Evening star., 1936-02-02
GAY 9DS' RULE
TRADE BODY FETE
800 Members and Guests
Make Merry at MidWin-
ter Banquet.

Harking back to the horse-and-
buggy days of the gay 90s in an at
nosphere .eminist INT of that happy
period, 800 members ana guests OF the
Board of Trade dined and made merry
at their annual Midwinter banquet at
the Mayflower Hotel last night.
Confusion was created when COM
mittee members and walters turned up
with false mustaches sideburners and
boards, but otherwise the dinner went
OIL in orderly fashion.
Entertainment in the form OF music,
dancing and sleight of hand was pro-
vided by professionals imported from
New York by Karl E. FARRELL. Program
Committee chairman. lt
Check Girls Wear Bustles.
Hat check girls. dressed in the buoy
ant style of the period before the turn
Of the century-bustles and ostrich
plumes-added to the atmosphere OF
the banquet.
George H. OConnor well-known
Washington entertainer, appeared as
"theater owner" and introduced a
series OF Gdy w dCts.
Included were Ivan Bankoff and
girls. Alfred Chigi. baritone OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company; eight
Mendez girls, Jean Alexander, soprano,
also of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany: Melva sisters, the Three D'ES-
pys, Marcy brothers and Beatrice, the
Crinoline Girls and w. C.. Ritchie
a. Co.
Headed by members OF the cabinet,
Senators, Representatives and foreign
diplomats, the guest list also included
persons prominent in the Capitals
civic and business life.
President Roosevelt, scheduled to at
tend, was unable to be present.
Guests of Honor.
The following were guests of honor
ut the dinner:
The Ambassador Of italy.
The Ambassador of France.
The Ambassador of Germany.
The Ambassador of Turkey.
The Ambassador of Belgium.
The Ambassador of Cuba.
The Ambassador of China.
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns, Secretary
Of War George H. Dern, Gov. Harry
w. Nice of Maryland.
Senators Joseph T. Robinson, William
H. King. Carter Glass, Royal S. Cope
land. Thomas P. Gore. j. Hamilton
Lewis. Robert R. Reynolds, Warren
r. Austin, Theodore G. Bilbo, Tom
Connally, Elmer Thomas, Marcus A.
Coolidge. Gerald p Nye. Henry w.
Keyes, Robert D. Carey and Arthur
Capper.
Bertrand H. Smell. minority leader
OF the House; Jesse Jones, chairman,
Reconstruction Finance Corp; Mer-
riner S. Eccles, governor. Federal Re-
serve Board; Harry B. Woodring, As
sistant Secretary of War; Stanley
Reed, solicitor general; Melvin C.
Hazen, District Commissioner and
Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer Commis-
sioner.
Representatives Jennings Randolph,
Theodore B. Werner. Everett M. Dirk
sen, Jack Nichols, Randolph Carpen-
ter Ralph o. Brewster, w. Sterling
Cole. Thomas L. Blanton, Bernhard
M. Jacobsen, J. William Otter, Justice
Fenton w. Booth, Judge Benjamin
H. Lttleton, Judge William r. Green,
Justice j. A. Van Orsdel, Judge
Thomas S. Williams. Justice F. Dick
inson. Let's. Justice Joseph w. Cox,
Carroll B. Merriam, Reconstruction
Finance Corp: Guy T. Helvering.
commissioner Of internal revenue; j.
F. T. O'Connor, controller of the cur
rency: F. G. Await. deputy controller
Of the currency. .@'--
Robert v. Fleming. president,
American Bankers Association; Phil
lip I. Heuisler. Baltimore; Walter
Wyatt, counsel, Federal Reserve
Board: Edward L. Robinson, presi-
dent. Eutaw Savings Bank of Balti-
more; Albert D. Graham, president,
First National Bank of Baltimore;
Fred Shepherd, general manager,
American Bankers Association; Law
renee Clayton. assistant to the chair
man, Federal Reserve Board; Leslie
G. Garnett, district attorney; Rich
mond B. Keech, vice chairman, Public
Utilities Commission; Capt Howard
F. Clark, Capt. Robert E. York and
Capt. H. S. Bishop, jr.; Assistant En-
gineer Commissioners Arno B. Cam
merer, director, national parks; G.
Marshall Finnan, director, National
Capital parks; E. Barrett Prettyman,
corporation counsel; Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of police; Will
liam A. Van Duzer, director of traffic.
David A. Skinner, secretary United
States Chamber of Commerce; Charles
H. Doing, president, District Bankers
Association; James E. Colliflower,
president, Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association; Edward D. Shaw,
secretary. Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association; Edward w. Mar
tin. president, Hotel Mems Associ-
alton; F. Eliot Middleton, president,
Washington Real Estate Board;
Charles j. Rush, secretary Washing
ton Real Estate Board; Louis Roths-
child, director, Better Business Blu.
feau; Corcoran Thorn, jr., president.
Junior Board of Commerce, and Will
liam H. Press, executive secretary.
Junior Board of Commerce.
List Of Members Present.
Members present included the fol-
lowing:
Adams. J: W. Anselico, Harry
Addison. F g.. jr. Arsensinger Clyde
Akers, T. d. airing, H. M.
Allen. Harry z. Arnold, James r.
Allen, r.. G: Arnold, DR.. j. S.
AIS Wlnfrtd. Artis, James E.
Ammcns. w. r. Ashby. Joseph D.
Anderson, J. A. Ashby, r, E.
Anderson. James z. Aubince, AL