Evening star., 1927-05-30
ORAT0RY F|NAL|STS
LEAVING CAPITAL
Yesterday Devoted to Outing
Pleasures as Guests of The
Evening Star.


Oratorical Contest began taking leave
of one another, and before s o'clock
last night four of the seven had set
out for their homes.
The three orators who still are In
Washington are Miss Dorothy Carlson,
the Salt Lake City girl who was
adjudged champions: Carl f. Albert of
McAlester, Okla, and William "Aleck"
Loker of Leonardtown, Md. The two
boys are leaving today, while Miss
Carlson and her mother plan to re-
main at least until tomorrow. After
that time the seven contenders for the
championship, who have become
pretty fast friends in the two days
they passed together. will see no more
of one another until they meet in
New York City July 1, before sailing
the following day for Europe aboard
the s. s. Leviathan.
Friendship Cemented.
Yesterdays outing, again as guests
Of the The Evening Star, served ad-
mirably to complete the work of max
ing friends of recent strangers that
the cruise of Saturday had begun. AS
the party motored from The Star
Building to point of interest and
then on to others. parents of orators
interested themselves in the new
friends of their own youngsters, and
as the day wore on it was evident
that each mother and father in the
party was not only willing to have
their child travel for the Summer with
the other six, but they were anxious
for the cOmpanionship.
When the tour was over and the
groups which had occupied individual
closed cars had climbed out of the
machines to meet in farewell, there
We're real tears shed over the leave
taking.
The orators and their encourage
met at The Star Building yesterday
morning at 1890 o'clock and shortly
afterward they boarded a procession
of automobiles for the sightseeing
tour. Col. G.. Fred Cook, represent
ing The Star as official host, was
again captain of the fleet.
Visit Pan.American Building.
The first stop on the trip yesterday
was the Pan-American Building. and
from there the procession went on to
the Lincoln Memorial. Then there
was trip up through Georgetown
and passage over the Key Bridge
into Virginia. Fort Myer and Ar
lington We're points at which lengthy
stops were made. and at the latter
place the party visited the Lee Man
sion and finally the Amphitheater and
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Boarding their cars again the ora
tors and company sped down to Alex
andria, where, at the George Mason
Hotel. they found Virginia dinner.
Col. Cook, at the head of the long
table in a private dining room. an
nounced that the rule of all The Stars
dinners-no speecheS-would be en-
forced, and from that instant on every
member of the party relaxed in the
informality of delightful meal. Dur
ing the course of the meal Meyer Gold.
man and quartet Of his musicians
played many numbers.
Wheeling the piano around so that
its player might be seen by the diners.
the orchestra retreated, and Col. Cook
called upon Miss Carlson to play. The
little girl from lthe West complied
readily.
At the conclusion of the meal, Col.
Cook did make one little speech. He
told the guests that he hoped they en-
joyed their visit to the Capital--after
all, he said. their own city--as much
as The Star had enjoyed having them.
Bergman Decorates Menu Cards.
Attractively printed menus, bear
ing a drawing by c. X. Bergman,
cartoonist for The Star, and the
names Of each of the orators, were
set at each cover and when the din
ner party broke up there was a
hurried scurry in autographing of one
another's menus before the members
of the party moved on again to other
spots of beauty and interest.
Back in Washington, Rock Creek
Park was visited and the upper
reaches of Sixteenth street, and finally
the automobiles reached the Willard
Hotel, where the leave.taking began.
In bidding good-by, the young ora.
tors were calling themselves by their
first names. Miss Carlson was
Dorothy" to the six boys, and they
in turn to her were Carl, Aleck, Lisle,
Jefferson, Maxwell and Jimmie, and
that's just who will make up the
party that will breeze through Europe
this Summer with Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dolph Leigh.