Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
FINE GIFTS FOR BOTH MEN
Law Library for Macfarland and
Silver Set for West
BOARDROOM IS A BOWER
Decorated for the Occasion With
Flowers and Palms-Ladies Es-
pecially Invited to Attend.

With all the preliminaries arranged
and with the program of the evening de-
termue,l. everything is i'm readiness for
the reception and testimonial which will
be rendered by the citizens of the District
to Commissioners Macfarland and West,
the retiring heads of the municipal gov
ernment. in the boardroom at the munich
pal building at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The
members of the several subcommittee of
the general committee which planned the
affair and the representatives of every
civic organization and citizens asSocia-
tion in the city will enter the building
by the 14th street entrance at 4 o'clock,
while the main entrance, facing Pennsyl-
vania avenue will be opened for the adj
mission of tine public at 7:30. Chairman
Cuno III. Rudolph of the reception COM
mittee, has repeated his statement that
the presence and participation of ladies
in the reception are particularly desired.
II has been planned to have the public
reach the fifth floor by the elevators in
the east end of the building, file past the
receiving line I'm the main corridor OH
that floor, and, after shaking hands with
the Commissioners. to pass out by the
stairway and elevators at the west end
of the structure. The entire building
will be brilliantly illuminated. however.
and all departments will he open for i'll
spection until 1870 o'clock. RakemannS 5
string orchestra will furnish music for
the reception.
Ceremonies in Boardroom.
Immediately after the reception the
committees and the Commissioners will
enter the boardro0m. where John Joy
Edison. treasurer of the general commit
tee, will make the presentation of the
testimonial gifts to the retiring officials.
For Commissioner Macfarland, who has
announced his intention to enter the
practice of law as soon as his successor
has been inducted into office, the con-
mittee has purchased the nucleus OF
law library, and for Commissioner West
the testimonial gift will be a magnificent
silver service of forty pieces. especially
designed and assembled for him by Berry
& Whitmore. The silver pieces have not
yet been engraved, but with the law
books for Mr.. Macfarland they will be
on exhibition on the Commissioners ta-
BILE in the boardroom during the recep-
tion.
Each of the gifts represents an out
lay of about $1,000. and the 5000 in
volved represents a great number of sub
scriptions ranging from 81 to $25. which
poured in upon Chairman f.. j. Stell-
as announcement of the proposed teSti-
monal was made public.
Out-of-Town Guests.
In addition to the general invitation
which was extended to the citizens of the
District to participate In the reception.
number of formal invitations were sent
to officials in other cities. Mayor J.
Barry Maliool OF Baltimore, a close per-
sonal friend of both Commissioners. and
an associate of Commissioner West on
the golf links, will be present. Mayor
Philip Breitmeyer of Detroit sent letter
expressing his high regard for both OF the
re etiring Commissioners. but vofcing his
regret that he could not attend the
ception. Representatives of several other
cities. however will be in attendance.
Besides the lists already published, the
reception committee will include Rumsey
W. Scott, Edward T. MertZ, James ii.
Baden and Frank i. Reeside.