Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-23
THE BREWERS, BANQUET.
An Elegant Entertainment and Eloquent
Spceches-A Flow of Wine and Wit.

The play OF Hamlet with that lugubrious
Dane left out is not an uncommon comparis on,
but 1t Is what one naturally thinks about when
he hears OF brewers banquet without a single
glass of beer to be had Such a banquet was
that OF the brewers at the Arlington last night
but that is no reason to think it was dry
feast There was wine of more sorts than one
and the walters began pouring it out with the
little neck clans and kept it up without any
intermisslon until the cigars came on If there
was anything stiff or formal about that enter
tainment it did not last long, and a joller lot
OF men has not sat around table this winter
than gathered around the tables OF the Ma
tonal Brewers Association in the great ban
quet room of the Arlington a little after 8
O'Clock. When the orchestra, by special re-
quest, played Little Annie Rooney" all the
guests joined in the chorus, but when. later in
the evening, one gentleman, who was speaking
most eioquently of the influence of women re-
ferred to the song as that. time honored mel
ody so dear to all manly hearts. Little Annie
Laurie, there were good many who noticed
the mistake.
THE BANQUET ROOM.
1t was the annual banquet of the brewers as
ISOLATION and they proved their hospitality by
the magnifcence of the spread. When the 800
or 400 gentlemen present filed into the banquet
room they saw six long tables drawn up in
parallel rows, with one table at right angles
and running the length OF the room for the
guests of honor. Each table was dccked with
flowers and the whole room presented partc-
ularly handsome appearance. At the middle of
the longest table sat President Lefens, who pre-
sided at the banquet with the speakers on
either side of him.
was elaborate and required several hours to be
properly discussed 1t read as follows: Little
Neck CLAIMS, gumbo soup a la creole; olives,
anchovies, radishes; striped bass. boiled Hol-
landalse sauce potatoes Parisienne: outlets of
| lamb Dreaded, green peas; fillet of beef with
| mushrooms. spaghetti la moretti; soft-shell
crabs; brewers punch; golden plover. larded,
| sur canape, lettuce salad; ice cream Napoli-
| tame; strawberries; cakes; coffee and cigars:
aud Sauterne, sherry, claret and Mumm's extra
| dry.
During the banquet an orchestra in a hang
ing balcony played II varied assortment of mu-
| sic, ana Das Wacht am Rhein and The Star
| SpanSled Banner" seemed to be about tied for
hrst place IN general popularity.
| THE ToAsTs.
When the cigars were lighted Mr.. Iefens
| arose and welcomed all the guests Of the asso-
| citation IN a few well-chosen words lie then
| called upon Hon Ben Butterworth to respond
to the toast The United States of America. ~
| The speeches were by far the best part of the
evening, and they were all good. The other
| toasts and speakers were: THE Senate and
| House OF Representatives" Congressman Fitch:
| The City of Washington" Commissioner
Douglass; The United States Brewers Associa-
| ton" Henry Clausen, jr.. of New York; 1.-The
| Press" Hon. Amos j. Cummings; The La
! dies" Hon. James W. Covert
Representatives Flower of New York and
| Caruth of Kentucky and Mr.. Simon Wolf of this
| city also were called upon and spoke in a very
! happy vein and aroused the greatest enthusi-
| asm. 1t was after midnight when the party
| left the banquet room, and even the bre wers
| themselves had to admit that it was about the
most successful entertainment they had evel
| given.