Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-08
FRIENDS HOLD GOOD
FELLOWSHIP DINNER
BEACH RESIDENTS LAY ASIDE
DIFFERENCES
Promises of Standing Together Freely
Made at Meeting of Citizens
of Crescent Bay Dis
trict
Special TO The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, May Good fellowship,
recently established, was firmly ce-
mented between the political victors
and at least some of the vanquished at
the good fellowship dinner given last
night in the commodious forward saloon
on the upper deck of the Ship hotel.
Incidentally, it was sort of compil-
mentary housewarming rendered the
newcomers, Messrs. Prada and Mulhall,
who have successfully put the old ship
into commission again and made it a
favorite social rendezvous of the beach
There were sixty ladies and gentlemen
at table The most striking speeches
-7ere made by Abbot Kinney and A. r.
Meigs, one of the defeated candidates
for city trustee in the late heart-break-
ing political campaign. The az :
mosphere was cleared by the night s
proceedings and harmony and work are
now the watchwords.
Forget the Past
Mr.. Meigs said he was not there to
celebrate a victory he could not achieve
or to throw bouquets at the men he
couldn't defeat. He was there to rise
above spites and animositles. He
There was no use in kicking dead
dog, unless it was to show that there
is punishment. But Mr.. Meigs was not
going to turn his back on his fellow
associates who could not pull him
through; nor would he condemn the
men who had tried to make his cam
paign and failed He spoke pleasantly
OF the new board of trustees, though
he expected no preferment at their
hands since they had abolished the
office of city rat catcher He COM
pared the beach as it was eighteen
years ago, with garbage and flies
foot deep on 1t, with what it is today.
Then he was ordered off it, with his
little tent. Now there is somebody
with influence enough to get sixteen
battleships here, and the whole world
was invited to the beach to see them.
The victors, at the close of Mr.. Meigs'
speech, arose and drank to his and
Mrs. Meigs' health. Thus the hatchet
was buried.
CongratuIates Residents
Abbot Kinney congratulated the men
and women who could get together at
harmony dinners. There is, he said,
not anything that should be appre-
ciated more than the opportunity of
getting together. The chamber of
commerce is composed of men and wo-
men and is the only one of its kind in
the United States. I'VE discuss our
public questions there" said he. Hitch
your chariot to a star if you want to
keep out of the spattering mud.
while we are doing great things and
doing them right" he continued, 1--WE
are bound to succeed. 1t is true God
made the country and man made the
cities. If you want a city here you
have got to get together and work
for it.
All Act Together
liverpool, with it's $15O,0OO,0OO in
vested in harbor, shows what people
NAV do when they act together. These
gatherings make it possible for us to
accomplish anything in the line of
human endeaVor. The clouds are roll
ing by. We have given them a push.
People are coming from all over the
world to see the place. Each one here
must do his part in the little things
and the large things. We should buy
stamps from our postmistress and lib
orally patronize our own merchants.
Two Distinct Things
"There are two distinct things in the
world. There is a material standard.
All men owe it to themselves that they
shall justify themselves i'm living in the
community Then the second thing is:
What do we do it for? That is the
ideal. We do the material thing to
bring out the ideal. The great nations
of the earth all have had their ideals.
Our own ideal has been to assure the
success of our own community, and we
have felt that every other community
must succeed, too. With our strategic
position, the best one on the whole
coast, we are bound to succeed.
"Some New York friends are rolling
81, 800 900 under their tongues-it sounds
so good! That sum is to be put into
the tunnel enterprise in Los Angeles,
and when we have that, along with
fifteen-minute running time for cars
from Los Angeles and a scent car
fare"
Too Much for Company
This was too much for the company,
and Mr.. Kinney was not allowed to fin
ish DR.. ]. M. White was an admirable
managed by A. L. Hill. Among those
present We're A. L. Hill and Miss Anna
f. Mulhall, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Phil
lips, DR.. and Mrs. ]. M. White. Abbot
Kinney, Mr.. and Mrs, ]. G. French,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Rennie, Mr. and
Garfield Clarke, e. H. McGibbon, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas w. Aisbitt, Mr. and
Mrs. G.. G. Watt, Mr.. and Mrs. e. b.
Browne, Professor and Mrs ]. A.
Browne, Mr. and Mrs. Freese Mr.. and
Mrs. S. f. Huff, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G.
CurtlSS, MT. ana MIS-. IL. WlCkeZcr,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Mayer c. A. Bos-
worth and Miss Mabel Cane, Mr., and
Mrs. j. D. McKinnon. Mr.. and Mrs
Raymond l. Blakeslee Mr.. and Mrs.
J. d. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. w. r.
Smith, H. c. Rogers Robert A. Myer.
A. Prudent, Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Meigs,
M Earle Cook, J. N. o. Rech, S. a.
Wetmore, Mrs. Joseph Gross, b. V. Col
-Uns, DIR. and Mrs. Kendall, Mr.. and
Mrs c. p. SChermerhorn.