Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22
Eisenan's Twelve Flights.

President Eiseman was announced to
rise without notes." He did. He had
| full sentences and paragraphs. printed
| nicely for the benefit of the news
| papers and others. His printed grafton
was divided into twelve flights of one
| paragraph each, and interspersed with
twelve different Kinds of applause,
ranging from hearty applause for the
| first flight to continuous applause for
nearly broke up the meeting because
! 1t couldn't stop long enough for the
program to continue.
Beginning with spontaneous applause
| his hearers ran on through hearty ap-
| plause, demonstrative applause, voci-
| ferrous applause, thunderous applause
ambiguous applause. uneXpected-but
it was already printed on the advance
| notice-reverberating, unsolicited. roof
| raising, ,climaxical and continuous &C.
| claim.
The presidents address was laudatory
of the president. The spirit. of the
| evening was ably outlined in the presi-
dents first fight
Il feiicitate you,'' he began, ION the
prospect Of a most enjoyable feast of
reason and flow Of soul, of anecdote and
good-natured roasting. all of which will
| tend to digestion, mental recreation and
| physical relaxation. 1t is highly probable
| that you noted that l made no mention
| of that most necessary, that almost in
| dispensable concomtant of the American
| banquet, namely, oratory BY way of en-
| phasls l Will say at this time that separate
and apart from the previous enumerated
| forms OF entertainment. you will have
| the privilege of listening to twelve rare
and respondent flights of oratory-ahd /
will furnish them
Perspicacity in Preference.
Then he had this to say as the second
| flight:
! Il further congratulate YOU on your
choice Of president to preside on this oc-
casion and to guide the destines of the
| association for at least the coming year
1t is only occasionally that a nation. or
| any organization of voters. gives heed to
| the call of reason and to the dictates of
| its best judgment by electing the most
| emnently qualified among them for pres
| ident. Webster, Clay. Calhoun, Blaine
| and others were passed up and men of
| less brilliancy. attainment and accom-
| plishment chosen.
| 1T is so with this association. Men.of
mediocre ability. adaptability. applica-
| ton and efficiency have filled this ex-
| allied chair during the past. / need not
| refer to the tidal wave of wisdom which
| carried you off your feet at our last
| election and the landslide of unanlmity
| with which you swept into office the man
of the hour. the undisputed embodiment
patriarch of perspicacity"
! Others who spoke We're Representative
| Dyer, Representative Davenport j. B.
| Randolph. chief clerk of the War Depart
| ment and B. w. Payne.
| The program also included songs by
1 d. G. Angevine, w. A. Morsell, Sam T
Hind, Morpheus Quartet and the Ennui
| Quartet, a piano solo by Mr. Blodgett
| and a violin solo by Mr.. c. W. Acker-
| man.
Guests of the Evening.
The guest list included: C. W. Acker-
man, Hugh NJ. Adams, William A. An
| derson, d. G. Angevine, Paul Arm
| strong, S. Fl. Beck, Gustaye Bender,
| c. l.. Benson. William II. Bonini, Her
bert L. Buell., E. G. Burch, B. H. Boo
her, Kenneth Camp. O. f. Camp, Pat
| rick J. Caulfleld. r. NJ. Chamberlin
William Z. Chapman c. D. Choate, II
T. Clarke. Thaddeus S. Clark. John
Dalphtn, representative James S. Dav-
sey. Pickering Dodge, Representative
L. c. Dyer, w: J. Edmonds John T.
Eiker Gilbert NJ Eiseman, c. =. Ell
lott. w. Albert Falconer, John Fitz-
gerald, Frank D. Fletcher. John X.
Frederle,, Harry ,, y Freer, N. A. Gallen
william T; gill. H c. Gould, ". S.
Hammers. William Hasenfratz, Sam T.
Hind. Frank S. Holliger, c. NJ. Irelan.
Robert Ironside, o. r. James, G. J.
keenan,. Walter A. Keifer. Harry B.
Lay. .jr.: W. ]. Lee. D. E. Leslie, N. ".
Lewis. s. A. Mccarthy. Joseph H. Nc
Gam, W. c. MCGOWAN. Mr.. Metz,
H. 8. Miner. Z. F. Moriarty. W. A.
Morseil; Joseph P. Muller. Richard Null
Il al. I4,VRd