New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-20
RAGT|ME CELEBRITY
ON THE FR|ARS' PAN
Irving Berlin, Their. Dinner
Guest, Gets Toast, "Roast"
and a Lot of Cheers.
M'CALL SEES THE FUN
Tammany Candidate and Dudley
Field Malone, of State De-
partment, Present in Big
Crowd at Aston Hotel.

She stood in the moonlight on the piazza,
Nobody in the world was beautiful as her
The nation and city combined with the
F>riars last night 10 honor the author OF
this brief lyric. the boy. Irving Berlin,
who, as George Cohan said, gave himself
the name of an English actor and a Ger
man city and later wrote Alexander s
Ragtime Band" "Everybody's Doing
Ii Now" in My Harem." Smokey
Ookums' and two hundred other rag
time melodies.
Judge Mccall represented the city and
Dudley Field Malone came from Wash-
ington to speak at the dinner which
raised the best known graduate OF Tin
Pan Alley to the list of immortals IN
Guiding Oscar Hammerstein. Abraham l..
Erlanger. Victor Herbert, William Harris.
David Belasco, Lee Shubert, De Wolf
Homer and others who have been toast
the Friars. Six hundred persons. the
limit placed by the club on it's AFFAIRS out
side the Monastery in 18th street. were
present when the Friar Abbot, John W.
Rumsey, started off the speaking, when
was sandwiched in between the menu ana
the show arranged by Cohan and Harris.
COMPARING the guest Of honor to Ma
poleon, who had made two millions nght
for him. Mr.. Rumsey said that Berlin had
made fifty millions sing for MN since
his light first began to twinkle In the
east side of the sky about six years ago.
He then turned the guest over 10 MS
nress agent. Rennold Wolf. and the roast
ing began. Mr. Wolf traced the origin oil
ragtime to Russia. where Berlin was Dorn'
declaring that the young mans entry into
the field was caused BY his attempts TO
speak the language. Only a re" Gays
after the birth of the prodigy. Mr.. WON
said. several towels and similar articles
used bv the nurse were missed and later
traced to the child's crib. thus furnishing
the inspiration for THAT Mysterious
Rag" Because of other acts OF thieVery'
the press agent went on. the boys father
predicted that he would some day pe-
come music publisher.
In his response TO the glowing tribute
Maid to him by his introducer. Mr.. Berlin
burst INTO TntlOul, thbioi''''b
along that words were made for MN TO
sing and he couldn't express his apprecia-
,ion OF the honor bestowed Oh him ny
his brother Friars in any other way.
Judge Mccall thanked the young writer
for making this life worth living ana
Dudley Field Malone informed the guests
that he was present without first asking
permission TO appear In the mast Oh II
vaudeville performance. George NJ. conan
brought the speaking TO close win the
charge he had been considered sonB
writer until Berlin came along and
sno,led his graft and drove him out OF
musical comedy.
Conan later appeared in the granu
afterpart." which included also Berilh'
Cross and Josephine Whiting ana Butt
and Charles and Mollie King, from inc
Winter Garden. Jean Schwartz ana 'he
pianobugs. Andrew Mack and a ski oE
lean Havez and william Dale. In which
the Smith brothers. cough drop manu-
facturers, were portrayed by Harry Bul-
ger and Herbert Corthell
At the speakers table. IN addluon 10
those who actually addressed the Friars'
we're Police Commissioner Waldo, FIRE
Commissioner Johnson. Judge Warren W;
Foster. OF General Sessions, and sam
II. Harris. Most of the Tammany candl-
dates for Office were at tables on the
floor. and others present were SpeaAgi
Alfred Il. Smith of the Assembly. Harrl-
son Fisher and Henry HUT. the artsfs'
Deputy Police Commissioners Douglas i.
Mckay and George $. Dougherty, pa
mond Jim" Brady. Jerome Sieger, Or.
Herbert l.. Constable, A. l.. jacobs;
\ nd
Moses II. Grossman.
The galleries were crowded with the
feminine element of Broadway. Including
Esther Berlin, sister OF the guest or
honor; May DE Sousa and Roszlka Dolly.
from Miss Caprice" at the Casino; Lucy
Weston. Gertie Vanderbilt, Lillian Shaw,
cecil and Isabel Cunningham and Mrs.
sam" II. Harris