Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-11
THOUGHT HIM EARNEST
DISTRICT MAN TREATS PH1LA-
DE1pH1ANs TO eR1DIRpN IRONY.
Fellowship Club of Philadelphia En-
tertains Saturday Evening to Large
and Distinguished Company.
special Correspondence of The Evening>star..

PHILADELPHIA, "a, AprH D. 1oVf.
The Fellowship Club this evening enter
| tanned a distinguished company from al
parts of the country. The program was
notable one in the history OF dining CLUBS.
More brilliant conceptions, teeming Win
| wit and happy hits, nave never ueel.
! brought forward for the entertainment of
the guests. The club membership is IN
| large part made up of newspaper men.
The c,ridiron club of washington came In
for an unusual share Of attention In the
arransement of the program. A skit, which
included scores of costumed characters, oc-
| cupied one hour. being largely devoted to
a clever take-off Of the ways and means
committee of the Gridiron club. 1t was
composed by Henry Starr Richardson
Clever representations.
representations of President Roosevelt
Senator Quay and Speaker Cannon were
prominent in the program and were excep-
tionally well acted
Among the distinguished guests present
were Speaker Cannon, Senator Penrose,
REPRESENTATIVE John Sharpe Williams, DEM
ocratic leader of the House of Representa-
tives; Gen. Humphrey, United States army;
Representative Rodey of New Mexico, KEEP
resentative Baker of Brooklyn, who mas
become widely known through, his refusal
to accept railroad pass; William f. Har-
rity; Former Gov. VIM. A. Stone, William
Hartman Black, commissioner of accounts
of New York; Former Governor Robert e.
Patterson, John P. Elkins, nominated FOR
the bench. of the supreme court OF Pennsyi-
vania, and Mayor John Weaver of Phila-
delphia.
Faultless Menu Served.
The Bellevue Hotel was the scene of the
entertainment, which was one of the most
lavish ever attempted by dining club. A
fautless menu was served at tables ar
ranged in the form of gridron and over
hung with trees laden with blossoms.
The souvenirs distributed to the guests
were unusually elaborate and numerous
They were all unique and marked by great
artistic taste on the part of those who
designed them.
The principal souvenir consisted of a
handsomely engraved brass book plate,
bearing the words of the club song under
an artistic design, embodying the figure
Mephistopheles passing the loving cup 70
an aged man. This typified one of the
| leading features of the entertainment,
| which was the passing of the great silver
loving cup to each guest and club member
whose name was announced as he partook
| of the contents. The passing of the cup
| was by Mr.. George ]. Brennan, chairman
of the dining committee and POSTMASTER
Of the evening, whose clever hits added
much to the brightness of the speeches.
Response for Gridiron Club.
Mr.. Frank H. Hosford responded for the
Gridiron Club when called upon, aned took
the uninitfated by surprise by his appear
ance Of anger because of the evening s
hits aimed al the Gridiron. He roasted"
the entire performance, and when he sat
down half of the guests had no intima ton
| that he was, in fact. dazed in admira ton
of the briliancy of the program that had
been rendered. II
Among the Gridiron delegation wera g
| e.. johnson, c. c. Randolph, Herndon Nor
| sell, E. B. Hay, James Rankin Young, D.
V. De Graw and Frank H. Hosford.
Others from Washington were: John E.
Monk of the Milwaukee Sentinel, Ernest
Walker of the Washington Post, Charles
p. Kern of The Evening Star;7Charles W.
! Metzgar of the Pittsburg Leader, Isaac
/ Gregg of the Pittsburg Times, L w Stray
| er of the Pittsburg Gazette, A. E. Heiss
| of the Pittsburg Dispatch and Charles w.
Campbell of the Philadelphia Inquirer They
came in speciael car on the Baltimore
and Ohio, in charge of j. H. Maddy, most
| OF them returning after midnight