The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
FEAST FOR HARMONY
Democratic Women viii Have
Dolly Madison Dinner.
MRS. CLARK is TO PRESIDE
Wives Of other Presidential POSSIBLE
tiles Will Sit at Chief Tabie-Mrs.
Cleveland Has Been Invited
a. Guest Of Honor.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-The woman Demo
Gratis of Washington are to have a
Harmony Dinner on the anniversary
Of the birth of Dolly Madison, whom
they have chosen as the patron saint
Of female Democracy. Dolly Madison
was born 30 long ago that 1t would
be ungallant to give the year, but the
month was May, and the day was the
twentieth. At the dinner will be sew
eral hundred women guests, all Dem
ocrats. The presiding officer by nat
ural right and natural choice will be
Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the speak
or OF the national house of represent
atives.
Mrs. Robert C. Wickliffe is recog-
nized, as was some centuries ago q
churchman namesake, as the morning
star of new movement. Mrs.
Wickliffe Is the wife Of the Democratic
representative in congress from the
Sixth Louisiana district. She had
only to impart her thought to other
women connected by marriage, parent
age or sisterly ties with the Demo
Gratis in congress to have 1t received
with enthusiasm and given the instant
force of propaganda. The only thing
about the whole affair which even In
sense is borrowed appears to be the
thought that a harmony dinner will
be abou. the right thing. 1t probably
will be remembered that the man
Democrats prepared and carried
through successfully a like affair on
the night of Jackson day, the anniver-
sary Of the battle OF New Orleans.
At the Jackson night feast Demo
cratic candidates for the nomination
for the presidency sat in elbow-to-el-
bow amity at the chief table. At the
Dolly Madison dinner Mrs. Champ
Clark. Mrs. William J. Bryan, Mrs. Os-
car w. Underwood, Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, Mrs. Judson Harmon, Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall, Mrs. John A. Dix.
Mrs. Eugene N. Foss, and MIS-. Will
liam Randolph Hearst will sit at the
first table to help give the grace Of
harmony with the grace OF other
things to the occasion.
Mrs. Cleveland May Be There.
1t is possible that Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land will be present at the dinner.
She has been invited, but it is not GER
tam yet that she will be present. II
Mrs. Cleveland shall come, she will
be, by right Of the fact that she is the
widow of president of the United
States, the chief guest Of the occasion,
but otherwise there will be no recog-
milton of rank. Mrs. Alton B. Parker
also may be present and these guests
called from a distance will have as
close table companions women de-
scendants direct and collateral OF sew
eral presidents of the United States.
Among the chief executives who will
be represented through posterity" are
Thomas jefferson, Martin Van Buren,,
Andrew Jackson, James Monroe and
John Tyler.
The younger generation OF Democ-
racy will be well represented on the
occasion. The daughters will be there
In numbers, "a goodly array" 1t Is
said OF Democratic youth and lowell
ness. The walls of the big dining
room are to do duty as a framework
for flowers. The music will be patriot
!, and not partisan, but the toasts in
part will be to the welfars OF Demo
cratic principles, to the deeds of Dem
ocratic women, and to harmony among
Democrats regardless of sex. Mrs
Champ Clark is to be the toast mis-
trcss.
What the Insects Cost.
In writing upon the subject OF a
bill recently introduced by congress
to protect the birds OF the United
States, William e. Brigham said this:
IF all the six hundred colleges and
all the college enGowments in the
United States should be destroyed to-
morrow, the insect tax of one year
net only would replace them, but
would leave a balance sufficient to en-
dow thirty-two new universities in the
sum of $10,000,000 each. It costs
more by many millions each year to
feed our insects than to educate our
20,000,000 children"
If the writer Of the above had want
ed further to impress home the neces-
sity of bird protection. he might have
added the statement of French scien-
list who after an exhaustive study of
the relation Of birds to agriculture
said that II the birds were annihilated
that man could not survive on the
earth for six months. When the
Trenchman's word was doubted, scien-
lists from all countries of the globe
came forward to substantiate his word
on the subject.
This Is the way that the Frenchman
summarized the matter. He said that
II the bird enemies of the insects
we're killed the destructive creatures
would increase SO rapidly that in a
few months every green thing on the
earth would be devoured and that
man would be powerless to keep pace
with the ravages of the insect enemy,
even though he used every known
means like poison and fire.
With the passing of the herbs and
the grass and the trees the animals