New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-18
WAR At PEACE DINNER
Or. PeaSe Quits Table in Huff
When the Smoking Begins.
CARNEGIE MAKES MERRY
Lively Quips with General Sickles
Baron de Constant Guest
of Honor.

Though General Daniel F.. Sickles and
General Stewart L. Woodford and other
nominal warriors attended the peace din
ner at the Hotel Astor last night. the
only real man of war there was Dr.
Charles c. Pease Or Pease withdrew
from the dinner after the coffee had ap-
peared. because other guests insisted upon
smoking
The remainder Of the evening he put in
distributing tracts on the evils of smok-
ing 10 the "bellhops" in the hotel cor
ridors and penning protest to the press
When the dinner broke NJ he collared the
other guests. male or female. singly or in
groups 70 instil into their bosoms his
utter disgust
The dinner was given by the Board
Of International Hospitality Of the New
York Peace Society for Baron d'Estour-
nelles de Constant. Of Paris. a French
Senator and peace advocate. Andrew Car
regie, president Of the New York Peace
Society the greatest angel Of peace Of
his day as President John n Finley 81
the city College. called him, presided
Ladies and gentlemen and you. our
distinguished guest and General Sickles."
rupted by applause and laughter.
"T follow General Grants motto. Let Us
have peace interpolated General sick
les from the hack Of the room. "All the
women are with us in that"
Well general retorted Mr. Carnegie
r have always known You were more
deadly 10 sex than TO anything else"
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler. after pay
ns a glowing tribute n the work ~ Baron
d FstoUrrelles IN the cause Of peace. re
marked that he had observed from visiting
the baron 9 home IN France that he was a
combination M restraint ~ trade - reas-
enable combination" he fastened 70 add
He is the Mayor Of his Commune" sai1
Dr. Butler "a member Of the general
council NJ his department and a Senator.
combination IN restraint ~ political
trade, ar any rate"
The guest Of honor spoke enthusiastically
of the sentiment for world peace pervsd-
inz the whole United States. as he had felt
r. in his travels throughout the country
during the last TWO months He also paid
a high compliment 10 Andrew Carnegie for
his gift Of money and energy in the cause
and he predicted the dawn Of q new era
Of international amity.
Dr. Henry van Dyke taid that every one
who had been there brought something
back from France
''I notice pursued he. my friend Finley
has brought back a rolling Of the r-r-r-r's
which I hadn't marked in his speech be-
fore. I wonder how he got IL past the
Custom House"
Or. van Dyke also made the observation
that, after gazing At the array OF fair
women and brave men before HIM he
would describe the feast not as a eastron-
omical contribution 70 the cause OF peace,
but as something astronomical.
But during all the fun inside, Or. Pease
was smoldering without a smokeless
ember
That men'-he wrote 10 the reporters
that men deliberately assault women and
unofendins members or their own sex with
irritating and poisonous tobacco smoke
while attending a so-called peace dinner
is a disgrace 10 the movement. refuse
70 he n member OF the Peace Society while
such condition exists. as it is founded on
a wrong basis
The physician who lives a No. l0i West
72d street. and takes care that no smoker
shall pOllute the ~ street subway sta tlOn.
inclosed a letter which he had sent 70
William - Short. the secretary. saving he
would withdraw if smoking was permitted
A. the dinner
At the speakers table sat Andrew Car
uegie. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant,
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler. Dr. John II.
Finley. Dr Henry van Dyke. Or Adolphe
Cohn. William Frederick Dix r. Tileston
Wells. Francis Lynde Stetson and Pro-
lessor Samuel r Dutton.