Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07

| finally developed here. Mr.. Noyes ex-
planned, through changes. The Capital
! Traction Co. started with a cable car,
he said, but the cable house burned.
/ The company went ahead with UNDER
ground electrical work
The result is" concluded Mr.. Noyes.
that we now have harmonious sys-
| tenn over the whole city"
Following Mr.. Noyes. Max Kohner,
a member of the association, recalled
the fight" which The Evening Star
had made for underground installa- :
ton and declared that If it had not
been for this fight Washington might
have had poles up and down F and @
streets He said. I'VE can thank our
president for all he did IN this matter"
Club Founding Recalled.
In his discussion of the history Of
Chevy Chase, Mr.. Brady referred to
the founding of the Chevy Chase Hunt
Club, predecessor of the present Chevy
Chase Club. He said six members of
the present organization were charter
members of the Hunt Club: Edward j.
Stellwagen. Dr. Joseph H. Bryan,
Montgomery Blair. Thomas j. d. Full
Ter. Henry May and w. B. Hibbs.
self-sacrifice of Senator Newlands in
building up Chevy Chase will be recog-
nized by some appropriate memorial to
him at Chevy Chase Circle"
The solution of the Wake Me Up
When Kirby Dies" mystery was pre-
sented by Fred A. Emery, in the form
OF letter from Senator Greene. In sup
port of his theory. the Senator had
written to the dramatic editor of the
Billboard and received reply In part
as follows:
About 1889 a prominent New York
actor, j. Hudson Kirby by name, had
theory that an actor worthy of the
name should save his strength during
the early scenes of the play in order
that he most certainly would be up to
SNUFF for the climactic scene at the end.
In following out this theory, according
to the story, Kirby was inclined to be
overeasy up until the CORY episode at
the end of the play. he being most gen.
orally associated with tragic offerings.
AS a result of this, playgoerS familiar
with his work would turn to their neigh
bors during the early stages Of the per-
formance. with the remark, Wake me
up when Kirby dies"
Old Map Presented.
Henry L. Bryan presented to the as
ISOLATION an historic old map Of the
United States dated 1884.
Mr.. Duhamel presented to the asSo-
citation an interesting picture of .
fine old mansion" which, he said, no
one yet had been able to identify. AS
soon as some members of the associa-
ton identified it, he said 1t would be
appropriately labeled, and hung in the
gallery.
other features of the annual banquet
of the association. as reported by Mr..
Topham, included music by George
O'Connor and Matt Horn, poem by
John Clagett Proctor and Invocation
by Rev. J. Harvey Durham.
New members elected to the asSocia-
ton were Harry S. WEIGH. Edwin G.
Graham, Fred Schuler, Samuel j.
Prescott and Fred S. Gichner.
Washington Topham reported re-
ceipt of information of ofnctal records
from the War Department showing that
the old Winder Building, which mad
been the center of q friendly argument
at the last meeting of the association,
had never been constructed for hotel
as had been claimed at the meeting by
some members.
Henry l.. Bryan paid tribute to two
members who died since the last meet
ing, Harry o. Hall and DR.. Benjamin
w. Sunny. whom the speaker praised
for faithful service as treasurer OF the
association over q period OF years.