Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-15
GREETED BY FRIENDS
HOUSEWARMING GIVEN IN
HONOR OF NORMAN T. ENGLE.
Business Men and Professional Men
Assemble-Magnif Floral
Horseshoe as Testimonial.

With good will and good luck as their
shibboleth. about 100 business men Of this
city assembled by invitation last night in
the recently completed apartment house,
'The Tenney' 814-316 I'd street northeast,
to do honor to Its proprietor Mr. Norman
Tenney Engel. The occasion was in the
nature of house warming" and those
present represented nearly every phase of
business and professional life
The building, which Is three stories high
and OF modern design and construction, was
brilliantly Illuminated from basement to
attic. and on the first floor long banquet
tables were spread, decorated with fragrant
flowers and pyramids of fruit. In one of
the rooms on the lower floor was section
OF the Marine Band, which discoursed en-
ivening airs during the evenings festivities.
IN the main entrance OF the Tenney, under
flood of electric lights, stood a mammoth
floral horse shoe. which had been presented
to Mr.. Engel by his business associates and
friends. In the upper curve, woven In pur,
pie immortelles. was the legend, Good
Luck" The horse shoe was made Of carna-
tons. chrysanthemums and roses. Sus-
pended In Its center was a placard bearing
this inscription:
Norman r. Engel September IA, 1906.
May your joys be as deep as the ocean and
your sorrows as light as its foam. These
few lines to you are rendered by friends
will be an emblem Of your luck for future
years, FRIENDS
The invitations which brought Mr.. En-
gels friends together In jolly reunion last
night stated that refreshments would be
served from filtered water to bay rum"
The guests were enJoined that they were
expected to bring their voices with them,
and were informed that there was plenty
Of room to stay over night"
After-Dinner Speeches.
The after dinner speeches were made by
Messrs Louis P. Krey, Theodore Pitt,
Thomas Sampson, George M. Enrich, ]. M.
Spreckemyer and William Engel. A feature
of the evening was the solo of DR.. R. ].
Green, leader of the choir Of st. Teresa 9
Church. Anacostia, who sang with fine eff
feet, Then You'll Remember Me-, from
THE Bohemian Girl"
Mr.. Louis P. Krey and Mr.. George P
Sacks OBLIGATED as masters of ceremonies
and under their guidance the fun and music
never Jagged for a moment.
Good stories, witty sayings. songs and
repartee were INDUCED in until the wee
sma hours when after wishing mine host
Norman I. Engel good luck in abundance,
the guests departed after singing Aud
Lang Syne."
Those present included Messrs. G. A.
Smith, George Field. William Engel, A. I.
Schroth, L. A. Delwig. DR.. H. s. Medford.
Giesler. William G. Carter, H. NJ Packard.
Louis P. Krey, George P. Sacks. Charles
W. Botsch, James L. Green. F. A. Blum
don, Charles H. Krey. George M. EN-
rich. Edward Brown. Thomas Sampson, F.
w. Kahlert, Charles G. Pf1uger. Hugo
Kuerschner. Edward Schneider, Theodore
Pitt, A. A. Chaplin. 8. C. Redman. G.
Taylor Wade. Charles Abel. John Mellis,
George Malls, w. F. Potts. Richard Ston-
nell. Andrew Loefier. H. P. Ellis. Charles
Schlagle Anton Lerch. Richard Hendrick-
son, ]. NJ. Sprecklemyer, Edward F. Mint
ger. John Trethaway, Robert Callahan, VIM.
H. Henshaw and DR.. r. ]. Green.