The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
WELCOMETO WARNER
WashingtOnian's Return Is
Celebrated by Dinner.
TELLS OF TRIP TO THE ORIENT
Completes Three Months Tour Of
Egypt and Other Mediterranean
Esteem for Him as Citizen and Bus-
mess Man-Banquet at !. NJ. C. A.

Friends and admirers Of Brainerd H.
Warner, 10 the number of sixty. rendered
him a cordial welcome home from the
Orient at a banquet last night served in
the dinlng-hall Of the Y. NJ C. A. Build
ing. Thomas H. Hopkins presided, and
q number OF addresses We're made com
mandatory Of Mr.. Warmers worth as &
citizen and the high esteem in which he
is held by the business and civic COM
munities of Washington
Mir. Warner recently returned from a
three months trip to the Mediterranean,
including a tour Of Egypt and the princi-
pal countries bordering upon that inland
sea. Many witty references were made
TO the trip. the menu card bearing pic
ture of the Sphynx, with Mr. Warmers
portrait, a camel and a donkey in the
foreground and the Pyramids in the dis
lance The animals, it is said, were the
principal means of locomotion while in
Egypt, and the donkey bore Mr. Warner
on the trip to the tombs of the ancient
kings At the close of the banquet the
original drawing from which the menu
card was printed was presented in a
pleasant speech by Charles T. Nesbit.
The banquet was interrupted almost in
the beginning to permit Commissioner
Macfarlaud 10 make a short speech Of
welcome 10 Mr.. Warner. and TO express
his personal esteem for the guest oel
honor, after which the Commissioner re-
tired TO participate in another gathering
10 which he had been invited.
Welcomed by }. II. Du Bots.
James T. Du Bots. formerly consul
general to Switzerland, made the formal
speech of welcome in behalf of the enter
tainment committee. Mr.. Du Bots and
Mr.. Warner We're boys together in the
Empire State, and the speaker gave a /
very witty and eloquent recital of the
early career of Mr.. Warner before he
came 10 Washington.
Other speakers were Justice S. ]. Peelte, /
OF the Court OF Claims. Commissioner
Henry L. West Crosby Noyes, Justice
Thomas II. Anderson. Gen. John c.
Black, Charles T. Nesbit. Dr. Wallace
Radcliffe, and J. ]. Darlington. Henry
/. Bryan read a short original poem suit
able 10 The occasion, and W. W. Newell.
OF BinghamtOn. ~ Y, told of the trip
10 the Orient, being one of the passengers
upon the same ship.
Mr.. Warner spoke last. passing briefly
over the reasons for the outpOuring OF
his friends, which he said stirred him
deeply. lie made some reference to the
trip, describing it as a great source of
education and enjoyment, after many
years of constant work. Alr. Warner
spoke more at length about the .mmigFa
ton 10 this country, portion Of which
came under his observation at different
fsa .qsH he Ea 4
been converted TO the idea that immigra- !
ton was a valuable asset 10 the country
inste>~1 of a handicap. He related his ex-
peTience in the passage from Liverpool, !
describing the character of the steerage
passengers and related the results Of
some observations he had made in New
York relative TO the matter.
The committee ia charge of the dinner
were James T. Dubois, John McElroy.
Thomas Hopkins. Charles +. Nesbit. /
Thomas H Anderson, and T. C. NOyes. /
List of Guests.
Among those present were:
Thomas H, Anderson. Lester A. Barr. A. A Biz 1
uey Gen. John e. BLACK John s. Blair A. b. I
Browne. Henry l. Bryan. ". b. Bryan, Joseph ". /
Buck I. 2. Breuninger A J. Bache. John r, /
Camody e. s. N, j, J. Darlington, Addison 4
DB Res James T. Du Bots. ". Clarence Duyau I
Char.-s Ii. Du Bots Charles W. Emery. 4. F. /
Fox. Charles ". Fairfax. Dr.. f. N. GaIaudet /
J. C. Gues. ~. Brooklyu n y; Arthur Hen
bricks Alex. T. Henseyi Philip Hichbom, admiral 4
q. S. N Thomas s Hopkins T. W Heaue I
Ii. G. Jacobs. William Jossup H. J. Jones. DR.. /
Il L. T. johnson, ". S. Knox ". b. King. Dr 4
Richard Kingsman, c. C. Lancaster. John 3. /
Lamer A Lisuer. Norton NJ. Little, Irwin b. I
Linton Irwin NJ Linton, A NJ. L0thr1p. John /
McElroy, Hon. H. B. F. Mcfarland W. H. Moses, /
Hosea B. Ni0ulton Charles A. AIuddiman, Rev. II I
r. Nayl0r ID. D. Charles T. Nesbit. Ii. 7. New
comb. ". IS. Newell Binzbamton n Y. C. + !
Noment, Crosby s. Noyes, Thomas C.. Moves
judge S. J. Peelle. Rev. Wallace Radcliffe. D. d. ; /
j. u. Ralston Clarence B. Rheem + Z RCches-
ter. Cuno II. Rudolph. Miles N. shand Edgar d. /
Shaw, J. H. Small. j. Jack Smith. Gen. Ellis 1
spear. o. &. Staples g. W f. Swartzel j. S. I
swomstedt, n. L. Stanshury, Charles p. Stone.
T. ". Smith. William NJ. Terrell, Rev ". z.
Thirdkield d. d William Tndall; z S TIues-
del. Binghamton, n y; George Truesdel, b. H. |
Warner, II. H. J.. West Jesse b Wilson, Elph0nzo /
Y0ungs and William j. Zen.