New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-09
STRAUS MEMORIAL
UNVEILED AT MACYS
Bronze Gift of 5000 Employees
Dedicated to Merchant
and His Wife.
1000 ATTEND CEREMONY
Tributes to Titanic Victims Paid
by Store Manager and by
Jesse Straus, Who Re
ceives Tablet.

A bronze memorial tablet to Mr.. and
Mrs. lsidor straus, who persisted on the
Titanic, was unveiled yesterday afternoon
I'm the auditorium OF Mays store. More
than 5000 employees OF the company Of
which Mr.. Straus was head bore the ex-
pense Of the memorial Below the por-
traits Of the store owner and philanthro-
pist and his wife, shown in bass-rellef
was this inscriptions:
Their lives were beautiful and their
deaths glorious.
This tablet IS the voluntary token OF
sorrowing employees"
At o'clock the large hall on the eighth
hoor OF the Macy Building was crowded
with employees and their families. Includ-
ing friends OF tho straus family. who sat
upon the platform. there were at least
400 present
The tablet was presented on behalf OF
tho employees b. Sylvester Byrnes. gen
eral manager OF the store. Jesse ].
Straus. son OF Isodor Straus. accepted IL
on behalf Of his family.
This tablet said Mr. Byrnes. rs the
mute token OF the sorrow and grier. the
appreciation and affection OF more than
five thousand. This gathering and these
simple ceremonies are the result Of the
suggestion Of young girl. ono Of the en-
ployes OF this store. and within this tablet
are the names OF every employe OF the
store. The eagcrness with which the sug-
gestion was adopted. and tho unanimlty
OF the spirit which carried It out. are a
measure OF the affection in which Mr. and
Mrs Straus were held
We knew Isidor Straus not alone as an
employer but as friend. one who made
even the lowliest Of his employees the OBJ
ject OF his earnest solic.tude"
Miss Eleanor Hess, seven-yesr-old
grandchild Of Mr.. and Mrs Straus. with
drew the draperies from the tablet.
1T Ia a touching evidence OF your depth
OF feeling" said Jesse Straus, who re-
ceived the tablet, that you have included
tribute TO our mother. whose sympathy
and affection for all OF you was no less
warm for the fact that she came into less
close contact with you.
This tablet, so beautifully conceived
and wonderfully executed, bearing an IN
scripticn Of such sweet sentiment. you are
TO place with rare judgment in position
in which thousands will for the first time
be made to realize the possibility of real
loyalty and affection on the part OF an
army Of employees for an employer. II Will
thus bear a world wide message. as IL
bears a message to US, that kindness and
consideration, characteristics so marked
in our parents, most with cordial re-
spouse. Your example and that OF our
parents will be heralded and emulated. -
Mr. Straus reminded his hearers that HIS
father had started life as an employs
himself.
Mrs Cyrus +. Sulzberger, who had been
active with Mrs. Straus in various charl-
table works, spoke Of the qualities OF
mind and heart that endeared Mrs. Straus
10 all who knew her"
Justice Greenbaum, OF the Supreme
Court, who succeeded Mr.. Straus as head
OF the Educational Alliance, paid a trib-
ute TO the memory Of his predecessor.
The tablet. In the back OF which is a
box containing the names of all the Macy
employees who contributed to the fund,
will be set in the wall of the Broadway
and oath street entrance.
Among the guests present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Straus. Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
/. Straus and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert ~. Straus. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Roth
child, Mr.. and Mrs ). +. Rothchild. Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Rothchild Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. G, Blum. DR.. and Mrs. Albert
Hess, DR.. and Mrs. Richard Well. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert A. Scheffel. Judge and Mrs.
Irving Lehman, Roger W. Straus. Nathan
Straus. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Blum and Mrs.
Henry Brill.