Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-12
WIT AT GRIDIROH FEAST
Washington Club Jokers Hold
 a Peace Conference"
ONLY oHLoRoroRM BRINGS CALM
Society of Correspondents Has Fun With Cabinet MuEzle order-skits In Fake Wireless Messages and a @Thought Transferred" Act Amuse Guests-witty Topical Songs.

In Fake Wireless Messages and a
 "Thought Transferred" Act Amuse
 Guests-Wftty Topical Songs.
 Prominent guests were entertained by the Gridiron club in Washington the other night at the annual fall din ner, says Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune. The table at the New Willard was spread for more than 200. persons, among whom were the vice president, nearly all the members of the cabinet, foreign ambassadors and ministers, senators and representa- tives and prominent people from every part of tine country.
 The programme was unusually at- tractlve, and the wit and humor, the various skits, the songs and the speeches all tended to make the dinner memorable occasion among the many given by this club of Washington cor respondents.
 A peace conference" composed of members of the club, endeavored to settle disputes between many proml- nent guests who were personated by members of the club, but all was un- ayailing until finallysa messenger from W. T. Jerome of New York, with bot tie of chloroform. put them to sleep.
 The initiation of three new members afforded an opportunity for real roasts. It had reference to the recent letters of the president to cabinet officers relat- ing to the dissemination of news by them. Three cabinet officers were per sonated, and they formed a grand in- quisitorial commission, putting on the rack the baby members for daring to inquire what had taken place in cab inet meetings The whole blame was finally placed on a head devil, sup posed to represent Secretary Loeb, who had blundered" in sending letter die tated by the grand inquisitor.
 Several dispatches were received in a fake wireless telegraph apparatus. They were read. greatly to the amuse- ment of the guests. Among these were the following:
 Hon. William B. AIlison-Please advise me on this point: Do you think a sem atorial career leads to a nomination for president?
 ROBERT B. LA TOILETTE.
 Madison. Wis.
 Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of state-Aren't you glad to get out of it7
 GEORGE W. PERKINS. New York.
 Hon. Charles DIck-Please get President Roosevelt to duplicate to me the message President Harrison wrote about falling outside the breastworks.
 MYRoN T. HERRIcK. Columbus. O.
 Hon. William II. Taft. Secretary of War: Dear Bill-It was all right to dissemble | your love. but why did you kick me down. | stairs? GEORGE B. COX. A thought transferred" act afforded | another opportunity to pass quips upon the prominent guests. Among the thoughts thus transferred" and utter | ed by members. who were blindfolded | and under the ''spelf' of the operator, were the following:
 Shawl positively refuse to stay in the | cabinet after March ( 1aO9
 Loeb-Nobody knows the trouble have Taft-What's sixteen millions between | friends?
 wiison-There's many a leak between he cotton and the crook
 J. E. Morgan = Since my Cincinnati ITaWS tome 10 think there is merit in the gov .rnment ownership of railroads.
 Eoody-One big trust litigation in hand | s worth two years more in the cabinet Morton = Every insurance president Ihould have his own submarine boat. shonts - Oh. where is my wandering .anaI tonight7
 Aldrieh-some folks say sugar and oil rBn't combine. but I know,
 Cannon-Thers Is no tsrif on football. 'o revise It all you pleaze
 Beveridge-I can make a better speech han any that has been made yet. Belasco-Yes. I think 1t may fairly be Izid that William Shakespeare was the David Belasco of his tine
 Lodge-A codnsh from the deep blue sea ] highly protected article of commerce fs Q me and nothing more. but. for hsav- ms sake don't think eat them
 The musical numbers included sev- .ral topical songs touching different prominent men about the table. One f them. parody on q popular air. ] Eas Everybody Works but Fair 'anks.- referring to the fact that the luties of the vice president are not The chorus of the parody ras as follows
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