Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-13
ToAsTs OF THE. TAILoRs
Annual Banquet Last Night Of the Ex-
change
Guests Entertained at q PIeasan
Dinner-A Night Of Speeches
and Song.

To the accompaniment Of most excellent
| orchestra, and ranged around long and
| beautifully decorated table in a private
| dining room Of the Releigh, the members
| Of the merchant tailors' exchange Of this
| city and number of guests ate, drank
and were merry until an early hour this
| morning. The appointments and the more
material features of the feast were unex-
| ceptionally good; the speeches and songs
exceeded expectations Starting in at 8
O'Clock, the thirty-five members and guests
enjoyed thoroughly the menu and the pro-
gram. and although the merchant tailor
| have had other banquets. they united in
| declaring. when the party broke up, that In
spite of the disappointment caused by the
absence Of some of those VINO had promised
| to respond to toasts, the dinner was a
greater success than any Of Its predeces-
SOrS.
Mr.. F. ]. Heiberger was POSTMASTER. and
| he performed the delicate duties pertai ning
to that position in a most admirable man
ner, his remarks introducing the various
! speakers and songsters being pertinently
| humorous
The speech of welcome was made, of
| course. by Mr.. George 0. Wood, president
Of the exchange; 1t was brief speech. but
had a good deal in 1t, for when Mr.. Wood
sat down 1t was evident to every one of his
hearers that the merchant tailors' ex-
change was good thing; that its banquets
body present was expected to enjoy him
self.
Vice President c. c. F. Eichler CT the
national exchange-and incidentally of Bal
timore-discussed 1.-THE Great Sartorial
Goose" without. however. proving that that
bird possessed any qualities likely to result
| IN his supplantins the eagle as the nation
feathered representative.
When Mr.. Eichler sat down, Mr. f.. c.
Losano, secretary of the local exchange,
got up. Mr.. Losano sang; sang twice; once
because the program demanded 1t, and the
second time because the company insisted.
The encore selected was 1.-The Sunshine of
Paradise Alley" in the chorus of which
several vocalists. and some were not vocal
fsts joined heartily
My Tailor's Bilr' was the topic discussed
by Mr. Geo. H. Harries. who, in the course
OF his remarks. advanced several PROPOSE
tons as to the keeping and rendering of
accounts, which would be extremely pcpu-
| lar among all classes of people, except
| those who make their living by the selling
of clothes.
There was a hearty welcome for Presi-
| dent Mat keifcr of the Baltimore ex-
change, for Mr.. keifer Is an oId-time IA
Vorite who always commands a hearing
and has habit of saying deeply inter-
estins things in deeply Interesting way.
| contingent. Mr.. Claus. treated the com
pany to two tinely-rendered vocal selec-
tfons: the encore, "TNe Battle Prayer"
| being applauded with especial enthusiasm
| AHC ->CW W oiudu was ueplCteQ by Mr..
John A. Griffith. who. by the way, is not
| an admirer of that variety of the female
sex. MIR. Griffith pleaded for the cause of
the old woman. by which. of course, he
meant the young old woman, and the ex-
change and its guests promised yocifer-
cusiy to stand by him to the last In his
warfare against the bloomer-clad mascu-
lne-feminine.
Mr.. John H. Moriarty was called UPON to
give the assemblage his views on cutting
but MIR. Moriarty refused to be bound down
by any of the regulations; he turned him.
self loose with string of amusing stories
told as only he could tell them. Mr.. Nor
larty was the oratorical star of the even
ing. for he succeeded in knocking out every
effort made by envious auditors to throw
lin Off the track.
Treasurer E. H. Snyder and Chairman
owen Owen of the executive committee
spoke briefly but pointedly, and then, after
the diners had by rising vote thanked the
Raleigh management for the special eff
| forts which had been made to make the
crowd comfortable. the annual banquet of
the exchange came to an end.
The more conspicuous of the absentees
were missed. Representative Amos Cum
but Mr.. Cummings did not put in an ap-
pearance. nor was any excuse received
from him. Mr.. E. b. Hay was called to
Richmond on professional business; his alb
sence left a large void which no one at
tempted to fill. Col. Willard Howard Of
the fourth Maryland infantry was on the
bills to talk about Trade Ethics" but Col
Towards presence At Annapolis was deem
ed essential by Maryland's military author
tiles, so the banqueters had to get along
without Dim as best they could.