Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-09
LOCAL NEWS.
Celebration Of the Fiftieth Anniversary OF
the Columbia typographical Society.

The time -honored Columbia Typographical
Society celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on
Saturday night with q supper at the Seaton
House, gotten up in a superb style by Sluyter
and during the course Of the evening performed
in excellent style, under the leadership OF Prof
Lilly, who being printer, was on Saturday
evening admitted to membership In the So.
cietty.
There were about one hundred and fifty gen.
tlemen in attendance on the occasion, and
among the invited guests present were Hon.
reeentattves; Hon. Richard w allach, Mayor OF
Washington; John G. Nicolay, the Presidents
Private Secretary: J. d. Defrees, Superin-
tendent OF Public Printing; MIR. VIM. Faxon,
Chief CLERK OF the Navy Department; Pay
master Cunningham, OF the Navy; Hon Horatio
King, Hon. James Baldwin, Hon Ambrose w.
CLARK, Hon. James Brooks, L. A. Gobrght, Of
the Associated Press; Ben. Perley Poore, Esq,
and others.
Early in the evening the Society met In the
City Hall, and after the installation OF officers
for the ensuing year proceeded to the Seaton
House in body, headed by the band About
half-past O'Clock supper was announced,
when the party entered the dining room, where
three large tables, tastefully arranged and
beautifully ornamented with baskets Of flowers,
boquets, and pyramid cakes, extended the entire
length Of the room. The invited guests were
assigned seats at the center table, presided
over by Mr.. ]. @. O. WhaIey, President of the
Society, who was supported on the right by
Speaker Oolfax, and on the left by Mayor
Wallach. All being seated the President read
letters from Senator L. D. Morgan, w. w. Sea-
ton, r. Q. Weghtman, Peter Force, James q.
yelling, Edwin Forrest, Mayor Addison, OF
Georgetown, Hon T. y. Florence, and others,
in W hich they regretted inability on account OF
pressing engagements, to enjoy the pleasure OF
participating in the festivities of the occasion.
The president OF the society invited all with
outfurther ceremony to regale themsel yes upon
the good things to be found in the following
bill OF fare, which invitation was promptly ac-
cepted:
R,U Of fFarc.-Soup-Mock Turtle; Oyster.
Remoyes-Pickled Oysters; Fried Oysters.
Cold Ornamental Dishes-GalantIne de Chap
on, truffe Sur Socie; Pate de Giber en- Croute;
Jambon WestphalIe a Ia Gelee Chicken Salad
decore; Buffalo Tongues. a la Gelee. Hot En-
| trees-Filet of Beef, a la Toulouse; Supreme de
| Dindeneaux; Outlets a Paryarsky, a Ia Russo;
| Timball of Macaroni, a Ia Mianaise. Game
Red Head Ducks, Canvas Back Ducks; Prai-
F E oot Jelly; Champagne Jelly; BIane Mango;
Sponge Cake; Pound Cake. Ornaments. Des-
| ser-Apples; Oranges; Almeira Grapes; Vanil-
Ia Ice Cream; Straw berry Ice Cream; Orange
| Sherbet.
! Ample justice having been done to the edi.
bles, champagne was brought forth and passed
around without stint, when Mr.. Whalsy an
nounced the regular toastsin the following or.
| der, which were repeated by Vice President
Geo. A. R. NcNeir, whoidid the honors at the
foot OF the center table:
1st The FVtieth Anniversary Of the Colsns5ta
typographical Society: A festive day whose
saddest and holiest thought is the memory of
| those who dedicated the first.
Mr.. Whaley, the president, responded to this
toast, and In doing so gave an interesting re-
view Of the history of the society:
ers was held at the the house Of MT. n T. O. Lewis,
Andrew Tate in the chair, VIM. Duncan. Sec
retary. The object Of the meeting having been
"Rssolued That committee be appointed, to
consist OF Ave members, to draft Constitution,
with instructions to model the same, as nearly
as may be practicable, by that Of the Pniiadel-
phta Typographical Society,""
That committee was composed OF Messrs.
Lewis, Coyle, Gideon, Souttee, and Suter. On
| Saturday, December II, the committee reported
a constitution, which was adopted, signed By
| % printers, among them Jacob Gideon, II. u.
Lewis, Andrew Tate, Alexander Graham and
| that on Saturday, January 7, ISIS, the "Jour-
neymen Printers of the District of Columbia In
favor Of organizing Typographical Society
will proceed TO the election OF officers thereof,
| and pay their Initiation
On Saturday, Jan 7, 1915, the Society was
| organized by electing the following officers
can, Vice President; Ahdrew Tate, Treas urer,
| and John Suter, Secretary; and thus was
| planted the germ from which has sprung the
blessings to the craft in this city for the past
| fifty years, and which secures us in the BEN
efits that we now epjey
| In July, 1915, letter was addressed to So
cieties in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
| Albany and Boston by this Society, informing
| them of our organization, and setting forth the
| principles governing It. In that letter the OBJ
| ject OF the Society was declared 70 be-lst "Be-
| neyolence,'' and, I'd, the establishment OF
| regular system of prices" and request made
| that reciprocal Communication" might be es
tablshed, having tendency to benefit the pro-
| fession.
| Peter Force, the then president Of the New
| York Society, (and who subsequently became,
in January, 1916, and is now, member of our
| Society," Immediately responded on behalf OF
| that association, rendering the "recfprocal
| communication asked for: ana afterwards evil
| dences Of reciprocity were received from the
| other societies, and among them list OF AL
| bany rats, with an accompanying denunciation
| Of them.
| adopted its first scale Of prices, compositors,
| during session OF Congress, IN book Offices, re-
ceiving 50 per week; On congressional work
| and in ne ewspaper Offices, $40 per week, and 81
| for Sunday when employed. By the piece, 2S
| cents per 1,O00 ems for BREWER to plea; for
smaller letter than brewer, 331S cents; on news
| papers, not less than 80 cents per LOCO ems;
| above plea to be charged as pIce. Rule and
| figure work, from BREWER and upwards, 5G4
cents per l. geo ems; above plea to be charged as
upwards, 45 cents per ZOO ems below BREWER,
| so cents.
This accomplished, the Society had fully
| curried out the extent OF its declaration, and
| fairly set out on Its successful career. Whilst
| zealously guarding the interests Of the organ
| ization, its members were not insensible to the
| influences Of q patriotic public spirit, and, on
| the 4th Of July, 1924. the Society participated
| in the public celebration OF that day, and pre-
| sented the most novel and interesting spectacle
| on that occasion, by having with them a typical
| expression Of the profession In the ramage
| press uf Messrs. Gales & Seaton, Oh. which was
| printed the Declaration of Independence and
| distributed TO the crowd W hile the procession
| was moving. The press was worked by Michl
| Cation, Esq our worthy Treasurer.
| Mr., Whaley referred, in speaking Of some of
| the trials met by the Society, to the successful
| resistance of the attempt by Duff Green in 1895
to establish system of apprentice labor,
| which II successful would have destroyed the
Society, enriched its originator and injured
| those whom 1t professed to benefit.
To the uniform liberality of the employers in
| Washington, and their dispositl ,n to yield
| every just demand, may be attributed much of
| the success we have met with, and the Society
| always has been, and is now, actuated by q
| sincere desire to conscientiously regard the
rights Of the employers in any action that may
| be taken by it affecting their interests
As an evidence that the Society has been
true to its principles Of benevolpnce, there has
been expended by it for the relief of its mem.
bers, since its organization, $685. The small
number OF twenty. nine who first signed the
constitution has been much augmented. and we