New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-14
socIABILIIY ar rHE rHNIEEy CLUG.

DEFYING sUPERS rIION And EACH OIHER-A
NOISY IINNTE SCENE.
The members of that peculiar organization
known a. the Thirteen Cub INDUCED in their seventeen
dinner at the KncAcIbocEcr Cottage la-t might. The
aim Of the ncnber- Of this club j., simply and wholly
BE- social Ia thor desire 20 bee jail they sonnet cs
oycl30 t. That the case last night. They were a.
together too social for comfort. The dinner began Win
soup and ended with riot Between Tho course, The
members showed their socaby by firing banana skins
and biscuits at cscn otAer Ana BY The time the dinner
was ended there was, general willingness and dlspO-
son thc part OF each 90 knock his nc.ghbor ont,
Having eaten enough for thirteen times thirteen clubs
and having consumed enough wine Of an varieties aud
previous conditions Of -eIyGde 10 Iast through the
son they closed one oyc Sid dowu in their chairs and
prepared Themselves TO listen 10 thirteen toasts to DC
responded 20 by thirteen speakers.
II terrible time. Each speaker wrc,tl.d with the
language in piu way aud bout and banged It Dc soud
recognition one h'eh'y presumptuous individual from
the sixth Ward made a icw dc-uliory remarks and
they were dc-Gltory beyond the shadow of q doub.-n
winch be began with politics ami tapcrcd Oh with
ili. aroused the ire on .cck individual in his cups
who Immediately arose 20 several points OF order ana
privilege and SAID be would Dee heard If II cost him his
winippe And lie was. he proceeded to dcluoll-h the
preceding speaker al short notice. Brother Vice
Eu!cr sal he the presiding officer who fairly
wiihrrcd ~ possessing 20 many titles u rise Oap-TOint
Of order have hcaid things said here night which
cannot countenance without di,spproyal ! hereby
tender NV resignation. | won't belong "A club that
Will nix up religion, politics yetOes and Peter Cooper IN
this dstd-tciul MANNER resign. i DO. / DO. rev
eTcucc The maine o' Moses --"
Three cheers ioT Noses shouted fellow member Of
the club
BY this time the cir was fun OF cigar stumps and ba-
n8nds. FINALLY, after hcart-IeudIng effort another
member az the oppos" end or the table attempted 10
respond 60 the remarks 81 the first speaker Brother
Vice Ruler said De, and -IAcInbcrs Of the -glOr
Ous Thirteen Ciub iTOm ILIi ecnsyne-Im social. am
And so il the club We're all social HurIah fOI social
don't Ike q hear The Immortality OF the soul attacked
Cause II amt social. NOW I'm social-fhorouglly
social and the word thoroughly almost stIangcd him
But" said hercsumng lis discourse, ! don't want any
one 10 take exception TO anything that's been said
Now don't. So let's be friends Here's to friends
And II politics and religion preached In this club It's
contrary 70 the ns1tutlon and wholly uncaled for
Brother Ruler, fire EN- out II they do Il again.
And the speaker sat down amid voey Of applause and
Is Brother so-and-so herei" shouted the toast
master
mo" shouted some one In reply, he has retired >"
Now look here, sa1 p0rtly man IN black WHISPERS,
I'm believer ~ the Mohawk religion. That teaches
US 10 love run and hate shakes In Il Mohawk VI
eral wears standing Here's my card.
Aud for several hours the members y. the Thirteen
Club INDUCED N all sorts OF variety entertainment
When the Champagne had given out the members were
sensbly Affected and retired 10 another room ~ wind up
tie seventeenth dinner with professions Of renewed
friendship and with the unanimous hope that the pro
ceedi.gs Of the meeting wouldn't he printed And