The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-30
.FORTN|GHTLY Club
HAS LOTS OF FUN
This Organization Has the Best
Meeting in Its His
tory.
HAD CEREBRAL :J'''.E::l "a slMoons.
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That Was Only Thing Which,
Saved Defendant q
Gibson.
HAD CEREBRAL slMooNs

a large black Of honest mrth was
Embossed IN these cnvirons Monday
night, when the Fortnightly Club, Of
tliis city, held It's third annual dinner
at the Westmorclnnd Club.
1t was dinner OF gags, hits and
surprises. 1t was also dinner OF
vlnnds, and choice ones at that: but
they were Of secondary Importance.
Gastronomic pleasure was submerged
and all but lost sight Of In tho feast
OF reason and the flow Of soul. Some
OF this latter, say tho members OF tho
club, was SO unique and SO merry that
" hen tho more widely advertised Grid
iron Club, of Washington hears Of It
that organization will DO compelled to
hang its head in gloomy shame.
The first surprise was pulled of
simultaneously with tho entrance OF
tho Fortnightly gentlemen into the
private room reserved for their pleas
ures. This was tho table centrepiecc.
which was nothing less than 1ninia-
| ture Jamestown Exposition. It was
the handiworls Of William Todd, presi-
don't Of the club. In a neat wooden
Enclosure, some five feet long. werv
grouped forty or fifty tiny buildings
and the figures of many tourists. SOL
diers, exhibitors and others. One State
building consisted only Of few tim
bors pacarded "To be finished Decem-
Der, 1908" Another was even more
pesslmistic. promising only ITO DO
finished sometime" A single toy bar
rel, conspicuously marked "Whiskey."
constituted the Kentucky exhibit. Sew
eral visitors were shown sunk to their
to, ,hob <t,fth I,n
label, obviously mud. Tho diminutive
figures Of Governor and Mrs Swanson.
engaged in their historic ride on the
Jamestown dirt cart elected much ap-
i plause.
Poem, for Each Guest.
Every members dinner card bore an
| original poem usually consisting OF
sly digs at his own expense. These
verses were the work of the clubs
well-known Psychologist, Ind were
read aloud between the courses. They
were all good. and some of them
brought down tho house. John p. Nc
| Cures. which was very clever
parody on nowhere the Roses Bloom
So White" and DR.. Jere Wttherspoon's
which had to do with roaming around
Rome by tho light OF O. Roman candle
Were distinctly Of the roar-producing
(order.
The former follows:
j nowhere the onions have the bite
AS in Virginia.;
nowhere the beer foam is so light
AS in Virginia.:
Nowhere the Jim Grow laws so sure,
/. Nowhere the mortgage covers more,
i Nowhere the good folks owe the store
AS in Virginia.
4 "Nowhere there are such lovely girls
AS in Virginia:
4 Nowhere the pug dogs tall so curls
AS in Virginia;
!. Nowhere such muddy waters drank,
Nowhere we .'ft agin the Yank."
Nowhere we overdraw the bank,
AS in Virginia.
! "Nowhere the chiggers hop SO high
s Nowhere the mint delights the eye
AS in Virginia;
!; And i believe that old John Smith,
!. With Pocahontas's kin and kith,
!, Would brew julep, and forthwith
Here's to Virginia"
, Many 'relcgrnms Received.
I kilograms were borne into the roon
: for various members Of the club al
;, during the evening They came from
) all over the habitable globe from tn
' place OF departed spirits and iron
!, other planets. Bunches of them arrive
all at once, offering good will. advic'
? and funds This was when the clu
) was conducting a whirlwind campaig
! for s50,oo0,0Oo for the purpose OF PRO
:. yiding q shelter for those. members VIII
), originally seemed destined for the 1In]
: of Fame, bus were now in immincn
:. fear Of the Williamsburg Asylum. TIL
: war-cry, FIFTY million in five min
J, utes," and largo Y. NJ. c. A. cloc
7 in position at one end of the room
: the canvass was eminently successful
A. cedar washtub from ], Scott Par
IRISH, twenty-five sermons from one Q
the clerical brethren and five shares Q
a !, Tlmey-Dispatch stock were contribu
lions that helped along wonderful!
i The building committee, consisting 0
|, Dr.. r. c. Bryan, Benjamin 3. Valcptin
and Murray MCGUIRE, have so far ex
hibited an indisposition to state q
just what point in tho city the nov
clubhouse Ia to be erected,
c Over the coffee. tho diners Wer
startled by tho sudden entrance OF
policeman, who displayed a warran
for the arrest of George A. Gibson. For
tunately, 1t soon developed that til
i cop was only imitation, and his formld
:, able regalla Of blue and brass bu
~ family disguised ono of the member
! Of the club. The charge against NJ