The Washington times., 1906-01-10
ONLY ONE MAN
AMONG 400 WOMEN
And Daughters of 1872 at
That.
A NOTABLE FUNCTION
Colonel Wilson Was a Four Hundred
to-0ne Shot and Won by
Himself
A NOTABLE FUNCTION

and IL is Impossible 70 spring a
seVen-verse poem extremporaneously
on a body Of women so accustomed TO
being surprised into gpeechmakfng as
are the 1912 guests. the greater num-
Der OF whom are club presidents
Forty Presidents at Table.
The forty presidents at the honor
table and as many more with less i'm
portant club members, who sat at the
other tables, said that Mrs Lyons
poem was perfectly cute" and they
just hoped every word Of it would be
printed.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant and Mrs.
Joseph b. Coghlan, wife Of the COM
mandant OF the New York navy yard.
were first on the list. the luncheon
being in honor Of the army and navy.
Mrs Grant, IN white lace gown, hat
and white boa, sat at the right Of Mrs.
William Gerry Siade, the national
president, and Mrs. Coghlan, in a
mauve velvet gown and hat, on the
left one sat under the Stars and
Stripes Of today and the other beneath
the thirteen-star flag Of 1872 over the
president waved the dark blue banner
Of the society
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. CoghIan we're
promised in accepting the invitation
the luncheon, but each did the latter
upon being introduced. and murnured
q few words Mrs. Grant remarked in
an aside TO the president that the first
duty OF every one in any way repre-
senting the Government was to keep
tightly closed lips.
Lone Man Among 400 Women.
The third most honored guest Of the
day, and also the most thoroughly sur
prised. Was Col. II. b. Wilson Colonel
Wilson, among 4 number Of men fu-
vited was the only one who accepted
He was among the ten times forty wo-
men who filled the big dining hall. and
looked honestly scared. He said he
would rather face an army Of guns and
eat bayOnets than face that feminine
army or 400 women. He was so fright
ened that he broke a shoe string. and
said he didn't know what had happened
TO his heart any way.
Would Not See Ladies ViIifed.
He managed TO escape during the re-
eeption preceding the luncheon to the
Lotos Club across the street, but when
his friends. 10 whom he eonnded his
plight, said that 1912 women must be
so old that he might safely leave them
any way. he picked up his courage and
went back TO say that he would not al
low such aspersiOns TO be cast upon
his hostesses, that they were all hand
some and young. and that with either OF
the 400 he would be happy were the
other 39s away.
Threw Bouquet at Solitary Man.
All of the surprised speechmakers. af-
ter they had finished telling how sur
prised they were, said something nice
about the army and navy as represent
ed by Mrs Grant and Mrs. Coghlau:
Mrs Edward Addison Greeley threw
little oratorical bouquet at Colonel VIII
son because Of his courage, and Mrs.
Samuel J. Kramer said she thought Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. CoghIan ought to tell
the true inwardness Of How it seems
10 live with real hero
Every VrOman's husband is a hero TO
her at some time in her life said Mrs.
Kramer. but how does it seem TO live
with man whom the world recognizes
as a hero We have all seen them per-
forming heroic gastronomic feats as We
looked down upon them at public feasts.
but how are they at home? Does the
hero take breakfast every morning? Is
he annoyed when he strikes his thumb
with hammer instead Of the nail2 And
when he does it, does he make remarks
in the ordinary manner
Grant Family Association 5000.
Mrs n. Archibald Shaw said that she
felt in touch with the army because she
was Grant herself and belonged 10
the Grant Family Association.
There are only S.e09 members OF that
association" she added.
And I always think we should have
a warm feeling for the women of the
navy because or what they endure for
us she continued. AT one time-I
don't know whether or not it is so now
there were no appropriations for the en-
tertainments of the nations naval
guests, and entertainments given BY the
naval men meant money from the
pockets of the officers.
'T had a friend whose husband was
one of the naval officers who entertained
ViEitors from some of the foreign YES
After il was over she came TO me sadly,
and said:
/" You know that new froek was go-
ing TO haVeE
. Yes. / knew about it?' I responded
g Well ] have had to countermand
the order: those Russians drank it up
said the officers wife.
Mrs. Dore Lyons Poem.
Mrs. Lyon began her poem, describing.
with some poetical license, the gather
ing:
Sing a song OF honor days,
A function full of girls
-Four and twenty presidents
In Paris hats and curls.
Wnen their mouths are opened
These birds begin TO sing
The army and the navy praise,
Today when love is king.
BY hUrrying the reading Of her sever.
verses, the poetess succeeded in finishing
them in the two minutes allotted Tor a
speech, and ended with:
She'll now escape the time,
When down comes the gaVel
And cuts off half her rhyme
There was the presentation OF a pin 10
Mrs. ]. Alexander Brown, who is a real
daughter Of 1872 by the society, with
one feature missing-the pin itself, which
had not been completed in time other
charming little pins, souvenirs OF the oc-
casion, In blue, and gold, with appro-
priate dates. were given TO each woman
present.