Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
WALTER MOODY MAKES SPEECH
Manager of Great Chicago 0rganiEa.
tion Talks to Throng.
EDGAR ALLEN Is POSTMASTER
while Battalion OF waters serve.
Colossal RepRst ThronR Shakes
Auditorium with Lusty
Cheers and songs.

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the most prodigious affair the city has
ever known.
For I'm physical size alone the dinner was
the biggest ever held In Omaha. More
people may have been fed at some barbe-
cue or other held in the vicinity Of Omaha.
but never before In the history OF this olty
old one thousand one hundred and two
men dine together under one roof
In what the musical critics call "tonal
mass last nights dinner surpassed the
crash OF brass band playing the great
climax OF "Gotterdamerung When the
eleveRz hundred sang, the trusses OF the
Auditorium roof duivered in deep sympa-
theto diapason; when the hundreds
laughed IT was like the Olympian roar OF
zeus-mirth which the ancients deemed the
thunder; when they cheered the mighty
building shook to Its foundations
As the eleven hundred and two entered
the main floor OF the Auditorium they
were first rolled in a barrel" Emerging
from this plight, the hosshead, by the way
being in fitungly heroic proportions they
beheld the long reaches Of the Auditorium
filled with tables which stretched north
and south, row on row on row.
At the south end and at right angles
sat higher, longer table. Built high
enough to look like an exaggerated bar OF
justice. the front Of this table seemed ia
physical harmony, but as to length ana
height with the enormous proportions OF
the rest of the dinner Everything was
measured on such a scale
The eleven hundred seated themselves
and ate twenty-five gallons OF oysters
swimming in thirty-five gallons of oyster
cocktail dressing. The eleven hundred were
being waited on by 1876 walters the re-
hearsal OF whom in the afternoon looked
at first like convention OF the Afro
American church. Seven head walters di-
rected the l2h y y. .....-.,.,~
Guests Honor Edgar Allen.
When the eleven hundred had got down
to the consumption of fifteen hundred
stuffed eggs and ten thousand sandwiches
the first song OF the evening came II
was in honor OF Edgar Allen president OF
the Commercial club. 1t ran:
Has anybody here seen Allen?
A-L-L-E-N-
Allen with his "A-B-C7"
Has anybody here seen Allen,
Allen with his "A-B-C?"
He tried to learn the alphabet,
but has not learned four letters yet.
Has anybody here seen Allen,
Allen with his "A-B-C2'
After which the diners, eleven hundred
Of them, fell to and ate up fifteen hundred
Nesslerode puddings. smoked one thousand
! clgarettes-some did not get any OF these
nos wished them-and Immediately after
ward the smoke arose to heaven from
eleven hundred and two cigars. So far as
could be seen through the haze every man
present smoked.
| After this President Allen introduced the
speaker OF the evening, Walter Moody of
Chicago, who is general manager OF the
Chamber of Commerce Of Chicago, the
.argest commercial organization in the
world.
Moody Gets Greeting.
Mr.. Moody was greeted with the Amt
got no style, style all the while" song and
then under Clement Chase's yell-master
leadership the Commercial club yell split
the smoky air. 1t runs:
Boost Boost Boostl
Who shall? We shall,
Commercial
Club club club,
Omaha.
Other songs and other yells further
deafened guests and shattered ear drums
during the course of the evening.
The parody of the best known song in
Madame sherry" made a big hit. II was
sung as follows:
EV cry little business has a booster Of its
own
All It's sterling qualities too gladly will be
shown,
But every good word you can say for this
old town
Wnl bring you a part Of It's renOwn
| And business you never could pull down
/ BY efforts all alone.
The dinner was not merely a physically
large affair, II was immense in a mental
way. Though quantitative measures can
not be applied to things OF mental nature
| It may be said that the amount Of Omaha
enthusiasm engendered among the guests
OF honor by the dinner is unparalleled In
! the history OF Omaha or any other western
| city. Expressions proving this fell from
The lips OF every travelling man present
and out Of the eleven hundred and two
/ fully nine hundred we're knights OF the
grip.
Mr.. MOOdy'E Address.
M, Moody in his address sope in part
as follows:
Mr.. President, fellow. commercial am.
| JassadOrs and citizens Of Omaha: 1 would
/ like to take the stand this evening, as .
| young man coming from the thick OF bat
/ tle for success who leaves the battlefield
/ Jtst for a few moments 10 talk with ms
| comrades To strike the keynote Of sucCess
n the relationship OF the travelling man
| coward his city. no those In the audience
| Who have the distinguished privilege OF
| being actively Identified with the greatest
/ profession on earth-the profession OF soles-
man ship-the keynote Of success Is boost
boost, boost for Omaha"
1 desire 70 emphasize some things about
OTaha that every Omaha travelling man
4 should know.
| Twelve miles OF loaded freight cars enter
and leave Omaha each day.
Omaha Is a great railway center Like
Chicago, that Is the secret Of It's resources
and possibility for expansion rhe growth,
advancement and permaneney OF clty is
told In It's rail transportation facilities
The railway population n Omaha totals
about 10000. There as In Omaha officials
and employees Of great and little transpOrta-
/ ton lines In one capacity and another OF
I $50 people
Omaha Is great passenger route 10 all
points IN the United states one hundred
ana thirty possenger trains bring in OF
carry away people from Omaha each day.
! Omaha Is the third primary live stock