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speeches. We all had to say something. I re- 

 member making some fairly felicitous remark about 

 Mr. Childs' name being as well known and as much 

 respected in England as it was in Philadelphia, and 

 the pride I felt at being his guest that evening. The 

 Chief complimented me warmly on these spon- 

 taneous utterances when he got back to the hotel, 

 saying that if I followed him much longer, I should 

 make quite a distinguished speaker. Needless to 

 say, this compliment from so eminent an orator 

 pleased me enormously. I said I only hoped he 

 would give me the opportunities. There were quite 

 a lot of prominent men at this dinner, whose names 

 are inscribed on my menu. Wayne MacVeagh, 

 who enjoyed a great reputation as an after-dinner 

 speaker, which he did not belie on this occasion ; 

 Captain Clipperton, our Consul ; J. G. Rosen- 

 garten ; Dr. William Pepper ; Daniel Dougherty ; 

 John Russell Young ; Lindley Smith ; Judge 

 Paxson ; A. J. Drexel ; Mayor Fitler ; William 

 V. Mackean ; George B. Roberts (President) and 

 Frank Thomson (Vice-President) of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railway ; Colonel Loudon Snowden ; Joel 

 Cook ; Charles Emory Smith ; General Horace 

 Porter ; Colonel A. K. McClure ; Charles Francis 

 Adams, President of the Union Pacific Railroad ; 



