Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-21

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guests. who applauded for repeated en-
/ cores.
Later on the entire association was re-
ceived by the Riverside chamber Of COM
merce, who showed the members about
the city and extended all possible courte-
sizes.
SearIght Is President
Then began the trip back to Los An
geles While on the way homeward the
| annual business meeting was held at
| which all the members were present The
| first matter decided upon was the ratifi-
cation of the choice of Houston, Tex, as
| the place where the next convention Of
humorists will be held. Then the Bill, Nye
monument was thoroughly discussed.
| Following this the letters from absent
| members were read Then came the cleo
tion of officers. BY a unanimous vote
Frank T. Searight, formerly of the Ex-
press of Los Angeles, was elected presi-
dent of the association. The Office Is well
merited by Mr.. searight and the members
of the association felt as though 1t were
the best way of acknowledging their ap-
probation Of his untiring efforts to make
the present convention success from
every point of view.
S. E. King of the Chicago Record-Her-
aid was elected vice president, and Judd
M. Lewis of the Houston Texas) Post
was chosen as secretary and treasurer
The latter was empowered to arrange for
the next convention in Houston, and he
was left to appoint the time when it is
to be held
After this came the election of new
members. Following are those who were
chosen: G. E. Van Loan and George E.
Herriman of the Los Angeles Examiner,
A. j. Taylor of the Los Angeles Times.
George Bailey of the Houston Uex.) Post.
and Byron W. Williams OF the Western
Newspaper Union of Chicago.
Certain things OF private nature were
then taken up by the members. BY the
time the train rolled into Los Angeles the
business meeting Of the association had
been brought to close.
Thanks Everybody
Late yesterday evening, at a special
meeting of the members at the Hotel
Alexandria, the executive committee of
the association voted to extend its sincere
thanks to the local membership of the
American Humorists' association, 8. ].
Whittemore, manager of the Alexandria;
J. Ross Clark, vice president of the Salt
Lake railroad; Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Wann,
T. c. Peck and Douglas White, all like
wise of the Salt Lake railway system;
the chambers of commerce of the cities
the humorists have visited, and finally to
the Aditorium company for the use of the
Theater Beautiful.
The railroad officials issued compli-
mentary brochure of which there were
but 100 copies printed, and each one num-
bered. The beautiful pamphlet is entii-
| tied Riverside, the City Beautiful" 1t
| is safe to say this souvenir will long be
treasured by those who made this trip to
| the land of pure delight. The pictures
shown in the book are well chosen and
depict scenes about the wonderland of the
orange belt. One thing which makes the
| Sale Lakes brochure more valuable is
| that 1t shows In beautifully tinted half
tones and describes In excellent text the
scenes which the tenderfeet went into
| ecstasies over yesterday.
The otingaree
| At Riverside dwells a group of men
| who forestall the accusations of visitors
| by announcing that they were formerly
tanks They ambiguously express 1t by
| saying they are "ex-tanks now stranded
in this land Of sunshine and poor pay"
lex" has several meanings. This burch
may be dealing in a bit of double en-
| tendre. They may mean 1t for ''out Of"
| They are not only good fellows, but are
| good newspapermen, and as humorists
/, they are not at all dusty" This outfit
published a paper entitled THE Sting
aree." They were not one whit abashed
by the prospect of the visit of the crowned
heads of the humorist world. These lads
sat down and penned,a a couple OF galleys of
jokes, some of which were copyrighted
| by Rameses II, but all of which will be
used in eastern publications as hot ones
right off the grlddle when certain tour
lists get back to the land of ice and snow
Some of the quips are purely local and
were hugely relished by the office cat and
those in the inside. Others are so broad
as to cause scarcely a ripple.
One wee verse. born in anguish and
bred in despair. no matter its age and
origin, will win a lasting place in the
hearts of one long-suffering class. We
quote the. quatrain:
MISSION OF THE REPORTER
(By the City Editor)
| Twinkle twinkle. little star
How I wonder where you are!
When 1 need your help at night
| You are mostly out of sight
| Here's another. Who did this7 If L
really truly apple-cheeked society editor
really wrote this an introduction will be
| generally craved:
THE POWER OF THE PRESS