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HOTEL MEN OF THE NATIONTO MEET HERE NEXT MONTHLocal Bonifaces Preparing To Show Them TheTime Of Their Lives.Baltimore will be the sceue on May 17, lb and 10 of one of the moat unique socialand bnsine** gathering* on the list of conventions in this country, when the member* of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit As-soelatlrn of the I'nited State* and Canada and their wive* and daughter* will t* entertained here by the Maryland Hotel Men'* Association.• The session in Baltimore will be purely' social, and no pain* will be spared to give the visiting l*onlfaces the time of their lives. For several weeks the committees in charge of the nlTalr have l*een working hard on arrangements, holding frequent meetings, and the Htate association has »*»et every Wednesday to make the work of the committees sure and further the project iu every iHissible way. tThe visit of the hotel men will bt of great benefit to Baltimore directly and indirectly. for no class of men come so closely In contact with the traveling publie ofboth business and pleasure classes n* thosewho own and manage hotels. With wbat die r the heal committees have arranged it is certain that the visitor* will go awaywith a soft spot In their heart* foe Baltimore and Maryland, and many a suggestlon will send tourists this way whenmade over the hotel desk. *BALTIMOREAN FOR PltEJUDEXT.President Jerome 11. Joyce, of the Maryland Hotel Men s Ass«iciatlon. who will in all probability be the next national president. Is chairman ex officio of the working committees and has been putting In something like 21 hours a day on the arrangements. The committees are as follows:ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTER.Ufwu. — . ».!*». I\ A. CVConor,John H Langton,R. H. I*owm.E. P. Herbert*HANurrr committee.n r.P. 8 Flrnn,William P. Farrell,»\ c. O Brien.E B. MeCahan.RECEPTION COMMITTEE.H. M. BwMtWilliam IV Farrell,L» P. San.Jinm,II. A Bmilh,R. h. Dovni.P K. I/wg.If, L D*ign,J. K Barrett.W. 8, Langford,Jamea E. Bonney,J. 8, Marshall.James L Filon.TUA XRpORTATION CJOM M ITTEE..Tames, P, A. O'Conor*R, 8 Iown»,J, 11. Lungton,E. P. Herbert,KOCVKNins AND PRINTING COMMITTEE.1. H. laangton.James P, A O’Conor,R B iNwna,f 11ACTOMOHIf.EH AND CARRIAGES COMMITTEE.C. W. 8owkJ. H. Langtoti,W. M. Krager.Jamea P. A, OConor,R 8. Dowra,CRAH DINNERCOMMITTEE.William P. Farrell,E B. McCahan,H. It. Buairls,M. !#. Daiger,U\ M. Km**,Frank Junker.C. H Ruhl,horpitalittCOMMITTEEE. B. MrCahan,H. M Buftrk.F e O'Brien.J. E Barrett.P. 8 FItt rWilliam P. Farrell,t*lmn**nt. etc , on board the Georgia to Norfolk furnished by Baltimore Hotel Men.A ROUND OF PLEASURE.Unique features have been provided all along the line, from the first to the last of the program of events. The run to Baltimore will be made in 30 mlnutea, to begin with. On the boat trips there will be elaborate luncheons. The reception by Governor Warfield will be in the old Senate Chamber, whers Washington resigned his military eommlstiou.The automobile ride will be made in 200 of the finest automobiles Baltimore can turn out, through regular channels and private owner*. A genuine down-South troupe of darkey minstrels will furnish •trolling entertainment aUHhe crab feast. There wl’.l be speeches by the famous Simeon Ford, of the Grand Union Hotel, and George C. Boldt, of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York ; President Bowker and Pesident John T. Ieoine, of the Washington body, and others, and both Governor Warfield and Mayor Tlmanui will attend the banquets at the Rennert, while President Joyce will make the address of welcome.All thia time the ladle* will be enjoyinga high-class vaudeville and dramatic entertainment at their banquet. The souvenir badges will be of silver, Iwarlng representations of the oyster, crab, duck an# terrapin and the official seal of the national hotel body. The menus will be handsome affairs, the ladies’ menu hearing a hand-painted cover of the ideallc Lady Baltimore,” and hound with Maryland colors. In fact, nothing ha* been left undone to supply plenty of rich surprises at every turn.Baltimore will have a keen Interest in the election of officers, for the reason that President Joyce, of the Maryland Hotel Men s Association, will almost cestainly be elected the next president of the national body. Hi* candidacy was lsun lied by the Washington Hotel Meta's Association with a strong Indorsement, and the Marylandbody followed immediately with its indorsement. New York will do the same, and several hotel papers of national weight have come out as champions of the Baltimorean.A BIG ORGANIZATION.The association now has 1,900 members and 1* both beneficial and social in its purpose. The present officers are:President—Jame* K. Bowker. Hotel Wlnthrop, Meriden, Conn, 'Vice-Prestdent—H. C. Bowen, manager at thePortland, Portland. Q*o C ’3Secretary and Treasurer-J. it. Blatchford, Cbl-eago. 