The sun., 1908-06-28
BANK CLERKS ON A HOLIDAY
i BrT OF FUN ron THOSE or TRE
NATIONAL CITY BANK.

yIce.Presidcnt yandefiEp Gives Everybody
an OUTING on HIS Scarborough Lawns
.-gsame Tor tgae Clerks and Information
for Their Employers The Driving Girls.
Every one in Nos. a. the National City
Z Bank Ia known in the official language Of
Z the New York Clearing House Association
and In tho vernacular OF the banks en-
plpyees, had bang up good time yes ter
day, from President James Stillrnan dow to
/, Pete Wynn who carries messages for him.
1t the outing given by Vice-President
Frank vanderlip OF the bank al HIS country
home, Beechw ood, near Scarborough.
You could have guessed that something
out Of the ordinary was doing II you had
been III advised enough to enter the bank
ko cash check or make deposit around
closing time yesterday noon. The steely
glint In the eyes of the Office boys and mes
Ssngers, such times as they abstraotea
\ thsin from the clock dial would have been a
hint 70 the densest intruder. Even staid
3b0okkecpers and cashiers failed to welcome
I9to customers with Mr.. Taft hot weather
Aexpression.
4 From u 80 till las office boys, messengers,
4 oaesks, teller, bookksepers and cashiers
aelnrried to all parts Of the city to efeot
u,obilization OF the contingent Of wives and
ewsethearts. BY o'clock 400 future bank
presidents and their fair friends were ling
4 howard Scarborough in their special train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderlip welcomed them all
/ ~ the iron gate half way up the hill from
the station.
The lsst group was still passing slowly
\ tiis Hudson, when the stentorian voice OF
William d. Reynolds. president Of the City
Bank Club. was heard giving the first call
zor the track meet. The contestants had
\, ,1frsady gathered 10 track suits and spiked
I, shoes, and they made themselves heard too.
Stocks and Bonds!
Market and Ratel
u Nationall National!
.!8ss S-S-8.
woke the echoes the natives remarked what
coed lungs tho college boys had up at the
PouGhkeepsie boat races. The turf track
on the vanderlips lawn was fast track
Urged on by fair rooters on the camp chairs
and by the partisan cries Of their depart
rnsnts, the athletes did phenomenal work,
but no worlds records were broken.
n The ladies' driving race was the feature
of the day. Six teams were entered. The
future hnanciers trotted to the post,
ther lady drivers banding Ling the D rib ribbons ons
md they were of. Neck and neck
they sped the first fifteen yards. At
twenty yards W. Mokeever. Miss Roth
DRIVING, pulled out Of the ruck. At forty
yards The field closed in and he put on a
teRTidc burst Of speed, But the strain was
too Rreat. The harness parted and the fair
flEiver was spilled on the green. while the
dery steed shot under the wire unguided
Seconds later Miss Roth piloted her stout
stead r. Lang TO victory.
IS Tho running high jump brought out keen
fA0tional spirit when George o. Kittle and
TX. i, Baker showed they were In a class
a BY themselves. The cries Of the correspon-
depce desk party hit the welkin with a
Get up steam, Kittle." only to be answered
hy the chorus Of the check department,
little more yeast Bakerl' At feet 7
inches Baker went over the bar with roll
The three legged race, in which the mes
sensers participated, opened the eyes of
the bank officials in regard to the speed
Of which their leaden footed Mercurys were
capable. = President Stillman noted this
fact when he remarked to Mr. Vanderlip
They'd have saved the country II they
bad got money around at that speed dur
After the races Miss Narcissa Vanderlip,
Che four -year-old dau ghter Of Mr.. Vanderlip.
made little speech and awarded prizes
of cups and medals. A buffet lunch fol-
lowed and afterward there was O vaudeville
entertainment on the lawn. spotlight
illuminated the stage and all over the
aGrounds Japanese lanters festooned amid
the tres afforded touch OF romance for
couples who wished to commune with
nature and each other and watch the full
moon silver the Hudson.