Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-08
FLANKED sHAD AND ORATORY.
The Fire Underwriters and Their Guests
Have q Good Time at Marshall Hall.

Acu'e, enerReuc business men are apt to be
sociable set when they get together, and this
fact Is demonstrated at least twice a year by the
Fire Underwriters Association Of this District.
In the winter season they have a banquet and
then when the leaves begin to come out and the
shad are pronounced to be ripe they go to Mar
shall Hall and eat planked shad dinner and
have a good time generally. Between times
they attend to business. and the membership
rolls OF the association contain the names of
many of the substantial business men Of
the city. Representing, they do. such
important interests, they recognize the value
of recreation and social enjoyment. and
so Saturday afternoon when the River
Queen left her wharf for Marshall Hall she
carried goodly representation of the member
ship. There were. all told. members and guests
some 120 and from the time thev left until
they landed again at the It'll street wharf there
was lots of fun and jolly good time. As the
boat left at 1 O'Clock MANY of the members
were unable to get away from business before
that hour to eat their lunch But the executive
committee, of which Mr.. Mohun Mr. sam
Cross and others were members had thought
fully provided a lunch which was at once set
forth on the boat. The central feature was a
punch bowl filed with brew that was the re-
suit Of the combined skill of Mr.. Blackboard and
MIR. rutherford. 1t was a fine article and
when Dir. F. A. Mohun alone and unaided made
away with an entire bowlful the underwriters
sent up an audible protest that was pathetic in
the extreme. Mr. Mohun explained that his
hands were wet and the sides OF the bowl were
moisr.and in his haste to keep the flowing bowl a
. toving he caught il up while the colored waiter
was doing something else. and in bearing 1t
forth to the table it fell to the floor. How
ever, the committee had not intrusted all its
punch TO one bowl. and after Mr.. D. C. Green
and others had STEPPED their soles in punch a
fresh supply was forthcoming. The incident
might. however. have been a tragic one. Upon
arrival az the grounds Mr.. ". A Gordon, Col
Moore and other crack tenpin rollers, took
possession of the alleys and soon rolled some
scores so remarkable that good many Of the
spectators were free to confess that they had
never seen their equal Another deputation
gathered around the artists who were planking
the shGd and gave such suggestions as the good
temper of those in charge permitted The
shooting gallery not neglected, and Capt
X w. Tyler, the president of the association,
after a brief experience. declared that there
must be something the matter with the gun he
used. each shot had gone to the side OF
the bulls eve. Several others spoke of similar
peculiarities. and the general conclusion
reached by this class of shsrpshooters was that
the Marshall Hall gunnery needed overhauing
ball game also started, but all these
forms of amusement were dropped when the
dinner bell sounded About the hover-decked
tables the hungry insurance men gathered and
without an effort subdued the bill Of fare pro-
vided by Col McKibben. from clam chowder to
cigars.
MAKING SPEECHES.
As an aid to digestion there was a brief in
terval devoted to oratory. which was fttingly
introduced BY Capt Tyler. the president, in a
graceful speech Of welcome He then handed
over the reins of authority to DIR. ". P. Young.
who had been waiting impatientlv for the time
when, clothed with the powers OF a POSTMASTER.
he could get at his victims. He said. he
generally does on such occasions, that it was a
perfect surprise to him that he had been called
70 act IN this capacity, and then he pro-
ceeded to Impale his victims on the sharp point
OF his wit However the victims ENJOYED it.
and SO did the spectators and the doctor HIM
self. Dr. Young makes entertaining toast
master. but it was thought that he was IN
reasonable when he haGied Mr.. Edward Droop
up in the midst of a sentence and informed
him that he had only fifteen seconds of his
time left to finish. OF course Mr.. Droop could
not complete of his sentences in any such
time that. and rather than to leave an unfin-
ished structure to the fair landscape of the
eight or ninth annual reunion OF the Under
writers Association he Just broke through the
rules and finished in his own good time.
