The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-19
HONORED BY THE CRESCl MS.
THE SEVEN IWMORTALS DyNED,
WINED AND LiJDED.

tho men who planned and built. financed
and opened the handsome new clubhouse,
which stands on Pierrepont street, Brook
lyn, were dined and wined aud lauded ~
some 400 of their eliminates at a dinner given
in the new home last night. The dinner was
served in the gymnasium.
These seven immortals are the members
of the building committee and the architect,
who L. a club member and took more than
professional interest in his work. They are
President Charles NJ. Bull, Campbell G.
Broun, Herbert r. Ketchum, H.. l.. Lang
haar, Charles J. McDermott and William
g. kedheld, the committee, and Frank Free
man, the architect.
1t was the hrst big dinner served in the
now house and il was served without at all
interfering with the regular service in the
other departments of the club.
The menu had a picture showing each
member Of this committee at work on
the new house. not a. they really worked
but with bricks and mortar. President
hull looked very happy ~shouldering a bod
of mortar and Charley McDermott with
a patch in his ~overalls seemed TO be- natur-
ally at work setting bricks. One man was
working the growler. His face was turned,
but it was said to stand for George Stebbins
or W. W. Share.
There Is always fun at a Crescent dinner
and it began last night when the members
took their seats at the table by the rooters
singing:
We've been working on the building all the
live long day,
We've been working on the building that all
the gov'ners say.
We've been working on the building till we're
nearly dead,
Don't you see the decorations, most of them
are red.
This was the spontaneous work of Jay s..
Jones, so all said. and it sounded like it.
The guests and some Of the stars Of the
first degree were seated at a long table
raised q little so that all could see and Rd-
mire them. The lesser stars were at a table
arranged at right angles to the other, n
from these came the fun. They were
grouped largely according TO their ~favorite
sports, so that the yachtsmen could tell of
their trials, the golfers of their work, the
tennis players of their hard luck, thelacrosse
men so they could talk OF Louis Doyle, and
soon, and Of course the rooters were there
10 entertain all.
In THAT crowd were jay S Jones, George
T. Stebbins, Jack Heatherton, Nash Reed,
James Cassidy, Jr., George Hewitt, W. ID.
Walker, l.. II. Walker, G.. : Small, Jim
Rhett, Lounes Rhett and F. r. Mead.
Then among others noticed were William
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John Lee, another old timer; +. J. Price,
the club poet; McDonough Craven, Com
mander Robert Forshew, c.. o. brinckeT-
hof, j. B. ODonohue, o. W. Heinigke,
Van Wyck, Louis J. Doyle, b. +. Kelley
Thomas Hovenden. T.. j.. Williams and many
others, all famous in club history.
The tables were prettily decorated with
works of art in sugar done by the chef and
his aides and these pieces represented all
the sports in which the club is interested.
George s. O'Flyn, who because he never
knew what a harp was was formally pre-
scented with one of sugar and his aim during
the rest OF the evening was to be able TO
keep time with the orchestra.
Some fun was caused by the Southern
contingent led by the Rhett brothers. Nash
Read and Orphan Crichton. As usual,
they wanted a liberal dose of Dixie, but
after getting satisfied joined loudly in
singing patriotic airs.
Judge Wilkin presided and after the
coffee he tried to get the members attention,
hut his rising was a signal for much cheering
and it took some time TO quiet the enthu-
siasm. Judge Wilkin then said that he
thought the most appropriate thing TO do
as a prelude TO the s~peechmaking was TO
drink to the building committee, and cheer
after cheer rang out again.
Judge Wilkie then announced that the
COMMITTEES Of arrangements had impressed
on him and he was TO Impress 1t on all
others that everything was to be in short
HlttTt. Tt SaHu lH8l VI was d IdI1Ily
meeting and only Crescent men were there
and with the sterling material there was
in the club il had been decided that there
should be no outsiders to speak. He con-
graduated the members that they had
such a mint to look after things so
thoroughly and congratulated the COM
mittee that it had the backing OF such a
body of men in doing it's work.
The first speaker was Justice r. L.. Crane.
He praised the work done by the committee
and praised them for the way they had
hone their work. He told a story of a
Scotchman who was asked what a robber
was. "A robber. replied his friend, lis one
who pours out "A drink Of whiskey and when
you say stop stops
He gave the chief kicker in the club a
delicate touch by saying that since the
club had been opened there had not been
q kick of any kind, not even from Prof.
W. W. Share.
When Judge Crane sat down one of the
special songs prepared for the occasion
was sung and the crowd joined in the
chorus. 1t ran as follows:
If I had a barrel Of whiskey
And sugar three. hundred pound.
The swimming tank to mix IL in
And barney to stir itNround,
Id drink TO the health of the Football Men.
Who started this famous Crescent Club
In Eighteen Eighty-Four.
CHORUS.
Come lister to my ditty.
From IS we steer.
IL is only NOW an Empty House,
But full Of mem 'ries dear,
And we tonight bring back the past,
Old friendships to restore.
And the DAYS when we were Rioters" all
In Eighteen Eighty-Four.
I'm the son OF a, son of a. son of a. son Of a,
Son of the G. A. G.
I'm the son Of 9, son of a. son of a. son of a.
Son of the &. 4. &.
Along with dear old Billy Ford.
We are glad we're on this floor,
To drink a fOaming beakPT
To the men of Eighty-Four.
The Rev. DR.. J. Howard Mellish, rector
Of Holy Trinity, also a club member, fol-
lowed. He told of his trouble from having
had to live opposite the club while il was
In process Of building, and declared that
he had really seen more than the committee.
He described the change that had come
over the corner and said that instead Of a
board fence now he could look on handsome
windows framing Apollos in gorgeous
waistcoats and neckties looking compla-
Gently on passersby and that at night
instead Of an empty lot with cats there was
the clubhouse with night owls. He paid
o glowing tribute to the committee and its
work.
Another song followed, which ran as fol-
lows:
Songs will be sung until the end OF time.