Evening journal., 1915-03-25

tion Of he and his associates. this de-
votion and loyalty, which is the secret
of his successful movements and we
are proud TO be associated with him
and his firm. But I am not here to
eulogize; let men judge him by his
deeds.
"Mr. Miller, as minute manifesto
ton of our esteem and love of your
genial disposition. your ever-willing-
ness to assist, your democracy and
good fellowship, we wish to present
you with this little gift. May the
lustre Of your worthy character for
ever mingle with tthe rays of the
precious stone that lies in its bosom.
and may your life be a brilliant Illus
tration of the possibilities of youth
and America"
HGlft- is Broken.
While speaking Mr.. Saltzman pre-
sented a statue to Mr.. Miller and tho
walters had placed it in front of Mr..
Miller, and the diners were eating
when suddenly waiter in passing il.
knocked it over. In an instant tho
banquet room was in an uproar, the
diners unbraiding the waiter. E. w.
Snyder. advertising manager OF the
Morning News. a member Of the en-
tertainment committee. demanded in
loud voice that the waiter apologize
or pay for the statue. This the waiter
refused to do and with flushed face
he declared he would not apologize.
In tact he portrayed his part so well
that even those who had been let in
on the Joke thought it was real quar-
rel. In the argument that followed
Mr.. Snyder rushed towards the waiter
and threatened to put him out CT the
diningroom while Chairman Strick-
land ran TO the hotel desk for Manager
Taite.
Mr. Taite was absent from the CITY
and Mr.. Strickland, accompanied bv the
head waiter, entered the banquet room.
where Mr.. Snyder declared that the
waiter had broken the handsome "gift."
In the meantime. however. the other
walters, who had been serving the
courses ceased work, and with the one
who refused to apologize, they qu;
work.
The guests at this time had visions
Of completing the evenings entertain
ment without the good things to cat,
when some ono suggested that the wait
crs at the City Club, on the Eleventh
floor of the dupont Building, be pressed
into service. About this time the
"strikers" returned to their tasks and
all realized that a joke had been played
on them. IL was some time before
Nathan Miller and Mr.. Saltzman were
aware that the gift" was only one OF
many to be made during the evening.
Back to Business.
William +. Mettcn, advertising man
agcr of the Every Evening. was intro
duced by Mr.. Carter to speak on "Thc
Advertising Greed of the Nillcrs." He
recalled the days when the three Miller
brothers were small advertisers in the
local papers. The house is ono of the
few in the city that employs an advcr-
tising manager. In closing he said that
the Miller Brothers had done more for
Wilmington than the city had done for
them
This opinion was shared by Joseph
II. Martin. manager of The Sunday
Star, who, in his address, said The
Miller Brothers Company has gone
out of the city and brought business
here.
/ Shortly before II o'clock, and just
as the speakers of the evening had
about settled back to enjoy the aroma
of their Havanas. j. Harry Gordon.
, who has been associated with the
Miller Brothers here for years, en-
tered the room. Mr.. Gordon had
been booked for a toast on "Old
{ Timers and after he had spoken OF
the hard struggle made by the three
, Miller brothers in their climb i'm the
mercantile field those present decided
10 have an investigating committee
i appointed TO ascertain what had de-
tanned Mr. Gordon. This committee.
consisting of Louis Topkis Joseph r.
. Martin and Arthur c. Davies. returned
with minority report, but it was not
heard after Mr.. Martin had confessed
that his acquaintanceship with Mr..
Gordon had extended over a period OF
twenty years, and he therefore could
not report on his friends absence.
Clarence J. Pyle of THE EVENING
JOURNAL. was one Of the last speak
ers of the evening. speaking on the
, theme: "The Millers As l Have
Known Them"
+ John c. Saylor of the Labor Herald,
was the last speaker. referring to the
good that had been done by the Miller
Brothers in building up this city and
, of the trade they had established
I among the working class.
Those present were:
Max Feldman, Maurice Gross. Earl
Swain. r. Marvin Megginson. Harry
, Bouldon, Louis n. Evans. Albert
Messler. Edward J. Lawler. George
, Braunstein. Ralph Saltzman, w. G.
Higgins. w. l.. Seigfroid. II. IT. Lewis
Harry Topkis. Jacob Enders. Stewart
c. strickland. Ernest ]. Otteni, l.. r.
Wagner, William ]. Pryor. Nelson T.
Gray. A. II. Kruger. f. w. Snyder
Edward c. Johnson, Joseph n. Wheel
. er. Harrison Cruikshank, George Car
!. ter. Nathan Miller. Albert W. Cum
: minis. Charles Miller, William F. Met
ton. w. c. Nesbit, c. NJ. Steward.
James p. Winchester. George s.
Capeile. Morris Levy. S. Harry Cor
don. w. T. Blackiston, Louis Topkis,
In. p. Boggs. Samuel Miller, Leroy
Kramer. John Richardson, Jr., Albert
Miley. William d. Morrow. William H.
: SEWER. Samuel NJ. Rachlin, Arthur c.
y Davies. G. w. Matchett, John Saylor,
: Joseph II. Martin. John Names, A. c.
! Hickey and others.
! The committee in charge OF the
Il dinner was composed of Clarence ].
Q pyle, e. w. Snyder, George Braun
stein. Ralph Saltzman, William G..
s Higgins and Stewart c. Strickland.