Evening star., 1939-12-05
Restaurant Men
Open Convention
With Breakfast
Jitterbues on Toast
Is Feature Of Long
Breakfast

Jitterbugs on toast-hot dancers
all-went with the Early Birds
breakfast served to restaurateurs
and their wives in attendance upon
the regional convention sponsored
by the National and Washington
Restaurant Associations this morn
ing in the Mayfiower Hotel.
Said by Alfred, assistant maitre
d'hotel, to have been the longest
breakfast known in this section
since the leisurely art of dining
went out of style, the guests as
sembled in the dining room at 8
am. and the last drop of coffee was
served at 10:40-a two-hour and
forty minute repast.
OF course, all that time was not
spent eating-though it would have
taken a Kentucky colonel, a bull
dog and corporal's guard at least
an hour and a half to get from the
chilled grapefruit sections, through
the cereals and creams, scrambled
eggs country style, farm sausages,
apple fritters, fried hominy, down
to the corn bread, buns. assorted
rolls and doughnuts+not to mention
the raspberry jam and the orange
marmalade.
Plenty OF Entertainment.
Aside from the jitterbugs-Marie
and Charlie johnson and Marie and
Hoover Kemp-there was enough
entertainment to supply a midnight
frolic: Music by Sidney's orchestra,
q patriotic song by Miss Gather
inc Wood and group singing led by
Edwin D. Weidemeyer. Charles p
Garvin was master of ceremonies.
Grace before the meal was said by
DR.. Harvey Dunham.
Nobody wanted to finish breakfast
AS fast as one course was served
it was accompanied by another
unit in floor show. They even had
q dunking contest, led by L. B. Wall
Then Miss Merilyn Kimbrough Bry-
ant did a Russian dance and Miss
Miriam Childress of the Association
Training School sang song. A
solo by Miss Geraldine Grumbley
followed the clown antics of Frank
Portillo, after which came greetings
from Texas by Mrs. w. c. Dunton.
With about IL girls in costume, the
Restaurant Association Training
School put on q style show and the
breakfast part of the program came
to an end with singing. Evan Sholl
was chairman.
Prizes we're awarded attendants
at the breakfast-all the way from
live pigs to guinea hens and cases
of beer. Donations were made by
well known manufacturers who cater
to the restaurant trade.
Convention Under Way.
As soon as the breakfast diners
had taken a walk around the block
the convention proper got under
way In the Chinese room with q
program designed primarily to i'm
prove service in restaurants from
Washington to California and up
to the Canadian line.
Julius Lulley, q past president OF
the association, presided at the
regular morning session and started
it of on discussion by small opera
tors, led by John Ebersole Of White
Plains, N. Y.
| Some of the topics discussed were
Likes and Dislikes in Food Service
and Management in Individual Res.
taurants," by Miss Annette M
Snapper of Milwaukee, Wis: "Whis.
perings From the Kitchen" by Mrs
Elaine Tottle of Redding Ridge
Conn.,; Good Food Comes From 6
Clean Kitchen" by Mrs. Ada Papp!
of this city; Make the Most O.
Your Opportunities" by Miss AM
HUM Of New York City; What
Have Learned About Service" b!
Miss Madlin Gleason Of Whit.
Plains, N. Y; Management" b!
Miss Kathryn Wood Of this city
"How the Small Operator Can In
crease His Business by Specializing,
by Sidney Friedman Of Baltimore
along with IS new ideas submitted
by outstanding restaurant keeper
throuRhout America. There was [