The New York herald., 1922-01-08
President by Letter and
Governors in Person Show
Their Esteem.
FUN MAKING CUT SHORT
Frank A. Munsey Pays Glow
I ing Tribute to Virtues of
+ Great Journalist.

For twenty-five years (their whole
sprightly history the brethren OF
the Amen Corner had been too busy
until last night at the job of unswell-
ing the heads of statesmen and near
statesmen to single out a single in
dividual. however remarkable for
HcE2racter and achievements. as their
annual dinner guest of honor.
But last night at the WaldorfA
toria they broke the jestful habit of
years and called together $50 guests
of singularly varied activities and in
,fluence to assist them in paying honor
to Edward Page Mitchell. who was
for many years editor in chief of
The Sun and notable figure in the
polished literature of America.
You may or may not know that the
Brethren constitute a group of alert
and observing persons (eldsters nova
days. alack and alas!) wEo began
to meet in professional rivalry and
understanding friendship back in the
days when the Fifth Avenue Hotel
was the political center of all the
United States there were, and when
Boss Plat, holding forth in corner
of the hotel lobby, with red plush
sofa as his throne, dealt out political
wisdom like any Solomon. The group
has grown plump, or rick, but old
habits hold. They still josh those
worthy of joshing, and it required a
remarkable incentive for them to de-
part from their habit. In the life of
Mr.. Mitchell that incentive was
found.
The merit and the achievements of
Mr.. Mitchell were golden threads run
ming through the flowing weave of half
a. dozen speeches in his honor.
These addresses, touching various
phases of an editorial and scholarly ca
reer of well on to half a century, were
made by Martin II. Glynn, former Gov
ernor, who delivered a special address
OF appreciation Frank A. Munsey. pro-
prietor OF THE New YORK HERALD and
THE SUN; Benjamin B. Odell, former
Governor. n long time appreciator of
Mr. Mitchell's editorial style, and Job L.
Hedges.
"One OF Greatest of Great"
To these friends Mr.. Mitchell made re-
ply with gentleness and sentiment,
flashes of wit and diverting reminis-
Gcnce. Edward c. Riggs. president of the
Amen Corner and assistant TO the presi-
dent of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad who was associated
with Mr.. Mitchell for many years on
THE SUN, presided and introduced the
speakers with this tribute to the guest
OF honor:
"On this occasion the Corner desires
20 honor one of the greatest or our
great editorial writer's. He has been ac-
tive for fifty years. only those who
have been associated with him during
most of his eventful life may hope TO
express the deep and all abiding affec-
tion and admiration for him. And these
sentiments are uppermost in the news
paper world at home and abroad.
"Yet II is my privilege to state that
what James J. Hill and Edward II
Hartman and their great successors in
railroad life were and are to the rail-
road world what the late ]. i. Morgan
and his great successors were and are
Sn the financial world: what William
Isvarts and Elihu Root were and are
to the mighty legal profession: what the
,Rockefellers have been and are in their
tremendous field; what our thinking anc
constructive clergymen of all denomina'