The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-20
HAD A BIG Time.
Saturday Night Club Banquet
Great Success.
Many New Amusing Features
Are introduced.
M'NEAL CHART CLASS.
It Was Easily the Hit of the
Evening.
Gov. Hoch and Senator Long on
the Gridiron.

THE Saturday Night club banquets.'s
said Eugene F. Ware last night as he
came out OF the Throop dining room
after attending the twenty-second an-
nual dinner of this famous Kansas or
ganization, do not suffer in compari-
son with those of the Gridiron club OF
Washington or any other similar or
ganization in the country"
Anybody who attended the festivities
which took place between 10 o'clock
Friday night and / o'clock this morning
will doubtless be willing to back the
Saturday Nighters in a free-for-all trot
in the fun making class. So long as
the Saturday Night club primer class
continues to do business, so long as
politicians are willing to come and at
tend their own dissection; so long as
Tom McNeal, champion 5oke-smith OF
the state, holds down one of the places
at the table, the Saturday Night club
viii retain the reputation for dignity
and courtesy which for o years it has
been trying to live down.
One man was allowed to make his
speech last night. That one was JUS
tice r. A. Burch, who had taken the
precaution to immOrtalize his remarks
on the wax cylinders of a. phOnograph,
and he simply turned the phonOgraph
loose on the crowd. Even the phono-
graph had troubles of its own; it be-
came embarrassed and confused, and
almost lost its voice when Albert Wat
kins stuffed a napkin down its brass
throat. Several other speakers who
lacked this element of brass were at a
1 disadvantage. Nevertheless, the pro-
/ gramme was allowed to pass of sub
/ Stantially as printed, except that Fran
| els NJ. Hayward of Missouri, and Con-
/ greSSman William A. Reeder were un-
able to be present
| There were So guests at the banquet,
/ which is rather more than the usual
] h2nHTRr n1nCHnfINr
/ served, and the table decorations of car
nations, ferns and American Beauty
roses added to the brilliancy of the oc-
| caSiOn. The menu was a decided novel
/ ty, it being printed in Japanese style.
T. A McNeal opened the engage
ment about 10 p. m He had lot
/ of letters Of regret from Ex-Governor w
] j. Bailey at BaileyV1lle, William M.
Davidson of Omaha, RoJestvensky,
Gar Nicholas and King Edward. Ro-
/ jestvensky said he would like to be
present, but that the fact was he
/ hardly knew where he was at.
/ Nicholas stated that several disquiet-
ing things had happened in his house
hold which had obliged him to change
4 his plans about coming. The hired
girl had left and he had been obliged
to take care of the kid. Moreover an
apple pie had been sent up to him
I the day before. fsIt certainly looked
good to me- said Nicholas, but as a
matter of precaution let my official
faster try it. His funeral Will take
place this afternoon. He died filed
with prussic acid and a hope Of im-
| mortality" King Edward IN his let
ter desired to be remembered to John
Macdonald, F. MacLennan, and other
former subjects.
The Chart Class.
Having disposed of the regrets,
/ President John F. Switzer tried to
make a speech, which didn't amount
to much because most of the talking
WAS done his friends
Then came one of the star attractions
of the evening; an entirely new and
original idea, patented in the United
! States and England by the Saturday
Night club. It was Tom McNeaPs chart
! class The members of the class were
| Hankie Mason, Willie Albert Watkins,
Eddie A1cKeever, Lewie Kiene, Johnny
Macdonald, Harry I4arimer and Ollie
/ McClintock.
on each page Of the big chart which
hung before the class was a choice
roast upon some well known character.
There was something there for w r.
Stubbs, Tom Kelly, William Allen
White, Henry Allen, A. W. Dana, E. F.
Ware, Chester I. Long, Governor z. w.
Hoch, Mayor Davis, Justice r. A.
! Bureh, Councilman c. K. Holiday, Bank
Commissioner John @. Royce, Otis Hun
| gate and others
The members of the class were called
upon in turn to recite on the charts and
! answer questions about the pictures.
! Ollie McCTintock, turning to a chart Of
Charles Holiday driving a flock Of
That's Charley Holiday" replied the
u wi what will he get out of the coun-
clip
what was the last thing he got?"
"a gas franchise"
''For how long?"
'Thirty years.
why didn't he get it for hundred
because he didn't ask for it."
Eddie McKeever answered a few
( questions about City Attorney Dren-
( ming, who appeared on the chart as a.
/ wild-eyed man with a revolver in each
what is the man doing?" asked
Teacher McNeaL
shooting" replied Eddie.
what has he IN his right hand ?"-
That's MS mouth.
That's the other half of his
mouth
"Can he shoot with both halves OF
his mouth at once -
Gle does do it.
OF course Holiday and Drenning
were both there It is one of the pro-
visions of the Saturday Night club
| constitution that when a man is to be
well roasted, he is always especially
invited to be present.
President EilzinsOn's Pictures.
Jasper N Wilkinson, president Of
the State Normal did not attempt to
say muelE He produced a roll OF pic
lures and diagrams which he held up
and let the club look at, to illustrate
the trend Of his remarks.
Justice Rosseau A. Burch had a sim
liar system for the delivery OF his