Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-01
CITY AND DISTRICT.
1T WAS A MODEL EXCURSION.
The Fire Underwriters and Their Guesti
Enjoy a shad Bake.

The Fire Underwriters and Their Guests
Enjoy a shad Bake.
Il was a merry party that went down to
Marshall Hall on the Manchester yesterday
afternoon to enjoy the annual shad bake of tie
Association Of Fire Underwriters of the Dis
trict Of Columbia 1t was o'clock when the
boat left her wharf and upon landing at Mar
shall Hall shortly after o'clock the excur-
sionists scattered over the beautiful grounds,
enjoying themselves in various ways until sum-
moned to attend the feast. 1t a regular
fish dinner, composed mainly Of clam chowder
and planked shad- Those who knew all about
planked shad said they had never tasted better,
and those who didn't vowed they would never
miss an opportunity to renew their acquaint-
ance with what seemed to them a new
kind of fish After everybody had
done full justice to the menu Captain
Tyler, master of ceremonies, inaugurated
little impromptu speech making and responses
were made by Commissioner Douglass. Mr..
Geo. c. Hazeltou. Mr.. Tenney Of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Theodore W. Moves of The STAR. Mr.. ST.
mon Wolf and Mr.. Edward Droop. All the re-
marks were, of course, in q good-natuIed and
humorous vein. and the fire insurance boys
came in for q good many pleasant illusions to
their proverbial glibness Of tongue, persuasive
powers and shrewdness- The hour OF day
light which remained was spent in bowling.
shooting. Photographing and strolling
about. The Manchester started on her home
ward trip at 7:30 and reached her Wash
ingtor wharf at S45. The homeward trip
was particularly enjoyable. The weather was
perfect and the choice spirits. Of which Mr..
Droop was the central figure, gathered on the
forward deck, kept everybody in a good humor
with speech making, songs and jokes The ex-
curs,on voted the most successful the
under writer's have given and that is saying 9
great deal
Among the members and guests present were
Commission IT Douglass, Geo. Q. Hazelton, A
A Wilson, Col D. ID. Ernst, Capt. Lusk, o. C.
Green, Charles b Beall, A. I. Britton. Charles
Hume. DIR. J. NJ. McCalls, J. H. McGowsn, Ed
ward Droop, J. +. Bachelor, Gen. Robertson,
n. c. Stewart. jr., Z. y. Waters, John E Her
rel, Mr. Ely, q. NJ Fague, Louis Cunningham,
John i. Armes, i. 7. snyder, c. Z. Clifton. /.
=. Young. James " Green, Charles b. Caywood,
John l. Weaver, b. Lewis Blackboard, DIR.
G. w. Harris, Samuel Cross, Dorsey Clagett,
A. T. Hensey,. I. W.. Noyes, Charles R.
7. B. Mohun, Capt Tyler, +. T. Rawlings, b. F.
Rittenhouse, Simon Wolf. Isadore Saks, John
A. Svope, Rudolph Kaufman. Col George
Iruesdell, ]. W. McLachlen, Alexander Milne,
j. NJ Proctor, DR.. VIM. p. Young. III. X.
Willard, Frank b. Jonas, X. X. Tyler, Walter III.
Acker, Mr.. Bacon, T. n Burns, j. Ii. Rothert
H r. Bird, Charles I. Spare, John G. Slater,
W ]. Dante, J. +. Young. A. S. Mccoy, +. b.
Dante, Mr. 1enney Of Philadelphia, Fl. W.
Bowling, G. /. Dennis, Lem. Towers, jr., F. W.
Pratt. j. III. Mari, George X. Repetti, John ID.
McChesney, D. Nice Jones. t. A. Lay, l.. r.
Peake, Charles e. Ringwalt, F. P. Reside,
Washington Danenhower, p. Ii. Hill, b. W.
Cox, Ii. h simpson. h. G.. rutherford, Thos.
SomervIlle, j. 4. McLeran. Col. Jas. A. Bates,
Thomas Hyde, W. H. Hoeke, ]. H. Gordon,
r H. Pelouze. Capt. Geo. b. Haycock and
Samuel Bieber-