The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-09
MANY NOTABLE GUESTS OF COR.
RESPONDENTS VICTIMS OF
CLEVER SATIRE.
BURLESQUE ABOUT CUBA
With Magoon in a Red Hot Stove
With Moody at Trust Picador"
Presidents Spelling and
Cabinet Changes Butt
of Jokes.

| Washington, d. c., Dec swift
the president of the United States
and the vice president, the ambassa
dors from Italy, Great Britain, Rus
sia and Japan, with the speaker of the
house, senators and representatives
with many Of the great captains OF
industry present. the twenty-thrd an.
nual dinner of the Gridiron cub to-
night, marked the high tide of the
clubs prosperity and its achieve
ments Throughout. gentle satire, bur
Iesque fnd straight comedy were the
dominating notes.
In a burIesque situation a member
of the club impersonated Judge Ma
gOon, now of Cuba and sitting on a
red hot stove he neld down the lid
while the Gridron club proceeded to
select cabinet for the acting gov
ernor II was a cabinet composed of
the lame ducks. these gentlemen
who failed of electicl in November,
and club members lmpe-sonated vii.
liam Randolph Hearst who was nomi,
mated for governor of the island, Bah
cock, Moody, McCleary and Grosvc.
nor, who were given positions along
the lines with which they have been
Identified in public life.
Mcody as Trust "Picador."
Moody was selected for the place
of trust buster or trust matador -
Cuban revolutionists. and there were
not few who added greatly to the
picture in their buriesque costumes,
insisting that Moody was not trust
marador," but picador," the differ
ence being that a matador kiIls while
a plcador only leases.
Probably the strongest feature was
The gridiron simple speler" and
which vas issued in the
form of a booklet of some forty pages
containing quaint spellings and ex-
ceedmgly funny cuts, Illustrating the
definitions. And there were wise saws |
md modern maXlms accompanying |
he volume which cannot fail to estab- |
ish The club as an organization of |
gentle satirists of the first water
Nice Gentle Eossts For All.
The limitations of the new mem
,ers gave opportunity for a quiet dig
t the war department growing out of
he discharge of the cHored com
,any. c. A. Arthus Williams, of the
Herald. and Charles Will
+ thompson, of the New York Times.
we're the two new members taken
nto the club. The former impersonat
ne an officer of the Twenty-ffth in
antry while the latter was com
elled 10 read from mis- book Party
.eaders of Time" wherein he speaks
{ the president, Vice President Fair.
anks Senators Spooner. and Aldrich.
# SpConer h said ne was the lead
lg member of the Wisconsin delega-
ION in the senate with the exception
T Ia Toilette. Adrich said the sen
tor did not care who wrote the mes
age. just SO he could maize the laws
Throughout the dinner bulletins
ere read from the White House by
ifierent members of the club out
ming possible changes, at the end Of
hich the club members sang to the
Inc He Is a Jolly Good Fellow" the q.
verse:
NO more cabinet changes,
No more cabinet changes.
No more cabinet changes.
Till Roosevelt changes his mind"
There were songs without number.
le president. Taft. Shaw and Fair
anks. being introduced with charac !,
ristic melodies.
Throughout the dinner there were
'lephone conversations held with un- }
nown persons in which an oppor
n.tv was given 10 gently broil their
tests in the delicate manner for
hich the club is famous.