Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-18
ARE GUESTS OF bob" BURoETTE
AT PASADENA
osTRIcHEs GIVEN CHANCE .Tc
VIEW cELEBRITlEsP
Banquet at Hotel Maryland rendered
to Members Of observation-disclosures
Farley Makes Principal
Address


the visiting Press Humorists' association
were banqueted tonight at the Hotel
Maryland. Several members of the Pasa-
dena Tournament association were also
present. The first course of the BAN
ouet was served at s o'clock, and 1t was
after 10 o'clock when the tables were
finally cleared.
Thomas A. DAILY, president of the funny
mems organization, served as toastmas-
ter, being introduced by Chester ID. Sar-
CERT, president of the baord OF trade.
|, Mayor Farley of this city delivered the
principal address of the evening ana tne
toastmaster called upon Strickland Gilli-
Ian. Sampel Kiser, Rev. Robert ]. Bur-
dette. 1. M. Lewis and w. r. Rose from
among the humorists for remarks and
on Mayor Farley, George B.. Carey, presi-
dent of the Pasadena Tournament, OF
Roses association, DR.. j.. II. Mcbride and
]. o. McCamert from among the Pasa-
dena people.
Josh Birds
At the ostrich farm considerable merri-
ment was brought about by the sugges-
ton that couple of birds be brought up
to see the tenderfeet plucked.
A solemn-faced guide tore off yards OF
information about the big birds. He tried
to answer some of the strangest questions
of his career as an intelligence bureau.
The unconscious humorist played
prominent part in the days outing. He
was more noticeable because Strickland
w. Gillilan's remarks about this genius
who all unwittingly flags the bread wagon
for the writer's The motorman OF the
special car qualified for this class when
a woman tried to get lin over the gates
shortly before the electric reached the
ostrich farm
"You cant ride on this car, lady; we
don't carry no passengers, said the
solemn functionary Quick as flash
Crimsonbeak added '"This Is freight"
and he got rise from a carload of ap-
preciative jokers. The fatigue caused by
the constant jump of the program is
making little impression on the group OF
newspaper men. Most of them have been
| accustomed to active lives Every houI
| brought new and wonderful scenes anc
| there has probably never been more ap,
preciative group of visitors In Los An
4 geles. AsaHsi IS at1 ta
Taken singiy the humorists fall to lool
i the part. VIII J.- Hampton might wei
be taken for Presbyterian minister. =
i Looks Are Deceptive
i Judd Mortimer Lewis of the Houston
| Post, creator of the Alkali Ike sto
ries has humor In every line of his face
but it's the humor one sees in a success
| full hardware drummer. Few would a
| first suspect Lewis of being the author
] of such delightful sentimental verse, bu
| a few minutes conversation with this
warm hearted man shows the depth OF
| his nature. ~
| Probably the most deceptive man in the
group is Thomas Augustine DAILY, presi-
dent of the American Press Humorists
association. A merry Hibernian twinkle
| is likely to betray him, however, when
| a funny thought comes to him, and they
leone in continuous stream when he be-
gins to talk. His Irish dialect stories are
gems long to be preserved. His drollery
is enhanced by his remarkable ability to
keep his face straight when his auditors
are doubled up In spasms of JOY
Strickland W. Gillilan's sometimes SOL
emn mien has deceived thousands, but
when he gets into action the delighted au-
dience gets much enjoyment from watch
ing his facial expressions. When his
merriest quips are rolling out quick and
sharp his face bears an expression sirni-
lar to that of a sad-eyed bloodhound at a
bench show. This is the author of the
imperishable "Off again, on again.
which will make future generations
laugh as heartily as the present one has.
Gillian has the highest praise for The
Los Angeles Herald, and declares he will
always cherish the memory of the happy
days he spent in Los Angeles.
Cof,vinces the Minstrel
Edwin A. Oliver of the Yonkers States
man doesn't look the part One might
take him for publisher of a successful
newspaper, but not for the writer of
jokes. AEf.
In action, however, one soon comes to
realize the keenness of the humor under
lying the calm exterior. An interesting
story in this connection is told about the
creator of Crimsonbeak and Yeast. i
Several years ago Mr.. oliver was in
troduced to Lew Dockstader just prior
to one of the minstrers. performances.
The night being stormy, there were pros
poets of poor house. Lew was doing
some tall thinking. and felt blue. oliver
was introduced to fhim as a newspaper
man and the minstrel opened up on the
newspapers.
'The papers make me tired" he said.
''They hurt our business by their con-
tinuai statements that there is nothing
new in minstrelsy. They say the jokes
one hears at the minstrel shows were
printed In Joe Miler's Joke book or were
told further back than that The papers
ought to stop that kind of rot. Why, I'll
pick up a newspaper tomorrow morning
and I'll see lot of old jokes in it a
great deal older than any you ever hear
In minstrel show And yet they say the
minstrel jokes are old. !"
oliver listened patiently to the great
minstrel who had no inkling as to his
identity as the father of the conversa-
tional Joke and the papa of 75,0O0 wander
ing little ones. He felt that Dockstader
was knocking him pretty hard and that
he ought to try to get back at him. r.
- Where Source Is
"Tell me: Mr.. Dockstadef," the anoDyr
nous joke writer inquired where do
YOU get your jokes from? You don't orig
mate them do your
mo, not generally. see a good thing
going about and 1 take 1t, sometimes
changing it, and use It,"
"You get them out of newspaper fire.
quently. 1 suppose?"
"Yes."
"Well, then. tell me- if you get your
Jokes out of the newspapers, and you
say the jokes the newspapers print are so
old, why, in the name of all that's hui
morous, aren't your minstrel jokes old?"
Lew WINGED a little, but oliver made 1t
warm by sitting right down and writing