The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1916, Page 16

1,200 HOTEL MEN ~BARSERIOUS TALK ‘ 5 4 \ AT ANNUAL FEAST Nothing Dry About Gathering and Witty Speech Routs Prohibition Gloom. ‘Twelve hundred bonifaces, Innkeep- @r@, hovel men and their friends, from | the sunny shores of the Pacific to the buey, bustling, bewlldering piace we call the East, and from the balmy Bouth to the section of the country where blizzards are the rule and not the exception, wined, dined and made merry at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. The occasion was tho thirtieth ennual banquet of the New York State Hoiel Association. Perhaps no body of men had more reason to wine, @ine and make merry, for to thone whe came from the States voted “dry” the wine must jooked good; to those where the wet vote won the event had to be celebrated. And for all, the good times which their busl- Rese has enjoyed in the year which has passed since the last banquet, was Feapon enough for one night of feast- ing end enjoying themselves. Because of the exposition which ta Deing held at the Grand Central Pal- ace and the convention of the Biate Hote! Men also being held this wee! the Fg Gout wast tar i want fg have qu the Bryans on the Western Hemiaphere.' In telling of the troubtes that fol- lowed Adam's marriage to he sald: “Immediately after hie thought- leas, though innocent marriage, Eve demanded equal frage, and she got #0 much more than hor share of it that > ie original “Adam was satisfied with the clothes that God gave him, but Eve thought they were too simple and ordered fash fonable garmenta Adam's new sult was not what he preferred, but it was better than nothing, and he had to wear It In honor of his wife. The new | gown of Eve did not diminish any pf her charms. “The pattern of her ball dress was lost among the arta until 1916, when it conformation alance as the ate zone will “Ag soon as Adam moved away from Pen he became a politician, and when he got control of the organization he defeated the bill granting equal rights to women, Evo never forenve Nim, and we have hud more or less trouble with politica and hotels ever ai ed ‘The spirit of fun was infectious, and Congressman Treadway of Stockbridge, Mass, got It fo bad he broke away from @ very serious speech to tell sto- res which came near cauring some o! the auditors to laugh themscives into hysteria. MADE HIM FORGET EVEN THE WOES OF A ORY STATE. Bam Dutton of the Albany Hotel of Denver enjoyed the stories so much he admitted that ho had forgotten all his woes, which began with the announce. ment that Colorado had gone dry. Kome Miller of the Rome Hotel, Oma! Neb,, who has been so “het up" over the prohibition question that he was actually able to get space in the newspapers, bigger than THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1 Martinelli’s Manrico a Hit In “‘Trovatore’’ By Sylvester Rawling. 6sTL TROVATORE” was the bili at the Metropolitan Opera Hous last night, the first perform- anos of the Verdi work, with the tunes that haunt the world, this sea- son. It waa well cast, woll sung and well acted, before @ large audience, undeterred by the weather. Mr. Polacoo hurried the tempo of the last act @ bit, perhaps, to lons of color In the singing; otherwise his eon. ducting waa admirable, Glovann! Martinellt’s Manrico stood out above all the rest. ‘Twas @ youthful, virlle l!mpersonation of the Troubador that he gave, embellished by captivating singing. His “Di Quella Pira” aroused the house to a rare demonstration. He waa called before the curtain more than half a dosen times and he took the tribute modestly, Marte Rappold’a inherently lovely voice finds opportunity in the musto writ- ten for Leonora; but something iack- ing In temperament causes her char- acterization of the heroine to fall short of the highest, Margarete Ober, as Azucena, has sung better than she bang last night, Yet her portrayal of the gypsy woman held much of dia- tinction, Then there was Pasquale Amato, something of hoarseness in his voice Count Di Luna, Leon Rothier, ex- cellent artiat that always he ts, was Fernando, Marie Mattield as Ines, Pietro Audiaig a Rutz and Vincenzy Roschigian us a Gypsy, were the | in at first, a commanding figure aa the), |to me, felt the ftnfluence of the weather, Some of her top notes were he Yet, an always, it was @ delight to hear her, for the inherent beauty of her voice and the ease of her coloraturs passages, Tho audl- enee rose to her with unatinted ac- lelamation. @he looked asiimmer and lyounger, and more fascinating than ever, all in white save for biack shoes and stockings, Mention of the latter cannot be avolded for, tke Mma Matzenauer'a the day before, Mme. Gluck’s frock was remarkably short, ‘The flower tribute to her was modest Hefore the Roxane aria Mr. Dam ronch and his men played the “Inter mezzo” from “Cyrano,” In which Mr, Sasiaveky pronounced the nolo violin part with authority, The programme will be repeated to-morrow evening. Miss Emma Roberta, American contralto, New York recital at Aeolian Hail yesterday afternoon. She sang a programme of Italian, English, Ger- man and American songs a young gave her first Roderick White, American violintet, plensed a lorge audience at Aeolian Hall last evening with an anuaual programme, With four exceptions, It was made up of arrangements, three by himself that were played for the , free time, _>- AUTOS INJURE TWO