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

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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

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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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18. Mrs. Thomas H. Wood, Mrs. E. M. F. Miller Ed ar Van Etten Mrs. I. S. Kress Mrs E, Mrs. g i , , , McLean Haughey, Mrs. C. V. Banta, Mrs. L, Hoi, brook, Miss Jeannette Cramblett. Seated with President Van Dyke on the dais were the speakers, representatives of sister societies and former presidents of the Holland Society, whose names follow : Hon. Grover Cleveland, Tunis G. Bergen, Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, New England Society, Frederic de Peyster Foster, St. Nicholas Society, Andrew Carnegie, St. Andrew's Society, Robt. C, Ogden, Pennsylvania Society, Hon. Charles W, Dayton, George Lawyer, Warner Van Norden, Julien T. Davies, St. David's Society, Hon. Jameg A. O'Gorman, Friendly Sons' of St. Patrick, Robert IB. Roosevelt, Sons of the American Revo- lution ,Frederick de Peyster, Society of Colonial Wars, William M. Polk, Southern Society, Dr. Andrew Heermance Smith, Hon. Milton I. South- lard, Ohio Society, Hon. Charles H. Truax, T. H. Bartindale, Canadian Society , ,George Gray Ward, Saint George Society , Louis Wiley, Society of the Genesee, Morris Patterson Ferris, Sons of the Revolution, Dr. D. B. St. John Roosa, and Hon. Geo. M. Van Hoesen. Seated at other tables were : P . At Table I : Josiah A. Weste-rvelt, John Quinn, Peter F. Meyer, Harry Angelo, James Kempster, Joseph' Meyers, Charles E. Lansing, August Luchow, George Brand, C. A. Cross, George W. Slingerland, H. B. Jagoe, Adam A. Cross, Nl. Tallman, Joseph Horton, A. V. B. Voorhees, J1'-, George E. Nostrand, Lott Nostrand, L0uiS ,Hanneman, James C. Wright, Thomas Cum- nii0g5v I Adrian ' Cebra Ql 9 HCI Send C. Chaffeey D, H. H At T1 Van Nl Horton ASC-heall Wandelf dell, Ch Edward Amerm: W.F.E ton ...in Morse, Duys, J fohnstc AtT Nl. Bar james Talcoti Judge La W1 Wenkei J- Jack Mead, John A Fredei W. L Wage Arthu Thom