Evening star., 1896-11-30
HONORED ny TIRE GRIDIRO .ERs.
''Jfm Young the Bright Star nj satur-
days Dinner.

The dinner given ly the Gridircn club
Saturday evening was one of the mosr
enjoyable affairs in the history of an or-
ganiZation which has scored countless sue
cesses and never failure From one end
oil The country to the other the fame of
the Gridiron Club has spread. and men of
prominence i'm almost every walk of life
have been only too glad to accept an in
ritation TO sit at the festal board and
revel I'm feast of wit and wisdom devoid
OF wickedness. To the credit of the club.
however, it can be said that log-rollins
has never been charged against it. At
its banquets it has honored Others. bur
not itself
TO certain extent the banquet Sa aturtlsy
evening was innovation, in that the
bright particular star of the evening was
member of the club. The gentleman so
honored was Mr.. James r. Young of tbe
Philadelphia Evening Star. SO weil-knou-n
and popular in this city, who was elected
10 Congress from one of the Philadelpaia
districts by an Overwhelming ma ;ority 1t
was deserved tribute to a good fellow,
ana when the news came that HIM
fcung was TO occupy seat on the floor
o. the House this winter instead of i'm the
press gallery his fellow-journalists made
up their minds TO show him that they
thought none the less of him simply be-
cause he had gone into Congress.
among the other guests of the evening
a HuHib6l Oh StnuemEn prClnlnt mt
IN Cfi1cial life, but tnat did not Interfere
with the fun of the evening. The han
quet was held at Rauscher's on Counrcti-
cut avenue and was a model of good taste
and elegance. That the menu MAS lust
what ii should have been goes witnaut
saying. for the Gridironers are noted your-
NETS, and from blue points 10 black coffee
Course followed course as rhythmically as
| the verses Of geI2 of poetry. TIE menu
cards We're novel fac similes of an Austria
| Ian ballot sheet. with the name of Mr.
Young printed on every ballot-even on the
prohibition ticket. A feature of the card
repetiiions of the figures 4o6ll M
fcungS plurality. The half hour before
an her was pleasantly spent i'm the par.ors
Whefe the guests were Hospitality wei
coined by the reception committee assisted
by number Of the club members The
banquet table was set in the form of a
at the head. with Mr.. Young on his right
ana Mr.. +. \. post:cthwaite of Phi,ade,-
phia OF his left. During the evening Mr..
a j. Stofer rendered some rafting solos
Quartet, Messrs. Morsell. Hoover Kaiser
and Mosher. accompanied by Mr.. Henry
Nander. kept things lively with song
Among the speakers were Secretary Mo--
ton, MIR. Young, MeSsrS. q. W. Rouzer &.
{. Carlton, DIR. Edward Bedloc, Hallet Kill
bourn, +. A. Richardson. Commodore Mel
Vile, C.S.N.: {. A. Boynton, Simon Wolf,
General T. II. Stanton. U.S.A., and f. r
Pcstiethwaite.
Among the guests were the Secretary of
Agriculture. Paymaster General T. H.
Stanton. U.S.A.: Commodore George n.
Melville. U.S.N.: Solicitor OF Internal Rev
enue r. T. Hough MIR. r. T Postlethwaite,
Mr.. Arthur Blanchard. Mr.. Sam M Bur
dett. DIR. Edward Bedloe of Philadelphia
Mr.. Hector De Castro of New York Mr.
Charles A. Boynton, Mr.. Charles II. Boyn-
ton, Mr.. G. c. Carlton. Mr.. q. W. Rouzer
Mr.. Beale Howard, Mr. John Joy Edison
Mr.. Caesar Phipp. Mr. Thomas Someryillc,
Mr.. Hallat kilhourn and Mr.. Simon Wolf
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