Evening star. [volume], March 03, 1935, Page A-16, Image 16

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Lawyers' Club Honors Sing
er and His Accompan
ist, Matt Horn.
George O'Connor, entertainer of
Presidents, was entertained on his
own account last night in the May
flower Hotel at a banquet given as a
tribute by the Lawyers' Club of Wash
ington. President Roosevelt sent a
letter commemorating the occasion.
The President's letter read:
"My dear George O'Connor: I have
Just learned tnat the Lawyers' Club
will give a dinner tonight in vour
honor at the Mayflower Hotel, it is
* deserved tribute. For many years
you have given happiness to all of
us, and I want only to add my word ,
of appreciation and best wishes."
It was the first time Mr. O'Connor
ever s^t on the other side of the
banquet table—a dinner to himself—
although it is estimated he has at
tended 7,500 such affairs as enter
tainer.
As his own guest at the banquet
Mr. O'Connor invited Matt Horn, his
piano accompanist.
The only singer who ever played
New York as a "one-night stand."
George O'Connor has been in the
spotlight 30-odd years. (
Prom Roosevelt to Roosevelt spans
the era of O'Connor and Horn as
"banquet entertainers." They sang
and played for Theodore Roosevelt
when he was in the White House.
They have sung and played on
numerous occasions before Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Members of Lawyers' Club.
The afTair last night was given In
honor of Mr. O'Connor because he is
a member of the Lawyers' Club and
the Lawyers' Club believed the time
had come to put Mr. O'Connor in his
place—a seat of honor at a banquet
table. Mr. Horn is neither a lawyer
nor a member of the club. Still "he
and his partner could not be separatrd
after all these years. So the Lawyers'
Club invited Mr. O'Connor's accom
panist to occupy a seat, not at the
piano, but at the banquet board.
From these vantage points Messrs.
O'Connor and Horn had the thrill of
seeing themselves as others see them,
of watching the antics of two marion
ettes made to the image and likeness
of the singer and pianist—two puppets
"strutting their stuff" on an im
promptu stage while the originals
looked on. Hit of the evening, the
puppets were the work of Miss
DeGraffenried Wooley of the Junior
League, who. with a corps of assistants,
spent nearly a month modeling the
life like marionettes. They were
operated by two young puppeteers,
Frances Shinn and Lee Pence. They
had Matt Horn, the puppet, sitting at
a piano, while George O'Connor, the
puppet singer, let roll favorite songs
of the duo reproduced on a record—
and broadcast by a phonograph. The
puppets were named Signor O'Con
noristavo and Signor Hornevasto.
Paradise Flats Singers.
Then the Old Paradise Flats Quar
tette sang. Ed Steffe. Barney Fitz
gerald, Bill Raymond, and Fred East
cat loose with some of the songs that
ha·-* made George O'Connor and Matt
Horn a famous singing and playing
team.
To put a serious note in the pro
(tram. John Spaulding Flannerv
stepped to the platform and with a
fine flourish of oratory presented Mr.
O'Connor, on behalf of the Lawyers'
Club, with a handsome gold watch,
appropriately engraved.
Charles D. Drayton, toastmaster,
started the proceedings by reciting
an original poem dedicated to the
guest of honor, one stanza of which
follows:
"I've heard the song of lark and
thrush,
Of nightingales in a moonlight hush.
I've heard the wild, temptous roar
When Caruso sang—encore! encore!
Take all of these, I like the wheeze
Of George O'Connor more and more."
Then Mr. O'Connor, after all the
tributes to him, broke down and sang
a song—and Matt Horn accompanied
him.
Enoch A. Chase, impersonating Huey
Long, gave a version of a radio speech.
A military secret was divulged at
the banquet—to wit, that George
O'Connor had been appointed a Ken
tucky colonel.
The chair appointed Mr. Chase
and John Hamilton as a guard of
honor to escort Col. O'Connor to the
rostrum, where he was presented with
a huge sword, relic of a by-gone war,
and a genuine bottle of fine old bour
bon.
