Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-04
GRIDlR0N CLUB, AT WASHING
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The annual banquet of the Gridiron
Club, at Washington, ID. c., was held
on the evening of Saturday, January
I'D. IL Is considered the greatest social
event OF the year at the capital, and
one in which there is always more fun
had to the square inch than In any other
like gathering in the world Among
those in attendance at the recent Grid
iron Club banquet was our fellow
townsman, Asst Atty Gen. l.. A.
Pradt, who, in letter to the editor of
the PHoT, enclosed copy of the ''Yal-
Ter Yawp," which, as Mr.. Pradt says,
lis publication of limited issue, which
was distributed to the Gridiron Club.
1t speaks for itself-to use a rare but
ripe phrase. Shortly after we had seat
ed ourselves at the gridiron board,
vigorous and loud-mouthed Irish wom-
an, to-wit Ed. Hay, first Grand Elk
allied Ruler of the Elks-pushed her
way into the hall despite many protests
to the president of the club and pro-
ceeded to hand journals to the com
pany with running accompaniment
of tlannel-mouthed comments"
The "Yaller Yawp" is printed on
very good quality of yellow paper, on
the back of which is tinted back
ground of the gridiron, and is nov
city. The head and date line of the
sheet is at the bottom-Chinese style
Its unreliability rs news medium is
made manifest by an advertisement
which appears that leads, If you see it
in the Yawp it isn't So, sHd another,
''None of the news that's tit to print"
In it we find that Senator Hoar has
been captured by the Filipinos and has
been compelled to turn cannibai and
swallow his own speeches The Balti-
more 4 Ohio r r. advertises that 'all
trains go through Washington, and all
conductors go through passengers"
and that trains are always behind
time in order to give belated passengers
a chance to catch up" There is also a
description of an accident on the canal
between Nicaragua and Panama. The
writer states that he has heard the wall
of the wallapus in Wisconsin, the yowl
of the yak, the yip-yap of the prairie
dawg, but they were as the mere squeak
of the penny whistle to the dulcet tones
of the off mule as the commodore put
his helm to port. Never in all his ex-
perience in witnessing the horror born
of disaster famine, war, pestilence
land the improper opening of jack pots)
had his eyes beheld the like of it. This
writer is also authority for the state
ment that Rear Admiral Walker pro-
poses to bore holes in the bottom of the
canal and let all the water out. 1t is
an interesting sheet and may be seen
at this office.
We take the liberty of quoting from
Mr. Pradt's letter, a brief account of
some of the more illustrious ones who
were present and responded to toasts,
viz:
'The President was at the front and
made a short@response, when called
upon, that pleased democrats and re-
publicans and mugwamps alike. 1t
was manly and felicitous little speech
and | felt proud of him, and yet find
it hard, even now, to think of him as
President. Mckinley had grown to be
the embodiment of that term in very
many hearts at the time of his assassi
nation,
Mr.. German was called upon as the
Democratic heir-apparent to the Pres
idency,' and his response was evidence
of the worthy bestowed of that title
that bad eminence' If the day ever
comes that there should be another
democratic President inflicted upon the
American people, it seems to me that
Germans possession of the position
would temper the affliction as much as
it could be mitigated. But, aber, the
republican office-holders would do
wisely than to pack up without delay.
OChdVOl DtpGNs lOSJ duh happy,
when called upon to respond to the
sentiment: In the spring a young
mans fancy, etc, did so as only the
great and only Depew can do. He said,
inter aha, that it is great thing to be
young, and that he had found the foun-
tain of perpetual youth.
Mr. Glider, the editor of The Century
Magazine, was called up from unsus-
pecting enjoyment of his fish and adj
monished and counseled regarding the
future management of his magazine.
Incidentally he was presented with
box of ginger and complete set of
articles for his next issue. When he
had recovered his presence of mind
Mr. Glider tried to improve the occa-
sion to speak to President Roosevelt
in behalf of a friend of his-a rat
catcher, but was sternly hammered into
his seat by the Gridiron President.
There were many more incidents that
kept everybody on the tip-toe of inter-
est and enjoyment and which are the
customary salt of Gridiron dinner, but
haven't time to tell them all to you"
GOING ABROAD.