The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-24
Pastors Share
Week 'sHonors
With Bankers
TINE biennial convention Of the
United Lotheran churchs and the
American Bankers Association

TINE biennial convention OF the
United Lotheran Churchs and the
American Bankers Association
oonvention-God and Mannon. to
quote a certain clever. IL flippant per
son-we have had with US this last
week. And IL would seem that we
have taken care OF them pretty well
despite tho familiar Biblical adage
about serving two masters.
The churchmen have tended pretty
strictly to their knitting and II
there has been any entertaining in
their honor IL has been personal In
its nature. on the other hand every
moment which the bankers could
spare from their deliberations has
been taken up with teas and balls
OF pleasant excursions.
had rather thought that while
this convention was ION" there
might be "a series OF big functions
at the homes OF some of Washing
tons leading bankers or perhaps at
the homes OF some OF the officials
who are associated with the bank
ing world. But. I suppose; the size
Of the convention preciuded this.
There were some 3.0"9 delegates and
probably officially they could only
be entertained as unit-admittedly
q good deal of an undertaking.
Consequently IL was the District of
Columbia Bankers Association which
was host through the week and which
carried out the Interesting social pro
gram including such events as the
big ball at the willard en- Wednesday
night, delightful tea at the Chevy
Chase Club, at which the ladies who
accompanied the delegates to Wash
ington, were the special guests; and
D. mammoth theater party on Thurs
day evening. This was an unusually
delightful function. Blocks of seats
were reserved at all the theaters for
the visitors, with boxes for the off
Gals of the association, and groups
Of Washington women-the wives OF
District bankers-served as hostesses
at each theater. Then there was an
exceedingly interesting reception and
private view at the Corcoran Gallery
OF Art one evening, arranged by the
president and board Of trustees in
honor of the visitors. Sight seeing
trips. including the traditional visit
to Mt. Vernon, an exhibition drill at
Fort Myer and the excursion -yester-
day to Baltimore and Annapolis,
rounded out a full program. For the
last special trains were provided and
members OF the Diplomatic Corps
shared honors with the visiting bank
ers.
If the convention as an organiza-
tion was not entertained in Washing
tons big private homes, still there
were many dinner parties for individ-
ual delegates and-yes, Charles j.
Bell, president of the American Sc
cnrity and Trust Company, did have
a big dinner for the members of the
council of the A. B. A., more or less
off Official function. While the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Houston did no entertaining of
formal nature, they constantly had
people dining with them through the
week-old friends or people who had
been particularly hospitable to Mr..
Houston on some of his jaunts round
the country on Uncle Sans banking
business. The Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Meredith also had
guests to dine with them informally
on several occasions, and other pleas
ant little dinner parties were at the
homes of the Charles J. Bells, the
c. c. Glovers, who are still out at