Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-09
THE aRIpIRoN ANNUAL pINxER.
The Most Successful OF the Brilliant
Series.

The Most Successful OF the Brilliant
Series.
The sixth anniversary dinner Of the famous
Gridiron Club at the Arlington Saturday even
ing was the most elaborate and successful in
the history Of that unique organization. The
monthly dinners of the club are brilliant affairs
enough, but when il comes to the great annual
spread then the members take more than usual
interest in the preparation Of every detail, and
the decorations, the program of the decidedly
Informal entertainment, the menu and all ID Q
attendant trimmings of the banquet are certain
to be something decidedly out of the ordinary.
At least this was so last Saturday, and under
the felicitous leadership Of President Macfar-
land a rarer collection Of wit. wisdom and elo-
Quence is seldom let loose within four wall. In
the first place the club is made up of forty
bright Newspaper men, Who. when the occasion
demands, can get along very well without the
conventionalities Of life and can substitute q
number of more entertaining friyohties. No
blockhead sor dullard 10 ever asked to
grace the festive board, and it goes
without saving that when n man Is invited
he goes. The guests Saturday evening were
Senators Faulkner, Mcdonnell, Stewart. Jones
of Arkansas and Warren. Represen tatives Crisp,
Bynnm, Wilson Of West Virginia, Caruth, But
tervorth, Cannon. BOutelle. Grosvenor, Frank,
C. II. Gibson OF Maryland, Evans, Peters,
George E. Adams, Solicitor General Taft, Col
n. X. Muckle Of the Philadelphia Ledger, c. b.
Covardin, Richmond Dispatch: Messrs. Col
gate shaw Gait, Thompson and Kimball. CA.
C.: Hart Lyman. New York Tribune; Walter
Adams Boston Herald; Gen. Greedy, DIR.
Francis l. Patton, president of Princeton Uni
versity; Beriah Wilkins. Washington Post;
Russell y. Harrison. c. n. Richards, George
Alfred Townsend, Theodore W. Moves, EVEN
ING STAR; Francis Wilson, W. Bradford Mer-
rill Philadelphia Press; T. A. Psrke, Pennsyl-
yania railroad; Il. s. Rowland Gen. Fullerton.
DR.. @. o. CLAWS, r. K. Amin, c. q. Dnlin and
c. H. Hidden of Providence.
By Z O'Clock the members and guests began
to gather in the parlors Of the hotel, where they
we're received by a committee consisting Of Mr..
J. ". Carson, chairman; Messrs. q. II. Apper-
son, d. s. Barry, II. Y. Boynton. f. G. Carpen-
ter, s. y. Clark, W. Z. Curtis, Louis Garthe. E
J. Gibson, T. A. @. Handy, Frank Hatton, P. s.
Heath, r. B. Matthews, d. r. Mckee, G. s.
Moves, NJ. g. Seckendorf, o. o. Stealey, W. b.
Stevens, T. B. Wight and Paul Wolff.
The big banquet room presented very
handsome appearance when about o'clock the
party all flied in and took their places at the
tables. The rooms and the tables were lavishly
and very tastefully decorated with flags and
colored bunting. palms, ferns and profusion
Of other plants ard cut flowers. The clubs
emblem, q gridiron, tied with the national
colors and tsstooned with smilsx. was hung
over the head OF the table At each plate were
placed cigars tied with colored ribbon.
The menus consisted Of a number Of pages
Dounu IOStkutT n CONcf, wearing
words The Gridiron Club, and O representa-
ton of gridiron. The pages bore the names
Of the officers of the club, the list Of members,
the personnel OF the committees and the names
Of the guests. These cards, which had been
prepared by a committee consisting of Messrs.
Z. G. Drnuell. II. J.. West and y. E. johnson,
we're made particularly bright by the witty and
appropriate quotations that were sandwiched
in among the more formal list of good things,
less literary, but none the less satisfying.
Alocg with the oysters came the appearance
OF the three members-elect-H. Conquest
Clarke, W. Z. Barrett and Marshall Cushing
escorted by Msssrs- Amin, Young and Hosford.
The committee on initiation. who helped to
make things lively for the three babies, was COM
posed of Perry Powers. chairman; James II.
Young. Frank II. HOsford, Frank A. Depuy
and William Z. Amin. There was plenty Of
good music under the direction of o committee
consisting of Robert NJ. Larner, chairman
Richard Nixon, H. l. West Z. b. Hay and J.
y. Sousa-
Among those who took part IN the verbal or
musical recreations OF the evening were Sena-
tors German. Faulkner, stewart, Jones Of Ar
kansas, Representatives Crisp, Wilson of West
Virginia, Butterworth, Caruth, Breckenridge,
Cannon. Boutelle Wallace. Grosyenor, Peters,
Evans, Bynum. 4. b. Cowxrdin of the Rich
mond LfspGteh, Gen. Greedy, President Patton
of Princeton University, y. b. Merrill Of the
Philadelphia Press, W. E. Amin, Il. Nj. Larner,
E. B. HAY. II. L. West. Marshall Cushing. A. j.
Ssofer. Hub. Smith and the Columbia Ath-
ietic Club quartet