Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-13
A BRICKMAKERs, powwow.
How the Visiting Delegates Were Entel
tanned by the LOcnl Committee.

How the Visiting Delegates Were Enter
tanned by the Local Committee.
The Brickmakcrs' Association had . jolly
good time last night 1t was the occasion OF
| tho powwow, and from early in the evening
until a late hour they kept up their merry
| making. 1t has long been the custom for the
local brickmakers Of the city where the con-
vention was being held to entertain their
brother workers in clay at powwow. The
one held last night takes its rank among the
most agreeable ever held. The entertainment
took place at the Builders Exchange, on 18th
street, and despite the inclement weather fully
200 members of the association and half that
number more OF invited guests participated.
The powwow commenced about O'Clock
in the lower hail OF the exchange, and for an
hour or more they discussed among themselves
the relative quality Of the samples submitted.
Washington won a prize. The manufacturer
Of the Hollywood vitrifed brick Of Ohio
claimed that for hardness his brick excelled.
Mr.. Albert Gleason Of the Ivy City Brick Com
pany of this city challenged the statement and
the matter was to be settled over O bet OF
champagne. The Washington brick was a
tough one and when the two came together
with crash the western brick was broken all
to pieces
THE sPEECHMAKING.
Commissioner Douglass arrived about 9
o'clock and his entrance was the signal for an
adjournment upstairs to the large convention
hall, where the spoechmaking was to take
place. President Chas. L. Pearson called the
meeting to order and introduced Mr.. B. H.
Warner as master of ceremonies.
In responding Mr.. Warner said it was indeed
q compliment to be the presiding officer OF q
meeting SO thoroughly represented by business
men from all over the United States. The
country owed everything to the brick manu-
facturers. Take away the brick-making industry
and the wheels of progress would stop. WASH
lngtOn reached out with u munificent hand to
all brick manufacturers. 1t is the model con-
ventlon city OF this grand republic, and each
and every man, woman and child in the United
States had an interest in it.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS WELCOME.
He then introduced Commissioner Douglass,
who welcomed the members Of the association
to the city. He said that he noticed long ago
that the boys in the community always get the
right name for things. If there is a man or
boy In the neighborhood who had any pecu-
ilarity, fortunate or unfortunate, the boys
would designate it with the accuracy OF proph-
ecy. When he was a boy, if they wanted to
speak especially in praise of another boy, or of
a man, they did it with the short, simple de-
scrlption, Hes a brick" Qaughter); and I'M
less his memory was at fault they occasionally
gave the same sententious designation to some
e. "iio WaS especially aereeapic or pletty.
Whether this use Of the expression had any
thing to do with the popularity Of the product
known as ''pressed brick he couldn't say.
lLauShter.] Continuing he said that bricks
had long stood at the head of all manufactured
articles. They are mentioned in the first books
OF the Bible and no doubt were among the first
articles manufactured by man.
Concluding he said that he agreed with what
Mr.. Warner had said regarding the capital
city and as one OF its governors he rendered
them o hearty welcome.
COL. NJ N. PARKER.
Col. NJ. NJ. Parker. president of the local
board Of trade, followed with q felicitous
speech on behalf of the business men of the
city. in which he welcomed the members of the
association. Washington, he said, is the meet
ing place Of all national and international asso-
Citations, practical aud theoretical During the
past year there have been upward of q hundred
such conventions, yet the present one repre-
sented more practical business enterprise than
any Of the others.
REMARKS BY VISITING DELEGATES.
Ex-President ]. G. Adams of indianapolis re-
sponded on behalf of the association and
1lessrs. Fiske, Pennington, Clephane, Crafts,
McGraw. Blair and Blaffer made appropriate
speeches.
Mr.. Warner invited all down stairs. where an
elaborate lunch was set. Everything savored
Of bricks. Even the ice cream was made in
molds representing horse and cart loaded
with bricks, as well as many other tasty de-
signs In ice cream and water ices.
After the elaborate menu had been dissected
the party once more adjourned upstairs, where
a quartet Of workmen from the Washington
Brick Machine Company sang well and enter
tanned all with some genuine southern melo-