Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
NE|CHBORS CELEBRATE
ENGINE HOUSE OPENING
New Fire Company Takes Pos.
session of $39, 900 Building.
Business Men Present.

Had a fire broken out in the West End
last night some time between s o clock and
midnight there would have been one of
the most disguised lot of firemen and
the most trampled lot Of housewarming
guests in No d engine house that history
has yet recorded, for in those four
hours business men of the neighborhood
welcomed the new fire company to its
new thirty nine-thousand- dollar house at
2119 G street with song and speech and
fun and food. The celebration was
crowded into the dormitory over the
ground floor. The thirteen white beds
were taken out and many long tables
were arranged there, and upon these
tables were piled all sorts of cold cuts
Night Filled With Music.
An orchestra, tucked in somewhere
speakers table, played and played and
played. Everything from that firehouse
classic, 20 Brave Fireman. Save My
Child" down to that we'll known lyric de-
scriptive of a registering evening, I'VE
Won't Go Home Until Morning." was
played At times, when the orchestra
would stop for breath George O'Connor
sang few ragtime melodies. William
Clabaugh sang songs of less humorous
as were Mr.. OConnor and the orchestra.
The evening was in the hands of a ca
pable POSTMASTER. Henry Franc, jr He
introduced as first speaker. Rev. DIR.
Simon, who talked on The Fire Depart
ment as an Outsider Sees It. Chief
Frank Wagner talked on something he
knows lot about, namely 1.-The Fire
Department from the Inside. Morris
Hahn talked on ''Phe West End Com
missioner Johnston was not on the pro-
speech that was full of good humor from
start to finish One remark will live as
classic. perhaps. He said his idea Of
hades is something like the state Of the
Washington streets at present.
After the regular speakers and singers
had obliged the housewarming with their
pieces the army of eaters and smokers
lay back and rOared songs from The
Skidoo Hymnal'-skidOo having some oc-
cult reference to "twenty-three," the
which every one went home.
The Contributors.
The contributors to the evening were
Abner & Drury, William E. Abbott, A. E.
Bethel, n. f. Besson. Brooke & Harry,
D. Cataldi, NJ. Cayton. Circle Theater.
]. J. Cleary, III. c. Coburn. C. D. Collins,
Crawford Paving Company, j. Desio,
Charles E. Dessez, Dickhaut & Schwarz.
]. Donovan, ]. Maury Dove Company NJ.
Eisenmann & Bros. DIR. Edw. Ferney-
hough, DIR. NJ. f. Finley. A. Ghiselli Il
Co. Joseph Gawler's Sons, H. Goodman
& Co, B. Greenberg, William Hahn &
Co, H. E. Haighley, Hugh Harvey, j. F.
Hommes, Herdic Cab Company, S. H.
Henry, Chr. Heurich Company. George
V. Hunt, w. b. Holtzclaw. Ideal Thea
ter, James & Magee, James B. Lambie.
Charles Linkins. George r. Linkins,
George W. Linkins, William III. Linlxins,
Joseph Mathy, DIR. Joseph H. Moore,
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank.
AlOi PAUL.. r. L.: Quigley, William Reeve,
H. i. RothrOck, DIR. j. D. Robinson, E. C..
E. Rupert, George c Shaffer, George G.
Schulz, ]. P. Smith. Parker II. Sweet. Sd
A Sigmund & Bros. j. W. Tefft, F. Tub
ins. w. +. Ward, F. B. Webster, E. s.
Wescott, Western Lunch, S. w White
side and West End Laundry
The committe was composed of William
II. Linkins, Alfred B. Gawler and Morris
Hahn.