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

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T37 WHITE HoUsE, . WASHINGTON Dec 30 I . . , . , go . MY DEAR MR. VROOMANI 3 I wish I could be present at the dinner of the Holland Society. Naturally, I take a particular interest in it, but it simply is not possible for me to make another engage- ment of any kind this Winter. With hearty good Wishes, and expressing my regret that am not with my ' Fellow-Dutchmen' of New York on this occasion, I am faithfully yours, THEODORE RoosEvELT. MR. VRQOOMANZ I propose three old-fashioned American cheers for the sp1endid,fsoldierly, strenu- ous American citizen, of Holland ancestry, the President of the United States, Theodore Roose- velt. Are you ready? A I ' fThree long, loud cheers vvere here given for President Rooseveltj. p I PRESIDENT! When' I Was a boy the history of Holland had not been Written in English, land I knevv little of the land of my forefathers. The heroes of my youth Were Scotland's William Wallace and others of that ilk, and the -I.' Scotch people have been very near to my heart ever since. I am very glad that We have, as our first speaker to-night, a Scotchman by birth, although he has been' here so long that perhaps he has forgotten that he Was ever anything elSG than an American. CLcmghter.D I have 'VGYY gfeat pleasure in introducing to you the Reverend Doctor George C. Lorimer, Who will respond to the toast: HOLLAND-OUR ALLY IN THE REVOLUTION-A A little country with a great heart. QLong -apjJlause.j

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