St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-27
WITAhS AND WIT.
THE FORMER DISAPPEAR AMI
THE LATTER FLOWS
FREELY
AT THE BOHEMIAN SUPPER
RENDERED TO THE PRESS CLUB
BY THE COMMERCIAL
LIB zG
A LIST OF THE SPEAKERS
Who Talked About Everything
But the Subjects Assigned
Them. -
AT THE BOHEMIAN SUPPER
LIST OF THE SPEAKERS

There are some Bohemians in st.
Paul who do not live on the flats.
A hundred or more of these gath
cred at the Commercial club rooms
last night to partake of a Bohemian
supper rendered to them by that en-
terprising organization. There is
not wide distinction between al
newspaper Bohemian and any otherj
good fellow, but as the COMMERCIAL !
clubs roomslare scarcely commodious |
enough to contain all the good fell !
lows of st. Paul, the invitations were
restricted upon this occasion so as
to include only the members of the !
st. Paul Press club
These gentlemen can fill any club |
rooms in town with as much facility |
as they can fill themselves, once in !
side those club rooms. How facile |
they are in diStending their own in |
teriors with the good things of life |
became apparent last evening. Those |
who were not there can imagine, but |
only those who were there live to
describe the gustatory relish with |
which the st. Paul Press club
washed down a menu that Bacchus
himself would have paused to con-
slider.
These good fellows-fully 100 in
number-are not assembled together
often and in such quantities as they
were last evening. Gatherings of this
character are rare, and the men who
participate in them-well they. too
should not only be mentioned, but
quoted. They will be mentioned, but
space forbids quotations from all Of |
them. Furthermore, some of the
jokes perpetrated were original, and
the newspaper men are waiting to
spring them upon patient public.
Therefore the G | o b will, with due
professional courtesy, suppress un-
timely publication of them. 4
THE SUPPER.
began at 6 p. m. 1t consisted Of
well not vestige of it was in sight
an hour later-that is, not vestige
of the solids. III. p. Hall oficiatedi
as POSTMASTER. Mr.. Hall was all
right. Brevity was his watchword,
and the soul of wit therefore pre-
vailed. Mr.. Hall would announce
the toast and call upon a Bohemian
friend for a response. The Bohe-
mian friend would respond, but con-
scientiously avoid saying a word
about the subject of the toast. This
is the secret of successful after-din-
ner speakers. Therefore it is un-
necessary to record the subject of
Lou Wilkes speech, and to mention
the toast assigned to Albert Scheffer
would fail to reveal what the banker,
really talked about, while ii would
completely mislead anybody as to
the nature of Chris O'Brien's re-
marks to quote the toast to which
he was asked to respond.
Charles Kent, the actor, until re-
Gently a member of the Giffen & NeilI
Stock company, contributed two rec
itations which he executed with
thorough finish, and Messrs. Tenny
and Wolf sang duet with banjo
and guitar accompaniment.
Col. w. c. Plummer, of Minot, N.
D., told a first-class story about
Daniel Webster which proved doubly.
interesting by reason of Col. Plum
mer's marked resemblance to the
Demosthenes of America. Horwitz
and Bowers, of the Alhambra vaude-
villes, gave one of their clever spe-
cialties, and Col. Stone recited a sem,
timent in praise of Bohemia with
grace and feeling.
''The Muzzle That Never Came"
was the pathetic subject of DIR. A. j.
Stone, the health commissioner, butt
DR.. Stone knows better than to tell
pathetic stories to the crowd he
faced last night, so he told splen-
did one about the newspaper men
ST. Paul men at that-who went
down in their pockets and prOducedl
coin to relieve a deserving case.
Nothing but the doctors well-knownl
reputation for veracity gave 10 this
well-nigh incredible story the stamp
of truth.
Walter Hale, the st. Paul young
man whose stage career is already
familiar to theater-goers, also told q
funny story; w. b. Hixon played a
piano solo, and C. A. Severance made
a few appropriate remarks which elic-
tied much approval from Col. Plum
mer. Then Granville s. Pease, of An
Okla, demonstrated how badly a lu-
natic asylum is needed in his town,
and how H. p Hall had promised to
be the first patient. The Apollo quar-
tette sang a number of pretty selec-
tions, after which Oar Reese made
a brief speech, which met with much
applause.
j. ]. Ryder recited Battery B" ef-
fectively, and was rewarded with
hearty applause.
1.-The Loving Cup was Rhen passed
around, and the supper was over.
THOSE WHO WE'RE THERE J
C. P. Slime, Minnesota Type Foun-
dry company; John j. Corcoran, man
ager r. G.. Dun & Co.; Prof. Willard
J. Hull; Maj w. w. Cooley, G.. S.
Pease, Anoka Union; Elmer II. Dearth.
George Thompson, NJ. d. Mum, d. f.
Reese, L. Clarke Schiffman. Edward
H Whitcomb, NJ. D.: w. b. Parsons,
Ben Stillwell, G. j. Hunt, A. p. Ques-
mel, Apollo quartette; ]. w. Oakes,
Francis NJ. Wheeler, Winn Powers, w.
H. GemmelI, j. H. Beck. E. w. Peet,
w. J. Footner. III. p. Hall. E. V.
Smalley, George @. White, Henry A.
Castle, f. s. Chittenden. S. Moreland.
G. NJ Nelson. Arthur Sweeney, Her
bert Davis. II. B. Greening, c. ID.
O'Brien. l.. D. Wilkes, c. a: Sew
erance, r. j. Flournoy, Grier NJ. Orr.
Albert Scheffer, Andrew Henderson,
Ed A. Paradis, A. L. Woolsey. S. j.
Small, w. C. Plummer. George NJ.
Stanchfield, e. II. Burch. g. c. Fut-
voye. E. j. Treat, Utley q. Curtis
Tacca Grapp IT w ChildS l., r.