The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-19
TEXAS BANKERS DO The TOWN
200 SOUTHWESTERNERS WIND UP
4 BUSY DAY AT CONEY.

Hosts, show the Visitors All the sights.
said the president Of the Honey Grove
National to the president of the Venus
bank, when about a million OF Luna Parks
.a,;y jumped into life and flashed red and
green and white from tower to tower. as
they sat at dinner on the roof Of the res
taurant last night and the girls on the slip
rery slide were squealing and trying to
keep their skirts down: This sure does
heat Boston, but they can't come too fast
for Texas
The Texans. all bank presidents, cashiers
und capitalists from the Panhandle to the
Rio Grande and sideways, came to town
from the so-called Hub yesterday morning
with their wives and daughters, They are
members OF the Texas Bankers Association,
and they are in New York to see the sights
and have an all round good time. They
have been entertained by bankers in Kansas
tItv. Chicago Detroit, Montreal and Bos-
ton since they left Fort Worth in a special
train on June I. and they have enjoyed every
minute Of the trip. They will be here until
tomorrow night and will be shown around
~ representatives OF the National Park,
Hanover National, Oriental. National City.
Seaboard and Mercantile banks.
Very few of them ave ever been in New
York before and they don't care who knows
il. They rubbered at the skyscrapers,
sauntered slowly through the hurlyburly
Of the financial district and laughed big,
hearty laughs whenever they saw anything
that tickled them. slapping each other on
the ba OK and shouting out That's good!'
IN voices that rang with real enjoyment.
They must nave disappointed a lot of New
Workers who get ideas about Texas from
theatre billboards and 10 cen thrillors,
because. aside from their tanned faces,
a certain unconventionality in dress and
Their breezy Western ways, they were just
Ike any other party of sightseers in New
York.
There were 200 of them, but there wasn't
a gun in the crowd.
"Oh. we left our shooting irons at home"
said President Jester of the Jester National
in TYLER, Tex, when a rather fresh young
man butted in and wanted to know why
thew didn't have holsters strapped to their
waists. We didn't want to take business
awav from the fool killer in your town.
added Jester with a dry grin.
Nobody in the bunch wore a sombrero,
either. which struck Coney Island as dis
appointing. In fact, the Texans were u
shock to Coney all round, because Coney
was prepared for an invas on of riproarinR,
wildeyed cowboys who would just as o
bore a hole in a cop as look at him and
might shoot up Bostock's il they felt like il.
Every man OF the visitors wore a gray
cap, which is the badge Of the association
en- tour. On each cap in white letters was
Il. B. A. Hanging from every mans
coat was a little tag bearing his name and
Not that we would get lost" said Banker
Beasley OF Houston. @but 80 that IL any
body wanted 10 make friends with us he
could waltz right up, read the name on the
Tag and say: Vel, Jim, old boy, I'm mighty
inTeIas." For the rest Of their dress plain
business sack suits were the order. al
though here and there some of the bankers
had frock coats.
Charles w. Morse's new steamer Camden
brought them down from Boston Yesterday |
morning and landed them at pier IA, where !
the New York bankers, who are their hosts, T,
we're waiting will automobiles to give
them a ride around town. First they
automobiled in the lower end OF Manhattan,
seeing Wall Street at its busiest and getting
their ears dinned with the racket and roar
OF the Stock Exchange floor. Then they
were hustled uptown through Fifth avenue
and shown the houses Of men whose names
are as well known in Texas as here at home.
After that they got a ride along Riverside
Drive, winding up at Grants Tomb.
why, man alive" said Banker Jester
in his slow, easy draw, sights just crowded
on US, but what got to most of the boys was
ihe tall buildings. We thought Chicago
had EN-, but. say, Chicago is as fiat as a
Texas range compared to this city stuck
on end. My neck's sore from being twisted
and my eyes are tired from double work
had to look twice, you know, to see from
street 10 roof"
Hardly giving the Texans time to get
their breath the NaU Vorl hanGaro -
them W. X. Cleyerley Of the Seaboard,
Alex u. Campbell Of the Hanover, w. O
Jones and Fred o. FoXcroft of the National
Park and Col. j, F. Allen OF the Oriental.
called them down the bay and around to
the city Of fun and frolic. They landed
a. about ? o'clock at Dreamland, and there
they. gave their own yell to get up an appe-
ute for luncheon. 1t ran like this:
Long hornl Short horn! Cotton! Wheat,
Texas products cant be beat!
Texas! Texas! Every day
Texas! Texas! 7. b. A.!
The Dreamland bands had been tipped
on as to what to do. The musicians nearly
blew the notes off their music sheets tear
ing out Dixie a stunt that every band
az Coney Island followed before the night
Honest said j. W. Butler of Clinton,
who is secretary and manager OF
the tour, we'll never get that good
old tune out Of our ears. Ever since we
left the old State we've heard il night and
morning and fifty times through the day
cinnamon seed and sandy bottom and all
the rest Of IT,"
After luncheon at Dreamland the party
started out to see the shows and the barkers
jumped for them and got left for their
pains, The New York bankers had things
all planned out and we're doing the trip
systematically: They took in 1.-THE Feast
OF bplS0dZZar.' WbRrQ a ITaiDad pnoaa told
them the time Of day; got a look at "Crea-
tion' wandered through Hell Gate" and
The End Of the World" and went over to
tred lhompson's merry village at about
8 oclock for dinner.
The roof Of the restaurant at Luna Park
vas made ready for them. twenty long
tsbles, set just where the diners could
take IN as they ate all the sights and sounds
OF me merrymaking, Half the time, happy
as KIDS, they were up from their tables
a1d letting their food get cold, TO stand at {
me railing and laugh at the nonsense and
monkey shinee that Luna spread out for '