The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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o l The above picture is from Adrian Van Ostade's cele- brated painting of The Fiddler, in the Gallery of the' Mauritshuis at The Hague. lt was painted in 1673, when the artist was in the sixty-third year of his age. la 9: ort Ex Presi parlors a recewed bers and pleasant taken for 'The, I plants an. and Dut orange Ha settlelnen of Presicl Socletyw Before balcony v Who lentg these wer LOUnsbur Vf00man, fl e li? QQ. 55 Sh 1 man Of f

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aj: 2200 fel? flifsximigg 53155 zijn I Strqqp Erwtep iklrery malgbrij Uyuljiyieisj HEILDRONKEN ADDRESS. TTT r By PRESIDENT VAN DYKE. Music.-Wz'lhel11zzzs Van Nassauwen. I. DUTCH DIKES AND DAMS: They educed the Dutch domain from the ocean's depths, and changed dunes and morasses into fertile polders and blooming gardens. I HON. GROVER CLEVELAND. Music.-W1e1z NE67'ld7'lCfS61Z Bloed. 2. DUTCH DISCOVERERS. ln Arts, Science, Medicine, Law, Explor- ation, the names of Rembrandt, Vondel, Huygens, Leeuwenhoeck, Drebbel, Donders, Boerhaave, Grotius, Tasman, stand foremost among earth's renowned geniuses. DR. ANDREW HEERMANCE SMITH. Music.-A! is ons Lmidje 710g 3100 klein. 3. DUTCH DESTINY. Scions of sires who prized principle above pelf and soul liberty above' life, who waged war for eighty years against Europe's mightiest empire, and celebrated victory by choos- ing the University as the highest good, must ever be potent factors for the worlds weal. MR. GEORGE LAWYER. Mtlslc.-Vlaggelied. 4. DUTCH DAMES. The heroines of Leiden, the matrons and maidens of New Netherland, and the gracious young Queen, the dawn of whose nuptial day is now irradiating the old Netherlands, are types of the fair women to whom we yield our homage, love, and admiration. ' HON. CHARLES W. DAYTON. MIISIC.-MXIY' fE7.'El1 VMI.

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NN GW X ami? is ,Q ,I-'q, f' -0- lf 493' ,fi ni QR ra l s cclc- ll rt, if lht when a as MSP iifigtcentb Elnnual Banquet. y P NE of the most enjoyable dinners' ever ' given by the Society was that at the Waldorf4Astoria on Thursday evening, V P january 17, 1901. . 4 - V Shortly after seven o'clock Dr. Roosa, Chair- man of the Committee of Arrangements, escorted Ex-President Grover Cleveland to the elegant parlors adjoining the banquet-hall where he was received by President Van Dyke and other mem- bers and guests. After half an hour passed in pleasant social courtesies, the line of march was taken for the dining room. ' it The banqueting hall was embowered -with plants and flowers, anddecorated with iAmerican and Dutch Hags, including the red, white, .and orange flags of the Netherlandsat the time of' the settlement of New' Amsterdam. Above the seat of President Van Dyke was the banner of the Society with an orange Hag as the background. Before the speaking began the boxes in the balcony were filled with ladies in evening dress, who lent additional charm to the occasion. Among ' .these were Mrs. Robert B. Roosevelt, Mrs. P. C. Lounsbury, Mrs. Edward W. Scott, Mrs. john W., Vrooman, Mrs. I-I. S. Ladew, Mrs. Warner Miller, T7