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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[December i, 1902. 



THANKSGYVINGE DINNER OF Y^ NEW ENGLANDE RUBBER CLUBBE. 



[OUTSIDE OF THE INVITATION.] 



THANK SGI VYNGE 

 P R O C L A M A T 1 O N 



of y« 



Goode Craftsmen 



known as y^ 



New Englande Rubber Chibbe 



[INSIDE OF THE INVITATION ] 



I AUGUSTUS O. BOURN (sometyme Governor 0/ ye Godly 

 > Colony of Rhoade Island and ye Providence Plantations), 

 President of >« New Englande Rubber Clubbe, with ye advice and 

 consentte 0/ ye covacil, to wit y Execvtive Committee (a ca;v/?i'/ 

 and righteous body), do hereby appointte and sett apart ye evenynge 

 0/ ye 20th day of Novembre as an occasion of Thanksgyvinge, 

 Myrthe. and Feastynge. 



It xsjiltynge that we all with singleness (»/ppose and great thank- 

 fulness soe observe the occasion For : 



Wee have hadd : abundant and prosperous trade. 

 Wee have hadd : freedom from strykes, conflagrations, and pesty- 

 lencies. 



Wee have hadd : no manifestation o/ye workings ff/ye Evil One 

 in ye form o/jealousies, heart-burnings, revilings, and backbytings, 

 Vfhich are not seemlie. 



Wee have hadd ; most wonderful deliuerance arid escapes from 

 ye snares awi/ entanglements o/ye Captains of Industrie known as 

 Charles R. Flynte, ye Kingge of ye Belgians, and divers others, 

 who would spoil us of owx substance. 

 Wee have hadd.: many other mercies. 



Wherefore do I (with ye advice awrfconsentte <;/ye covncil afore- 

 mentioned) cite you to assemble att ye goodly house o/entertayne- 

 ment known as ye Exchange Clubbe, on ye evenynge of ye 20th of 

 Novembre as ye Toiun Clock strykes six. Ye programme of ye 

 evenynge will be thus arranged : — 



Fromme six to six and one-half by ye Town Clock, social con- 

 verse. 



Fromme six ««</ one-half, eatynge ««a' drynkinge (in moderation) 

 until ye body be satisfied. 



After je end i^/ye feastynge will 

 be addresses by woithie citizens, 

 myrthe-producing stories, musick, 

 atid much entertaynement. 



Kyndly inform ye sectary speed- 

 ily of your intention to be present 

 with some worthie friend as guest. 

 Given under my hand and seal 

 this First day «/ Novembre, 1902. 



AUGUSTUS O. BOURN, 



President, 

 By 



Henry C. Pearson, Sectary. 



Tn E New England Rubber Club scored a pronounced suc- 

 cess in Its Thanksgiving Dinner at the Exchange Club, 

 Boston, on the evening of November 20, when more 

 than 100 members and guests were gathered for a brief 

 social, an excellent banquet, and after-dinner speeches, music, 

 and stories that marked the evening as a " red letter " one in 

 the annals of this most social of all social clubs. The ah- 

 nouncement which called the members together, spelled in the 

 quaint old New England style, appears in full on this page. 



All of the printing in connection with the dinner was of the 

 same general style, made up in original designs suited to the 

 occasion. This was carried through the exceedingly original 

 menu, down to the envelopes that held the cigars, which were 

 ornamented with the club seal (designed for that occasion 

 only), and announced that the " segars were furnished by ye 

 ancient and upright tobaconists. Daniel Frank & Co." During 

 the dinner an orchestra from the Boston Cadet Band dis- 

 coursed music that caught the fancy of the diners, and the 

 choruses that followed showed not only that most ol the mem- 

 bers were musical, but that they entered heartily into the spirit 

 of the occasion. After the cofTee and cigars. President A. O. 

 Bourn called the diners to order and in a happy vein gave a 

 number of reasons why the members of the Club should be 

 thankful. 



At the close of his remarks Mr. Fred Hall Jones explained 

 some twenty stereopticon views that served to convulse those 

 present. The title of his illustrated talk was " Recent Rubber 

 History Pertaining to Members of the New England Rubber 

 Club." Certain of these views have been reproduced for The 

 India Rubber World and are shown on another page. 



At the close of this exceedingly interesting exhibition, which 

 was greeted with much applause and gusts of laughter, Win- 

 throp Packard, Esq., a former Boston newspaper man, talked 

 interestingly on " Ocean Yachting with Tramps," a story of his 

 personal experiences on a cattle boat running from Boston to 

 Liverpool, where he shipped as tramp helper, for an inside view 

 of the business, which, according to his story, he surely got. 



The next feature was some high grade minstrelsy in which 

 W. B. C. Fox, a former rubber man, Thomas L. Drew. Thomas 

 Bibber, and Charles W. White, all of Boston Cadet theatrical 

 fame, appeared, and were given an enthusiastic welcome. The 

 songs, " Ma Angeline,"" Ma Bamboo Queen," " I'm 'gwine to 

 live anyhow until I die," and others were decided hits. 



Then a gentleman who is almost a member of the Club be- 

 cause he is a friend of everybody there— Mr. Thomas E. Stut- 

 son— was brought to his feet and told a series of anecdotes that 

 delighted everybody, and brought down the house. 



In the meantime. Job E. Hedges, Esij., who is not only a bril- 

 liant member of the New York bar, but who has made an envi- 

 able reputation as a brilliant after dinner speaker in New York, 

 and who was the guest of honor of the evening, had been 



On the back of the "Proclamation," under a picture of 

 " Ye Goode Shippe Mayflower," appeared these lines : 

 Y' Question. 

 How could soe manie living folk 

 Come over att one trippe ? 

 Y' Answer. 

 'Tis said ye goode Mayflower was 

 An India Rubber Shippe. 



