The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-03
Y. M. c. A. WORK.

The New Years dinner given Friday night at the Y. NJ. c. A. to members away from home, was in every way a great success. Young men were there from a large number of states and all had a good time over the cake and cof- fee which followed a substantial turkey dinner.
 Secretary Jackson was master of cer- emonies though there was a suspicion rampant that he just assumed the place. Careful search of the books failed to discover any record of his call to the po- sition. He made a good one, however, which evened up matters
 According to the plan of attack ev- eryone was to tell story, sing a song or crack a joke. Secretary Jackson was willing to do either, so as soon as all the guests were seated, he squared himself for vocal deliverance. He said he heard an elevator boy in Dallas, Texas. sing it.
 That's awful" said some one down | the line "Aint the song enough Must We have second hand spasm from Texas elevator boy?" Others groaned in sympathy and threats of brick bats were made, but Jackson sang anyway, showing marked agility in lodging mis- | sles.
 John T. Barnette, who sat near Pres ident R. s. Munger took courage from Jackson's escape and told a couple of jokes that would have caused his death in anything but a considerate crowd.
 misguided youth who should have known better, called for joke from " D. urquhart but that gentleman was "onto his job" and never cherped. nAa HA x.rt1 class in arithmatic, Prof. T. c. Young felt called upon to tell joke about num- bers fought to tell LIS when to laugh ? was one comment resulting The pro- fessor's statement that it was chestnut was audibly and unanimously acuuesced in.
 W. H. H. Jefferson, who was sorry he was not Thomas, worked off one about a man who was advised to take a toddy every time he shaved. and who got to shaving every hour in the day. Gee, ain't he careless with old oje," some one grunted. Was that ever new?" asked another.
 John R. Gaudin sprang an Abrahamic jolly that left a condition in the room like unto that of the business he plies That undertaken is onto his bread" was suggested
 Additional horrorsi Gaudn's story made John T. Barnett think of another and he could not be prevented from in- flicting it.
 w. 10. Urquhart could stand 1t no longer. His pun on Shakespeare's great spooning production came near costing him his life. The fact that he was under the wing of President Munger no doubt saved him from the blood-thirsty throne.
 It should not be forgotten that all this time a full corps of Delmonico walters were passing soup and turkey and cake and ambrosia and many other good things around and everybody but the 1oxists were doing justice to them
 Jefferson, who was deeply grieved that he was not Thomas broke loose again right here and was, if possible, more ter rible than at first.
 John T. Barnette got busy some more lie gave as an excuse, however that he was only telling 1t to Mir Munger The crowd cried for 1t, though feeling that after what had gone before there was no bad thing yet possible. In fact there was a howl for more of Barnette
 Even Secretary Jackson could stand if no longer, and he turned at rule on the 1oke-making here. He then undertook to ascertain the native states of those pres ent. Fifteen were from Alabama, one from California, six from Tennessee. one from Iowa. two from Pennsylvania. three from Ohio, three from South Carolina one from Michigan, one from Illinois. one from Canada, four from Georgia three from Virginia, one from Missouri one from North Carolina two from Indiana and two from Louisiana