Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10
ENTERTAINED BY MIR. WIGHT.
Guests Invited to Meet the Officers of
the Board Of Trade.

Guests Invited to Meet the Officers of
the Board Of Trade.
A reception was given last evening at
1877 . street, the residence of Mr.. John
3. Wight, who is the secretary of the board
Of trade of this city. to meet the officers
and directors Of the board. Mr.. Wight re-
ceived his guests. and each one was fur
Their greeted by MIR. L. II. Warner. the pres
ident of the board Of trade, and was in
troduced to the officers and directors, who
stood in line near the door Of the prin-
cipal parlor. The formality Of a line how
ever. was not preserved during the even
ing. as each OF these gentlemen were soon
surrounded BY group of acquaintances.
As the parlors filled up and the guests
moved about freely, 1t was evident from
the hum OF conversation that an evening
reception, even without the presence of
ladies', does not lack one Of the chief feat
lors and spacious hallway. as well As the
broad landing on the second floor, were
adorned with flowers and foliage plants, an
orchestra was stationed in the hall and
rendered selections during the evening,
there was bowl nlled with q refreshing
compound on the second floor and also one
at the entrance to the dining ROOM The
company was representative of the city
as in professional and official life. and
the opportunity which was thus afforded
the members Of the board Of trade and
others to meet together socially was evil
IDENTIFY highly appreciated.
The board of trade by these social events
liz doing a great deal toward cultivating
that friendly feeling and personal acquaint-
ance which Is 50 useful among the repreeen-
tative men of a city. The executive ability
displayed by the secretary Of the board. Mr..
Wight, who has rather recently assumed
this Office, is recognized as contribut ting
largely toward giving the board its proper
place in the community. The evening was
spent in social intercourse, and In the din
ing room q handsome collation. was served.
1t was natural that the reception was
given in honor of the officers Of the board
of trade that there should be more or less
allusion to that organization. This was es-
pecially the case since the growth and pros
perity which had marked the last few
months of the history Of the board ha g
been SO pronounced. The increase In men,
bership since last December has been nearly
200. and in other respects the board Is els
playing vitality that makes IL worthy to
be the representative Of the interests Of this
city The expressions Of appreciation on
the part Of those present for this opportun-
fly to meet 80 many of the leading men OF
the city was generally heard, and the hope
was expressed that in the future frequent
opportunities of similar character would
be given either under the auspices Of the
board or through the enterprise Of some Of
the members
Among those present were Judge s. J.
Peele, w. d. Baldwin, John Tweedale l..
G. Hine, DR.. Thomas NJ. Chatard, John C.
Head. Major b. p. Mimmack, w. A. Hun
ge-ford John T. Marchand. George William
McLanahan. George c. Gorham, DIR. f. NJ.
Gallaudet. w. H. Moses, w B. Bryan, Gen.
George II. Shields. Charles s. Bradley, A.
W. Pentland. Lloyd B. Wight, Col George
=. Huff. Thomas Wilson. Frank p Reside.
P. V. DeGraw. John e Beall. w. c. Dodge.
~. NJ. Hester, T. A. Lambert A. Lisner.
William F. Clark. Col. Henry F. Blount.
Ross Thompson, r. Goldschmid, Capt Gus
tav j. Ffebeger. William b. Gurley, r. w.
Tyler. Archibald Greenlees Representative
John T. Heard. T. L. Holbrook. ex-Justice
William Strong. Thomas G. Alvord. d. r,
Mckee. c. b. Rheem. Louis d. Wine. VII
liam F. Clark, Matthew c. Emery. DR..
James c. yelling. Charles B. Bailey. M
Sells. Nj. w. Beveridge, Rev DR.. T. S. Ham
lin Rudolph Kaufman. Major Charles F.
Powell w. p. VanWickle, Senator Charles
J. Faulkner George c. Maynard, Jules
Guthridge. H. w. Fuller. Charles w Need
ham, g. w. F. Swartzell Bishop John F
Hurst. Prof. Oris T. Mason. H. p. Goodwin,
Justice Andrew c.. Bradley Beriah Wilkins
b. n. Warner. S. K. Wheatley, John Low
Edison, Col. George Truesdell Isadore Ssks
Frank Hume. e. b. Wight. Justice Louis y
McComas. s. w. Woodward, Theodore w,
Noyes Col. A. T. Britton, George T. Dim.
Iop. John II. Mag-uder. c. ]. Bell and
Robert H. Gunnell ~