Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-11
bers expressed il, Il was "got up just

DO gentleman, and be able to catch
on TO tho NEUROLOGICAL features OF Tho
society. 30 that he can respond 70 toasts
and work in NEUROLOGICAL Jokes.
The pitans have three yearly festivals
Ono is held on March LIST. (rhe spring
celebration for 1898 was held the other
evening ut the Hotel Bronswick.) On
this occasion they "mikc up mother
earth. They make such iun, sing, crack
jokes, etc, that tho old lady has TO get
up" whether Sue wants to or not and en-
Joy the festival.
"MAKTNG-UP DAY."
March list is always celebrated M the
"making.up day oi the Titsntic mother
or the opening OF spring. The Tilans
are governed by the almanac rather
than the weather. So that spring being
scheduled on the timetable 10 arrive
March LIST, the "gentlemen giants 90
to some hotel and have royal banquet
TO welcome winters successor
"Ihe Olympisn Banquet and ambro-
sial night" is what the recent festival
was called.
A song which eDliyoned tho recent
dinner was entitled "Thc Titan Dude to
his Iuanomta." II ran ~ follows:
Pucua, come IN hv your aweotheait, ta-to,
Pusila, your li.- ahail be dolce fail
Pa0lia. tel nos poverty be pah,
Love Ike mile viii lrcre s'e yah ty yah.
PueHs. Oh gracious me. 7 ho,r yonr pa
PUoila, ilus. catch She ur1t horeo-cah,
Pueiia, dots i'm. = .o.n Colt "a.
Puens, he'l Ore rae olt Pm sure, ira Ia lai
And here's the goodnight song:
Good nizht, brothers goodnight, brother;
Co0d-rirht. brothers les seek oar little beia:
bcuiy we'll whocp Aoi up, waoop A3r up,
wioOp hrrup
Merr1ly Won y7Aoop her up when the next year
c0mes
TIL SUMMER TUE.
After the spring calling to mother
earth that it is time TO get up there
is no other "rackot until midsummer,
when the Titans 20 down 20 Coney
Island and formally greet Father Nep-
tune.
Other songs were enjoyed, extracts
from which are gwen below.
We're band Of brothers, and six feet two we
For Heaven aud earth, and for ourselves, ana
we rnliy round our banner, and with haad
clasred 3d. hand
swear allegiance faithful 70 our order.
Then ring, ring out the chorus, until il strikes
The Ti,aas and song viii always reach Saturn,
cooius and sweet Ierro, and Neptune with his
tars
Holp swell tho anthem Of our order.
During the "Ligh jinks" &" The Sport
Of the Titsns, or Slugger Hercules
Knocked Oul," IS one OF the catchy
songs that runs in the air Of Captain
links" The words arc
on. Hercules, the sluggcr bold,
VINO dgei 20 alag IN days Of old.
Hisoou with nc could ncyor holds
For I'm tAc spcr. Of -" It1us.
Athletic games Fee a. Tsy5 WOO,
Always won. always won:
Ie.ar, jump. lick, run.
Forlri Die sport Of The li-ans
o.. Hercules the heavyweight
Wh1slug-cd iem Carlr. slugS III 'crn late,
IN fscing ne would meet bis iate,
FoI I'm the sport Of The Iiiana
A cricScicr lm heart and soul,
Heart and SOUL heart su1 soul;
Iroe. ride. fence. 1ow,
Fof Pm ,hs sport OF TIE Tis1ns.
WINTER AND SPRING.
At The winter and spring "Oiympian
Banque;s" a peculiar iormah.y II OBJ
served. There Isa large canopy represent
ing the silyand the constellation OF ares
pitched eight feet ab1yo the floor. The
TiMns march under if rs they euter the
hall nni tOlcn the canopy with their
richt hands. Usually 80 Il,tntic iaYors -
are displayed in tie banquetIng hall,
such as q kaife ana fork thTeo - tiye
feet long. a Iitantic champagne ing, and
several other gigantic articles IN the
shape OF crockery, cutlery. ana dishes.
There are about two hundred members
in tbe Onion Of lifars, including seversl
out of-tovn 'giaut geutemen % or
gentlemen giants.
The average height is six feet four.
Here IRE the names Of some OF The tallest
members y. NJ. Eecb vita, Is feet 4
inches; Cbarjly- commissioner Brennan.
6 feet inches Ron. :. y. Curtis the
hero OF Port Fisher, same height: h.
". Dayton. Of Higer5alc, -. Y, 6 feet
I inches Charles 4. Euremus, feet
inches; James =. Farley, =. Fl. Lam,
inqersoI Lockwood, a. j. NekeDchnic,
r. s. Morgan, feet 4 inches j. Z.
Smith. 6 feet e inches; Alfred WerstoR,
the maiisterof the union. feet . inches +;
4. j.. Woodward, 81 feet inches; John
Wentworth. OF Chicago, and James Z.
Wuie, OF brooklyn, q iect e inches, who
aye the two taiicst members.
among tbe numerous Nov York mem
bers the following are the best known
T.. n. Dickinson, Jr., G. @. Dinsmore,
William IOisheimer, James /. Faye,
Hamilton Fish, Jr, Sheppard Knapp.
J.. ii Auox, George ". Laird, Edward
$. Lawrence, James y. Livingston, aud
Howard Lockwood.
Those residing outside the metropolis
whose names have not been mentioned
are john Bal, j. c. Gallagher, j. A.
Kertiand, George ". Laird, j. L. Pike,
r. A. c. Smith, i. a. Wight. and
Charles +. Wrcaks, Of Brooklyn Charles
A. Blyth, Of Englewood, y j. j. c.
Bayles. Of Orange, \. }. L. I. Braine,
oi Hoboken, y j r. 3. Briggs, OF
Montana Harry r. Brown, Of Cleye-
land Samuel Gales, Of ROn0out, n. y.
j. Y. DeMctt, Of New Brunswick, n.
J. Il. u. Dennis, of Pou8hkeepsie, \.
Y. james Barrey. OF Philadelphia Z.
y. Garrison, Of Padnor Ia i. >. Han
over. OF philadelphia; 4. \. Humphrey,
of QuebCo; Charles ". Miller, Of Coo
RADIO: John O'CoDncr. Of Chicago !;
Malcolm Peters, Of Brockton, Mass, and
L. f. Plunkett, Of Hartford.
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