ANOTHER ECLIPSE.
AY A S KINGTON ’ S COR ON A. VISIBILITY BAD. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Rupert Hughes, the American novelist and playwright, in a speech at the- Iran l quet held on the anniversary of Edmund Burke, the British orator and writer (1729-97), ■ pictured George Washington iiti' a profane, irreligious; nud pleasureloving man. In tho circumstances, his remarks nearly caused a riot. Mr. Albion Barns, president of the Sons of the Revolution, wildly rebuked Air. Hughes, and all li.il challenged him to a duel. All’. Hughes made a. laughing apology, but Air. ranis declined to accept it. Mr. Hughes said that American school books were all astray in their alleged hero-worship of George Washington, who was a gambler and a champion cursor, besides being the leading bootlegger of his day. About this time the banquet broke up, and everybody went home.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19260201.2.108
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16947, 1 February 1926, Page 9
Word Count
141ANOTHER ECLIPSE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16947, 1 February 1926, Page 9
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in