The Washington times., 1895-03-13
Merchant Tailors Dined Sumptu-
ousIy at the Down Town Club.
THEY REVIVED AN OLD CUSTOM
Appointments and Arrangements Were Ele-
gant-Table Literally Hidden by Palms.
Dainty Menu Card-Eloquent Addresses
Made by the Men Who Make the Fash
ions-Toasts That Inspired the Speakers.

The men who make the fashions and who
sumptuously last night in the banquet hail
of the Down Town Club, at the Washington
Loan and Trust Building.
The organic name of these men is the
Mercha MT TaiIors' Exchange. In the
affair last night they revived an old GUS
tom i'll the city among their guild of meet
ing occasionally around the festive board,
the last convivial gathering of this kind
having been held about six years ago.
1t needed only glance into the banquet
room last night to prove that this their
latest fashion" in the social line was a
pronounced all-round success.
APPOINTMENTS WERE ELEGANT.
1t goes, of cOt.-se, without saying, that
the appointments and arrangements made
by men OF professional taste and highly
developed artistic sense were elegant TO
a pleasing degree People who can get up
a man can easily get up banquet.
The dining table was literally hidden by
palms. The menu card was dainty thing
of the latest cut, and appropriately bore
the sometime emblem OF the men OF fashion,
yellow chrysanthcmum.
The Merchant Tailors Exchange is com
posed OF fifteen active members. The re-
Gently elected officers are Owen owen,
president: w. H CTalston, wee president;
p. c. Losano, secretary, and i. IL. snyder,
treasurer The executive committee IS com
posed ofGeorge o Wood, + /. Eeiberger, 1r.,
! and j. s. Griesbauer other members OF
the exchange are John j. Costinett ,
Messrs GHtcnell and TompkiHs, George
II Keen, Louis Kettler. NJ. Losano Son,
Edwin Potbury, NJ + Seltz, and Snyder x
/ Wood
The guests. other than the respondents
TO toasts, were Messrs. Meyers. i. III.
Quasi. G. F. Eichlcr. a. LHcke. Ned Grif-
! fifth. Fred Henkleman. and 7. Murphy, OF
/ Baltimore; John A, Little. OF New York,
/ John H. Moriarty. Arthur Ii. Snyder, and
z. Fonda, Of this city, nd John McComb,
Of Philadelphia.
TOASTS THAT WERE OFFERED.
The blessing on the feast was asked by
j. Fred Gatchel, after which President
/ Owen delivered an eloquent, although brief
address of welcome, in which he miro
duced Mr. +. ]. Heibercer, ir.. as the
/ toastmasrer. in which capacity he com
( pletely filled the bill. His ntroductonf
4 OF the speakers were brief, to the point, and
! happy.
The supper by the way. was such an at
tractive and seductive feature that the
! speaking did rot begin Until II O'Clock.
= Only one of the invited guests. Mr.. Robert
/ Phillips. who was down for a speech, failed
4 To show up.
! The first toast was to the President OF
I the United States, Which was drunk stand
/ ing. er
/ Thefollowingaret thenames ofthcs peakers
I and the sentiments to which they responded,
Baltimore exchange. "0ur sister society,
| Matthew Keifer. president. W0oiens. I'm
( itation is the siDcerest of flattery, Col
/ Willard Howard Washington. The city OF
magnificent distances Major g gorge
H Harries. Our exchange, Perfection is
! attained by slow degrees She requires the
hand of fine, GeprgeT Keen. Trimmings
What is aught. but as tbs valued F W
Frost Our press, W. Fl. walker. Button
! holes, Col f. B. Hay. The drummer, 6 pei
cent 10--5 per cent. 80, w. E. Butcher
W A. d. IS. George o. Wood.
The festivities we're kept up until an early
/ hour this morning.