'Director* ~W. H. Worth, Hotel Bellevue. Chicago. chairman: Frank Upman, Laketa Hotel, Chicago; John C. Both, Auditorium and Great Northern Hotel*, Chicago: Henry J. Bohn, publisher Hotel World. Chicago; George A. Lougee, proprietor Kimball Haute. Atlanta, and Park Hotel. Madison, Wi*. j F. W. Bice, publisher National Hotel Reporter, Chicago.Auxiliary Director*—E. M. Tierney. Marlboroughopened the New Villa Ridge Inn at Peewee Valley, Ky. In 1890 h« bought the Park Hotel In Madison, Wia., at the head of which he has been since. In 1905 he leased the New Kimball in Atlanta, which he continues to operate. He was president of the national hotel body, having been elected in 1003 at Palm Beach, Fla.MORE OF THE BONIFACES.George II. Bowker, a former president ofthe national association, began bis hotel life at Bellows Falla, Vt., as clerk and afterward manager of the Island House. Afterward he leaeed the Windsor Hotel in Holyoke, Mass., and for three year* alao managed the Mollen House at Fall River. Later be opened the Hotel Hamilton In Holyoke, of which he Is now proprietor, and two years ago opened the Hotel Draper In Northampton, with bis nephew, CharlesH. Bowker. He is a thirty-second degree Meson, a Mystic Shrlner and a member of the Knights of Pythias.E. E. Bonneville was a farmer by birth, near Pocomoke City, Md., but changed his mind later, and In 1878 becama cigar stand clerk at the Purcell House in Norfolk, Va.JOHN T. DEVINEHotel Shone ham, Washington.A - ft fttft ftHe was sooa made night Clerk and In 1880 was made clerk of the Gregory House at Goldaboro, N. C., returning later to Norfolk In 1882 becoming clerk at the Denison In Indianapolis. Seven year* later he transferred to the Anderson In Pittsburg. and in 1898 became manager of the Hotel Henry, Pittsburg, where he seems to be anchored. He has been constantly in harness for 30 years.Frank P. Ewins, manager of the Hotel Savoy and a member of the Ewins Childs Hotel Company, of Kansas City, is strictly a Kanaas Cltlan. He began In 1888, and aix years later opened the Savoy, where he has been continuously since. In the meantime he has been Interested in other hotels. Including the Stillwell at Pittsburg, Kan.; the Goodlander at Fort Scott, Kan ; the Metropole at St. Joseph, Mo.; the Illinois at Bloomington, 111., and t£e Baltimore at Kansas City. He has disposed of ali hisManassas, he was left with other Injured comrades In a deserted ngbin on the Mt-tlefleld. After the war he became cashier in the St James Hotel in New York, lu 1884 he was made steward of the Windsor, New York, and later became a partner. In 1895 be leased the St. Charles in New Orleans. In apite of hia 66 yeur* of age he is as active as a boy, and still keeps up a moderate indulgence In athleticexercisesA PHILADELPHIA BONIFACE.Until he became manager of the Bingham Hotel, Philadelphia, Mr. David B. Pro-van’s hotel experience extended no further than the several guest departments of those bouses which he made bis temporary homes during a number of years spent on the road.ldr. Provan was born in Providence. R.DAVID B PROVANBingham Houae. Philadelphia.a o.. oaa*1 - . 4_-I., July 1, 1868. He waa educated in the public schools and In a business college. For seven years he was engaged in a wholesale grocery and went on the road, traveling 12 year*. In 1900 he became manager of the Bingham Hotel, and four years later he was elected vice-president of the Bingham Hotel Company. When Mr. Provan assumsd the management the Bingham was an American plan bouse. He raised tue rate and also inaugurated the European plan. In 1906 the house was remodeled at an expense of $170,000 and became a strictly European hotel. One of the fpaturee of the Bingham la the roof garden, which la one of Philadelphia's most popular amusement resorts during the summer season, as tbs cafe is in the winter nights.Mr. Provan is a member of ths Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association, la treasurer of the Philadelphia Hotel Associationand president/of ths Pennsylvania Statschoice of the delegates. At least a doaenof the leading hotel papers have come out with indorsements. Every day bring* letters of congratulation, pledging support, from all parts of the country. fMr. Joyce is a native of Bhltimore and waa, aa were both his children, born in the hotel on Camden street, which bla father, the late Eugene T. Joyce, established In 1860 and of which Mr. Joyce has been proprietor for the last 12 year*. He 1* an active worker for everything that tends to the promotion of Baltimore public Interest*, and is a member both of the Merchant* and Manufacturers' and the Travelers and Merchants' Association*, as well aa the Credit Men's Association, which solidly represents the business interest* ofthe city. *He Is also a member of several clubs. Including the Pimlico Country Club, the Maryland Jockey Club, the Saturday Night Club and others. He la a member of ths alumni associations of both Ixiyola College and Calvert Hall and Is president ofthe Sodality of St. Joseph’s CatholicChurch. He is alao president of the Paea Building and Loan Association.In local civic life Mr. Joyce haa always been prominent and enthusiastic. lie wasE. W. WHEELERThousand Island* Hotel.one of the prime movers In the Jubilee to celebrate the recovery of Baltimore from the fire of 1904, being a meiuier of the executive committee and chairman of the hospitality committee. He Is a member of the executive committee in charge of the clty’a House of Welcome at the Jamestown Exposition. He gave the now famous quarter-of-a-mlle dinner at the Lyric on March 9, 1905, which Inaugurated the Travelers and Merchants’ Association, and la famed for bla New Year’s receptions at the Hotel Joyce and for hia special dinners. On January 2, 1893, he married Miss Jesnette Scherer, daughter of the late John Scherer, a prominent lumber merchant, and they have two children—Jerome H. Joyce, Jr., who la now attending Fordham University, New York, and Atleen, who is at the Baltimore Academy of the Visitation, Center street and Park avenue.
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Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1907
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