Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-20

Reception by the Board of Trade.
One Of the pleasantest incidents in connec-
ton with the present gathering of scientists in
this city was the reception rendered to the Wis
iting members of the Association for the Adj
vaneement Of Science by the board of trade at
the Arlington last night The hours for the
reception were from to IL and for the two
hours the handsome reception and banqueting
rooms Of the Arlington were thronged with
people, for the most part from outside Of the
city, though there was a fair proportion of
people well known in the Washington social and
scientific world Several of the rooms were dec
GRATED with flowers, and altogether the enter
tainment was a most delightful midsummer az
fair. There was pleasant air of informally
and the occasion was improved by the mem
bers generally in renewing old friendships and
making new ones. In a corner of the large
banquet room WAS set table on which were
great bowls Of lemonade and iced punch that
proved very popular. for ii was warm evening.
As the guests entered the first of the suite
Of drawing rooms they were met by Prof Otis
i. Mason and introduced to the receiving party,
who stood in line near the doorway. This party
consisted Of Mrs. A. b. Prescott. Mrs. Putnam,
Mrs Comstock. Mrs A d. Anderson, Mrs.
stoner Douglass, Col Myron VI. Parker, Prof
Prescott, the president Of the association; Mr..
5. W. Woodward, Mr.. A ID. Anderson and Gen.
Mussey.
The Marine Band. under the leadership Of Mr..
Petrols, stationed in one of the rooms and
gave q delightful program Of musical selec tons
that added immensely to the pleasure Of the
evening.
THE SPEECH MAKING COMMENCED.
Sooner or later the guests in their promenade
around the rooms found themselves in the ban
quet room, and when il was learned that there
were to be a number Of addresses there the
people gathered in force around raised dais
that stood against the wall on the north side of
the room President Parker Of the board of
trade was the first speaker Of the evening and
afterward acted the part of host in introducing
the other speakers he spoke in his usual
graceful and pleasant vein, and his remarks
were enthusiastically received. He began by
saying that as a business man he naturally felt
embarrassed N speaking before a gathering of
scientific people who are wont to weigh every
word 50 carefully. He would scarcely have
had the courage to address them were it
not Tor the pleasure it gave him to
be able to tell them how welcome thew
all were to the nations capital. Within
tie past two years there have been upward of
SOO national and international societies that
have held their conventions in this city. All of
them have been welcome, but none moro so
than the Association for the Advancement of
Science MIR. Parker referred at some length
10 the growth and improvement OF the city
during the past thirty years and said that if il
was true that al roads lead TO Rome then surely
all avenues Of culture should lead to Washing
ton, the capital city of one of the greatest and
most prosperous countries on the globe. He
closed by introducing Commissioner Douglass
Who was TO make the chief address Of welcome
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS WELCOME
Mr. Douglass said that 500 or more men.
learned as specialists in almost every direction
Of scientific thought and performance, cannot
be entertained BY any community for a wee.
without q permanent benefit to such COM
munity- Association was education Ii would
be dangerous to resurrect the controversy M
IL was settled or buried) between the classic
and science But when he caught a gIimmer
Of what applied science is doing for the world
he could not but think that IL was fast dstancipc
its wordy competitor. In late ride of several
thousand miles by rail he felt the unreasonable
sense Of safety that the chemical section OF the
scientific world had given in the matter of
stee4 rails. cheapening the steel SO as to make
II practicable in place Of iron The sense OF
afety was REINFORCED at every sharp curve
when running at high speed. This was applied
science at Its best
But the chemical profession had its troubles
a- well as successes, and is undoubtedly en-
Titled To deepest sympathy in its prolonged
struggle along the line Of the baking powders
How happy they would be when the perfect
powder of the future shall give to every mar
and soman not less than three score years and
ten OF healthy. happy life. This would indeed
De royal road 20 the end Of hfes journey.
We have. said Mr.. Douglass, plenty Of
-sesa water coming through I.2JO 600 feet Of
Eipe. and the death rate of Washington is lower
thAn IN New York. Philadelphia, Boston, Brook
iyn or Baltimore. So you see that while va
have good city TO hive in it is comparatively q
dimeut one 70 die in All this Improvement
municipal and private. il due to the great capi.a
IN which every citizen Is n partner, though or
the limited plan As convention after conven
uon meets here Of the learned, the commercial
or the esthete, renewed incentive is given ts
C0uRr0sa m he Ia nff
tinue the work Of Improvement Therefore W,
are doubly benefited by such an assemblage a,
this-the pleasure Of the meeting and the in
ereaSang power Of favorable public sentiment
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