Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-20
PRESIDENT ATTENDS |||.'''
Head of the Nation at 7. M.
G. A. Banquet.
NOTABLE GATHERING
ARMY AND NAVY, CABINET, THE
ARMY AND NAVY, CABINET, THE
JUDICIARY AND CONGRESS.
Representatives of Every Branch of
Government in Attendance-Presi-
dent Woodward's Announcement.

The soldier. the citizen, the statesman
the business man paid tribute last night
about the banquet board at the New VIII,
lard Hotel to the great work of the y M
/ c. A. in celebration of the fiftieth annver-
sary of the founding of the Washington
association Almost every walk of life was
represented by the 800 men who gathered
at the tables and partook of the good Things
served them. The government was repre-
scented by its chief executive and by repre-
sentatives of the legislative and judicial
departments. The army and navy were
represented, and college presidents, railroad
managers, bank officials. presidents of cor
porations, municipal officers, editors, writ
ers, capitalists were all there to bear per-
sonal testimony of their regard and esteem
for the assoca ton and it's work. The gath
ering was one of the most remarkable ever.
brought together in the District of Column.
bia. The interest manifested in the opera
| lions of the Y {. A. by almost every
class of citizenship was sufficient to cause
each guest last night to forget the cares
and troubles of his particular business or
profession and to give his whole attention
and thought to the Y. M. c. A. and what
it has done for him. There was hardly q
man of the 800 at the banquet board who
was not willing to say that the work Of the
association in some way or other, directly
or indirectly, had contributed its share to
the success he attained in his particular
business or profession, and every man of
the 800 was successful man.
The tables were set in the form of grid
iron. the long top piece running the length
of the east side of the great banquet halk
north and south, and the smaller tables,
forming the prOngS. running east and west.
The table decorations and the shades of
the hundreds of incandeScent lamps which
seemed to be showered from the ceiling
were soft pink. Flowering plants and
large banks of cut flowers were placed here
and there along the tables, to lend touch
of color to the white of the napery and to
catch the light reflected from the brilliant
silver and glass ware. On the long table,
used for guests, the scheme of decoration
was a little more elaborate than -at~the
smaller tables American Beauty roses were
used there instead of flowers of softer
shade. Dinner was served at O'Clock, and
an excellent menu was provided The speaks
ing began about o'clock and continued
until midnight. -
Feature of the Occasion. So J.
The greatest feature of the dinner was
the announcement made by President Wood
ward in his speech that the association conz
templated improvements that will cost $780,
COO. The announcement came as surprise
to at least half of those who heard it. The
guests were each presented with a Sou
venir book which bore the title, "A Record
of Fifty Years-A Look Ahead" The book
contained what it's title suggested his
tory or the Y M u. "A Oh the blStTltl anu
statement of what it expects to do in the
near future. But this was not all the book
contained. nor the most interesting OF It's
several features ~
There was carefully prepared statement
of the finances of the organization, winch
shows that there is now in bank, drawing
interest, $4,000 to the credit of the asso-
citation, and that the directors have sub
scribed $50. 900, making a total Of 300
on hand They desire, therefore, to raise
S145 600 and each of the souvenir books was
supplied with blank form, by means OIL.
which any person desiring could con-
tribute. When this money shall be raised
the association will set about the construc-
ton of an addition to its present building
on street and the erection of a boys,
building on 18th street, which will connect
with the rear of the G street building The
associa ton owns two large lots, on which
these two new buildings can be erected. as
dress.
If the association does not secure all the
money it has called for it will use what 1t
has in carrying out as much of the plan
that has been prepared as can be done with
the means at hand.
walters had brought the coffee, party OF
ladies appeared in the balcony above the
banquet hall and were received with APP
plause by the diners The party included
Miss Helen Gould. Mrs McAlpin, president
of the National Women's Auxiliary of the
Young Mems Christian Association; Mrs.
Dewey, Miss Flora Wilson. Mrs. Harlan.
Mrs. Corbin, Mrs Henry B. F. Macfarland,
Mrs. Stanley Matthews. Mrs. John w. Fos-
ter, Mrs. Kibbey, Mrs. John B. Henderson.
Mrs. William Thaw, Mrs. Gillett Mrs. Nc
Lanahan, Mrs. George Truesdell, Mrs. Dun
can c. Phillips, Mrs. Charles G. Bennett
and Mrs. B. Fl. Warner.