Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-01
WHEELMEN AT A BANQUET.
How the Capital Bicycle Club Cele.
brated fits Tenth Anniversary.

The Capital bicycle club was ten years old
last night. That is the reckoning made BY the
sands OF time, but, as q member said. meas
ured by the fun it has had the club has reached
a patriarchal age. Any one who had looked
into the clubhouse last night would not have
disputed this statement. The tenth anniver-
sary was celebrated as the ninth, and the eighth
and all the other anniversaries before it were
celebrated with a banquet Instead of gong
abroad and banqueting in some place, unhal-
lowed by tender memories, as has been done
In by-gone years, the club stayed at
home last night and the banquet was
! served in its own attractive rooms
The club cat, which has ten black rings
on its rampant tail, indicating the ten years of
upon the festive scene. The serving Of a
banquet in the clubhouse, which is not pro-
vided with kitchen, was something of an ex-
pertinent, but it proved entirely successful.
The committee in charge had good cause to
beam with happiness and satisfaction: The
menu was tempting and the service all that
could be desired. One little accident only
| occurred to mar the harmony with which the
club glided, swiftly and silently, through the
| inviting list from the oysters to the coffee.
The salads were served in little receptacles
| like miniature baskets, placed at each plate.
A member who returned from New York to
join in last nights celebration stripped off the
green paper with which his basket was lined
and ate it, supposing that it was lettuce. He
had gulped down several wads of it before his
neighbor discovered the mistake he was MAX
ing. No serious results are apprehended, al
though the incident at the time created much
excitement. DIR. Henry NJ Schooley, chairman
OF the banquet committee, discharged the
duties of toastmaster with grace and vivacity
and an impartiality in his distribution of
WI hat xrih n>aJ 30 h.
feeling that characterized the occa-
sion. Several of those who are generally
counted on to enliven such occasions
were for one reason or another compelled to be
absent last night The president, Mr. Edison B..
Olds, was among these, but he sent his annual
address, which was read by DIR. Gabriel f.
johnson, the well-known elocutionist and vo-
calist, who remarked that il was the best speech
he had ever made. Mr.. L. Warren Seely, who
was to have spoken to the toast The club-its
first ten years" was also detained from the fes-
tive board. He sent his speech, however, and
it was read by Mr.. N. ID. Cram, who explicitly
disclaimed any responsibility for statements
made by Mr.. Seely. Mr.. Charles Richards
Dodge, one of the early members of the club.
was down for an lowed to a ten-year old -
He paid what he owed by reading what he
claimed were poems for the occasion written
by Ella Wilcox, Walt Whitman, James Whit
comb Riley, Amelie Rives CHAMBER and others
MIR. Harry P. Goodwin responded to the toast
Our prime donne, and Mr.. Joseph G. Falck
spoke to "A little German" controversy
that has been going on in the club for some
time between the extremely good and the ex-
tremely depraved members made itself mani
fest in the toasts, for the theme Punch and
pin pool was discussed by Irving Williamson,
and its opposite, Lemonade and backgam-
mon." was the subject to which MIR.
Douglas Dyrenforth addressed some fervent
remarks. MIR. A. P. Smith responded to .'Our
Ioostrict Commissioners. He expressed the
hope that, like the swan that is said to sing its
sweetest song when dying, the District Com
mlssloners before leaving Office would revoke
the order requiring wheelmen to carry lights
at night so the people who walk in the street
can see an approaching wheelman in time to
wobble around and get into their way.
The last toast of the evening was Burnt
cork" the virtues of which, and of other corks
as well, were spoken of by Col. Thomas p.
Borden. late of Texas. Mr.. Geo. H. Graham
who was to have respondedto 'The chain gang
was unable to be present. During the evening
the club glee singers rendered several songs
with the spirit and feeling for which they have
become famous. Among the members present
were Leaning, G. I. Johnston, Low, Balloch,
Dyrenforth, S. E. Lewis, Williamson, ]. A.
Boteler, Catlin, W. B. Greeley, Tower, Schooley
Upton, Barker, Clifton. F. NJ. Boteler W. s.
Dodge, Crossman, Welsh, Graves, Sharretts,
Wentworth, A. p. Smith, Demaray, Beall, Ridg-
way, Burnett, Moran, Stott. Edmonds, C. R.
Dodge, E; r.; Tyler, Rynix. J. Hall Lewis,
Steuart, Kaufman, Berryhill, 7. P. Borden
j. NICK. Borden, Wilson. Hausmann. Allen,
Olmsted, A. P. Greeley, Easton, Cram, Jones,
L. s. Bacon, Edmonston, Miller. Littell, Hanna,
Goodwin, G. +. Bacon, Ide, Forney, LOOMS,
Falck Fox and Hibbs