DIR. Young tried to fan the flames of sectional
jealousy by calling on Mr.. C. NJ Matthews a
citizen OF Georgetown and Mr. John E. Herrell
as citizen Of East Washington. He is too
witty to be an agitator, and both of these gen.
tlemen came 20 the front smiling. NJ. Herrell
happened to remark incidentally that his bank
was ready to loan the members of the associa-
ton all the money thew wanted. and he would
undoubtedly have had his health drunk If he had
not added. prompted by the cashier. Mr.. Bald
win, that he wished they would try to remem-
Der, II 1t was not too great a strain upon their
minds, TO bring good collateral along. The health
OF President Tyler was drunk, and the compli-
ment was acknowledged in a speech in which
the good qualities of the members Of the asso-
Citation were not forgotten.
DIR. Young made some incendiary remarks
about the press and then introduced Mr. P v
De Graw, the manager of the United Press,
who made a fitting response. Reference was,
Of course. made by the president to the alb
eence of Mr.. Simon Wolf. who was prevented
from coming by the death of his brother. Re-
sponses to the promptings Of the POSTMASTER
were made by Col. Anderson. one of Baltimores
leading insurance men, Mr.. Blackboard, Marshal
Ransdel. Mr.. " W. Burchell, Mr.. W. b.
Bryan and Mr.. Cohen.
After dinner there was more fun. and the
party returned to the city early in the evening
very much delighted with the trip.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS
Those present were Capt. R. W. Tyler, R. E.
Frey, Henry W. Reed, Henry wex, o. C.
Green, Lem Towers, jr., G. c. Whiting. j. A.
Duvall. II. C. Birge, Geo. j. Seufferle, W. d.
Quinter, J. L. vogt Maj ". G. Moore, Count
Mitkiewicz. 5. T. Brown. E. Q. Smith, VIM. A.
Gordon. Samuel Bieber. b. Garrett. III. W.
Downing. J. Fl. Graham, James q. Jester. F. L.
Moore. John b. Wight, L. Il. Peake, Owen Nc
Cabe, Charles Graf. A. s. Mccoy, J. J. Appich,
Frank Hume. L. VI. Nixdorf. jr., III. K. Simp-
son. Col b. L. Blackboard. J. l.. Smithmeyer.
Z. H. Underwood. Dorsey Clagett. j. b. Winner.
Warren Choate. & Fish. d. e. Digges, G.. p.
Newton, c. b. CaywOod. W. Burke, jr.. II. C.
Howard, r. q. Rutherford, j. L. Weaver, I. J.
Brown. Alex Mckenzie. A. II. Mccormick. E.
r. Droop. II. H. Bergman, W. B. Baldwin,
p V. DeGraw, J. p. Garrett, L. G. III. Vance.
j. A Cahill. W III. Barnes. Chas. Roberts, q.
r. Repetn, t. b. Smith, u. Gurley. J.
f Herrell, W. s. Pratt, W. Ii. Hoeke,
W c. Reed. ]. S. Moran. Frank Tickling, A.
h Paris, E. I. Kellar. G. S. Domer, VI. L.
Weller. +. X. Horner. b. p. Davis, Col James
VI anderson, E Nee. Jones, Philip May, E.
y Waters. E. G.. Lang. ]. A. Butler, jr.. J. f.
Hood, Joseph L. Atkins, J. F. Batchelder, W.
X Decide. David Moore. Wash'n Danenhower,
Matthew Trimble. r. E. sullivan. +. J. Lewis,
Ralph L. Gait, Col Cecil Clay, e. NJ. Matthews,
W b Bryan. Maj James A. Bates, Marshal ID.
u. Ransdell. G. W. Howard, E. G. Davis. DIR.
J. VI. McCslla. G. VI. Emmerich, o. L. Pitney,
I. H. Nohun, Ferd. Schmidt. G.. NJ. Stickney,
F. Il Underwood. ]. W. Schaefer, A. A. Wilson,
n W. Burchell, Geo. B. Davis, G. s. Bradley,
Max Cohen. Dr. W. P. Young, r. B. Tenney,
W. j. Wilson. E s. Smith. W. P. Boteler, o. T.
Thompson. j. G. krohr l. n C,ordon and A