The Washington herald., 1907-01-27


warhled a verse as follows;
From the State Of Indiana coneth candidates galore
They are thicker than the sands beside the sea:
But there's one who's tall AID stately dignined and
walks scdAtcb
Is a candidate for President. you see.
If he makes a speech this evening viii give his
text 70 ven:
As you love us Mister Fairbanks, answer now. and
answer true:
This was the question which Mr.. Fair
banks was expected to answer:
Are you going back to Indiana. Fairbanksi
Don't you want TO stay in Washington some morel
After which the chorus Numbered forth
a refrain which asserted
The folks al say You viii go back.
You win go back,
YUu win 90 back
Whereupon the soloist came to Mr.. Fair
banks rescue with these reassuring
words
But something seems e whisper that you II fool them
That the delegates are waiting you 10 cheer.
And then the chorus came in strong
again with the question:
Are you going back TO Indiana. Fairbanks.
Don't you want TO stay right herci
There were two or three other verses,
telling how the clubs were forming and
the Western people were drinking butter
milk in the Vice Presidents honor. and
all ending with the interesting inquiry:
Are you going back 10 Indiana, Fairbanks.
Everybody expected MT Fairbanks u
respond but President Blythe interviewed
THE question addressed to Mr. Fair
banks he said lis so personal that he
begs to be excused from replying" So.
amid laughter, Mr. Fairbanks kept his
seat Now. as a matter Of fact. as no.
body saw or heard Mr. Fairbanks say
anything to Mr. Blythe. it is up to the
gentle reader Of The Washington Herald
to guess whether or not he really wanted
to reply. Answers must be In before Feb
ruary b. Address Puzzle Editor. this pa
per
A Matter of the Distant Future.
There's plaintive minstrel melody en-
titled, When the Sunset Turns the
Oceans Blue to Gold" Some ingenicas
spirit in the club paraphrased this har-
monious song so that instead Of a touch
/ ing reference to home and mother. It went
like this:
There's Gy all DER the land, a great popular
demand,
For change from tariff schedules that are high
And the men who want reform az the doors Of Con
gress storm.
But the Speaker turns a deaf ear 10 their CRY
First be talks # maximum, then he whispers mini
mum.
With some other wise suggestions, old and new
But we u all be old and gay sinking into sad decay
! When the Speaker lets tarin bin 20 through
Il was the chorus. however. that an
pealed TO the humor-loving audience. It
was sung con expressiOne. andaHte. ritar-
da. and every other old kind Of a way by
one Of the singers. whose voice is soft and
melting. Here is the chorus:
On. the north pole uiH be melted and the Nile with
ice De belted.
And the green grass o. the prairies changed to bue.
And she stars viii shine all day and the fish or
land viii play
/ When the Speaker lets tariff bin @ through
/ The close harmony that the choir ex-
/ hiDited in rendering this chorus would
/ have galvanized the dead Talk about
bdrber-shop tenor and craps-shooter's
bass! The memory of the song stu fingers.
Speaker Cannon was itching o. say some
thing in reply. but the club was Just
mean enough not 10 give him a chance.
/ So he chuCkled softly TO himself and re
hearsed The undelivered speech 20 his
neighb0r, who happened 10 be Senator
/ Aldrich, and who said afterward that the
/ club really missed "A good thing. May
I be SO.
Other Musical Features.
There were other musical features. such
as "a roliicking tribute to Justice Harlan.
with "a refrain which went as follows.
Justice Harlan. you're a darIu'.
Wei take care If son;
We kno" what ~ do.
We can sing song % yen.
And tell these people here tonight that you are
| For you're Justice Harlan ard a darlin from the
Blue Grass state.
/ The last verse viii be appreciated by
/ the members OF the Chevy Chase Club.
When De goes ont on the gof links be can va a
bah.
Hits it queerlv. drives it sEmrcIy to the high
grass tan,
/ Never SAYS A single suear word De is So polite
| What he thinks would MI a volume 'tWould no,
do % write.
/ Then there was "a song bidding a fond
farewell TO the Standard OIL trust. sung
|iu especial honor of Mr.. Rogers. who
would not, however. t-ke the clubs pre-
+ dlction seriously On the contrary. he
was moved TO join in the chorus, which
made this direful prophecy.
I Standard OIL Eoojby; STANDARD OIL. gco,i-bv.
We sill bid SON fond farewell,
What the caurts Ui do ere they're through With son
It win make yOU sad 10 tell
/ Theirs q time ahead. So we've heard IL said
/ When youN gst e. iu thc cyr.
So we sing this little song and you bet we're not
/ far wrong.
/ When We sing. STANDARD on. good-by"
/ statues, Speeches. and Other Things.
! II would take a good deal more space
/ to tell Of all the other things that hap
/ pened az this remarkable dinner. For
instance. a member Of the club attired
/ as "a senorita. drifted into the banquet
hall and was hastily elected on the
ground that at least one thing was going
/ to happen in the United States without
Cuba butting in. Then two other mem
/ bers of the club, with their faces and hair
whitened to initiate statues and their
/ ApOliO-like forms concealed behind pedes-
tails. conducted an art gallery conversa-
ton between themselves concerning vari-
Gus guests. Here is a sample:
Statue No DIR Van Dyke is a wonderful man
Read his stories Of the woods and You want 20 e,
I 10 the woods. Read his stories Of the cities anC
/ you want 10 20 20 the cities
Statue No 2-Peplexing isn't III I suppose th,
only relief is TO read his poetry and 90 to sleep
One of the statues referred to David
Graham Phillips as the man who dis
covered the treason of the Senate.
What for2~ was asked.
/ For several thousand dollars" was tho
/ prompt answer
lnterspersed between other things were
the speeches. In order TO get what might
be described as a new line of talk. the
usual speechmakers were ignored. and
guests like Gen. Horace Porter, Representa-
! tive Bede Representative Cuebr,an an,
others. were called upon, and their briet
talks were in thorough harmony with thu
/ occasion. President RooseveItS Speecf