After this ceremony appropriate
Kentucky songs were sung by the
Russian Chorus from the Troika.
Then was shown a news reel flash of
Mr. O'Connor and Matt Horn in the
days before repeal, sitting and sing
ing in a little back room—with the
Stein Chorus in the background.
Officers of the club are: Henry W.
Sohon, president; Frederick McRey
nolds. vice president; Paul E. Lesh,
secretary-treasurer.
Entertainment Committee in charge
of last night's banquet was composed
of Mr. Drayton, chairman; Mr. Chase,
Mr. Hamilton.
Those present were:
Jesse C. Adkins. Charles W. Arth.
Edward S. Bailey, Jerome F. Barnard,
Henry P. Blair. Ralph P. Barnard,
Lawrence A. Baker. Dion S. Birney,
Judge Oscar E. Bland. Enoch A.
; Chase. Melville Church, Denis E. Con
; nell, Charles W. Clagett, G. Bowdoin
j Craighill, William H. Donovan, Dale
I D. Drain, Charles D. Drayton. G.
Thomas Dunlop, A. B. Duvalï. George
Ε Elliott, J. S. Flannery. William C.
[ Fitts. Charles L. Frailey. Erskine Gor
j don Clyde D. Garrett, Harry Gerrity,
ι Henry R. Gower, Erskine Gordon.
George E. Hamilton, jr., Frank E.
j Gorrell, John J. Hamilton, Nelson T.
Hartson. Arthur M. Hellen, William J.
J lughes. William J. Hughes, jr.: George
! P. Hoover, S. H. Kauffmann. George I.
; Borger, Edmund L. Jones, J. M. Ken
; von, John E. Laskey, Paul E. Lesh",
; Reeve Lewis, Blaine Mallan. P. H.
1 Marshall, Benjamin S. Minor. Marshall
[ Morgan, Jo. V. Morgan. Frederick W.
McReynolds, Fred K. Nielson. George
M. Morris. Fred K. Nielson, Hugh H.
j Obear, C. F. R. Ogilby, R. Ross Perry,
I jr.; David A. Pine, Sydney R. Prince,
William E. Pearson, James M. Proctor,
Ralph D. Quinter, Henry Ravenel,
j John A. Selby, Paul Sleman, H. W.
! Sohon, Dr. Edgar Snowden. Dr. W
! Calhoun Sterling. H. Walter Chandler,
ι F. H. Stephens. Frederick Stohlman,
Conrad H. Syme, Sidney P. Taliaferro, !
Charles M. Thomas, Houston Thomp- !
son, C. T. Tittmann, R. A. Van Orsdel, !
Vernon Ε. West, William H. White, jr.; i
Charles P. Wilson, Rollin A. Wilbur, |
George H. Wilson. Harry Eaton, Y. E.
Booker, L. Bert Nye, Lieut. Comdr. W.
Brett Young. Capt. Chester Wells, H
G. Hoskinson, W. Irving Glover, Dr.
Thomas L. Rust, William McClellan,
! Hon. Harry Slatterv, H. L. Rust, jr.;
Griffith Warflèld. Harold G. Moult on, ι
Thomas W. Brahany, Dr. John W. !
Burke, Thomas D. Carson, Hon. Ewin
L. Davis, Hon. J. P. B. Duffy, R. V. )
Fletcher, Dr. James A. Gannon, Prank
E. Gorrell. Charles Arth La Farge,
Ralph W. Lee, sr.; Edgar K. Legg, Mr. j
Justice P. Dickinson Letts. Mr. Jus- ;
tice Oscar R. Luhring, Β. H. Marshall,
Arthur H. McConville, Lanier P. Mc
Lachlen, John R. McMullan. Very Rev.
