Evening star., 1936-03-22

IDENTIFY both Of the bodies soon went
out of existence, for on Monday,
March 16, 1891, The Star prints the
following account of the housewarm-
ing of the National Capital Press
Club:
"a delightful housewarming and re-
ception was given by the National
Capital Press Club in its new quar-
ters, l347 Pennsylvania avenue, Sat-
urday evening. The commodious and
tastefully furnished club house was
open the whole evening, though the
invitations read from to IL, and for
several hours the rooms were filled
with two to three hundred men who
are connected with the various
branches of newspaper work. News.
paper Row was out in force and the
local papers also were fully repre-
sented.
Invitations were sent out to all the
gentlemen in the city who are eligible
under the constitution to membership,
and these, with the 130 who are al-
ready members, made brilliant and
interesting gathering.
Among those who were present
were Mr. s. H. Kaufman, president
of the club: T. c. Hannurn, Col. Frank
p. Morgan, Cliff Warden. John Had
ley Doyle, A. Maurice Low, William
F. Mcpherson, Col. F. D. Mussey,
George Rouzer, H. N. Copp, j. Witt
Heron, George Grantham Balm, w. j.
hampton, Commissioner of Customs
Holiday, F. P. Ferris, j. K. Ceuttier,
william M. Handy, o. P. Austin, w.
G. Dunnell, Frank A. Du Puy, Cliff
Rose. H. Conquest Clarke, John Boyle.
w. r. Bell, z. P. Speer, Walter B.
Stevens, w. B. Shaw, Howard N.
Thompson, Walter Wellman, L. D.
Sale, r. v. Oulahan, Judge Noah,
Frank Hatton, Crosby S. Noyes, Beriah
Wilkins, John M. Carson, Rudolph
Kaufman, Maj. r. H. Sylvester, S.
N. Clarke, O'Brien Moore, H. P. God
win, Richard Lee Fearn, Thomas B.
Kirby, William Sterrett, George APP
person, S. E. Johnson, De B. Randolph
Keim, Louis j. Lang, James w. Alli-
son, David S. Barry, w. w. Burhans,
Louis Garthe, Charles H. Gray. John
Robert j. Wynne, Alexander M. Ken
aday, Henry N. Copp, A. B. McSween,
Gus McSween, George Gilliland.
Charles A. Boynton, ]. H. Soule, A. T.
Hensey, Frank O'Neill, John P. Miller,
Victor Kaufman. Dr.. Frank T. Howe,
H. L. Merrick, Charles A. Hamilton.
H. B. F. Mcfarland, e. w. Lightner.
David Lewsley. w. L. Crounse, E. w.
Brady, F. A. G. Handy, E. e. Roberts,
]. U. Cracraft, E S. Conner, Marshall
Cushing and P. V. De Graw."
lust a word further about Mr.. Ham.
ilton, whose birthday has been re-
ferred to. The record shows that he
was born in London, England, and, as
they would say in "Pinafore," "For he
himself has said it. and it's greatly
to his credit, that he Is an English
man." or at least he once was. But,
after attending MERGERS (Guild)
School in his native city, he came to
America and here attended the Acad.
emy at East Aurora, N. Y. and later
the Medical Department of the Uni
versity of Buffalo.
Mr.. Hamilton married In 1883, Miss
Ida NJ Persons, by whom he had five
children. One son, George Wallis
Hamilton, received seven citations for
bravery in the World War, having
served with the United States Marines
throughout the whole period Of the
United States participation. Upon his
return to the States. having been
transferred to the Air Service, he was
killed when his plane fell at Gettys-
burg, June 26, 1922.
Regardless Of the fact that Mr..
Hamilton was born abroad and for
that reason can never be President, yet
today he is q real Washingtonian, and
can prove it by the fact that he was
one OF the pioneer residents Of lie
Droit Park so years ago. Hence our
CONGRATULATIONS are extended to this.
the citys most recent octogenarian
and venerable member Of the New
Writing" Club.