The Washington bee., 1907-03-30

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ira, concealed behind an immense bank
| Of ferns disCoursed sweet music through
out the repast The T-shaped table was
beautifully decorated with silver can
delabra, potted plants, and the service
was fawless. Following is
The Menm.
Blue Points on half-shell
Consomme
Terrapin Saratoga Chips
Roast Capon
Potatoes String Beans
Roman Punch
Blanched Almands Waldorf Salad
Pecans Baked Virginia Ham
Cheese Crackers Relishes
Ice Cream Fancy Cakes
Black Coffee
Cigars
The Speeches.
When the hour for beginning the pro
gram had been reached, Toastmaster
Asbury introduced in turn the speakers,
his individual comments being most fe-
licitous. Those who spoke were men
who are doing things" and the tone
of each address was optimistic to the
last degree. Their utterances bore the
stamp of authority because the speakers
were themselves pronounced successes
in the particular field of endeavor they
discussed. The facts and figures brought
forward indicated that the enterprising
business men of the Quaker City are
wide-awake-alive to every opportunity
to advance their commercial interests,
and that the professional and ministerial
elements are putting their shoulders to
the wheel with an enthusiasm and di-
rectness that betokens gratifying results
The reports from the building and loan
associations of the homes that have been
builded, the expressions of the medical
men who are in private practice or en-
gagged in developing hospitals, officials
in the civil service, real estate dealers,
heads of department stores, practical en-
gineers and skilled mechanics, wholesale
and retail dealers in various commodi-
ties, and men who handle daily the large
affairs of their own or who serve others
came as a revelation to those whose at
tention had not been specifically called
to the wonderful progress that the col
ored people of the city are making in
so many helpful directions. The order
of exercises was as follows:
4 Business Symposium.
Journalism" Mr.. c. J. Perry, editor
of the Philadelphia Tribune.
Building and Loan Associations
Religious Unity"-RevC Clarence Par
constructive influence of the National
rish.
"Colored Men in the Civil Service
Mr.. William H. Jones, City Street Cim-
missioner.
ministers in Business"-Bishop L. J.
Coppin.
Hospital Work of Negro Physicians"
DIR. E. c. Howard.
Commercial interpretations" - Mr..
Samuel Brown.
"Civic Righteousness"-Rev Henry l.
Phillips.
Industrial Insurance7-Mr R a.
Cooper.
THE Gents Furnishing Business
Mr.. A. E Makell.
"The Industrial Idea for Pennsylva-
nia"-Rev. w. A. Credit.
'The Negro Engineer"-Mr. Preston
C. Slowe.
"The Negro Department Store"-Mr
R. S. Jackson.
"The Real Estate Business - Mr.
Charles H. Sandidge.
The Negro Physician" DIR. Alger-
non S. Jackson, Mercy Hospital.
"Our Guest"-Rev w. G. Parks.
Before the response of the guest Of
honor to the interesting remarks of the
evening, Mr.. Clarence w. Anderson, Of
| NGW OIh5 OilG VI liiC ldNS ; AAlOSb POPN-
lar characters, was introduced, and de-
livered stirring address. 1t fairly bris-
tied with good points; it was witty,
forcible and eloquent. Mr.. Anderson
was in his happiest vein, and paid an
especially high tribute to the work and
worth of the worlds greatest industrial
ist, whom he described as "the worst
abused and most lavishly flattered man
of the race, yet one who was unsoiled
by the one and unspoiled by the other.
Mr.. Anderson's lofty estimate of the
guest of the evening was applauded to
the echo.
Dr.. Washington Pleads for Creators Of
Opportunities.
When the distinguished educator in
whose honor the magnificent function
was planned arose to speak, the great
company arose enmasse and amid tu-
niultuous cheers, gave him the Chau-
tauqua salute.
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