Evening star., 1915-05-23
CALL THEIR OUTING
!. THE GREATEST EVER
Board OF Trade Members En-
thusiastic Over Shad Bake
at Chesapeake Beach.
PROGRAM OF AMUSEMENT
OCCUPIES MOST OF DAY
Six Hundred Washingtonians and
Their Invited Guests Participate
in the Festivities.

bake of the board held yesterday at
Chesapeake Beach.
AS the result of days of hard work
on the part of the committees which
arranged for the outing everything
went off without a hitch. In addition
to a program which has not been sur
passed by any provided at the shad
bakes held by the organization in prevl i
GUS years. there was that factor which
is necessary for the success of an un-
dertaking of that kind, good weather.
Toward the close of the day of fun
and merrymaking there was a slight
shower, but it happened at a time
when practically all of the great
throng were seated in the dancing pa
vilion witnessing the presentation or
a minstrel show. which was a feature
of the entertainment program
The outing of yesterday was the sec
ond the organization has held at Ches-
apeake Beach. Prior to two years ago
the annual shad bake was given at one
of the Potomac river resorts. The one
of last year was record breaker, but
having had experience in managing one
outing at Chesapeake Beach, the COM
mittee on arrangements this year was
in a position to make even further i'm
provements.
About one-half of the 500 picknickers
which left Chesapeake junction at
1890 o'clock yesterday morning. and
the remainder made their way thither
on the o'clock train in the afternoon
Kennel Has Special Coach.
In the center of the train of ten
coaches which carried the merrymak-
ers to the beach was special coach
which was provided for the holding of
limitations into the Board of Trade
Kennel of the Improved Order of Yel-
low Dogs. There were no chairs in
this coach and the only article of fur
niture was a table on which the para
phernalia of the order was placed.
Everything was in readiness for the
initiation of candidates into the or
der when the train pulled out of the
Potomac Kennel of the Improved Order
of Yellow Dogs. and Capt. Louis c.
Wilson, custodian of the bone of that
kennel. were on hand TO install the
new Board of Trade branch. Those
who assisted in the initiation were
Charles F. Crane. J. Crosby Mccarthy.
H. Clifford Bangs and Fred J. White.
One of the first on whom the degree of
yellow dog was conferred was E. c.
Brandenburg, president of the Board
of Trade. Before the train had reached
Chesapeake Beach. the degree had been
guests. To each was presented a but
ton signifying membership in the
order.
Chesapeake Beach was reached about
IL 80 o'clock. The train was stopped
several hundred yards from the station
to allow three motion picture photog-
raphers to hurry on ahead and take d
position in readiness to picture the ex-
curSionistS as they alighted from the
coaches.
Dinner Served at Noon.
The Board of Trade Band took its
position at the head of the procession
and led the way to the dining pavilion.
At noon dinner was served 1t was a
sure-enough planked shad feast. All
of the fish were cooked on slabs of oak
before open fires close to the pavil-
ion. and all were done ito turn" when
the Board of Traders sat down to din
ner.
The success of the dinner was large
ly due to the fact that everything was
prepared under the personal supervi-
sion of z. J. Murphy. chairman of the
dinner committee. Mr.. Murphy went to
Chesapeake Beach Friday afternoon in
order to be on hand bright and early
yesterday morning to see that the
were made. He was accompanied to
the beach by George MarkWard, chair
man of the committee on souvenirs.
Mr. MarkWeod hod several tons Of the
"keepsakes" to look after and to as
sort in readiness to be distributed to
the picnickers during the dinner.
The souvenirs included note books,
puzzles, pencils. shaving soap, face
powder bottles of ketchup and dozen
or more advertising novelties OF Vari-
ties was presented TO each person that
it was necessary to provide each with
a large paper bag to hold them.
The big shad feast was speecnless
dinner. Every one was kept too busy
eating either to talk or listen to talk
ing.
Guests of Honor.
At the head table, with President
Brandenburg. Vice President William
T Galliher. Secretary Christ ]. Cooke
ler, and other directors of the board
were the following guests of honor
Commissioner Louis Brownlow, Justice
Charles II. Robb of the Court OF Ap-
peals Thomas P. Kane, deputy control.
Ter of the currency; Charles F. Nesbit
superintendent of insurance, and Ken
nedy F. Rea, clerk of the Senate com
mittee on appropriations.
When dinner was over the diners
amused themselves in various ways
until the second train with its cargo
Of members arrived, which was about
z o'clock in the afternoon. Many visit.
ed the boardwalk. Others gathered
about the band and "harmonized. The
motion picture men were busy all the
while and a number OF interesting
scenes were taken These are to bt
shown in the motion picture theaters
of the city as a part of the weekly
news hlms The films also are to bt
displayed at one OF the meetings oi
the Board of Trade
When the second trainload Of merry
makers arrived the majority of those
who had journeyed to the beach earlier
in the day were on hand at the statior
to meet them. Again the band led thu
procession to the dining pavilion. Al
the head of the procession were Com
missioner Browniow and Presiden
Rrandenburg, who served as an escor
for Mai Charles ". Kutz. Engineer
Commissioner Of the District. who wa!
unable 10 come down on the morning
train.
Al the conclusion OF the second dinner
the entire crowd of 500 men gathered
in front Of the pavilion and had Z
photograph taken The movie mer
also took pictures Of the crowd.
Minstrelsy Makes a Hit.
Announcement then was made tina
the great Board of Trade minstre
show was about to start in the dancing
pavilion. This feature of the entertain
ment program had been arranged un
der the supervision OF Ed Callow an,
| Paul F. Grove. Mr.. Callow was stag,
director and Mr.. Grove served as stag,
manager. The interiocutor was Charlie
| Shackelford. Following a baritone soil
| by Earl Carbaugh and selections b,
| the Peerless Quartet-composed o,
Clarence Sorreil. Walter Sorrell
Henry {. Sorrell and Benjamin