The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
RECORD TICKET SALE
FOR beach OUTING
Chamber Of Commerce Crowd Will
Be Largest of Season.


Be Largest of Season.
Dear Mr.. Weather Man. won't you
please,
Bring US your best brand Of
weather?
For II you don't,
Or II you won't,
To outings wen ask you. never.
That's the sum and substance OF
the note written yesterday afternoon
to the chief of the Weather Bureau,
pleading for a real day, "an ideal
day, clear and not too warm" for
the annual outing of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. July II, at
Chesapeake Beach, by the general
chairman of the excursion committee.
SO many tickets have been sold for
the trip that II was decided last even
ing to stop the sale on Monday
morning at 1850 o'clock.
Eighteen members Of the Senate
and House of Representatives prom
ised to attend the excursion as guests
up until Saturday night. The list Of
distinguished guests for the outing in
cludes the following: Speaker Champ
Clark; Minority Leader James r.
Mann; Senator James K. Vardaman.
Senator William H. King, Senator
Carter Glass, Philip p. Campbell,
Frank Park, William ]. Cary. Mar
tin d. Foster. Benjamin L. Fairchild,
Stuart F. Reed. Julius Kahn, +. N
Zihlman, A. R. Brodbock, Milton n
Romtue, Albert F. Polk, Herbert J.
Drane, l. E. Wheeler. ]. ]. Mans
field, B. c. Hilliard, Benjamin X.
Focht, Sydney E. Mudd; Commits
sfoner Louis Brownlow; President
John W. May. Of the Alexandra
Chamber of Commerce; Secretary
James =. Preston. Of the Alexandra
Chamber of Commerce; Mayor James
F. Strange. of Annapolis: city Coun-
selor George z. Rullman, Of Annap-
oils, and Mayor W. A. Brooks, OF
Hyattsyille.
The program of the days exercises
will be:
sons. No. s.-"star spangled Ban
ner."
l2:5.-Lunch.
MEUN:
Chamber Of Commerce Sausage
Links
Homemade Rolls. Horseradish.
Mustard Dill Pickles.
Assorted Sandwiches.
Band music during lunch.
1:S D. m.-Golf putting contest.
Baseball game.
2:3A-Kicking football
2:S.-High kick.
5:Oo-5O-yard dash. open to all.
3:lC-5O-yard dash. men over -O)
pounds.
3:2c.-1C0-yard swim.
4:lO-AssembIy call.
Big stuff" be at ringside at 40
sharp.
500 y. m.-Dinner.
SONG, No. l-"America."
Toast to the President of the United
States.
Crab Soup. Quartet.
Celery. queen olives
General singing. No. Is.
Deviled Crabs Dinner Crackers
Aperal singing. No. :.
Half Spring Chicken. Smothered, Fried
Quartet.
New Potatoes in Cream.
New Corn on Cob.
Hot Corn Bread.
General singing. No. 3.
Cheese. Crackers. Coffee.
Quartet.
General singing. No. Il.
Presentation of souvenirs and prizes
6:SO-Patriotic Exercises.
7:OO-Professio1al vaudeville.
7:31.-Movins pictures.
Prizes will be awarded as follows.
Highest kick of footbalL-Prize, foot
ball. donated by Saks & Co.
First home run in baseball game
Prize, pair of cuff buttons. donated
by GoIdhsim, Fourteenth street and
New York avenue.
Quot game.-Prize. bathing suit. do
mated by walford's Sporting Goods
Store. q.
Fifty-yard dash. open to all.-Prize'
tennis shoes, donated by Berberich's
Seventh street store.
Fifty-yard dash for men over 200
pounds-Prize. electric laundry iron
donated by National Electrical Supply
Co.
Golf putting.-First prize, goose
neck putter; second prize. gooseneck
putter, notated by Spalding.
High kick-Prize. billiard cue, do
mated by p B. Fletcher, SO Thirteenth
street northwest.
One hundred-yard swim.-Prize. box
Of cigars. donated by II. T. Onter-
dinSer. sos Ninth street northwest
Direct Days Events.
The committees from the Chamber
of Commerce who will have direction
of the events of the day are:
General chairman, Frank B. Metze-
rott; Capt James F. Oyster. first
vice chairman; W. T. Galliher. second
vice chairman.
Dinner and refreshments: P. B. ,
Fletcher, chairman; H. King Corn
well, vice chairman.
Invitation: A LeftwiCh Sinclair,
chairman; Hon. James T. Lloyd, vice
chairman.
Patriotic exercises: William F.
GUIDE, chairman; Corcoran Thorn. vice
chairman.
Athletics: Isaac R. Hit, chairman;
Phil King. vice chairman.
Order: Maj. Raymond W. Pullman,
chairman; W. c. Sullivan. vice chair
man.
Reception: Chaplin Brown, chair
man: Charles ]. Bell, vice chairman.
Music: c. ]. James. chairman; ].
Blake Gilpin, vice chairman.
Souvenirs and prizes: r. P. An
drews. chairman; P. T. Moran. vice
chairman.
Entertainment: Charles L. Howser,
chairman; George S. Wainwright, vice
chairman.
Publicity and program: F. A. Van
Reuth, chairman; Joseph A. Berber-
ich, vice chairman.
Tickets: Col John G. Capers. chair
man; Hon. Merritt o. Chance, vice
chairman.
Medical: Dr. Lewis J. Battle, chair
man; DR.. w. P. Carr, vice chairman.
Director of general singing: George
H. O'Connor.