New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-12
A FROST FOR M'ANEM |
Hiqh School Girls Surprise
Father of City Ice Plant.
"GHOST" HAS BLUSHlNG FIT
Cake Served Is Prepared Fresh
for Occasion by Members
of Cooking Glass.

At a frost given in his honor Yesterday
afternoon at the Washington Irving High
School. Borough President McAneny was
confronted with the ghost Of his youth.
The ghost was a young person clad in
whiskers trousers and other sartoria
effects that go TO make Borough Presi-
dent. II sat i'm an ice plant and II
beamed warmly upon the father Of the
municipal ice plant-beamed 50 warmly
indeed. that fears were expressed for the
safety of the ice.
Mr. McAneny was "visibly affected by
the rosy checked apparition. and eX-
pressed himself as proud to know that
he had once looked like that, whatever
the changes time had wrought. Where
upon the ghost blushed. being none other
than Miss Dinah Greenfield.
An apologize for the ghost was made by
the chairman OF tho frost. Miss Florence
Lowenthal who said:
IN the likeness does not at once appear
to all OF you. you will be pleased to re
member that three years ago Mr. Nc
Ancny was Younger. and, II that we're
possible. even handsomer than he is to-
day"
Then the ghost read the words Of Mr..
McAnenys speech when he visited the
old Washington Irving High School three
years ago. and promised TO help the girls
To get new one.
Chairman Lowenthal continued in eA-
PLANTATION of the ice party
When our class proposed welcoming
Mr n " ~ la "a hon
he had secured the authority for estab-
lishing his municipal ice plant You no
tice the weather has been cool ever since.
one OF our girls suggested that We ought
to give him a warm welcome. but We all
concluded that IT was more suitable To
give him a frost. as We desire to pre-
serve Mr.. McAneny for many years Of
future usefulness We will now put him
on ice"
II was at this point that the icebox was
hauled In and tie imitation McAneny
put In cold storage.
The programme then continued. with a
Dance OF the Failing Snow"
Mr. McAneny was welcomed in Ger
man, French. Italian. English and poetry,
Of which the following was the gem Of
purest ray.
Have YOU heard OF M McA..
Who does more good deeds IN one day
Than 4. Carnegie or Alr. John -.
Have you heard Of this person. now say ?
Mr.. McAneny then told the girls how
proud they must bee OF their new build
ing. the most beautiful thing ln the city.
Tea was seryed-YOu could have II hot.
in token Of warm welcome. or iced. in
honor Of the ice plant The serving was
triumph Of domestic efficiency Never
in the halls OF wealth did guests have
better service The little mattresses
hunted In tliplets You took your tea
from Maid SO. !. Presto. Maid 40 ?
was before you with sugar and cream.
Presto again. and 80 proffered cakes
The Mattresses were students Of the cook
ing class. and had made the cakes that
very afternoon loo class
The frost" was under the auspices of
the art class so. aA2l Among the guests
were Mrs Florence Marshall Miss
Eleanor Johnson. Albert Shaw, John 5.
Huyler Jr.. President John II. Finley Of
the college Of the city OF New York and
Charles : Davis. OF Normal College.
The girls who acted a. hOstesses We're
the Misses Irene Hess. Ethelinda Stock.
Florence Gllroy. Bertha FrlnkeI. Ruth
Nicmann. Rose Goldcnburg, Lillian Gold
stein. Ada Woin. Marie Hopf Hazel cur
tie. Henrietta Basch and Marion kerner