The Washington herald., 1907-10-03
GIRLS THEIR GUESTS
Sixteen Kentucky Beauties
Invade Garrick Club.
SING SONGS FOR MEMBERS
Love Me and the World Is Nine
Makes n Hit with bachelor Club
men-FRir Blue Grass Visitors
Wanted 40 see Real Bohemia and
They Did It-Mr. DFuFy Good.

In its day the Garrick Club has enter
tanned many distinguished guests. States
men, whose names adorn the pages OF
history have partaken Of its hospitality,
warriors crowned with the laurels OF
/ victory, have, while seated al It's tables,
Irecounted tales Of battles upon which
I the fate OF nation depended. thespians.
whose art has enthralled thousands, have.
within its walls, scared to heights I'M
dreamed Of by their audience Of an hour
ago. But all the glories Of the past fade
into insignificance when compared with
the honor bestowed upon the club Tues
day night by the visit OF sixteen beauties
of Louisville. Ky.
/ The young women have been making a
] tour OF the East under the chaperonage OF
Frank Drury, a brother Of Col. George
| Drury, known 10 fame and Washington
Inewspaperdom as the manager Of the
club.
Faithfully did they make the usual
round Of the tourist. The Capitol was
grand, the Library simply magnid-
cent" and the Monument 80 impressive
/ but could not Mr. Drury introduce them
/ just for a moment 70 Washington's 30
hernia?
| Mr.. DruFy Was Good to Them.
Mr. Drury could and did. Not that the
/ Garrick Club is the resort Of Ionghaired
I poets and playwrights. Even those who
I labor under the distinction Of bei7e
I classed as journalists are chary of
I
gether with a few newspaper men who
drop into the club for a quiet chat over
| the events Of the day before retiring to
I their entirely respectable homes.
Mr. Drury and his sixteen charges
/ dropped into the club quite informally
( about 9 o'clock.
AT this hour the rooms are usually de
serted. but fortunate members present
/ after recovering from the trance into
/ which they We're thrown by such an ar
ray OF feminine beauty. fell over them
selves in an effort % make their visitors
( feel thoroughly al home. Within a re-
markedly short period Of time ltips
( journey along Newspaper Row with the
/ rapidly OF bad news correspondents of
/ the out-0f-toWu papers and members OF
/ the local STATS appeared and were pre-.
! sented.
/ sampled the Fairbanks" Cocktail
Conferences over the telephone resulted
/ IN the appearance OF a dainty luncheon
and the festivities OF the evening were
/ one. Fairbanks cocktails" was the
/ beverage demanded by the Kentucky
girls. which, Notwithstanding the popular
/ Impression with regard TO the resident.
I OF that state, proved 70 be a glass %.
/ ice water Favored with lemon.
a member Of the ciab noted for the
manner IN which be causes Paderewsk
/ TO blush with shame. after many bash
I ful deCiinings. was forced 10 the piano
and il Is said the way the Kentucky
/ girls sang Love Ne and the World is
/ Mine caused many a confirmed bache-
+ Tor 20 come to a sudden realization that
/ his is an empty life. Indeed Col Lang
/ the veteran dispenser Of gloom Gispeller
/ said that he nrmly expects 10 hear the
sound o. wedding I='!S within the next
+ year. In his opinion Kentucky is q
! lose some Of Us fayOrite daughters TIL.
/ evening ended with the song. My Old
/ Kentucky Home" and q toast 10 the
I 'fairest daughters of the State"
/ An air of general gloom and sadness
prevailed at the club last night. The
/ girls, accompanied by the faithful Mr
/ Drury left for Louisville on the G2-41