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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Association. 



THE annual meeting of the Rubber Sundries ^lanufacturers' 

 Association was held this year on April 11, in the direc- 

 tors' room of the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' 

 Association in New York, and was followed by the usual annual 

 banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria in the evening. 



At the business meeting held in the morning the following offi- 

 cers were elected for the coming year : George B. Hodgman, 

 president of the Hodgman Rubber Co., president; Frederick H. 

 Jones, president of the Tyer Rubber Co., vice-president, and 

 E. E. Huber, of Eberhard Faber, secretary and treasurer. 



The officers of the association hoped for the presence of Mr. 

 Henry C. Pearson, editor of The Indi.\ Rubber World, as their 

 guest, as Mr. Pearson has been present at each of the banquets 

 for a number of years past, but as he had not returned to New 

 York it was decided to make the banquet an informal family 

 affair. The table was set in the form of a square, open at one 

 end, opposite the presiding officer, and the floral decorations were 

 red carnations, with a mass of smilax covering the sides of the 

 table toward the center of the square. 



On the printed menu, about half way down, was printed a 

 tlack dash, with question marks at either end, which aroused 

 some curiosity on the part of those in attendance, until that part 

 of the dinner indicated by the mark was reached, when President 

 Hodgman arose and announced that, contrary to the usual cus- 

 tom observed in the past, there would be no speeches whatever, 

 and that the entertainment for the evening would consist of a 

 ''Cabaret'' performance, which is so popular at many of the res- 

 taurants at the present time. This statement was received with 

 much apparent satisfaction, and from this point on during the 

 remainder of the dinner and the rest of the evening, the mem- 

 bers of the association and their guests were entertained by a 

 number of artists who are now appearing at various well-known 



places in New York. From the opinions expressed by the diners 

 at the close of the dinner it was evident that the innovation had 

 been a very successful departure from precedent, and a vote of 

 thanks was extended to the dinner committee for providing such 

 a unique and enjoyable banquet. 



Here is the menu, with the interrogative line that ushered in 

 the Cabaret : 



Menu. 

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Cocktail aux huitres 



♦ 



Potage d'oseille a la Frangaise 



Radis 



Olives 



Celeri 



Amandes salees 



Filet de bass a la Mornay 



Salade de concombres et tomates 



♦ 



Poitrine de dinde farcie, sauce diable 



Haricots verts sautes au beurre 



Pommes de terre, Laurette 



♦ 



Sorbet prunelle 



Pigconneau de Philadelphie roti sur canape 



Salade de laitue a la Russe 



♦ 



Plombiere aux marrons, sauce vanille 



Petits fours Fruits 



Cafe 



POMMERY SEC 



The Waldorf-.'\storia, 



le 11 Avril, 1912. 



Banquet of the Rubber Sundries Makufacturfr'^' As.srciAiioK.. 



