The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
GOOD OLD DAYS
ARE REMEMBERED
Oldest Inhabitants Associa-
ton, at Annual Dinner,
Call Up History.
DISTRICT FATHERS TALK
Commissioner Newman Declares City
'Has His Goat" and He viii
Show Citizenship.

The good old days of Washington,
when the Avenue was paved with tar
blocks and the Monument was only lOC
feet high, were recalled at the dinner
of the Association OF Oldest Inhabitants
at the Ebbitt last night, given in cele-
bration of its forty-eighth anniversary.
Theodore W. Noyes. president of the
association, presided. In front of Mr..
Noyes was a bowl OF twenty-four large
American Beauty roses, card attached
to each and inscribed with the name of
one of the twenty-four members who died
during the year.
President Noyes spoke of the changes
that have been wrought in Washington
since the old days. He said that they
had seen the improvements. Our nat
-ural leaders in this movement are the
Commissioners" he declared.
From the time of my first visit TO
Washington at the age Of eight 1 have
always longed to live here" said Com
missioner Newman in his address.
CommissIoner siddons Talks.
'I would rather starve to death here
on a park bench than to live in any other
city in luxury. It has got my goat and
I hope I Justify my claim to being a
Washingtonian before l am through
Commissioner Siddons referred TO the
-four years of bitter strife" and paid
high tribute to Lincoln as a leader during
those trying days.
Commissioner Harding spoke of his
first acquaintance with the city at the
age OF twelve and recalled the days
when the monument was not completed
and mosquitoes multiplied without limit
On the flats"
He said that in those days the bath
tubs were lined with Potomac mud" In
speaking of the slums OF Washington,
Mr.. Harding said:
II believe that there are fewer Of those
black spots in Washington than in any
other city of the country.
THE form of government in the Dis
trict is most peculiar" he continued. "A
most refined and cultured people are
refused suffrage. The people who ad-
minister its affairs are selected or ap-
pointed AMI the people have to accept
them" He spoke OF the friendly inter
est always manifested toward the Dis
trict by the District Committee The
guests present were:
Maj. George A. Armes, William Allen,
Motley Anderson, George W. Anthony,
Judge Charles S. Bundy. Cotter T. Bride,
Henry L Bryan, Charles B. Bailey.
Robert f. Boyd. S. D. Boss, Victor
Boyer, William G. Boyd. o. c. Boteler.
L. o. Bowie, William F. Brodt, Sebas-
tian Bauer, John r. Bradley, Gustavus
A. Brandt. Charles E. BealI. Judge Fill
more Beall, Col. B. A. Coleman, Mai.
George E. Corson. Marcellus Cole, Will
lam A. Cooper. DR.. Thomas Calver. Jo-
seph Carter. William A. Clak. Edwin
Campbell. II. G. Copeland. ]. Blake
Clark, Charles H. Calvert W. A. Cum
Harry F. Clark. John J. Craw-
lord. Harry C. Cobern, Frank B. Conger,
L. A. Dellwig, Baldwin D. Drane, Robert
J. Dawson, Maj. II. J. De Pue, Capt
George w. Evans, B. B. Earnshaw, J.
?. w. Fowler. William II. Fuss. Anthony
iaegler. A. Girouard. Maj G. NJ. Hustled,
Judge A. B. Hagner, George W. Hender-
;on, VI. Hayden, Richard B. Harlow. A.
4. F. Holstein. William A. Hutchins,
Iharles A. Hamilton. Prof. Bernard T |
Ianney, James X. Jones, Judge 1. G. |
Capt. Andrew W. Kelley, B. F. |
HOPPER, ]. I. Keefer, Rev, Samuel V.
4eech, Benjamin F. Larcorhbe. w. w. |
DR.. Samuel S. MARI. Frederick |
4. Moore, George A. r. McNeir, J. a. K |
Moore. B. F. McAlwee. William Fl. Mar
in, John B. Mccarthy, Joseph T. Nor |
IAN. Theodore W. Noyes. Maurice Otter |
Jack, James T. Petty, James L. Par |
ons. William B. Palmer, r. Z. Pairo, |
Andrew II. Ragan, Benjamin W. Reiss |
/. Rothrock, William f. Reiss, Leo
,oId Richold, A. f. Riddle, William II. |
singleton. Dr. B. W. Sunny. Thomas w. |
smith, w. C. Spottswood, l.. P. Shidy, |
Thomas c. Simpson, Charles B. Smith. |
Dr. ]. S. Swormstedt, Henry X. Simpson. |
George W. Smith, H. L Strang, Edward |
shaw, Z. c. Snyder, DR.. William Tindall. !
Washington Topham. DR.. ]. Ford Thomp- |
on. E. NJ. Taber, II. Z. Thompson, w. |
J. Tappan, Capt. o. s. Wiley, Michael |
Weller, Frank H. Walker, ]. Elliot |
Wright, DR.. w. H. Wunder. Allen |
Wright, E. L. White, NJ. w. Woodward, |
George A. Williamson, ]. c. Yost, A. G. |
yount, DIR. ]. H. Yarnell, A G. Cook, W. |
+. Cook, NJ Z. Cook, ]. Croggon, ]. !
,rossfieid. W. H. Dennis, d. Gill. ].
.ackey, G. F. Muth, R.. A. Meal, E. A. |
;elhausen, NJ. Trimble, E. H. Henderson. !