indian fashion IeopaTd's skin - his
drum apron.
A. tho guest table Lord Kitchener was
plaocd bctw@~n Mr. Choate thu toast
master, and Attorney General 0eOrgc W.
Mtckernham, who represented the preNi-
dent 81 the United Stafes To the right
Of Mr.. Choafe was Mayor William J GAY
nor. Sscr~taTy Il the Navy GsOrR. Won
lenRerks Never. Bishop David n Greer.
Alfred Mitchell Inn~as % tho British Fan
hassy. Prrsident Nicholas Murray Butler
Of Columbia. Paul Morton. Patrick Francis |
Murphy. Morgan J. O'Brien. Rear Admiral
I'harSss ID. Siesb-e. Brig Gen Walter |
Howe. L =. A.. Iieut Col. X B. James |
81 the British Embassy. Tol Hugh l.. !
s so,, .nI'. s,nn1 e the Military
New York University. United States Dis |
'rict Attorney Henry A Wise Capt.
! harl'-s y SOwerby X y. - the British
Embassy. Lloyd h SAnd. son. Rolp-rt !
traisr Munro and Robin NJ. Morgan
To the left u tn. toastmaSteT at ths.
RI. Hon. Sir Walter Heiy -Hutchin.on.
q. 4. N. "a: Cornslius y Biias. CosIrtsnav |
Walter B-nuett g. ! D the British Con-
.ul-Ci-n-rAl. J'Hdg- T. Henry l.acombe.
Major t'en~rAi Charles Rne. Pr--isseoI
JacOb Could SchurnAn of Cornell. Alex
und"T 4 Humphreys. Cot DANIEL Atul..-
ton. Capt Cameron Mo- WINSTON \ |
y District Attorney charles y Whitman.
n" k-v DT William I Manning Polis,.
commissioner Baker EsmoDd Ov-y Of /
,re British Embassy. ti-orGe Massey and J
J ines Evans.
~ ih- Others present ~ ou- Ut th,. ,n..t I
u ,situg'Tsh-d gatherings ever h-lsi 40 1
N'S YORK "a honor of a VISITING celebrity 7
there Ncr" the Marquis de B..auVo,T
MAJOR ) q b-.c .iOTd. Harry - Black
.'-Org~ boldt. k~ar Admiral Richard Z
I iON~T. william y corey. Fr,aieri~k n I
, uiI,Isrt John o. Iritnintn- Julian 4 I
lavi"s Judge John =. Dillon. William
butler Duncan. Jr Ms tOF lien G.-, REF I
fllioit Ut the I u,i"d STATES Marine. orl,.
SiuVv-Ssrt F1sh. All'-rt D.. GIllAtin.
James HEyluy. William 10 HoIIi.t.r. Ii.n
IhOrna u Hubbard. OiIy Cha,nLsrIAin
! baris.- ~ hyie. Gcu bGaVfOn Ives
IHto II Kahn. NUosihury I-lnkutou l.
$50 ly-,iyard. l. D lSor,-e. FrrdeTick
lo~n-''d MARIN. John q Milburn,
isNNffN bEuNus FFhlt'ts N fen0letOn. |
Philip khInsland-T. Z Oakley Rhine
andeT. Col. Jacob RUPERT. JT. Jacob n
Schin Major HeTi-rt J. Slocum. Iispeu-
ard SI-Sart. D.. y. Tailer. Gen. BENJAMIN
}. Tracy. col. George Curtis TreadwsII,
Gov. Hughes: n II Nree-
and, William J. Wallace. Gen. Thomas l..
v atson. Fredsrick W Whit ridge and
George 7. WILSON. who was in charge Of
he arrangements.
Mr.. Choafe arising AT o % O'Clock p NJ
Iroposed q toast 60 the President of the
United States. Il was a roaring cheer,
,rOlonged by the hand which plaved
Tbs Star SpAngled Banner George
]. Wilson. who was here and there and
seeing that there wers NO
hPup- To mar ths dinner. led the cheering ,
With the energy and ths xeSbIres % a
ell leader at . football game Mr. Choate
'TOpos-d nett a toast 20 the King. which ,
Tas drunk with tho active Mr. Wilson
winging hrs arms like q windmill IwaV ,
'ack IN the room when tbs cheers fell
way a most enthusiastic Englishman
iArted up with q TinGinGlcry:
And a tigah'" .
40 they gave tho tiger for good measure
nd Kitchener treated himsoll and the
anqueiers to a palpable laugh. ,
There was = third toast and more cheers !
Or William Butler Duncan, president Of ,
he Pilgrims of the Unitsd StAass who :