Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
BANQUET AND DANCE.
Enjoyable Time by Plate Printers
Pleasure Club Last Night.

To their lady friends, their wives and
sweethearts, the members of the Plate
Printers Pleasure Club of the bureau Of
engraving and printing rendered banquet
and dance last evening in Carroll Institute
Hall. 912 10th street northwest. About 100
were present and the guests all proclaimed
the success OF the affair.
In Its features the banquet was unique
After the members Of the club had made
the arrangements and provided for the
evenings entertainment, they turned the
evening over to the ladies. The latter chose
their own toastmistress and she called upon
many of the weaker sex to respond to
toasts.
At the opening Of the banquet, about 8
o'clock, Thomas Roche, president Of the
club. announced that the entire party was
der their orders only for tonight" Mrs.
William H. Peck then took charge Of the
program.
In introducing the first speaker of the
evening Mrs. Peck paid fine tribute to
the American Federation Of Labor. 'It is
the grandest organization in the world"
she declared. 'It has done more for uplift-
ing the working people than any President,
czar or emperor. hope that the leaders of
that organization will have lion hearts and
will endure forever, as long as there is a
working man" Mr.; Edward Jordan, dele
gate of the Plate Printers Union to the la at
meeting Of the American Federation Of
Labor convention, was then introduced. He
spoke Of his pleasure at being present and
congratulated the men for arranging such
an occasion and the ladies for their SUPER
vision of the evenings program. A violin
solo was well rendered by Miss Ida M.
Ullman. Mrs F. c. HUM and Miss Kate
M. Gibson responded briefly to the call Of
the toastmlstress. The evening was closed
with a dance.
The officers Of the club are: Thos. F..
Roche. president. Dan j. Sullivan, vice
president; James Mentally, secretary-treas-
urer.
Banquet committee-F. C. HUM, chair
man; L. Nichols, F. McKenna, B. J,
Kroger, c. Gates, William Ullman, C.
Lehmkuhl
Committee on constitution and bylaws
Charles Cameron. w. j. Dooley, J. H. Har-
rngton.
Reception committee-w. F. Doyle, C. F.
steen, A. H. Gibson, w. Edwards, H. Sill
bert. F. E. label. E. Kane, B. 8. Kroger,
George Clayton.
The members of the club are: Thomas F.
William H. Peck, Charles Gates. William
Ullman. August Davis, Chris. Lehmkuhr,
George Clayton, William Hutton, William
P. Challice. Louis Nichols. John Federico,
Frank HUM, William Doyle. Jos. Haley,
Edwin Steen, H. Gotthold, Bartes p New
man, Edwin Atkinson, b. s. Kroger, B. j.
Kroger, Fred Lipp, Archie Gibson, John
Harrington; Howard steen. Daniel J: Sui
William Dooley, Frank McKenna, H. New
man, D. Bigley, Harry Silbert, James Gil
son. Michael Bohle. Charles T. Smith. James
J. Clinton. Albert Dant, Thomas X. OBrien,
Henry label, C. B. Cameron, Lawrence
Schuett Salvatore DeLucca, George Eff
feran. Edw. Genoe, c. B. Liekweg. c. Brad
shaw 8. Kline.
The ladies present last evening were
as follows: Mrs. William H. Peck, Mrs.
Thomas F. Roche, Eta G.. Hart, Mary e.
Graney, Hattie NJ. Cook, Ida F. Clayton,
Leah Schnett, Regina Daut, Amanda Smith.
Matilda Gotthold, Louisa Lipp, Emiline
Newman, Mrs. B. ]. Kroger, Mrs. B. 8.
Kroger. Mrs. H. B. Newman, Mrs. Edd
Atkinson. Mrs. John Federico, Annie c.
Cowbig, Ida Mae Ullman. Minnie Ullman
Katherine vollmer. Susie v. Edwards, Mrs
F. C. HUM. Mrs. L. Nichols, Katie Il
Gibson, Mrs. c. Lehmkuhl, Bertha M
Dooley, Mrs ]. T. Robey, Nellie Bradley
Mrs. w. Hutton, Julia c. Iarfella, Mary
Healy. jamie Chandler, Anna French, Emma
| Thiele, Mrs. M. j. Bohle, Mrs. Charles
| Gates, Mrs. H. Silbert, Mrs. E. Steen, Miss
| Ada L. Colvin, Mrs. Charles B. Cameron