The age-herald., 1901-12-08
The GridHon Clubs Dinner Is a Notable SuC-
 cess
RAIL WAY MEN IN BEAUTY SHOW
Prize Is Won By 3. w. Wrenn-Fake Meeting of an Alleged Cabinet In Which Various Sports
 Appear.

Washington, December 1.-The Gridiron Club. composed of forty Washington cor respondents. scored another notable suc- cess tonight on the occasion of the De- cember dinner.
 About 150 guests assembled around the gridiron table at the Arlington Hotel, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. As usual the entertainment con- sisted of burlesque and satires upon pub lie events, and things and numerous pub lie men, and prominent guests were treated to the usual course of gridiron broiling, which is alwayN of a good-na- tured kind.
 The features. as usual, touched upon public events in a jocular manner, and began with menu which was a new Alice in Wonderland.''N By the most del- quotations could be applied to some of the events in the life of President Roose- welt. The arrival of the collier Merri- ment' (Merrimac) with a supply of champagne to fill the bunkers of the diners was a Imaginable skit and the selection of a delegate to London to at- tend the coronation furnished opportuni- ty for the nomination of a number of guests and of their rejection for various reasons.
 Wrenn the Beauty.
 There was large number of railroad men present and they were all brought out in a competition for a beauty show, and finally the prize was awarded to B. w. Wrenn. The comments of the mem- bers of the club upon the various qual- ifications and appearance of these rail- way officials caused the room to echo with laughter
 meeting of, an alleged cabinet in which various sporting characters appeared and tried to pass themselves off as the real thing They were finally hustled out un- tremendously.
 Among those who made excellent speeches were Postmaster General Smith, Senators Allison and Mitchell, the Chi nese minister, former Senator Carter and Governor Francis, both now connected with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Representative Landis of Indiana, So- licitor General Richards of the depart ment of justice, and others.
 The musical programme consisted of solos, quartettes and choruses, as we'll as catchy topical songs.
 List of Guests.
 Among those present were Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, the Chin ese Minister Wu Ting Fang, Senators Allison, Burrows, Hanna and Mitchell; Representatives Foerderer, Underwood Joy and Landis; Gen. John R. Brooke Gen. Henry C. Corbin, Gen. J. F. Weston, Gen. Francis V. Greene, F. N. Barksdale Pennsylvania railroad; Former Represen- PaIf 1lo Charles Boynton, superintendent Eastern Division of Associated Press; George w. Boyd. Pennsylvania railroad, Former Secretary c. N. Bliss, New York; Lud- wig von Callenberg. secretary of the Aus nain Legation; R. F. l.. Bunch, Seaboard Air Line; Thomas H. Carter, chairman of the government commission Of the Louis. lana Purchase Exposition; Vim. M Fin ley, vice-president. of the Southern rail- road; David R. Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Arthur Hale and J. H. Maddy, Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Wm. M Johnson, Interstate Com merce Commissioner; R. T. Knapp, Harry w. Fuller, Chesapeake and Ohio railroad: Director of the Census w. R. Merriam. Paul Morton, Atchison, Topeka and San- ta Fe railroad; Hon. Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin MT. John G. Milburne, Buff falo; s. H. Hardwick. general passenger agent Southern Railway; Solicitor Gen eral John K. Richards, W. s. Seif Pitts burg Dispatch; Marcus A. Smith and James H. McClintock, Arizona; B. w. Wrenn Plant Railroad system; Mir John F. Waggaman, Annapolis; T. c. Jeffrey, Midland Railway, England; MT Myron T. Herrick. Cleveland O.; MT. Scott Bone, Washington Post; T. P Schocks. president of the I. I. I. Railway system and Prof. Max Bendix, New York.