Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27


attended the banquet given by the Y.
M. G. A. at Hotel Alexandria last
night in honor of the winning team in
the recent membership contest.
Arthur Let's of the Broadway De-
partment store, president of the asso-
citation, presided, and Francis Murphy,
the we'll known gospel temperance
worker, acted as toastmaster.
Prominent Y. M. C. A. Workers
The speakers included some of the
most prominent Y. M. G. A. workers in
the country-men who have given
freely of their time and money to ad
vance the interests of the association.
The address of Henry Weinstock of
Sacramento was of especial interest to
the business men present, his topic be-
ing 1.-THE Crying Need of the Business
Man"
Mr.. Weinstock, who is an Israelite,
has been aptly described as "the best
Christian in Sacramento"
He made a strong appeal to his
audience to assist in the work of pro-
viding a suitable home for the Los
Angeles Y. M. G. A., declaring that
money contributed for the purpose Of
safeguarding young men and building
up their character was the best invest
ment any city could possibly make.
James Stokes Of New York told
Something of a Worldwide Work."
treating of the development of the Y.
NJ. c. A. abroad.
Mr.. Stokes has devoted practically
ell of his time for several years to the
founding of Young Mems Christian
associations in Europe, one of his most
notable achievements being the organ
ization of an association in st. Peters,
burg in the face of the most deter
mined opposition on the part of GER
tain element of the population.
Attractive Decorations
The banquet hall in the Hotel Alexan-
dria was decorated simply but attract
lively. The chandeliers were connected
with strings of ferns and at each chan
delier the ferns were artistically en-
twined about them. Twenty-Five tables
were spread for the business and rep
resentative men who attended the BAN
quet. There was an absence of flowers
at all of the tables, with the exception
of the one around which We're seated
the guest of honor, Mr. Weinstock,
Toastmaster Francis Murphy and the
speakers of the evening. On this a
huge bouquet of centaurias was laid
out in graceful and artistic manner.
Arthur Let's. president of the Y. M.
c. A., who presided at the banquet,
opened the festivities with an enthu-
siastic speech, in which he presented
J. l.. Graham, captain of the winning
team in the membership contest, with
the $50 gold medal His address was
brief but terse and to the point. He
said in part:
"The city of Los Angeles could not
survive without the young men that we
have here They are made of the stuff
that tells. These young men are young
men of character. Many of them will
become prominent in the making of the
nations laws. Such men must be men
of character. The most important
thing for young men are influences that
help to build up their characters. The
Y. M. C. A. Is that place. The Y. M. G.
A. gives these influences, and that is
the place for the young men, place
which may we'll be termed a character
factory.
Should Appeal to Every One
"The Y. M C. A. and it's purposes
should appeal to every business man,
every merchant every lawyer and
every doctor. When we entered upon
the plan to build a new home for the
Y. M. c. A organization it was with the
purpose that we should endeaVor TO
do So
the word 'endeavor' can be eliminated
and the words we are going to do so
substituted. We went in with the idea
that we should contribute $350,O00 to
the project. Mr.. Hellman has said
that we will put 100000 into 1t. How
ever that may be, future magnificent
home for the Y. M. c. A. in Los An
geles has almost been assured. l no
lopqer say that we shall do our best
to erect such a beautiful home for the
young men of this city; L say that we
shall erect this building. 1 will see to
1T that it is erected.
Medal Awarded
1T is with greatest pleasure that /
award this $50 gold medal to Mr.. j. l..
Graham. L congratulate him upon the
able work done by his team"
The members of the winning team
who share the honor of the valuable
medal with Capt. Graham are Gail
Hart, l.. G. Hamilton, A. e. Hoffman,
R. H. Allan, Charles v. Clay, H. M.
Beal and j. A. Newton.
Mr.. Graham responded to the pre-
sentation address, ably thanking the
Y. M. C. A. and Arthur Let's for the
honor that had been bestowed upon
his team and himself. He said in
part:
when we went into this work our
team did so with the word hustle as
our motto. 1t meant hustle, and every
man in our team worked hard and
earnestly. When I think of what we
did l am reminded of the story of the
two frogs that accidentally jumped
into a milk can one night.
1.-The two frogs, when they found they
were unable to jump out, were, how
ever, different in character and de-
termination. One of them commenced
to hop violently about for a few min
utes, croaking for help. The other said
not word but kept on hopping about
One Frog Still Alive
Next morning when the servant of
the house came out to carry in the
cooled milk the frog who had hoped
about violently at first but who later
gave UP the effort to save his life, was
found lying on his back in the bottom
OF the can The other frog, who said
nSthing but who kept hopping about
until he had churned a small lump of
butter, was sitting contentedly on the
butter floating about on the milk.
"On behalf of the members of the