Show Famous Amen C Corners of U. U S S. S Where There History Was M Made de deI I I There ts Is is an interesting story con connected on- on with the ori origin orin of ot Amen n corner cor cor- corner ner the term so often us used d to describe a favorite gathering pl place e and md which which is applied especially to some som corner In Ina a tavern where notables have been wont ont to to assemble Before Before the reformation reformation reforma reforma- tion in England a procession of ot the clergy started from St St. Pauls Paul's cathedral in Corpus Clu Ch sti da day and marching through Ch commenced to chant Our Father or the Paternoster which gave Paternoster row its name The good fathers chanted the Paternoster Paternoster Paternoster Pater Pater- noster the whole length of the street so timing themselves es that the amen would be pronounced as they reached the further corner And there Is the is-the the simple story of the name amen corner which still clings to that p particular spot But amen amen corner came to ha have va a avery avery avery very different meaning Companions of ot kindred taste met at various Inns and taverns in Old London where they ate drank smoked and discussed the various topics of the day When the time of parting arrived some one said Amen and with a a farewell drink they theys s separated In this country amen corners date back to Revolutionary days In Boston Doston Boston Bos Dos ton there was the old Bell in Hand Inn of off Washington street where Paul Revere Israel Putnam and other patriots patriots patriots pa pa- met In New York we have Fraunces' Fraunces tavern on Pearl street where George Washington Als Al Alexander xander Hamilton Marquis Lafayette and other personages of the Revolutionary period formulated plans for American inde Inde- It In the was long room of this tavern that George Washington made a farewell address to his officers at the close of the war In more recent years the Lick house San Francisco was one of ot the most conspicuous here Flood OBrien O'Brien Macky MackU Macky Mac- Mac ky kU and others made and lost fortunes In Jn a day during the gold craze of Cali fonda fornia The Southern hotel St St. Louis had la a a. famous amen corner where Mark Twain then a Mississippi river pilot Joe McCullough writer Edwin Forrest tragedian and contemporaneous ous itinerants gathered and contributed ted many pages to the literary humor of their time The Arlington hotel Washington D.C. D. D C c. had an amen corner where Owen Meredith wrote a large portion of Lucille It was not an uncommon occurrence to see Morgan i Hill Astor stor t rand and Vanderbilt meet in this corner comer and then then repair to a more secluded spot slot to consummate co a financial coup But the best known of ot all p present sent 7 r aa t generation amen corners was in the Fifth Avenue hotel New York What memories of the past can be conjured up in recalling this unique corner corner- where sat Abr Abraham ham Lincoln Edward VII then Prince of t Wales rales Dom Pedro I of ot Brazil William Villiam McKinley U U. S. S Grant Roscoe Conkling Chester A Arthur Generals Sherman and Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan Tom Platt James G. G Blaine Elaine Depew De- De Depew pew Watterson and where nearby was made the famous utterance Rum Romanism and Rebellion that snatched the presidency from Elaine Blaine In To emphasize the significance of ot this amen corner corner Chauncey M. M Depew in his speech the night farewell was given to the old place in 1908 said I know governors who thought they did things from the executive chamber but they were done from the amen corner orner I know speakers who were looked to for forthe forthe forthe the makeup of their committees that consulted the amen corner I knew conventions where delegates thought they would male make make up up the state ticket et themselves but received their Inspiration from the plush seats in inthe inthe the hE amen aTIe corner |