Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants at Annual Banquet.
ITS 47TH ANNIVERSARY
Addresses by Representative Willis
and Senator MARITIME.
PRAISE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Speakers Laud the National CAPITAL
Men of Half a Gen.
fury Ago.

In celebration of the forty-seventh an
niversary of the birth of the organiza-
ton. members of the Association of Old
est Inhabitants of the District Of Column
p1a gathered about the banquet board
last night at the Crown, Cafe on New
York avenue between 14th and 18th
streets northwest. nearly 100 members
and their guests being present.
In the absence Of the president of the
association. Theodore w. Noyes. William
II. Singleton. one of the vice presidents.
presided and acted as POSTMASTER Mr.
Singleton explained that Mr.. Moves is in
mourning for his brother, Thomas c.
Noyes, who died recently. and according
ly was unable to attend. The associa-
ton instructed the corresponding secre-
tary. John B. Mccarthy, to send a let
ter to Mr.. Noyes expressing the regret
Of the members because of his inability
to be present.
Mr.. Singleton said he had received let
tiers from several members who were
unable to attend the banquet and a tele-
gram from II. X. Willard. one Of the
vice presidents. who is in Pasadena. Cal.
stating he wished to be remembered to
the members Of the association and ex-
pressing his regret at not being present.
Address by Representative Willis.
The principal speaker at the banquet
was Representative Frank B. Willis of
Ohio. Mr.. Willis spoke OF the vast differ
ence in the training received by the
young men Of today and the young men
of fifty years ago. He declared that many
things are now lacking in the training
received by young men that are OF vital
Importance and that unless some correc-
lions In the methods of their education
are made disastrous results Will follow.
Il am glad Of the opportunity to adj
Dress you citizens Of Washington-you
young men. I might say. for you are all
young In spirit-but 1 wish 1 had the
opportunity to address the young men
who are young In years. l wish that l
could see inStilled into them some of the
grand things that were inst1lled into you
when you were young men in years.
I'VE are facing a serious situation In
this country with regard to our young
men. 1T has been rightly said that they
are spending more money for gasoline
than their fathers did for groceries.
Not enough attention Is being paid to
what has been called the three HIS
refer to hope. honesty and hard work.
When l say hope, l mean faith-faith in
the government in friends. in the city, In
tue Sldtcp III Various OIBdIlZdIlOnS, etc.
When l say honesty. l mean the old
fashioned. square-toed kind OF honesty,
the kind Of honesty that makes great
men.
Search for Old-Fashioned Honesty.
You will agree with me when 1 say
that the modern business man Is looking
for old-fashioned honesty. OF course,
there is q great demand for skill and
scientific learning and hustle and like
things. but all of these do not equal the
demand for honesty. 1 fear that many
of the young men Of today do not have
the same views with regard to honesty
that their fathers had.
Hard work Is the last but not the
least Of the three HIS Of which 1 speak.
Every man who accomplishes anything
worth while has to show that he is not
afraid OF hard work, no matter whether
it be mental or physical. 1t is the hard
struggle that brings out the best that's
in a man.
I'm conclusion, 1 want t say that the
big problem that confronts this country
at present is not the amount of wealth
We amass, but the kind Of young men
We raise. 1t is just such associations
as the Association of Oldest Inhab itants
Of the District Of Columbia that enables
men Of a generation SO ago for the
young men of today to copy after. This
is the kind Of association that brings
about the raising of good citizens
Senator MARITIME Friend of District.
Senator James Edgar MARITIME Of New
Jersey. who, with Mr.. Willis, We're the
honor guests at the banquet. spoke chiefly
in the humorous vein. He declared to
Representative Willis that Ohio is not the
only state in the Union and that New
Jersey always has and always will play
a rather important part in national at
fairs He predicted that during the COM
ing four years the name of the state will
often be mentioned. Senator MARITIME won
the hearts of the members of the associa-
ton when he declared he always stood
ready to work for the betterment of
Washington and the District.
Il am representative Of the great
state of New Jersey in Congress. but 1
want you also to understand that 1 am
a representative Of the people of the
District of Columbia. You have no res1l
larly elected representative in Congress.
but you have many friends there, and l
am one Of them. L stand ready to do
everything in my power to aid the Dis
trict. Many changes have been made
here since l first visited Washington in
1869. During the coming fifty years even
greater changes will be made. Washing
ton is destined to be the greatest city in
the WOrlQ III many respects, and nothing
can stop it's progress in that direction. I
certainly intend to do what 1 can to
hasten it,
At the conclusion of their addresses the
association with a unanimous rising vote
elected Senator MARITIME and Representa-
tive Wills honorary members of the as
ISOLATION.
Other Addresses.
Vice President Singleton then intro
duced several members of the association
who made short addresses. Matthew F.
Trimble made a humorous address, as
did George w. Evans. NJ. I. Weller told
of his first visit to the city in 1867, short
ly after his arrival i'm this country from
England. where he was born. He de-
scribed sights in Washington in the years
Immediately following the civil war, and
read to the association a number of
names found in Washington CITY di-
rectory printed in 1868 The directory
told Of the Association of Oldest Inhab-
itantS, which was formed three wears he