Evening star., 1909-05-06
IN SONG AND SPEECH
Merry Evening Passed by En-
pIoying Lithographers.
THIRD ANNUAL DINNER
Voices Repeatedly Lifted Up in
Melody.
w. H. McELROY TELLS STORIES
Rev. DR.. Cadman Discusses Character
and Commerce in Way That
Wins Applause.
v. H. McELROY TELLS STORIES

People wandering along the streets in
the vicinity of the Arlington Hotel last
night wondered whether there was sing
ing society practicing on the inside, or
what all the noise was about. 1t was not
a real singing society-it was the third
annual dinner of the National Association
Of Employing Lithographers. 1t is one
Of the liveliest, best natured organizations
that ever came to Washington to raise
the tariff on German picture postal cards.
There was speaker at that dinner last
night. William H. McElroy, editor of the
New York Tribune, who approached the
toast assigned to him by easy stages, and
who said that if this special dinner was
the third event which made the associ-
alton famous he had missed two mighty
fine dinners. But 1t was Mr.. McElroy
who helped make the dinner an enjoyable
affair. His toast was The Art OF Help
ing" He displayed what he knew Of the
art by helping the diners digest their
many viands by the process of inordinate
laughter. He was introduced, along with
Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, DID,, as one Of
the best after-dinner speakers in all New
York
. Good-Natured Banter.
Now said the editor, lit reminds one
of the lady who said to the artist
Whistler: Mr.. Whistler, l have grown
to like only pictures by you and
Raphael is that so?' replied Whistler.
Why lug in Raphael?' And SO say, why
lug in Cadman?' 1t was a bit Of good
natured banter, an0 Mr.. McElroy knew
1t. for DR.. Cadman made a speech that
made the big dining room ring and the
ears of the listeners tingle with delight
and their hands burn with applause.
ative DENLY, who was introduced by the
president and POSTMASTER Claudius H
Gambler, in this fashion:
Before the Spanish war there was in
Detroit a company of naval reserves
that was the butt of the newspapers be-
cause of the fashionable character of the
members. Scarcely a day went by that
the papers did not admonish them to
keep the ship in the water, or not to
try to straighten out the banks of the
river by running their craft ashore But
when the war came, and they were as
signed to duty, there was a different
story. Aboard the ship they sailed on
the Yosemite-Was bosun's mate named
burns. who one day yelled out, I want
five strong men with no intelligence
Evans. Robinson, Dudley, Norwood and
Denby.' And so I present Mr.. DENLY.
who for two terms has honorably repre-
sented his district in Congress- He will
tell us what he knows about the Panama
canal"
Mr.. DENLY has been there and knew his
subject. He predicted that by Mr. Taft's
second term, or the end of it, the project
would be completed. and also dwelt upon
the feasibility of a lock canal
AS there really was no business
talked about, there were no business
speeches. Mr.. McElroy told story after
story. in his Art of Helping" speech
One of them was about a great Ken
lucky colonel, who could sit up night
he
o'clock in the morning. and then ap-
pear upon the main street of his town
at 0 o'clock looking as fresh as the
daisy in the field. The colonel is a
how does he manage to burn the can
dice at both ends like that?"
All" said another admirer, hes
like the Rocky mountain goat. who
goes undaunted from jag to jag
Speech Pronounced a Classic.
DR.. Cadman did not tell SO many sto
ries. but he made speech upon
Character and Commerce" that was
pronounced classic. He defended in
good plain terms the integrity of the
American business man, and assailea
the men in high places who take the
opportunity to cast mud on the char
acters Of American men of commerce"
Why. he asked. should We listen 4
minute to the defamatory statements
of the man who cannot back them up?
1t is unjust. and influential to a great.
er extent than most men imaeina.
When / was in Europe last summer
was asked whether American busi-
ness men are honest. 1 replied Yes.
my self-complacent and SNUG John
Bull. our men of commerce are as hon.
est as yours-only more so. We have
plenty of money in America. enough
to go round to the honest Americans
and whole lot to feed to the scum
that comes over from Europe"
OF course, these three speeches came