Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-13
ToAsTs OF THE TAlLoRs
Annual Banquet Last Night of the Ex-
chsnge
Guests Entertained at Pleasant
Dinner-A Night of Speeches
and Song.

orchestra, and ranged around a long and
beautifully decorated table in a private
dining room Of the Releigh, the members
of the merchant taiIors' exchange of this
city and a 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 tailors
have had other banquets, they united in
declaring, when the party broke up, that III
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. j. Heiberger was POSTMASTER, and
he performed the delicate duties pertaining
to that position i'll most admirable man
per. mis- remarks introducing the various
SPEAKERS and songSters being. pertinently
humorous.
The speech of welcome was made, Of
course, by Mr.. George O. Wood, president
Of the exchange: it was brief speech but
had good deal in it, for when Mr.. Wood
sat down it was evident to every one of his
hearers that the merchant tailors' ex-
| change was good thing; that its banquets
We're altogether desirable. and that every
body present was expected to enjoy him
self.
Vice President c. C. F. Eichler CT the
timore-discussed 1.-THE Great Sartorial
Goose" without however. proving that that
bird possessed any qualities likely to result
IN his supplanting the eagle as the nation 8
1eathered representative.
When Mr.. Eichler sat down, Mr.. T.. c.
Losano, secretary of the local exchange,
got up. Mr.. Losano sang; sang twice; once
because the program demanded it. and the
hno hn
The encore selected was 1.-The Sunshine Of
Paradise Alley in the chorus of which
several Vocalists and some were not vocal
lists, joined heartily.
My Tailor's BilP' was the topic discussed
by MIR. Geo. H. Harries. who. in the course
OF his remarks. advanced several PROPOSE
| lions as to the keeping and rendering Of
accounts, which would be extremely pcpu-
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 old-tme IA
vorite who always commands a hearing
and has a habit of saying deeply inter-
esting things in a deeply Interesting way.
one of the members OF the Baltimore
contingent, Mr.. Claus. treated the COM
pany. to two fnely-rendered vocal selec-
tons; the encore, 1.-The Battle Prayer"
| being applauded with especial enthusiasm.
The New Woman was depicted by Mr..
an a9mirer of that variety of the female
sex. Mr.. 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 vocifer-
Gusiy to stand by him to the last In his
warfare against the bloomer-Clad mascu-
Hne-feinnine. &
Mr.. John Fl. Moriarty was called upon to
give the assemblage his views on cutting
but Mr.. Moriarty refused to be bound down
by any Of the regulations he turned him
self loose with a 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
Kim off the track.
Treasurer E. H Snyder land Chairman
owen Owen of the executive committee
the diners had by rising vote thanked the
Raleigh management for the special ef-
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
minSs was down to respond to Our Flag"
but Mr.. Cummings did net put in an an
pearaHce, nor was any excuse received
from him. Mr.. E. B. Hay was called to
richmond on professional business; his alb
sence left 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
ca essential by Maryland's military author
| tiles, SO the banqueters had to get along
without him as best they could