Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
BOARD OF TRADE
DINNER COL0RFUl.
Throng of 700 Forgets Prob
Iems and Enjoys Evening
of Entertainments.

of Entertainments.
The largest gathering of Washing
ton business and professional leaders
and their guests ever ut the annual
AIidwinter dinner of the Washington
Board of Trade crowded the flag be
dccked ballroom of the New Willard
/ Hotel to capacity last night to join
with city officials, Senators and Repre-
s"ntatiVcS i'll the celebration.
More than 200 guests attended the
affair. Committeeman of the board.
who have worked for the civic inn
proNement OF the National Capital:
members of the city government and
members of the House and Senate Dis
lriCt committees dropped all thoughts
uf local appropriations, fiscal relations.
high-Water pressure and the like and
joined together to have an evening of
en ioNment.
Songs. stunts. jokes and entertain
ment kept the evening lively, and the
guests heads were hobbing back and
forth to take in all the features of the
affair that made the ballroom look
like three-ringed circus.
March i'm to Dinner.
Following the reception by the of
ficerS of the board. the doors to the
banquet room were opened promptly
At pm. and the guests marched III
t. II lively military air. With the
spotlight on q tluttering Old Glory
the entire assembly sang The Star
Spangled Banner" led by Miss Agnes
Nholan
William w Ross. chairman of the
membership committee. introduced j.
Harry Cunningham. president of the
board and POSTMASTER of the evening.
Nh Cunningham immediately an
ununred the irreVUcHbe rule of the
annual dinner. no speeches, which
WIS received with cheers. After vel
coming the guests in Il short sen
tonce he turned the evening over to
Milton Schwab, chairman Of the din
Nor committee.
Immediately there appeared on the
stage an Italian organ grinder with
monkey at the end of a long heavy
rone. The members soon discovered
that the man was Luther LinkinS,
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee. and that Milton Schwab as
the monkey WAS on the end of the
rope.
While 700 lusty voices sang Hail
fitil, the Gangs All Here" Yes, We
Tt>~ No Bananas and Il Wonder
What's Become of Sally" Miss Marget
Foley and Miss Mae Jones, program
girls. distributed the schedule of the
evenings entertainment.
Extra" Put Out.
Almost the moment the guests had
finished soup a loud cry of Extra
Taper" burst from all corners of the
room and a dozen or so newsbOys
rushed through the gathering dis
nf q a c h.
inGton Board Of Trade Bulletin. This
publication with its cartoons and SkitS
on the members was a new stunt this
year.
The first number on the program
was the double SaXophone seXtette of
the United States Army Band. under
the direction of Capt. William J. Stan
nard, leader. In between community
singing came the various numbers on
the program: Chapelle and Carlton.
an act from keith's Theater: the May
flower Orchestra, under j. Spencer
Tupman, which played a number OF
popular airs: the Madrigal Quartet.
composed of Viola Schippet klinge,
first soprano; Edith Graham Schilling,
second soprano: Mabel McCalip, first
contralto; Edith NJ. White. second con-
tralto: Pauline knoeller, accompaniSt;
BoWery SpecialtieS, composed of Mar
Schaffer and MeSSrS. Mulroe, kuehl-
ing. Bishop, in dance numbers; Board
of Trade Male Chorus. composed Of
first tenors, William +. Raymond and
Paul G.. Ledis; second tenorS, w. T..
BraithWaite and Floyd &. Williams:
first bassoS. Fred East and Raymond
G. Moore: second bassos, Charles w.
Moore and John Chandler Smith;
Thomas Moss, accompaniSt; Miss
Agnes WheIan, soloist: Thomas Moss,
accompanies: klavins-Bennett School
speciality act, Ruth Bennett. dancer;
Sylvia klavins, pianist; George O'Con-
nor and Matt Horne.
The entire affair was lively one
from the opening until the final num-
Der. when the dinner committee
marched to the platform and sang
their Good Night" song.
Flags OF all nations and multi-col-
ured bunting, balloons and flowers
combined to make the banquet room
gay in appearance. Meyer Goldman's
orchestra played almost continuously
throughout the evening and the affair
was off with a clock-like precision
that repaid the efforts the members
of the dinner committee have ex-
pended during the past two months.
Besides Mr.. Schwab, John T. Bar
droff and William r. Ellis. who com
posed the general committee in charge
of the dinner the chairmen and mem
hers of the various subcommittee
were:
Dinner COMMUNICATION Saul, chair
man; Eugene Gallery, vice chairman:
George Miller. John T.. Mcclure, |. ]
Roberts.
Music committee-T. Brooke Amiss.
chairman; Herman f. Carl vice chair
man.
Program and printing committee
odell S. Smith. chairman r. n. Waffle
vice chairman: Hugh W. Barr
Seating committee-George E. Far
quhar. chairman: Wilmot w. Trew,
vice chairman; Clarence \. Miller, j.
Paul Ward.
Invitation and reception committee
j. Harry Cunningham, chairman:
f. G. Graham, vice chairman; w. w
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