Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-26
PLANKED SHAD FEAST
Board of Trade Makes Merry
at River View.
NINTH ANNUAL DINNER
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS JOIN IN
FESTIVITIES.
Brief Addresses by President Smith
NINTH ANNUAL DINNER
Brief Addresses by President Smith
and B. n. Warner-Lazy Day and
Good Dinner the Features.

and their friends Saturday. For the nine
years the board has been eating it's annual
shad dinner never, so say the three hum
dred who ate Saturday. has 1t tasted so
good; never has a day been so free from
care and formalities and so full Of quiet
enjoyment and ease. The dinner was served
on the broad verandas of the dining pa
viion at Rever View. Twice the Samuel
]. Pentz unloaded her cargo of hungry
men, and twice the '1oaves and fishes
were served up, and twice the easy chairs
on the shaded lawns were filled with those
too full for the utterance of anything but
satisfaction, and it all ended by the land
ing of a merry boat load of thoroughly sat
isf1ed men at the city's wharf in the cool
Of the evening.
When the Board Of Trade goes in for shad
it does so with singleness of heart which
overshadows all things else, and Saturday
the only plank in its platform was shad-
Smith, who presided at both dinners. grace
fully gave opportunity for speeches. but
speeches were not on the menu, and by
general consent they We're not to any ex-
tent a part Of the festivities. Some one
said personal tax" just as the first
table of diners had satisfied itself and
President Smith responded briefly by CIV
ing the position the Board Of Trade had
taken on that subject two years ago, and
from which it had never receded. 1t was
opposed to any personal tax proposition;
money for municipal government should
be obtained by taxing corporations on their
earnings. while general business enter
prises should pay their tax by a license.
Dr. Charles G. Stone seconded this. and
thought that an emphasis should be given
the matter. in view of present congress
sional action by mass meeting. AS chair
man of the reception committee and COM
mttee Of arrangements, Ralph w. Lee.
while indorsing the ideas advanced. de-
fined the object of a shad bake to be an
opportunity for the business men of Wash
ington to get acquainted with each other.
Lets go out on the grass. and If you don't
know the man next to you, just slap him
on the back and say hello"
Mr.. Warner Heard.
This is meeting of the Glover Club Of
Philadelphia" says a gentleman on my
right, remarked Mr.. B. H. Warner, who
was listened to for a moment by the sec
ond set of diners, while the gentleman on
my left is reminded of the Gridiron Club
of our own city. But 1 want, on behalf Of
some of the modest gentlemen who sit at
the head of the table, to offer a vote of
thanks to the committees of the Washing
ton Board of Trade who have so sumptu-
ously arranged for our present enjoyment"
If you so vote, say aye The AYE"
that there was uncertainty on one sub
ject. A word more, and Mr.. Warner had
concluded, and with him the speechmak-
ing of the day. That word was about the
forthcoming Grand Army encampment
"Washington has been built up since the
war. 1t puts on new clothes every year;
we have both new crop of statesmen as
we'll as new business men. The treasury
of the United States is going to aid us in
identifying and making our city attrac-
tive, but it remains with us to attract to
her gates that increased population which
she needs for her best business welfare
and Ii IL through lust such enterprises
the encampment of the G. A. r. that this
can be done. If support every enter
prise which will bring to us the conven-
lions and assemblages of the best citizens
of the nation we shall double our own pop
ulation in the next decade"
Feature Of the Day.
So much for the speechmaking Of the
shade bake. That was not the feature. The
feature was the lazy day, the broad,
smooth Potomac. and the green trees that
gided by on either bank while the boat
sped down. It was a game in the open
bowling alley, a run on the ball field,
twirl of the quoits, a roll on the grass. It
was the anticipation of long rows Of beau
tifulIy browning shad on either side Of a
cracking fire on the river bank. 1t was
the realization of an appetite as keen as
razor. 1t was the satisfaction of letting
that appetite run riot for an hour among
menu every section of which was exact
ly what was needed. 1t was the sunset rest
which followed; the good story and the
good laugh. Then the trip up the river in
the cleaning, when everybody sang, and
everybody laughed and the music of the
band, the toot Of the siren, the slush Of
the water and the jar of the boat all blend
ed and helped that planked shad to make
you happy.
These were the enjoyments Saturday Of
the business men of Washington. With
them as guests were members Of Congress,
nj he he q nd
ment and financial heavy -weights from
other sections Of the country. Included in
the number Of guests were Representatives
Dayton Of West Virginia. Burkett Of Ne
braska, Bartholdt Of Missouri, Small Of
North Carolina. Simms OF Tennessee and
Lot Thomas of Iowa, Captain C. D. Sigs-
bee. Frank Campbell assistant secretary
of the interior: Deputy Pension Commits
sioner Kelly, Major w. F. Butts and Major
John Loud.
General George H. Harries, who had par
ticipated in the Rochambeau exercises came
down late on the government yacht Oneida
With General Harries were Mr.. Charles R.
Henderson, New York capitalist Mr..
James c. Courts, clerk to the appropria-
tons committee Of the House of Represen-
tatives; Captain Cook Of the District
Guard, and F. ]. Whitehead. On the re-
turn trip General Harries increased his
party aboard the Oneida to include several
| other Of the distinguished diners.
Praise for Committees.
| Besides the vote which Mr.. Warner in
| spred for the committees in charge of the
affair, general praise was heard on every
hand of their splendid results. These COM
| mittees consisted of:
Reception committee-Ralph W. Lee,
chairman: Thomas P. Morgan. P. j. Bren-
| nan. f. T. Chamberlin, M. D.; Percy s.
| Foster, Frank L. Harvey. William H. Mar
tin, Harry c. Moses, John L. NewboId.
Thomas J. Owen George N. Saegmuller,
| William II. Veerhoff. John B. Daish, Ralph
L. Calf. Oscar w. White. E. J. McQuade,
| D. Percy Hickling, NJ. D.; L. 0. De Lash
mutt. Ashley NJ. Gould, Richard w. Tyler,
-: H: Neumeyer, James l.. Parsons. Allen
w. Mallory, Thomas c. Noyes. A. E. Ran
| die, s. w. Tulloch, Edwin c. Graham, John
| Joy Edison, jr.; A. R. Server. Frank L. At
well. Andrew B. Graham, Martin Kastle,
| Charles Kleidel. jr.: A. T. Stuart, William
| Henry Walker, A NJ Lothrop, Somerset r.
| Waters
-, Arrangements-Ralph W. Lee. chairman;
Thomas p. Morgan. p j. Brennan 8. w.
| Stinemetz, f. H. Neumeyer, Thomas C.
| Noyes, John L. NewboId. f. H Droop
Subcommittee on dinner-Maj. E. H. Neu-
meyer, chairman; E. G.. Schafer r. r