Evening star., 1922-03-19

! Next Tuesday night at the Willard
Hotel members of the Board of Trade
| will hear three interesting addresses
| 1t will be the occasion of the monthly
| meeting of the board. and Repre-
sentative Benjamin Focht, chairman
of the House District committee; Rep
! resentative George w. Edmunds of
Pennsylvania and Archibald Fries.
vice president of the Baltimore and
[ Ohio railroad, will make up the list
| of speakers.
| The addresses of the two represent
! atives will be heard with interest. the
boards friends in the House being
| numbered by the hundreds, while Mr..
| Fries will likewise have something
| of interest to impart to the members.
| -Four committees will submit re-
ports. They are parks and reSerVa-
| affairs and Insurance.. These commit
| tees have had several meetings in the
last few weeks and comprehensive re-
| ports are expected.
| Spring weather has brought thoughts
| of the annual shad-bake uppermoSt
| in the minds of boaru members. The
| annual affair-ranking with the mid
1 winter dinner of the membership COM
! mittee-is one of the real yearly fea-
| lures of the organization. Although
| the rendezvous has not been selected.
plans are already being made to make
| this years entertainment eclipse any
i previous effort.
| President Thomas Bradley has just
announced the appointment Of the
| shad-bake committee. 1t consists of
man; E. J. Murphy. vice chairman:
Samuel NJ. Darragh, secretary; L.
| Pierce Boteler. Herman f. Carl. Ar
| thur Carr. John r. Casper, John NJ.
Cherry. William Clabaugh. Warren
Cochran. Richard l.. Conner, w. Por-
Cunningham, Clarence F.. Donohoe,
George 3. Farquhar. r. X. Ferguson,
George M. Fisher. DR.. Frank Il. Glib
son. Murray l.. Clifford. Edwin c. Gra-
ham, Walter Fl. Klopfer. f. J. Lees
nitzer. George H: Macdonald. George
! Pardoe. Fl. Glenn Phelps. Charles w.
| Pimper. George Pitt, Samuel ]. Pres
! colt. l.: l.. Reeves. Odell S. Smith.
Frank r. Strunk. J. Walter Thomp-
son. Max Walten. Charles J. Waters,
Francis II. Weller and Fred J. White.
The committee has not definitely
selected the place to hold the affair
this year. The announcement of both
the location and date is expected to
be made in the near future. The
|
urday during the latter part of May.
The monthly meeting Of the Wash
| ington Chamber of Commerce. held
last Tuesday night at the Willard
/ Hotel. was featured by an address by
w. B. Galloway. passenger traffic
manager of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. and demonstration of the
telephone by the Chesapeake and Po-
| tomac Telephone Company.
Mr. Nnl t~Il a,v,ln
hers of the extensive advertising
campaign being waged by the rail-
road, the purpose of which is pri-
marily to develop passenger traffic to
Washington, which, the railroad be-
lieves, can be accomplished by Great
ing an incentive in the minds of the
American people to see and know the
National Capital-not out of mere
curiosity, but through a sense of 10y
atty and patriotism and an interest
, in those institutions that represent
American ideals.
Much interest was displayed at the
demonstration of the telephone di-
rected by Miss Elsie Kunis. The
operator showed. on miniature
when subscriber lifted his receiver
and what the operators had to do to
complete the call. 1t is safe to say
that after watching the exhibition.
and listening to Miss Kunis explain
some Oh tue tTldiS anu tTlpuidllohS oi
the "hello girl" chamber members
will be more patient when mistakes
are made by operators.
That the City Club is becoming a
center for civic activities is indicated
in the number of organizations which
are now holding their meetings in
the new building on G street. Scarce
ly day passes but some inquiry is
received or some organization en-
cages a place in which to hold it's
meetings.
During the week just passed the
club inaugurated a calisthenic class
for its members and had one of the
most successful stag athletic
smokers" in the history of the club
The, gymnasium work is under di-
rection of c. Edward Beckett, phys
ical director of more than thirty
years experience. He will be at the
| City Club every Monday and Thurs