MEN. One Hurt Wh Other Injured tn @ to-day, Bugene Muldoon, twenty-elent | R. T. motorman of No. 191 Calyer Williamaburg, ts In the Eastern Hoapitul, h have fractured was F 1 by Milton ville, LoL, whch at 0: Greenpoint Avenue coll Nawnr r th of No, 40% _Mulioon was thrown | at any drug store. u's car was badly dam- Cronin wae waiting for a surface car at Bedford and Manhattan Avenue when he was run dow ated by Joseph (% John’s Place, Brook BREAKS A COLD AHURRY | “Pape'sColdCompound” ispleasant and affords Instant Relief. A dose taken every ¢wo hours anti] three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up @ cold. © macht per. of No, 1649 St. years old, of No 185 Newton Street,| It prompty opens clogved-up nos Wiliiameburg, is in the Greenpo'nt Hoa. | ‘ils and alr passages In the head, pital, and John Cronin, forty-five, @! stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fe- verishness, sore throat, ancezing, sore- ness and atiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snufling! Ease your throbbing head! 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The deep |Promenaded the lobby with Mr. Gattt mode) his hotel and bulid a biseer yurraw of the man from the woolly |Casacet. Beaming proudly upon her banquet hall, He gave all the spacey West, the suppressed laugh of Bos-|Wae her father, known to some of a he could jast night, for there were tables in the baloonies, tn the hall and in adjoining roome. SQUELCHER 18 PROMPTLY PUT ON SERIOUS THINGS. ; When the foodstutts had been dis- sed of and the cigura (forty-five nters) hed been lighted the diners pettled back with the expectation of hearing the usual after dinner apeeches, But this was a night of merriment, and the President, John MoGiyun, refused to let it be serious, Announcing that be meant to eur- pase himeecif ae & speaker and to ex- act, more possibly than the diners able to give, coherent attention, Re went on to say that the hotel men me great groblems to solve, but he was not golng to do the solve have known,” said Mr. MoGiynn, “in my brief and hazardous capacity aa an innkeeper tha: the man who! Goes not know what he is talking about, speaks and writes frequently and fluently about it.” He told of hig. ambition to be the head of a} charitable bureau where the financial atatement issued yearly would read, “Amount collected, $1,200,000; amount poopy in various oharities, Mh 10,000; salaries and office hire, 1,000,000," “Bryan,” he said, “Jumped from free and unlimited silver to prohibt- tion, two things equally impossible In the United States, and we eerve n Rosie Apple What's mere to the polat M's the apple ef your taste, Joo wait cill you get your teeth atos juiey Hood Rive @ Spica! Rows Arns from t lays of the Grau Cons ammerateln’ Miss Muzic rf debut a week n the name part of pwea.”* ton, the unrestrained yell of the Bast- erner, the gurgle of the Milwaukecan, and ali the others, told their habitat as plainly as though each wore a sign with the name of olty and State in large type. Of course there waa somo serious! “oe Aiscussion, Secretary of State Hugo) Walter Damrosch and the Sym bupplied w great deal of It in telling Phony Soclety Orchestra gave the the hotel men what tho State was frst of ten subscription concerts at Puceint ; Carnegie Hail yesterday afternoon iryin jo in caring for roads and Hannk ibe ne Me ‘the motorist (Mtr Damroxch was driven to thix by castor and to encourage travel to the {he inordinate demand for seats at hotels all over the tate, He said [8 regular subscription concerta at “Aeolian Hall, Impossible to antlaty, Mmonvary things but hummer got mia tid seemingly of muitictent magni: botore he completed his epesch ana, tute to compel the new depart Reerrees eee ere | Ho ts Justified of his action. Desp re eras nee cae is |the weather, a very large audte Francisco calla him Jimmy") pavers led; thustaatic. rhaps my ear had an ee pgs Saat esis Oar Die hee off day, more likely It was the you au thar besides being a hotel weather, which seemed to have a bad keeper, having the St. Francia Hotel, effect upo ail the Instrumenta, es- he i also Police Commissioner, and Ware aa ae reel that the folk are talking now of run- the added pleasure ‘antiel- ning him for Mayor, then Governor and perhaps for President. |base, for, really, the Symph Ge) "Jimmy" came a long way for just yesinn te ‘ B tensbous che & bit too big and sonor one things to present the oompli- for the amailer auditorium. ments of the Western hotel men to! prahms's first symphony wae the thoir friends and contemporaries in the Bast. He did that jn such a nice way that many of the hotel men wanted to go back to California with him and express in person their © thanks to the grand old Golden Btate which re. ed Presi it Wilso first number, and Ravel's symphonic fragment from hnis and Chloe” was the Inst. tween these Alma Glueck sang the cavatina from Glinka's sian und Ludnitia,” and Ry from Mr, Da Just the sight of a Diamond Brand Hood River Spitzenburg — beautiful, red, perfect — will make you want it. And the appeal to the eye is only « hint of the lusciousness of the rich, spicy flavor. For cating or cooking there's no apple that equals Diamon Brand, Grown to highest perfection only in Hood River, Oregon. The finestofthe crop wrapped and boxed under the Diamond Brand, and shipped to you in refrigerator cars, 4 by the box. 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