Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-28
FAREWELL 10 POPULAR MAN
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
ENTERTAIN CHARLES A. EDWARDS.
WeIl-known Texas Newspaper Man
Made tire Recipient of Many
Marks OF Esteem.

Washing ton correspondents gatnereu around
an exceedingly merry banquet board last
night at Barton's Hotel to bid u joyous
farewell to one of their number-a CORE
spondent who has during his three years
stay in the capital, become one of the most
popular ard interesting members of that
cosmopolitan ,horoughfare, Newspaper
Row" AS the menu cards announced it,
the particular object Of the occasion was
to put "a finish to Mr.. Charles A. Edwards
of Texas. The Watchword, I'VE come to
bury Caesar, not to praise him." And Char
ley Edwards was fairly buried beneath
mountainous wealth OF good wishes, quaint
qups and the heartiest expressions of
brotherly love.
Mr.. Edwards, who has been the Wash
inston representative of the Houston Post
leaves tomorrow for St. Louis, Mo. to en-
gage in the life insurance business 1t is
safe to say that If the number of policies
written by him during his first year in the
new field shall equal but one-half the toasts
that were drunk to his success, one 1.-THE of
the good-luck expressions, then indeed will
ne De one or the most prosperous of insur-
ance agents.
Universally Popular.
NO man Who has ever entered newspaper
circles OF Washington has risen to more uni
versal popularity than Charley Ed
'eAAu", IL was declared. lie reasons
are many. He Is an unabridged en-
cyclopedia Of droll stories, which he tells
IN characteristic way that is sui generis
and altogether convulsing. During dull
days at the capital, through the long, I'M
prolific months of summer, Mr.. Edwards
WIN MS good tales and eminently happy
disposition, has proved oasis in the
desert One of the best tributes that can
be paid to his genialty and general popu-
l0I1ly. MS friends assert is that he is
allowed to be alone He always has some-
thing new and original to say upon even the
most commonplace subjects.
so much of a story-telIer has Charley
Edwards become that the correspondents
OF the press gallery have catalogued his
sayings. with Charley Hamilton Of the
Brooklyn Times as grand keeper Of the
record. The numbers run we'll into the
three and four hundreds. So it was that
around the board last night whenever a
story was attempted. the deadly number
amid shouts Of laughter. The occasion
throughout was one of the gayest of
gatherings and had in it all the original
and interesting incidents that have made
quite famous.
TOasts Accompanied by ROasts.
George NJ. Bailey Of the Galveston and
Dallas News acted as presiding officer and
POSTMASTER is'speech, like that of those
who followed, was not a single effort, the
entire company joining in to help all the
| orators along. This informally Of
'toasting' proved hilariously enjoyable.
| The speaking began soon after the service
of duck, announced by the menu red
head but which was promptly termed
| Titan haired"
Representative Cooper of the second
Texas district told Of the grief all Texans
felt in the loss Of Mr. Edwards. Frank
nf no Ri frnn
Club, contributed TO the levity, and did
much to add to the finish of Edwards I
Of St; Louis Mr. II. l.; Merrick spoke
clared that all the boys wished they
were gifted as OATS. that each, might have
nine lives for Charley Edwards to insure.
George AIDE Of Chicago, writer of modern
fables land things spoke in a character
istic manner. Upon his conclusion the
moral was unanimously demanded.
1t was long intort morning hours before
the ''fnish'h was pronounced complete.
Some of Those Present.
Among those present were: Representa-
tive Cooper George AIDE. George NJ. Bailey,
Franklin p. Morgan, Major J. j. Dickn-
son Of the San Antonio Express: ]. 8. Bon
ner Of st. Louis; F. H. Hosford of the Ana
conda Standard; H. l.. Merrick and Ernest
G. Walker Of the Washington Post, Chas.
A Hamilton. Brooklyn Times; Samuel G.
Blythe and EVAN Justice of the New York
World Harry ]. Brown of the Portland
Oregonian; Otto Carmichael, Minneapolis
Times 8. w. Small jr., New York Journal;
j. A. Mathews, Edward Mathews, W. s.
Daniels. st. Louis Republic; w. r. Bell.
Philadelphia North American; Sumner NJ.
Curtis, Chicago American; Hal D. I,andon,
Cincinnati ommercal-Tribune; Sherburn
G. Hopkins, Allen d. Albert. jr.. Baltimore
Sun; Robert T. Small, Fred F. Schrader,
Kansas City Journal: R. NJ. Norman,
Memphis Commercial-Appeal Clifford Rose,
Washington Times; E. B. Rein.