The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-15
NOISY BIRTH ABRAHAM FEAST
1000 BANOrETERS IN A STRUG.
GLE FOR SOUVENIRS.
Sneakers, singers and Even the Band Not
Hcard by Many In n New Star Casino
Jerome Helps In Trying to Quiet
the ~Crowd-The Police Kept Busy.

the Crowd-Th he Police Kept Busy.
One Of the biggest IL not quite the biggest,
nIhlic dinners that New York has seen
in may years took place last night, when
more than 1000 members of the Order
Firth Abraham and theirwives and daugh-
ters gathered at the New Star Casino.
The banquet marked the closing Of the
second day of the national convention.
which opened with the Hippodrome exer-
clses Oh Sunday.
Guests began arriving as early as 2
o'clock and 80 filed forth street and
Park avenue and surrounding thorough
fares with chugging automobiles that
Capt Corcoran and his squads Of police
from the iO4th street station had q big
ger lob on their hands than first night Of
the opera season..
By the time Grand Master Samuel
Dorf. with Mrs. Dorf-and followed by
District Attorney Jerome and a long line
# other notables-marched up through
central avenue Of diners to the music
Of Phil Lemlein's orchestra sho rtly after
so'clock they saw around them eighteen
rows Of banqueters. each row as long as
a city block, and all around the big hall
we're two tiers OF boxes all filled, In many
Of which family parties numbering as
many as eight or ten were having the
time Of their lives,
All the hall was a-Hutter with flags
and draped and twined and twisted with
still more bunting. Hard worked fans
OF red. white and blue-and fans GER
taIrly were needed at that banquet
last n~ight-kept floor and balconies
trembling like a moving picture. Through
all the china clatter and the Taught or
Phil Lemlein Of the Hippodrome beat
and white gowned women came o. and
sang. speakers got " apd waved arms
theoretically and gave every evidence
If folks in the act OF making a spec CHI,
hut sixty feet from the guest table you
Couldn't hear the orchestra at all, and
nobody but the press table on the plat
form heard the speakers and singers.
Part Of h e uproar was u 10 misunder-
standings in various parts Of the hall
about the distribution Of the souvenirs.
just before he speechmaking began
members OF the order walked through
with small pasteboard boxes in which
we're the souvenirs-gun metal cigarette
cases filled with cigarettes and leather
cigar cases containing cigars. In many
cases the baskets would be depleted Of
their stock of souvenirs. which angered
some of the guests. who feared that they
we're going to be neglected.
Assurances from the souvenir dis
tributers that all would receive SOU
venirs if they were but patient had little
effect on the disappointed mes and sons
OF them made a rush for the small glass
we're piled the pasteboard boxes. The
committee engaged in filing the clothes
bs skets With souvenirs had to call to
their aid many Of the gray coated special
officers Of the Star Casino: Long after
midnight angry words were still being
exchanged between the distributing COM
mittee n the disappointed ones out
side.
Tit uproar attracted passershy in
10Th street and 4 small crowd gathered
outside to listen. hut the police got the
crowd moving without trout lie. At the
jerome and Congressman Goldfogle
joined with Grand Master Dorf in trying
to quiet the more persistent who wanted
their souvenirs Immediately. r'
81 Mt- Jesome-boostsd MI peff o the
'rAar and Congressman Gofdfogie pulled
they assisted Mr.. Dorf to the stage. His
words had little effect. and so most of the
speakers made very brief remarks ana
in Sc me cases they delivered them to little
knots who gathered around them. Whit,
Congressman Goldfogle was making n
speech Grand Master Dorf from the other
side Of the gallery was using his hands as
a megaphone and assuring the few who
were still clamoring in a corner that he
reasonably would see that theygot their
souvenirs il they would only be patient.
Before the banquet proper began
the speakers and other guests assembled
in a reception room on the second floor
and were received by Charles l.. Cohn
aNi his committee. Mr.. Jerome arrived
early. and among the others that later
formed in line in the reception room and
marched into the hall to she applause OF
the b~anqueters were:
Congressman Julius Kahn, OF California,
Justices Zeller and .peiehhnty, Nathan
Straus, the Rev DR.: Bernard Drachman,
Who opened the banquet with prayer,
Louis Marshall, Ralph Rosenherger,
Coroner julius Hamburger. ex-Coroner
Levy, NJ. Samuel Stern, Gommissioner OF
net, Benjamin Blumenthal. Vice-Presi.
lent Kohn of the State Bank: Samuel
Strauss, !Assemblyman Mark Goldberg,
Judge Joseph C. Block OF Cleveland,
Ohio, and Harry Cutler Of Providence, r. |.
Mrs. BORT and Miss Bertha Dorf. wife
seats at the guest table. Congressman
Kahn rat at Mr.. DORIS right and Mrs.
Dorf sat at the presiding officers left.
Congressman Goldfogle was the toast
master, but owing TO the great size Of the
hall and the other difficulties that made IL
difficult TO make oneself heard the toast
masters duties were nominal.
There were kilograms from notables
IN he read. but the grand master early
decided that there was no use trying to
read them aloud. as they could not be
heard. Gov. Hughes telegraphed his
regrets. One unique telegram came from
the inmates Of the Home of the Daughters
NJ Jacob. the Jewish home for old women
in East Broadway. The telegram said
that the home contained $50 inmates
whose combined ages number 1880
years, and they all hoped that Birth
Abraham would last longer than that
Congressman Goldfogle on behalf OF
the organization presented Grand Master
Dorf with a silver punch bowl lined with
gold and with goblets to match.
District Attorney jerome made many
attempts TO be heard after the cheers
that greeted his appearance Oh the plat
form, had subsidized. but the District At
torney had to con6ne his remarks to those
standing about him. When he had been
introduced by Congressman Goldfogle as
a distinguished sta OF spleandid
record he said he proposed to make a
speech and added with a grin. Aand you
can't make noise enough TO stop me-.
He spoke on the State OF New York
and dwelt upon the power OF the organ
lied Jews to help make it q great State
The other speakers were Congreesmen
Bennett and Kahn, Judge Delehanty.
Judge Block OF Cleveland, Coroner Hsr.
burger, Grand Secretary Leisersohn and