The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-21
Earnest Talk of Improve
n1ents Mixed With
FrivoIity.
KEYNOTE BY CHANDLER
!" City Must Be Properly
Beautified by Country at
Large, He Says.

lfaoe TOOK rest yesterday from the
cares and vexations Of business and
enjoyed holiday at River View. Tney
petook themselves from the busy rnarts
or trade. closed their roli-top desks.
Cancelled their afternoon engagements
ana hied themselves TO the Seventh
street wharf, where they embarked on
The steamer Harry Randall and sailed
down the broad Potomac to the resort
selected for the outing.
Arriving on the scene. they 3isnortaef
themselves Ike boys let loose from
school. They frolieked on the grass.
shot the cI1utes. threw quoits. PLAYED
one-old-cat.'' and howIed themselves
hoarse at the pie-eating contest and the
tnree-Iegged race Last. but not least.
lhey attacked q planked sl1ad dinner
with a vengeance that allowed no mercy
Iof the shad and little less for their
own storaacns.
J" hen cigars were lighted and the To-
paseo smoke waited its way toward
the eeahng, bespeaking perfect content
nseial and peace with ali the world. W
Y. Cox. president OF the Beard Of
Trade, called that body TO order. He
was ably assisted by Gen. George n
ffarIaes, whose stentorian voice riereea
the femotest nook and corner Of the
park and echoed back frona the Virginia
shore, as he shouted ..Attentionr'
Sowing improvement Seeds.
Then followed a series of short in
formal responses to toasts wf.ier, bea
eeen announced TO the speakers oulv
Whsn they sat down to dinner. For
neaTly sl Ior an hour the members OF the
poard and their invited guests Ds1t friy-
oaity Denind them and listened with ali
seriousness TO ambitious projects
Droaened By the speakers for their IN
dersement and support.
lne seeds OF future extensive franrove-
ments for the District of Columbia vzara
planted yesterday. They were sowaa
deep in the hearts and minds Of rae r.v
5V1 representative business men and <f-
helaIs OF Washington who uIedgad
themselves 10 foster and nourzsn each
project proposed.
Inc annual outing OF the board was
the most successful in its history. Per-
ieee weather brought out larger at
tendance than was expected. On the
naofaing boat only forty-two men went
uo"i tae river The best estimates OF
the size OF the afternoon crowd carried
70 the commfssary department AT River
view oy the early arrivals was 300 and
AFTERNOON $50 crossed the gangDIank
Equal to the Occasion,
But Edwin II. Neumeyer. chairman Of
the committee on ARRANGEMENTS a,,a
the subcommittee on dinner, was eouaI
TO the occasion. He was covered with
well-earned laureIs by his adIniring
friends for the mastery manner Ia
winch he fed the multitude.
he was assisted by the members OF the
committee on dinner. who donned white
butchers aprons and superintendent the
operation; fbe Overflow tables were set on
the 9erandas OF the pavilion.
Among Those Present.
AT the head table within sat W. y.
cox, District Commissioners Macfar-
land. West and Biddie, Major and s,.-
perintendent OF Police Richard syIyes-
ter. James B. Oyster Ellis H. Roberts.
William E. Chandler, Gen. 4. W. Gree
iy. B. II. Warner, Elmer Dover. s. ".
Busby, a. T. Stewart. willis Moore.
Edgar d. Shaw, Crosby s. Moves. Sena-
tor Chandler, Dr.. Stern, DR.. Kingsnan.
j. Edgar Smith. ". P. Van WickIe. ana
other invited guests.
General Harries. secretary OF saa
Board OF Trade, sat at the head OF an
other table. at which District Assessor
Hopewen II. DarneiIIe, James C. Courta.
clerk of the House OF Representatives
Appropriation Committee, and Chses
Clerk Dawes, OF the Interior Depart
ment, Were also seated
Gen. A. W. Greedy first responded 10
the toast, 1.-The President OF the United
states. eulogizing Theodore Roosevelt
as a representative American,
Former Senator n
lowed with an appeal for national help
IN making Washington the most beass-
ttfui capital in the world. His topsa
was The Identification of Washing
ton !" To be made a city OF wealth, hs
said. it must De made a city of beauty,
Washington canno. be properly bean.
titled by local taxation" he continued.
1T must be done by the country a
large The old idea that Washingtoa
should be improved by Washingteniaas
has passed away II was better than
the worst, but that was all. The natioa
should not build New York city, 81.
Louis. or Chicago, but the Capital
should reflect the country az large As
the capital, SO the country. That Is
the idea foreigners receive. It is time
Congress was made to understand THAI
The best policy to pursue toward ths
District is a liberal one"
Senator Chandler intimatad that tag
assessments in the District Were too
nigh. Commissioners Macfariani and
West afterward both replied TO thts
portion OF his remarks, showing that tha
assessors had acted strictly accord
ng to the laws binding their conduct.
The former Senator suggested threa
projects OF special Importance: tha