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

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117 I After the C0ffee,,viCe4PfeS1dent Elsworth called the assemblage to order and, making a short ad- rmal speakers, dress of Welcome, introduced, as info Rev. A. P. Van Gieson, and successivel Messrs y . Banta, Poucher, Bogert, Irving Elting, Cwho gave an account of his travels,J Van Brunt, Heermance Qwho spoke of Dr. J. Howard Suydam's absence from his usual place at the feast and his retreat to the care of physicians at Philadelphiaj and Frank Hasbrouck, who read a recent letter from Dr. Suydam. After some, further encomium upon Dr. Suydam, the chairman called again upon Mr. Hasbrouck to give an account of his trip A to Hol- land and elsewhere, to Which an interesting and satisfactory 'response was given and rounded out the proceedings to a fitting close about II,I 5 P.M. , 1 ia H J fi , , by ,wi , I W 1

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'II9 for this occasion, in one of Which the young Queen appears. A collation will be served about half- past ten o'clock. Kindly notify the Treasurer, by means gf the enclosed postal card, if you expect to gttegd and bring a guest, so that proper preparations may be made. . If this meeting proves successful and Wins the approval of the Society, the Trustees Will feel authorized to repeat the experiment. Very respectfully, , , HENRY L. Boo-ERT, A Secretary. Success smiled upon the plan, and above four hundred members and their guests comfortably filled the grand ball-room of the Waldorf-Astoria. About nine o'clock, the lecturer of the -evening was introduced by President Banta, and for about an hour and a' quarter Prof. Elmendorf held the rapt attention of his audience. Among the special features of the lecture were some very successful moving pictures. The first one took the spectators away on the outward-bound steamer and showed, them the passengers, their amusements and occupationsg gtlien the ocean, with a companion steamer gradually dropping toward the rear, and finally a great Wave, which rose up out of the deep and, With a rush of Water and foam, dashed over everything in sight, in- cluding the bridge and its occupants and the camera, which kept on faithfully recording even this astonishing onslaught. The effect was life- like and startling, and caused a momentary catching of the breath by the specta'DO1'S, f011OWSd by a Well-deserved salvo of app1aL1SG-