The Washington times., 1920-05-10
TRIP Of BOOSTERS
RESPONSIVENESS
Outing OF Merchants Combining
Business and Pleasure
Well Received.

when II comes to boosting, mem
bers Of the Merchants and Msnuiac'
turers' Association are without com
pare. At least. that Is the unanimous
opinion OF moro than one hunoreu
Washington merchants and protes'
sionsl men WIZ returned this morn
ing from a two-day cruise dow
Maryland and Virginia waters. And
there Ia ample reason TO believe thai
the hundreds of plain folks VINO
created the delegation from the Ma.
tienal Capital, along the route VII
bsNk up that broad statement.
vf'rom the moment Captain Cold
helm footed his whistle and bade ms
) eo-boosters to seek the upper decks
OF the steamer Three Rivers Satur'
day afternoon at Water and l. streets
Till the docking OF the boat at Bait-
more early this morning. business
combined with pleasure and good iei'
lowship to make the trip the most
successful OF its kind ever held.
Outing Called Success.
Ross p. Andrews, former president
OF the association, and veteran OF
many booster trips. declared last
night the outing, was unusually sue
cessful both from the point OF View
OF business and pleasure. 80.
The delegation received Its first re-
lonisl Reach late Saturday night.
Many OF the members. displaying
their booster insignia, went ashore.
and Charlie" Columbus demon
strated the desire of the Washington
merchants to cooperate and recipro-
cate with the merchants OF the sur
rounding towns by making several
important purchases for the ships
supplies.
I'll
business cares Astounding at home,
the passengers gave over the even
ING to singing. dancing, music and
other forms of entertainment. No
one thought OF sleeplng-for two rea-
1 sons--therc was little desire to do so.
and. besides. II was almost impos-
slble. .t
Because of his versatility and his
professional talent as an expert per-
former, William Clarke was unsni-
mousiy awarded the "prix de Three
Rivers" "a bunch of bananas donated
by the National Fruit Company. Bill
lies friends, including his incompar-
able trio and the girls at St Mary's
Seminary agreed that tas speaker
he was rivaled only by Congressman
"Ziguni." who Joined heartily in the
festivities throughout the trip. AS
the leader of the associations own
band. and as a vocalist of rare range
and quality, he called for the applause
and communication of his fellows and
many friends he won along the route.
Crowds Greet Boosters. !. ,.,.
The party arrived at Leonardtown
early Sunday morning and a large
part of the delegation was up early
o go to mass. Many OF the members
of the association acquainted them
selves with residents of the town in
the two-hour stopover at that place.
Everywhere the merchants went they
carried with them Individual cards
reydipg, 1T am Wasi, ing ton BOOST
ER--I am for the bcst interests Of
WsShtREton-Lets. Got Together :
The last entreaty was not enuEaNE
unheeded. for when the party affav Y
at Miller's Wharf, Wynne, Md SafS..
terday afternoon, approXimats4sre.-s
hundred persons came down to- The
landing to welcome the guests and
with Billie Clarke's imperial band
ashore, the attractive young ladies of
the village came forth and danced
with both the old and young members
of the delegation. The Booster boat
was hailed as a. carrier of good cheer.
and every little town that had the good
fortune to have the steamer Three
Rivers dock at it's shore was enriched
and made happy by the genial crowd
of passengers from Washington.
The star performers of the party
were not entirely without rivals in
the country towns. At Kinsalc, Va,
tho members were entertained and
amused by the terpsichorean finesse
of some of the villagers. Even the
"shiufmy" and other modern Shakes
were executed perfectly.
Fishermen Welcome.
Tho members entertained them
selves at Piney Point, Md. where only
a few fishermen welcomed them. 1t
was here that Joe Berberich. Ernie
Johnston and Phil King distinguished
themselves as 5O-yard dashers. Ernie
won the race for young men. Joe
Berberich. who won the first heat for
men over 200 pounds, got sore after
that and decided not to "play any
more" ard l.. l.. White hit the tape
first. Phil King. recalling his athletic
days at Princeton, limbered up n little
and easily came out first in the
J0-ysrd dash for men weighing under
100 pounds.
George Hebbard proved to be a
good performer in. 3 burlap sack, and
"Roodie" Lyon claimed second honors,
even " he did fall down and cross the
line with only ono leg, attired In the
necessary drapcry. ono of the best
,earaa IF thr trim uaS