Evening star., 1907-11-19
CANADIAN CAMPERS
Fifth Semi.AnnuaI Dinner in
New York Last Night.
STORIES OF CAMP LIFE
Tiger Meat Served the Diners on
Tin Plates.
SOME AMUSING FEATURES
Startling Revelations of the Menu.
Many Notables at the Feast-Cy
Warman Toastmaster.


NE" 1Ofth. november l3.-1he HltH
semi-annual dinner of the Canadian Camp
at the Hotel Astor last night, came
mighty near resembling a nature fakers
convention. The only thing that prevent
ed was the unavoidable absence of Rev.
William J. Long, the presidential con-
| troversialist: Ernest Thompson Seton
and Rev. Henry Van Dyke, who writes
too-good fishing stories.
Something had happened to all of the
real people except Col. Buffalo Jones OF
Arizona. the inventor of that outrageous
nature fake. the cattelo. a cross between
| the buffalo of the plains and the long
horned beef critter of the Panhandle, a
product which Col. Jones says is destined
| to furnish posterity with its chuck steaks.
The colonel was there with beLs on. He
had lust closed deal with one of the
big New York hotels to deliver within the
next eighteen months 1000 Persian lambs
from his ranch near Fredonia. Ariz., a 20
cents a pound on the hoof. and was feel
ing SO big over his success that he
wouldn't have called the President his
second cousin. A sample of the Persian
lamb was served at the dinner and went
great.
Cy Warman Toastmaster.
Cy Warman author. poet and Canadian
enthusiast. was toastmaster and did
things up in fine style. Cy had a poetical
Hiawathesaue introduction for every man
called upon for a speech, and when his
stock of metrical feet ran low, improvised
to suit the occasion.
The toplner at the spread last night
was Fanny Adams" which proves to be
| only the British sailor mans name for
| tiger meat. 1t was served on tin plates,
| with old-fashioned steel knives and three
pronged forks and salt pork and spinach
on the side.
Fanny Adams is not destined to be-
| come a popular dish in New York. In
addition to the scarcity, it lacks the flavor
to commend itself to the general taste. In
case you didn't happen to attend the din
ner last night, you can get the same gen.
eral effect by something a portion of an
| oak ShaVingS in cream-there you nave II.
| No danger of overeating yourself, even If
Asatic tigers were as common on Broad
way as Holsters.
Gift From Prince Louis.
Secretary Harry V. Radford told anew
the story of Fanny Adams as feature
on the Canadian Camps bill of fare. Mr..
Radford said that he called upon Prince
Louis of Battenberg. an honorary mem
Der of the camp, TO furnish a dish for the
dinner. The prince replied that inasmuch
| as he was with the Mediterranean squad
ron, cruising off the Levant, the demand
involved some difficulties The best he
! could do would De to send consignment
! of salt horse or Fanny Adams" and If
! the club didn't know what that meant he
| begged to refer them to his old pal and
! fellow member of the Canadian Camp,
Rear Admiral Bob Evans.
Fighting Bob reported that he had
| exhausted the entire wisdom of the North
Atlantic squadron, but, though he knew
salt horse to his sorrow. you could shiver
his timbers if he knew what Fanny
| Adams" meant. All the same Prince
| Louis sent on the stuff by sealed and spe-
| cially guarded cases and they were de-
! livered under the eye of the British con-
| sui by the Cunard line. Then a specimen
of the stuff was sent to the camps chem
| ist, DIR. Calvin, and he threw it under the
| microscope and acid tested it and cross
examined it, coming by scientific route
| to the conclusion that 1t was tiger meat
| and nothing else.
! For the next dinner, Mr.. Radford said,
there was every reason to believe they
would have stewed elephant by the cour-
| tesy of Earl Minto, vceroy of India.
Dr. Robert Bell. 1. S.. O.. NJ. D. D. Sc.
| (Cantab), c. NJ, Ii. D., F. r. S.. and for
all that very jolly looking little Scotch
! Canadian with a paWkine3s of wit which
| did honor to his origi', vas the guest of
| honor. He entertained The 80 Campers
and their guests with stories of his nifty
one years wanderings through the wilds
| of Canada.
Dr. Bell on Starvation.
DR.. Bell said-and it sounded good to a
company Of fulfilled diners-that the dan
ger of starvation in the wilderness had
been much exaggerated. He himself had
tasted from necessity, for ten days, and
while ii was uncomfortable he could tes-
tify that it wasn't fatal. If a man would
only lie still and drink plenty of water he
thought IL would be possible to Suck 1t
out for three weeks.
Commodore John D. Quackenbos of the
Soo-Nipi Yacht Club read a paper on
Lake Sunapee Fish and Fishing" and
Commander Peary disCoursed on My
North Polar Hopes and Plans George p.
Walker Of Berlin sang. Among those who
sat down at the banquet We're:
Robert T. Morris. NJ. D.; G. NJ. Bos-
worth, Montreal; Charles G. d. Roberts,
c. L. Z. fischer, Montreal; William H.
Boardman, Charles Wake, F. l.. Wank-
lyn, Montreal; Mr.. F. r. Latoilford, To-
; ronto; Caspar Whitney, Lieut.. Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, Boston; Thomas Martndale.
Philadelphia; James A. Cruitshank, Now
YorL; George Bird Grinnell, New York;
James G. Van Marter, NJ D., Savannah:
l.. o. Armstrong, Montreal: Hamlin Gar
land Sir Charles Parsons. London: Sir
Louis 4. Jette, Quebec; H. T. Galpin,
John Burroughs. Stamford, Conn; Charles
Hallock. Washington: l.. F. Brown, New
York, and Commander Robert e. Peary.
Fire yesterday destroyed about S175,O
worth OF business buildings at Manlay
La; insurance. $4,000. The fire burned
| through a considerable section of the
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