The Washington times., 1922-04-26
HEARSTFEATURE
MEN ARE HOSTS
TOPUbL|SHERS
Staff Writers Hear Message
From Harding, Lauding
Achievements.
Ry Universal Service.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Nisiting
newspaper owners and executives,
nearly 500 strong, gathered at the
Friars Club for a dinner given last
night by the Hearst Newspaper
Feature and Wire Enterprises TO
those attending the annual conven.
ton of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
The assemb,age broke into cheers
upon the reading OF letter from
President Harding. addressed 10 NJ
koenigsberg, head of the King
Feature Syndicate. who was the
host Of the evening. The letter was
dated at the White House April -
and read:
Harding's Praise
My Dear Mr.. koenigsberg:
Il have your kind invitation TO he
Friars' Club dinner you are giving
TO the publishers during the Amer.
lean Newspaper Publishers Associa.
tion convention. | regret that en-
gagemcnts in Washington at that
time make my attendance impossi-
bic. but wish TO extend through you
my greetings and good wishes TO the
guests of the occasion.
1T would be an especial pleasure
TO meet the representative American
publishers who will be gathered and
10 congratulate them on reaching
what / have considered, within the
last year, the high-water mark of
American newspaper service. | refer
TO the intelligent and effective re.
porting of the proceedings of the
conference on limitation of arma-
ment.
'1n that connection. I have felt
the American press did service to
the world and demonstrated its
especial claim to lcadcrship among
newspapers everywhere.
VERY Sincerely,
WARREN G. HARDING"
Stars from Broadway and news.
paperdom contributed to the lark, ss
Mr.. Koenigsberg characterized ihe
occa sion. Members of the King
organization-the international Fca.
ture Service, Newspaper Feature
Service, International News Service,
and Universal Service made up tho
cast of the newspaper mems offer
ing, a playlet written by the T.en
themselves. who even designed the
scenery, costumes and stage para
phernalia. In the cast were included
these cartoonists and writers whose
work is familiar to the reading
public:
George McManus, +. Opper, George
Herman, Russ Westover. Dan
Smith, Hal Coffman, Il. y. out.
cault, Harry FIershfield. John p
Medbury, Cliff Sterrett. !. j..
Murphy, Jean Knott Walter &.
IIoban, "Rube" GoldbcrS. "Bugs'
Bacr, r T.. Powers, w. McCav,
Paul Arnot. J. Y. Early. ]. w.
McGurk, Henry Olive, E. G. Sogar
and w. 6. Farr
Professionals There.
The professional entertainers who
helped in tho fun included Raymond
Hitchcock, Fannie Brice and Lew
Brice. They gave q travesty on
Camille" William Collier and Sally
Ward appeared in the "Music Box
Review" Armand Cortez ana
Armand kalix. with Grace Nulcn.
tine and Martha Troop, i'm French
satire, "All Night Long" Herbert
Corthell and the octet from "TanCer.
inc" James Barton, of THE Rose
of Stamboul;" Adele Rowland and
Mildred Brown and Lucille Chal-
fonte, the Modern Jenny Lind"
In addition there were also Beryl
HALEY, Florence Moore, Ethel Muir,
Beulah Beronson. Victoria White,
Nerene Swirton, Josephine McNells,
Dorothy Richards, Agnes Richards.
Pat Leonard, Max Steiner and J. &.
Nugcnt.
The entertainment was under The
direction OF Fred Block with julie,
Sarcnoff, violinist, In charge Of
music,