Christopher Columbus

l( IS bo olllillg Ctl-tolMUI !(l th [tftlilll citi.eni ot Amrrira t" elcbr.'iie lh tli-eoverp of this mniini'iii In I Columbus, October ïJth. I4M. Tbeaiioiversaiv ot Iliis Uajr bal lii'rn mure wkJelj oetebrated vrar tbaa Tiran li In Chicago a sucietj known h tbei Chrislofuro 'lmi. ïliis ariatiii held tts sccoml jfriMul fuimial m-cjiiiA. iiu ttcCormickt Hall on iba erening of the l'.'lli uit. Awouf the cerenioiiH' "I th cxi-iiiiiir Wit tlie pri'M'iitjitinii of :i riell sük tmbrokleretl bttoner y the Itutian ladicol iliMt in lei tli.' named socictj Mr. Anni'tta Bnc-cigulltpi n Vety - prorfaue pmentaUMi qteeeh, from whkJi ucm'IciI llic bllowlng lieailtit'ul pi sIiüwíuí; to wliat cxtcnt wc are iiilel)U-l tn ¦i wotnan t'or tin' di-'oviTV 1 i 'UIHi : "Gcnoa, daiightvr of the se, (;%¦ sou to wek in the bosoni of the sea a iicw woiM, Columbas, likc the dove of the atricits wbo lumiil t lic Imly land of Ubert} aticr baring uavewtd um wttmry irmta tli ree timo. All Üris heroigm stootlaloij and fiinnd no ni)uty mnong nnjn unlil ilic vreal and Doble-miaded [tabella, (neen ofHpuln, as.-itcd ihc in-w tfiterprtie with lier gcneroua help, liaving a givat soul oalblc ! comprelitudiiiK vin: , genius of tlie great (JticOTercT. And prona aro we m wnincn to know it was ¦ woiniin wbo had t J j ï - Inportenl ihare n Um [[inatnil discoTcry of the liRccnth or any century. Mai Ilio woineli uIm) liavc -liurr in Uir :nimt'iit f the World in tliis tdc tiwith ci-ntnn-, Mny the Itnlian woincn han in tlic iDtcltlgeooe mt edooational ndvantagM nnw n liberal ly givon in this oor ncu and belored eonatrr. Aiicient llxly, Ilic llalv üfUtc K.irarried ilic MatonoM -tandard ol llieeaflc througta all the amirnt world, A son of [tol; ii a ho iir-1 earrted Ute basnerol vlctory iipon the shoi-e ¦! the new world. In mpinurv ol Uile ijreat man, OHr cnoutryinan, trom wlinm society lias taken ti- name, the ladieaof tbe Christopher Colunibtu lub prwenl thhbanmr, wlth lorefor the siciclv and lh Natlop. 'l'hey hoe il win lie ncccpted and oalled lortvei ¦( ¦. Inmbia.