Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
KNIGHTS OF MOMUS
TENTH ANNUAL BANQUET of
popu1AR q. P. o. ASSOCIATION.

The tanth annual banquet OF the knigh's
If momus. popularity known in the govern
,,.,, nriptIng Office as the Amalgama'eo
.,s,c;at;on of Knockers at Rauscher
Lao, syenine was up to the Stanoaro vi
,h,t organizations annual merry-makihs.
I, i. tho one occasion during the year wheh
,,.mb.rs of the society. many or "hoh at'
,,,,,,,oyed on the Congressional RECORD Ill
tho printing office, meet TO lay asioe TIC
cares of their working days ana give 'oiee
IN r,iIlcry and pointed, though harhiiesS'
,brusts at their superiors in the once anu
,,,r, the legislators on the hill
NJ ~ {, Parsons president or Typo
,tical Union. presided as POSTMASTER.
frank d Smith, Keeper OF the scroll,
r.ad the minutes of last year oaiique.
.HTbe ninth annual banquet OF t,ie .,,iar
ramated association OF reFeliA "t,' - NJ
atlnn known as the knockers. saio WI :.
S,itL ..n,et one year ago. The dinner was
an exquisite effect in afusllc suSt'''i".. 90
fact IL was too good as the coiiiliitl t ., IN
arrangements provided - dihIier a. 60, 80
and md to make up a deficit MT: Shiitu >
Erarca TO the recent upheaVal IN 'iie
s,,,ernment printing Office and TO uollt
Printer Stillings brought the DanquetS!s
into roar OF iaugh,eri, ,a lmT pU OH
riai hut he confesses that he Is placed IN
An embarrassing position. his appl,Iuse -
generally from the numerous se.i
who have applications on HE TOT ptoii.p ~.
tIc b,S no intention of committing mar
kiri he confesses, to make le" iooi
friends laugh <,r,,or foreman
of prinifng" Said MI. Smith. rs pLnliiF
-, n,nmher of the Down and Out Quo
I,sf year he invited all present 10 can d
his insurance office and have social cflat
~ an hour or two. His intentions were
obvious.
John Sharp Williams Speaks.
Representative John Sharp VILLAS was
introduced by the POSTMASTER as the man
whose manuscript reminds one OF a SPIDER
walking through limburger cheese anu
then falling into an ink bottle MT WIZ
Uams took the thrust good-natureoiS' re-
amending TO the raillery that ne was euu-
Gated i'm Germany and had never been apie
to get over it. l confess TO piec .le,. a a.,
petite for small beer" he said, put ue-
clare that | am now on the water wagon.
I am the man who hands discontinue 10
the republicans whenever L get chdiice'
l promised to avoid banquets long ago pe
cause they are q tax on the stomach anu
tn. intellect but i came tonight knowing
tbat Julius Kahn and Adam Bede would be
with you. , -,
inslv IN Public Printer Stillngs as the
man who can stand any amount of Knock
ing. ~ H..
Public Printer Stillings began HI; remarks
with the statement that he had warm
snnt for knockers, and he found many lusty
ones in the official family He concluded
by paving a warm tribute to the club mem
beers as being his supporters. and thanked
them for the opportunity to fraternize with
them. -. VII.
Representative ]. Adam Bede of Mime
sotl entered into the spirit of the FUN, re-
ferrInp TO 1.-The knockers of Congress and
their affiliations with the workers in the
printing office. who are compelled 10 handle
the many unintelligible speeches.
The speeches were interspersed by num-
her of vocal selections by Mrs. John Hum
phrey. p. NJ Becker. Mrs. b. h. Smart. Nj.
Harry Stevens and j. Walter hump hrey.
Mrs Elsie Bond Bischoff was the accom-
PIANIST.
The committee OF arrangements was COM
posed of Will f. Burchffeld, president; f.
n Whitehead. A. l.. Huss. G.. d. Ellis john
n Puryis Joseph Gibson. John A. Huston
r. c. Parsons. Harry \. Watkins, Frank d.
Smith and Cliff D. Scott.