Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-21

ADA OA &h " ~ ~
Gave Him the Most Remarkable
Dinner He Ever EnJoyed-Bucket
shop Representing His once Open
ed, win CHESTS as Customers.
SAY, Hanna. / had the time of my.
life last night"
Beginning to like newspaper me
at last?'' remarked the Ohio senator.
Mr.. Morgan hesltated a moment and
then replied. y can say that like
newspaper men quite as much as they
like me. but Of an the dinners ! yer
sat down to the Gridlron club dinner
last night takes the palm"
"Xou remind me Of IA parrot that
once learned TO talk the morning after
a fremcu's dinner at Akron, o. All
he learned was. oh, mamma, mamma,
what a time we had! Say, pop-ha,ha,
han"
This IL part Of a conversation hat
took place about 10 O'Clock the other
morning in Washington when j. Pier
port Morgan and Senator Hanna Of
Ohio, two OF the subjects Of much Of
the mockery and jest that prevailed at
the Gridiron club dinner the night be-
fore. met at the breakfast table in the
Arlington hotel, says the New York
Herald.
Mr.. Morgan bad been the feature Of
fhe dinner. lie accepted the invitation
several weeks ago when the Gridiron
club decided to make its annual din
ner a feast to 'the captains of iudus-
try"
The Gridiron club. which is com
posed of Washington newspaper CORE
s~pondents and has entertained every
president WHO has beer in the White
House during nearly twenty years. al
ways makes Il great feature Of its an
nual dinner. The members are no re-
specters Of dignity. Every man who
attends IT'S dinners, even the president,
knows perfectly well tnat the humor-
Gus side Of his character viii be por-
1rayed In Us way or another.
1t is all very good sport. 1t is given
in fun and received in fun. One of the
rules Of the club Is. Ladies' are al
ways present; reporters never" This
means that coarse jest or inslnuation is
never permitted and that any speaker
can use the utmost freedom of express
sion without fear of his words being
printed or repeated beyond the walls
OF the banquet haIl.
when the guests were seated, Mr..
Morgan found himself at the left hand
of William L. Curtis, the new president
of the club. The tables had been ar
ranged in the form of an enormous
gridiron. Each guest found before him
a small golden easel, to which was at
fached n gridiron calendar. Each of a
dozen prominent guests had his picture
published under some month with an
appropriate verse.
February had been reserved for Mr..
Morgan, who was depicted with for
eign p%otentates kneeling around him,
each offering his crown to the great
American fnancier. This verse ac-
companled Mr.. Morgan's picture:
Though kings and nabobs slam.
Our king is as close as a clam.
They may offer their W
Their smiles or their frowns,
But Morgan he doesn't care
Senator German was accorded March.
lie was mounted on a Democratic dom
key, with a finger and a smile both
pointed in the direction Of the capitol
and this is what the calendar said
about Senator German:
Arthur Pue. Arthur Pue.
What in The worlds the matter with your
We heard of you downed.
Unseated. uncrowned,
And nov you are back with the gridiron
crew.
A. j. Cassatt, president of the Penn
eylyania railroad. figured under April,
lie was depicted as placing an elabo-
rate union station at the center Of con
gerging railroad lines. The verse read
There was a good man called Cassatt.
Who never knew where he was at
TIL he promised n station
That beat all creation.
And then he remarked, Island Pat
Clement \. Griscom. president of the
international Steamship combination.
appeared as May and was dressed in a
sailor suit. MIR. Griscom was trimmed
APP in this style:
little 30 Pips has lost his ships
And doesn't know where to find them.
Let them alone. and they viii come home
With a subsidy behind them.
Senator Hanna, as June, was dressed
rs a circus clown leading the G. o. T.
elephant. astr,dc Of which sat Presi
dent Roosevelt. Senator Hanna march
ed to this music:
The slickest man iu all the show
Marcus A. Hanna tauds
He says no word he has. you know.
An elephant on his hands.
Shafts began to Fly at the heads OF
the captains Of industry when the
president of the club was inaugurated
Ferdinand and Isabella appeared 90
the throne of Spain, and Columbus
was brought in to give am account of
his wanderings and discoveries. lie
was asked by the queen what Re had
doue with -he money raised 10y -'hock
ing her diamonds He replied iu fear
and trembling that he had dropped IL
all iu United states steal lie an
nouytnG fist Ia had s4roytrtl 1 mas.