The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-19
PRIARS' DINNER TO HARRIS
YONG WILLIAM T WAS, NOT
HIS VENERABLE son.
Messrs. klaw and Erianges and the Guest
Twft Each Other- Celebrities % the
stage Flock to the Feast of the
sinst Ampnble OF All Press Agents

stage Flock TO the Feast of the
Most Amlable OF All Press Agents
IA q matter Of fact everybody was
present last night at the Hotel Aston
when the Friars began their winter Of
content with their first monthly dinner
William Harris WAS the guest OF honor
Marc Klaw. whom the Friars had APP
pointed advance agent to Mr. Harris,
sounded the keynote of the evening
when Mr. klaw arose TO respond to the
toast. The Scandal Of Bill Harris
Mr.. klaw. who was followed by Mr.
Eriang-r. explained who the guest of
honor was IT, All the crowd from the
neighborhood OF Forty-second street
and Broadway. charter members of the
Forty second =, rect Country Club. under
stood when Mr. klAw ed that h. rose
TO speak 81 old Bill Harris. Jr th.. fat har
Of Henry u Harris! SIR And the guest
Of honor. slim wasted AMI without gray
hairs. laughed VIZ h the at hers
You may see for yourself whether or not
everybody was there. Walter Moore.
for instance. accompanied 10y one of his
employees named George NJ. Cohan.
was close to the door as one entered
and his friend. big Tim sullivan. who
rarely il present at the dinners wher,
he IL said to he And on either side Of the
toa-tmaster. Friar Abbot John Rumsay.
at the guest table were Henry Arthur
Jones. Augustus Thomas. Percy Williams.
I Law NJ. Greene. Charley Burnham. Al
Hayman. William f Lewis, Rennold " of.
John Philip Sousa, Joseph Brooks.
Arthur brisbane and 81 course Mr. Harris
and Mes-rs Klaw and Erlang.r
Before pausing To tell YOU who were
seated at ito pick out one tabl. George
AIDES table one couldn't help gaz!nL
aloft and peering through the smoke haze
to see in the BOXES Mile. Trenrlni Edith
Taliaferro. Lima Aharhanell Ethel Barry
more. Edith Decker. Blanche Ring and
her sister Frances. Mrs George Conan
and her sster, Mrs. Sam Harris: Marie
Tempest Nav Irwin. Julia Nelson. Zelda
Sears and Julia Narlowe The press
agent OF Lieblers said hal Madge Richard
son also was present but IL was later
learned that Miss Richardson intended
70 come but Was delayed inasmuCh -
she is playing in Omaha
Then at George AIDES table although
of the Lehigh vallcy Railroad. really was
The host Of IN. table were Mr. AIDE.
Andrew McAloon. who =. also
known a. Andrew Mack Jack Hazard
an actor; Eddie Rosenhaum. Mason
Peters, Harry Rulings and United state.
Pepperson Of Kansas City.
Richard carrie had a tabl" near by
and with him were Raymond Hubhall
John Slavin. Jack Gardner. Marcus
Mayer. the first press ag.n, who ever
owned a fur coat and Morton Smith
80 II went all over the grand ballroom
Just one celebrity after another.
Mr.. klaw IN speaking on The Scandal
Of William Harris started in with the
earliest days ~ the Hi-st 81 honor and
sketched his life right mp Ia last nigh'
II was learned tina; Mr. Harris was horn
in Germany. worked in = cigar store in
Cleveland and for the last ten years
has been labelled a. n theatrical man
ager. but really Ia. spent those ten wears
walking up and down Broadway lending
money
Everybody stood up when the Younger
older Mr. Harris sro-e 10 say his cay about
the things that Mr. klaw had just said
about him When they all settled hack
with a rinkling Of glasses Mr Harris
jumped right into his subject by saying
after dinner speaking business
MIR klAw continued the speaker
aTably. knows about a. much about IN.
~ he knows about Law II. knows sn
much about the law that when be- comes
close 10 the Law he hires a lawyer Laugh
ter Mr. klaw said in telling my his
tory thar ono" ! a!loNed a partner ~ min"
To make 81 Ooo, OOo That's NOR. than
ran say for Mr. klaw Much hilarIty
from Mr. ErlanSer : chair Also h.. said
that the best advance agents among
you Friars are college men n. ought
10 know Mr. klAw not only went through
a law school in Kentucky hut every ono
in II
Mr. Erlanger then arose 20 remark
IN his opening sentence that these two
young fellows pointing to Mr. Harris
and Mr. Klaw have been drinking
which. bv the way. neither 81 them ever
io-s Mr. Erlanger also had pleasant
ihinKs 10 saw about Mr. Harris and he
was followed by Augustus Thomas Clay
NJ Greene. Percy q Williams Henry
Arthur Jones and Rennold Wolf