The Washington times., 1913-07-09
ARTIST FOUND ON
RIVER EXCURSION
Builders and Manufacturers See
Exhibition of Rare Skill as
Part of Entertainment.

Artists and art critics Of the city will
he interested to learn that a hitherto
Lnk Iown genius has been discovered
or rather has discovered himself, and
his first work, made hurriedly. has won
for him unstinted admiration from those
who have seen II. Unfortunately it
cannot be placed on exhibition in the
Corcoran AIT Gallery.
The new artist is Ed Graham, well
known in business circles, ana his first
attempt was made last night on the
barge party of the Builders and Manu-
facturers Exchange. Graham wanted
to do something for the entertainment
of the crowd. Not that entertainment
was lacking, for the exchange quartet.
composed Of z. r. S. Embrey, Edwin
Callow, John Dunn and z. NJ. NealE.
had started things well with several Sc
lections; had been followed by Arthur
Pierce's imitation of Bert Williams {;
classy clog dancing by F. G: Ward,
Tony Gallo in his ,est dialect stories
and Captain Morseli in. soliloquoy
about the slippery elm"
Gets Inspiration.
II was while this program was being
enjoyed by the rest of the 100 business
men that the artistic inspiration came
10 Ihe genius IEd0dfn.
He seized a piece of crayon with
which some amateurs in the party had
been experimenting, but alas, there was
no paper. Graham was not to be out
done. Glancing with artistic eagerness
about the barge, his eyes lighted upon
the shining pate of Tom Eagan, and de-
spite the protests of the latter gentlemen,
the artists succeeded, with physical assist
ance from athletes who overpowered the
struggling Eagan, in sketching won
derful landscape on that part of Eagans s
Uranium where nature had INTENDED
there should be a supply OF hair. NOT
one of the party could pick flaw, ana
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph mace
the work official when ne gave IL HIS
stamp Of approval.
After the excitement caused by the
artistic outburst had died away, irwin
Cosgroye and Ernest Gichner rounded
out the program with rag songs ana hu-
morous Rotations.
Builders and Manufacturers Exchange
extended a welcome on behalf OF the Or
sanization, and Commissioner Ruoolpn
responded on behalf of the guests The
party was out until nearly midnight,
and all thought of the restrictions OF the
new excise law vanished
The Party.
Among those present were Soii'iiiLo
sioner Cuno H. Rudolph, Charles A
Langley, Edwin C. Graham, Samuel j.
Prescott, E. A. Murphy. H. o. Thomp-
son, W. A. Rogers, William D. Elicit
william B. Marche- Irwin Cosgrove. E
r s. Embrey, L. Perry West John l.
Shedd, John Smith. 5. NJ FRAZER,
George W. Hanes. W. D. Nolan, June
Silas Zebley, H ]. Giclas, c: w; Eas-
terday, W. Ray Garrett, Charles Z.
Selecman, Edwin Callow, ]. w. Hunt.
]. A. McNerney, Emil Schmid. Charles
e. Welch, E. c. Gramm, A. d. Thomp-
son, r. T. Shadwell, r. A. Thomasson'
II. L. Spinner, II. S. Minnich, John T.
Yost, Nathan Cowsill, John A. Quinn,
Edward D. wagstaff, L. L. Reeves, q.
A. Bonnet. c. H. Pardoe, w: W. Mans
field. NJ. E. Dyer, Louis Ludwig. A. X.
Lyon, Joseph Humpherson. George Z.
Russell, Elmer H. Catlin. F. w. White.
e. NJ. Hook, Claude William Hollie, \.
d. Engleman, H. NJ. CASTOR. jr.. Edwin
z. Elicit, Fred J. White, Richard L
Conner, George c. Schaferm, G. w.
Combs, L. ]. Bombardier. J. 6. Chest
nut, w. r. WinsIow. ]. T. Sorrell, Giles
Dyer, Edward H. Mealy. Ernest Gich-
ner. John c. Dunn. George E. Potter.
L. B. Price. Byron Blodgett H. c. Ross.
Arthur B. Pierce. Tom Eagan. Elmer
Dyer, T. G. Ward. William A Kane.
R. l. Schaefer. E. A. Murphy, II. l..
Van Auken. r. L. Mason. George
Haefler. Charles E. Welsh.