The colored American., 1901-08-10

Pea and Pencil ClIp mas csu sed mu h
iuQ Iiry as to how 1t was OganIz d
and what Split brought IL INTO exls.-
ence Papers throughout the country
are c0Lnme ltlng upO the clI and
several cOmmunlCa ions have come 10
tn OH se.
For several years, bright newspaper
men have been Coming to " ashlugtOn
from "au over" Tney wrote for the I
home shee5s with more or les Tegul4 AZ
ity, de all .ng " .th N lcn fcrVOr TO their
quOndam cOns utuents Ia tie prov
lnses, the WOuGers OF The ,FI al CT, v
of the ia in The boys have gotten
together informally at Times, AID
agreed that theTe tught 10 De 8 or
ganiZ Ito tha, wound iJg m-n with
3 cOmmna purpose, Comm III Rmbi-
tiOl and d common e.LlIess more
c.Us .ly In tOuca It wa agreed from
time IO tIma Lha a cDHceT. OF action at
soma critical m omen. mlgnV serve Iha
race well, aId here N ght exist ia
ubi II pot d. any that This gensTA-
ton Ii C. Ie dreamed of The udIO Of 8
cpngenlal file. d, the stree corner, The
literary aud % .hsr piac-s' furnished
the tl9st-r fJr meetings, and the
splendid thts gh tIal Smi b WrJIe
lasI week fIr q -tIam Rage, or the
''bngu th, Il h." InaG J Gues got of in
the editorial leader OF tue "BrOpz d
Wash ngUOnlan. ." together with read
Ing OF me 2 Jetic / effu lo1 from @ o 1m
ey's latest NIUE, CAV z st to the C IL
veTssI9n tia Wa no. vita ed by the
"dampennz" inf1uerc = which We're
sometimes II evidence
OI rainy night - the night before
George Wsshlngt ms birthda ay-Feb
ruary 81 1900 there was gaLnered IN g
III .dest rJom o. the tnlrd Il or of tue
SOutheIn II atel trio Of sympatheliC
spirits. rnev We I. rhOmas F Jrtune
Of he New York Age, hi= fai hius Wash
Ing on cOri es pOndtnt, " Il, Menaid
l.. 81. Hers law, The sff1IyesCant phiiOs
Opnet aud rae nteur, representing the
Atlanta Age, snd Il w, Thompson
sssOCia,e editor OF The COlOreI Amert
can. 4, rtune read some poetry InaG La
intended should one day llluminatt
the literary heavens, Her shaW, MenarC
and Thompson planued out an idea
newsEa per for she race and ION paper
drew the prospectus OF g CONN chen
sive iuternsiOnsl news service, Will
"pIste matter" that wouli outs n1ne
''OrIgInal stuff as al arc light WoulC
Outsni Ie JsllOw-iip Stories Wers
told, aud adIeIs were about to be said
when FGr,uue, IN hls cneery, banter
iLg way, exclaimed:
say, why don you newspaper fl
5ws take advantage of my next tril
down 10 W ashingtOn ana imm raj z
yourselves oy giving 'sDack'-iIst
good old a shlUneJ Dutch lunchson-iI
b JnOT or the most dI-tlng ais ned psncl
puSher Of the At % American fraterni
IS? Brilliant lies, eb?"
Just the thing" ecnOed the loca
par. 81 has slways been a matter o
regret TO the fellows here that you
comin{s anu gong have not been an
nounced IN such fsshIOl a. TO max
the neceSsaTy 'arrang sments' Ia a tow
OF busy men, whose erg agem ents ar
as tue sa lds Of the sea" 1"
Il date wss ten -Sttvey agreed upon
aad list Of Ell giDlas wa commenced
The matter OF organic alton was tai < O
and when the usual tale of woe" shou
lack OF c DhesIveness was sprung, For
tune said ImpatlentIy:
Wv mats the matter with orEsDjZns
Pen and Pencil CLUB right now
right here?
Tue ideA " 2s 80 novel and so sudden
~ flashed tngr Fortune Kept the Il DO
for another speak" SAID he:
I'VE have slIthst We need for a tenn
pOrSFy oTgsniZ 2uOn. Let Us see hoE
this woul sound in the press: P. anC
J, CIdb org sniz9d -2lst. Padors South
ern Hotel who knows but " hat il Is il
esrshof OF the White House? Attend
ance Large, Intelligent and represents a
tive, HershaH Is lsrge enough 10 Ill
the urst bill, MeDaTd Is Intelligent witt
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