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

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desired to ffea 1 in which T0 the 1 H pre Staflold. I painters Sterity,- but com- ountain ol ustere and nment ol wife deliv- t, marked ded and aid Elsje away the handker- the castle d got tlral h Dgmsel ecome 3 Germany' return to h e Dutch he Roll' p 55 nuptial contract, but, unless the chronicles of the fair sex the world over are a total fals i bars, bolts, or Parliaments will prevent this mgdel sensible, and charming Queen from having thai, husband of her choice, and I do not believe she will permit the GOVC1'11mCnt to interfere with her inalienable right tomake that choice. If sh every Dutchwoman will think the throne of the Netherlands is tottering to its fall I I say this, be- cause the history of Holland depends as much upon its Women as its men,+besides, Queen Wil- helmina is a twentieth-century Dutchwoman, and that means much. e e There are liberty-loving, God-fearing, self-sacri- frcing Dutch Dames in South Africa. The battle- field tells the story of their Amazonian prowessg the improvised hospital reveals their tenderness, their desolated homes speak of their devotion g their unconquerable patriotism is an inspiration. When the annals of the ,Boer war are gathered, every page will be lustrous with the deeds of these Dutchwomen, who, like many of their long-dead American prototypes in the struggle of 1776, have been lighting With, and cheering on, their fathers, husbands, brothers, and lovers in a glorious contest for the right of self-government. r The memory of Dutch Dames must ever be hallowed as a blessing to the World. Their reS0lU'CC purpose, their rigorous but exalted ideas of duty, have impressed upon their contemporaries and their descendants a stability and force of character which, through all the years, still endures in what We some- times, even now, fondly call New Amsterdam. . ' ' Mr. President and Gentlemen: May this dlgm' fled and influential Society live long and p1'0SPe13 ehood no e does,

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54 very night. The chronicle ends with this State, t - She became all that her husband desired men . ,3 good wife and an affectionate mother. It must not be concluded that I intend to 151-eat this subject in lighter vein. Read the marvellous pages of Motley, in which he records the story of john of Barneveld, the statesman, Whose forty years of service t0 the Dutch Republic were rewarded by monstrous accusations, a trial which was a mockery, 3 Pre, judged sentence, and death upon the scaffold, And you recall the reference to his noble wife Maria, of whom Motley says : The great painters of the epoch have preserved her face to posterity,- the grief-stricken face of a hard-featured but com- manding and not uncomely Woman, the fountain of whose tears seems exhausted g a face of austere and noble despair. You remember, too, the long imprisonment of Grotius., and how from his cell his heroic Wife deliv- ergd him, how he escaped in a chest, marked ooks for Professor Erpiniusf' attended and guarded by the quick-witted, fa'thf l 'd El ' who from the deck of the boat tliatuboiieaaway ill rifcgled PFISOHCI' gave the signal with her handker- 3Vi:1ed:DS0 thai her mistress, watching at the castle far in Wgfggnig t know that her husband had got that e y. Whrghifergs medal' at T116 lilague a Dutch Damsel Dutch Daii-li S true' will ere long become a bult is said that Duke lilenry has gone to Germany, Hou Vjnfufeo the prediction that he will return to Parliggl 111 flme for the wedding. The Dutch ent will debate and reconsider the Royal wg, H r y rl COTSM Wd ,M iw . and , QC ofhercdlxffd e zrmffhe may r izbleflghtw my ' 'uwhwoman . 1 mllswffn r meuli if ' W ww 1 ,dmmal53Wm c latmdilsmuch his r There arellllfnl' . S' gnDutchll1Hl5m Ms tlle stvfy R llBlH1Pf0Vl56d l R lenrdesolatetl MM 5 . mei unconquemble lm 1 lllentheannalsoltk 2 ererypagewill be lustmu rl 1 women, who, Hg ncan prototypes ig gi lilflfls wirh and is M ,nds,brorhq5,M I9 :enght of glfigmu. it C memory of M i wed 35 H m u rm lr Pfwsed mm hleven f P. 5 ent 3:11, lllenm . jllli W, th M51 yolli gill' liillldi il' , gall' sfllj . llfflfl I will fi i ,l dd ll luv' 1 W . in ' nl llo llll0lE,the' lvni' , llllhallih ' lilly lil, I-es d lfandlg

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56 if for no other reason' than to serve as a constant reminder of Dutch Dames, Whose superior qualities. of Womanhood are necessaryfor thenstrength and adornment of the highest and best civilization. AN DYKE : Gentlemen, we have now PRESIDENTV finished our oratorical canter around the Held of our forefathers' glories. We have glanced at the Dikes and Dams which they have built to defend human life and liberty, the Discoveries which they have made to prove that true conservatism is always progressive, the Destiny which they have bravely fulfilled against all obstacles, and the Dames in whom they have honored the strength as well as the charm of womanhood. If we have ridden the high horse a little, who can blame us? Let us all answer to a parting toast : i The Spirit of our Dutch Ancestors, sane, stead- fast, fair, and fearless: may its courage never be quenched, and its light never fail, in the four quarters of the globe l To this sentiment the Society responded by ris- ing and cheering most enthusiastically. r Many gave voice to the opinion that the banquet had been one of the most enjoyable ones that the Society had ever given, and especially hearty were the expressions of praise and admiration for the dignified and felicitous manner in which Dr. Van Dyke had presided. a ' UE EDDRESS To Q flhevwwb' ' The HOW! sg Prcsiddlf. md I 3 COIIIIWUU N of dit ilol her 2PPmchiag. ln Henry Vw Drk- ' lfegs,wl1lcllW2S fd 3 Society at the Waldtlf-I rlichwill be found on H The address was. by Hi lglroadway, New Ytli med and illuminaml ig WPCUIHM, cu kges, and unhdligd ulips, omge ul fhfP0rrmr of WL I llllwltfdam' M 5 it o lfiflnll' G' Nleaddrmiliu ll the in lueen willwinf elllohhe .qi Smu- U