W, Coleman Nevils, S. J.; Dr. Charles
E. O'Connor, Elmer R Oliver, James
B. Reynolds. Dr. Edgar Snowden,
Marcy L. Sperry, Hon. Joseph P. Tu
multy, E. J. Walsh, Jay H. Williams,,
Lloyd B. Wilson, Steadman Prescott.
Herman Phlager. Hon. Lawrence
Lewis, E. J. Walsh, T. Stanley Holland,
James E. Colliflower.
K. H. BRUNER HONORED
Elected President of High Priests'
Association.
Kenneth H. Bruner, high priest of
the Washington Chapter, No. 2, Royal
Arch Masons, has been elected presi
j dent of the High Priests' Association.
I it was announced yesterday.
Lawton L. Inabinet, king of the
j Potomac Chapter, No. 8, was elected
j vice president of the association, ad
; vancing from the post of secretary,
which he held during the past year,
j Paul W. Holmes, oi the Woodridge j
Chapter, No. 15, was elected secre
tary-treasurer. 1
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O'Connor and Horn Guests of Honor
Matt Horn, left, and George O'Connor pose with puppets of themselves which were part of the entertain
ment at a banquet last night in the Mayflower, a tribute to Mr. O'Connor by the Lawyers' Club of which he is
a member. The puppets were made by Miss DeGrafTenried Wooley of the Junior League. —Star Staff Photo.
ECONOMIC GIS
SEEN IN ENGLAND
Capital and Faith Restore
Confidence, Henry J.
Allen Finds.
Bt the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2.—Without
recourse to "artificial programs of
reconstruction," Great Britain is over
coming her business depression, fer
mer United States Senator Henry J.
Allen of Kansas said today.
"The recovery of England is coming
about naturally," he told a luncheon
meeting of the National Republican
Club, "under the old laws of business
pressure, with no confusion on ac
count of artificial programs of recon
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"Since doing away with her So
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years ago," he said, "England has bal
anced her budget, reduced her taxes a
sixpence for each $5 of revenue, de
creased her unemployment 33'3 per
cent, corrected the abuses of the dole,
established a means test to govern
direct relief, restored unemployment
to Its original actuarial bases and
eliminated the word dole "
Allen said England did away with
"made work" to give employment
after it was found that it cost 630
! times more to care for an unemployed
ι person by made work than by direct
relief.
"Up to three and one-half years
ago." he said, "England, within her
limits, spent her relief money as gener
ously as we are now spending ours.
She 'primed the pump' to the tune of
millions, although she didn't tie the
handle down by putting on a program
of magic to oonfuse and frighten
business."
England has taken her relief ad
ministration away from all political
control," he asserted, "put it com
pletely under civil service, made It
impossible to build a political machine
out of the beneficiaries of the money
granted by the treasury."
"The recovery program has pro
ceeded naturally under the law of
supply and demand." he said. "Money
and confidence have wrought the old
fashioned miracle that always happens
when capital and faith go into part
nership."
MOVIE FIRM IS SUED
FOR USING PHOTOGRAPH
Woman Says Husband's Picture
Appeared in "Humiliating"
Manner in Show.
By the Associated Pre«s.
SANTA ROSA, Calif., March J.—
Claiming she recognized a photograph
used in a motion picture as that of
her late husband, Mrs. Minnie M.
Dunn, real estate broker, filed a $50,
000 damage suit against the Para
mount Productions, Inc., here yester
day.
Mrs. Dunn also asked an injunction
"to prevent further use of the photo
graph which she said appeared in the
film production of "Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch."
She charged the portrait, allegedly
appearing in a close-up of "Cupid's
Matrimonial Guide" in the picture,
was labeled in such a manner that it
caused her and her daughter "griev
ous suffering, humiliation and ridi
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SIR JOHN SIMON'S TRIP
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Official Soviet Invitation Issued.
Visit· to Warsaw and Praha
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Br the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 3.—The govern
ment's approval of ft trip to Moscow
by Sir John Simon, foreign secre
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yesterday when it was officially an
nounced a formal invitation has been
transmitted from the Soviet capital.
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