New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
FAREWELL TO MISS TERRY
Brilliant Gathering at Dinner
Pays Tribute to Actress.
PRAISES FOR HER ART
In Reply Says She Can Never
Thank America Enough for
Kindness to Her.

They hade farewell 70 Ellen Terry laS'
night al a dinner in the Hotel Astor given
in her honor-farewell before her nome
trim 10 England on Saturday and hearty
tn,-fta,ton IN return 10 America soon The
sreecbes uere praises Of her art. Of her
personaIitv. If the work that she has done
for mankind but they were delicate and
subtle. and. like the huge hunch or hoNsrs
that will be sent n her Steamship on the
day of her departure. they were gathered
into one huge boHquet If admiration ana
laid AZ the feet Of the actress.
Miss Terry. in a flowing green Grecisn
gown. sat and listened to the continuous
violation of her Injunction not N praise
her on that occasion. \ radiant smile
would fit over her face At some tribute TO
her art. and again she would cover her face
with her hands as II TO deprecate the fer
vent admiration.
New York's artistic. literary. financial
and social circles seemed m have met 10
pay tribute 10 her. Miss ellen Terry sat
on the right Of Hamilton Wright Mabie.
who presided. and AZ tho guests table
with them were Mr. and Mrs Joseph II.
Choste, Kate Douglas WiGgin. Josephine
Preston Peabody Charles Ram Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. burlington and
Mr. and Mrs Norman Hapgood.
And at the other tables there were Mr..
and Mrs. William a Adr'arce. Amelia
Bingham. Mrs Elmer Black. Mss Kath-
crime Boyd. William a. Brady. Miss Kitty
/ Cheatham. Mrs. Terrill Clark. Rose CoSh-
| Ian Mrs H. G. De Mile. Nine. Andrea s
| Dippel. Or. Norman Diimann. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Simeon Ford. Mr. and Mrs George ]
/ Could. Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin. Mrs. J. Borden
| Hartman. William g. McAdoo. Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Herbert l.. Satteree. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry ". Taft. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Terry,
! Prince and Princess Troube etzkoy, Mrs
! Harold G. Willard Miss Carolyn Wells and
| Miss Sylvia Zan
We have come together" said Mr.
/ Mabie. the POSTMASTER. not to praise, bu
/ 10 recognize. and we arc honoring our
selves more than We do Miss Ellen Terry
| So long as We hear those immortal verses
| we shall recognize them as they were
! spoken by her She owes Shakespeare
much, but Shakespeare owes also quite a
great deal. We recognize her long distin
! guiSned career, and We express 10 her our
sense Of Indebtedness for that great ar
/ that represents human emotions"
Miss Terry said
don't know how to thank YOU for this
welcome 20 me. not "A welcome to a strange
land. but 70 one for which 7 have a true
anecton and where I have many friends
Americans are said 10 have shorter memo
ries than English people, to prefer anv-
thing new 10 the old. but whenever I re-
ngF .fraa 4 1fr- s1wH.
preston. ] md the name OF nv great,
. dead cOmrade Henry Irving. and his ap-
pearanCeS all over here still remembered
and appreciated ! find that. in spite OF all
me new buildings, new institutions. new
expressions which change the face OF
America every twelve months or so. Shake
speare IS no monumental mockery. but A
name still powerful to coniure with more
powerful by far than that OF Lord Bacon.
For the first time ] have come here alone
i mean, depending on my own unaideC
enorts TO entertain people in all parts ot
this vast land. To me your kindness has
been most wonderful "beyond-beyond
/ cannot begin 10 say Thank YOU" for
could never thank you enough. | am a
7 have bceu here I have for the first time
/ in my life found out what II means te
/ hustle. ] can only tell YOU that like it
Mr. Ely, my patient manager tells me- that
by the time ! return 10 England ! shall
/ have travelled 1900 miles Amazing. and
} I can't think that that has buoyed me up
/ Perhaps IL is the steam heat. know quite
well that IL is the sympathy. the good vii
/ Of my American friends, the love OF my
/ American friends. Well as some one has
/ said Love IS Gods doing So there's ar
/ end
/ Mr. Choa,e said that he had asked Mis-
/ Terry what he should say. and she tolC
/ him 10 cut IL short and not 10 praise her
80 he did not praise her, but he read ;
| telegram that did what he would have like
/ 10 do And then he recalled the days when
a. he put H. he was sent abroad for th'
good Of his country. and saw Miss Terr,
playing i'm London with Sir Henry Irving
/ "She has been a great educator Of man
/ kind and Of womankind," he declared. "an'
/ she has bestowed vast benefits over Eng
/ land and America. and a. long as she live
there will be no decline in grammar. He
work has been 10 eXalt 10 edify, TO rails
the character Of the stage"
! Josephine Preston Peabody read a poem
on Miss Terry. Kate Douglas Wisgin re
cited a piece in prose and Norman Hap
good and Charles Ram Kennedy sai'
many things complimentary 10 Miss Terry.