The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-05-18

BARLEY DINED


Barley was given testimonial din
ner last Monday night at the Lam
bertvile House by group of his
Trenton friends. The piece de re-
; sistence of the menu was Delaware
shad, admirably cooked and gcner-
ously served.
Frederick r. Brace acted as toast
master, and enlvened the occasion
with delightful humor, which was
responded to with fitting remarks by
the speakers of the evening. M. ID.
Warren, traffic expert, was first
called on to respond to the question,
"Why is a mugwump?" Mr.. Warren
enjoyed the distinction of being the
only one present to answer to that
brand of politics. However, he hand
led his subject with humor that won
him laurels. Mr.. Warren also made
the presentation of the evening, when
a beautiful mahogany clock was Civ
en- Postmaster Barley as a mark of
esteem from the Trenton delegation.
In responding to the presentation,
Postmaster Barley said that he had
prepared lovely speech. but when
they set the clock on himi, the speech
had gone glimmering. However, de-
spite the timing, the genial Post
master remembered story(as usual)
and he clicked" that off with "strik-
ing" success.
Attorney Willis p. cambridge re-
sponded to the question of "Why is a
| Chicken?" His remarks showed him
APPLY familiar with the subject. Geo.
r, Custer, jeweler, was called on to
explain why jeweler, who made but
| 1893 per cent. on diamonds, could af-
! ford to own and run an Oakland car
of the vintage of 1911. He evident
| ly knew his "bisiness" for he ex-
planned to such satisfaction that the
laugh was turned on the POSTMASTER.
Charles Teunon, real estate agent,
had to defend the question, "Why do
realtors get SO darned fat?" His
| explanation was that he always ate
when he was hungry, and that he was
always hungry. His figure bore out
his statements. Riley Morgan, an
other realtor, was asked the ques-
ton, why is Yardley?n Evidently,
he didn't know for he didn't say.
Samuel Morgan, his son and partner,
was asked to explain why do you
always assign your father to run the
country trips in cold weather." But
he said even less than his father (if
that is possible).
Samuel L. Carlisle was asked. Why
are real estate men so thin?" He
replied the question was too thin. and
| that the toastmaster was mistaken
if he thought he was too chick" TO
see the animus in such question.
Rcriamin Bugbee, accountant of the
! N. A. X. Bugbee Co.. was assigned
the question, why with such voa
c;bulary as you have, were you not a
1 lawyer?" "Ben" said that once he
had told the truth, and that Mad dis
qualified him.
Amos Tindal, reator, when asked
why he didr't brig his best girl to
| the dinner, ms was his custom. replied
that his girl had the habit of picking
her own company. "Why does G.
p. A. charge such exhorbitant prices
for his work ~ was asked of Stanley
Teunon, oublic accountant. He re-
piled that the cause lay in the name.
"Priee, Waterhouse and Price" 1.-TWO
''prices').
Edward W. Daymond, coal dealer
responded to the question, "Why do
dealers charge $i3.75 ton for
BLACK Diamonds z" The reply turn
ed on the postmaster when the rea-
son given was that they had to pay
Willis cambridge 100 per cent for
collecting their bills. Frank B;les,
Of Muschert. Reeves & Co.,was asked
"Why do wholesale grocers get
rich ?" He replied that it was be-
cause they had good bookkeepers.
pnt pbilin & Case denied that thew
do.
cooroo Nrtt roaltor was asked to
ov,,lai, whv no had moved his resi-
dercc from Trenton TO Asbury Park.
pofora no could re,lv Charles Con.
ard auctionaer offered the reason
hat Il WAS cboapcr to move than nav
ra,t wbare,no, Mr. Mutt said that
was av,den,lv tho rcason wbv Char.
Lilo conard ate at different restaur-
ar4o everv ii was choas,er To
,oavo ,bc cbaclss an the table than at
the casbier,s desk.
phi Case wholesale GROCER was
called mon 10 defend his reason for