St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-23
THE CHRXsANTHEMUMs.
A Newspaper Social Organization
IOasts Its Patron Saint.

A Newspaper Social Organization
Ioasts Its Patron Saint.
The Chrysanthemum club held its
first annual Washington's birthday
banquet at Taylor's restaurant last
night. 1t was very elaborately ar
ranged affair. and everything about it
was calculated to suggest thoughts on
the patron saint of the club.
who was also the father of his
country, and a fair amateur wood
chopper. The menu cards bore
an excellent likeness of the great and
good man in whose honor the feast was
given. The bill of fare contained many
appropriate dishes, including Washing
ton pie, Washington cake and Martha
Washington breakfast rolls. There was
no suggestion, however, of Washington
in the soup. The merry party OF al
legged journalists who compose the ag-
gregation began to gather in the ban
quet hall at about midnight, and the
beer arrived soon after. The food and
drink lasted far into the morning, and
as the Joy water began to excite and
stimulate the large, powerful thinkers
of these apostles of truth, the master OF
ceremonies arose, and in a graceful
way alluded to the exaggerated Veraclty
of the immortal George, and to the
great love of fact which had caused the
members of the club to band them
selves together in the name of truth to
do honor to the memory of the hero of
the Delaware ferry boat and cherry
tree incidents. As he commenced to
read the list of toasts he was interrupted
by loud bowling from the half dozen
sole surviving body-servants of ''Massa
Gawge," who had been imported at no
inconsiderable expense to serve as wait
ers ''for one night only" They hadn't
received their pay as yet and were
cheering their leader who had proposed
a strike. A bottle of Milwaukee wine
pacified them for time and the chair
man proceeded. The first toast was
"Our Patron Saint" "He could not tell
a lie," and was responded to with much
feeling by j. Ames Gray. Journalist.
l.. Berrisford Little responded to the
toast, Editorial Misrepresentation"
and in breezy North Dakota kind Of
speech referred to such as a public ne
cessity in political campaigns. Rep
ort0rial Inaccuracies" was dellcately
handled by G. Augustus CaVen, OF the
Tribune.
J, McGnire Rees, representing the
udI, ld1hCsl OOfSL7 WIN "a GA
hour on professional PrevaricaJ0rs."
He mentioned all the well-known legal
lights of the past and present and made
q very creditable address, showing a
large acquaintance with both written
and unwritten fiction.
j. Terrance ManniX made the speech
of the evening in replying to the toast.
"Unreliable lnformants; we take what
ever the Gods may send" MIR. Man
niX's large experience and keen wit
served him well, but with that consci-
entious earnestness, which is such a
predominating quality in his character.
he refrained from any of those personal
illusions and local anecdotes. which.
while they would have added much of
spice and interest to the speech. must
needs have wounded some.
The other toasts responded to were:
"Truth as all Advertising Ingredient
Fl. Chalmondely Davis; sc. Washing
ton as Hand Ball Player" S. PensiVe
Jones; "Children and Fresh Reporters,
Tell the TRUTH" A. Smithson Gening;
"A Plain, Unvarnished Tale" j. Sen
timental Van Antwerp; "I'ruth in Pol
itics; Some of Its Effects" r. 81. Kent
Whitley.