Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
WILL GET TOGETHER
Retail Merchants to Dine at
New Ebbitt House.
PLANS ABOUT COMPLETED
Speechmaking to Be Feature of the
Program, But No Formalities
Provided For.
PLANS ABOUT COMPLETED

Plans for the big get together" dinner
which is to be given by the Merchants
Retail Association at the New Ebbitt
House next Wednesday night at 7:3o
o'clock, have practically been completed
Already sufficient acceptances have been
received by the committee in charge to
assure the success of the affair." and more
are coming by every mail.
The list of speakers. as finally arrang-
ed. was announced by President Joseph
StraSburger of the association last night
Cuno Fl. Rudolph. president of the board
OF District Commissioners. will make an
address. as will f. J. PaT. mayor of
Alexandria; NJ. Umstadter. former presi-
dent Of the Norfolk Retail Merchants
Association: r. r. knight, president Of
the Alexandria Retail Merchants Asso-
citation: 8. w. Woodward, A. c. Moses.
ID. j. Callahan and Joseph Strasburger,
the latter president of the Washington
Retail Merchants Association. Roe Full
kerson will be POSTMASTER
Change Made Necessary.
Mr.. Callahan. first vice president of
the Chamber of Commerce is to take the
place on the program which has been al
lotted to President James f. Oyster of
the chamber. Capt. Oyster will be out of
the city Wednesday, which necessitates
a change.
The banquet hall at the New Ebbtt
House Will be handsomely decorated and
the guests will be seated at small round
tables. No attempt will be made to for
mally seat them according to a diagram:
on the contrary each will be invited to
select his own place at table. The dinner
is to be a 'get-together'' affair and every
effort will be made to have the members
enjoy themselves. A long table at one
end of the room will be reserved for the
speakers and guests of honor of the asso-
citation.
Informal in Dress.
The dinner will be informal in the mat
ter of dress and the merchants are ex-
pected to come in their business suits
An early hour has been set for the dinner
so that the guests may go direct to the
banquet hall from their places of bust
ness.
A number of amusing stunts have
been prepared by the committee in
charge. George OConnor will be among
the guests of honor, and it is expected
will sing a number OF songs. Other
music will be provided by a male quar-
tet and by an orchestra.
1t is planned to make the dinner an
annual affair and from present indica-
tions, it is said, there is little doubt that
this course will be followed.
Have Accepted Invitations.
Among those who have already ac-
cepted invitations to attend the dinner
are the following:
Isaac Cans. F. W. Mckenzie NJ Fell
heimer. T. P. Cuiley, Joseph Stras-
burger. NJ. tAornsand of New York
Herman Schrot. NJ. Goldenberg, W. w.
Norman. John III. Magruder, A. Lisner.
Frank II. Walker. c. Nordlinger, r. Is.
Chaconas, Simon kann. NJ A. Leese,
Sidney West. Charles Schwartz. j. w.
Hunt, w. W. Mansfield, A ID. Prince,
A. Sigmund. s. w. Straus. II. NJ. Haas,
Harold II. Levi, Morris Hahn. N. E.
Besson. William F. GUIDE. A. GUIDE. G.
Erlebacher, b. b. Earnshaw, Harry j.
Lee. George L. Hebbard. ID. J. kauf-
man, Joseph ID. kaufman, George s.
DeNeale Max Nj. Rich. w. W. Griffith.
w. NJ. Alexander, E. b. Corcoran, ID. o.
Miller, R p. Andrews. John c. Detweiler.
Julian b. Goolsby. Louis +. Valentine. w.
c. Thatcher, William j. Hoffman, George
Z. Bedeli. A. c. Mayer. Samuel Stem
berger, Charles j. Hausler. William III.
Delaney, Charles Tanner. G. f. Edwards.
John Hansen, Julius Duehring. isador
Saks, Abe Sigmund. Jacob Eisenmann.
Harry King, A. NJ. Fishei. j. PEilip tierr-
mann, Joseph A. BerDericn. Jacob
Schwartz, John Wedderburn, Richard l..
Lamb. w. 3. Kraft Ben Schwartz. Otto
L. Veerhoff. A. l. Strasburser. Oscar
Baum. Alfred Mayer. j. Pressler aad
Maj. Richard Sylvester Of the metropol-
itan police.