Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13

d1hiy Went out and President Henry an
nounced that the club and tho CO rpany
Wele IN darkest Africa. Terrifying rows.
as Of wild beasts in the iunylc were
heard. Then sudden sunrise in southern
Sehee gambia was arnoCnced ard the
.ignts went up disclosing small tent
before which stood Zulu with q spear,
an orderly In uniform and man dressed
IN khaki. who was desienat as an audi
TOT. The vigorous tlatter Of a typewritns
machine within the tent and staccato
sentences or some one debating told the
story of what was going on inside Re
tween every sentence the auditor tailed
up the earnings of the one who was die
tatlhg at the rate of dollar word. The
messages were addressed to Scribbler's
Magazine and to the Lookout.
At frequent intervals the literary work
paused, while shots were heard. ana the
Zulu would dash into the Jungle and
emerge with the supposed prey One of
the ANIMALS killed was bongo which
was described by the lHterateur hunter as
rare ana metfculous animal. which
bucks the line hard and. does not finch.
The description continued:
Trophies Of the Hunt.
The Bongo runs with surprising agil-
ity UP the steepest mountains and leaps
hthely from crag to crag. 1t wades
through ICY water and will not go in
when it rains. 1t climbs precipices and
jumps over declivities. 1t walks fifty
miles and shouts with glee It's feet
never get sore, nor does it gather adipose
tissue 1t would rather ford a creek than
SIT In swivel chair. There are very few
6ongos in the army and navy
The next victim was a ''Whiffiebuff,"
which was described as formerly "a
ruthless. merciless pitiless. ravenous ami
NAL 1T resembles an octopus, but also
has the leading characteristics of male
FACTOR or great wealth and a predatory
plutocrat and devoured rebates greedily
1t is now SO tame it will eat out of your
hand.
All these trophies were photographed
by the orderly Then two shots were
fired
Bully. got them BOTH cried the hunt
donkey and toy elephant. The writer
described them follows
Il have Just secured two fine specimens
One is an Elephantus Cop oribus. have
owned and managed the United States
prototype for many years past AS
matter of scientific interest l note that
the African Elephantus G1O-P- oribus has
not the initials T. r. on it's flank. indicat-
ing ownership, which I shall have cor
rected at once. The other specimen is
the Assinorum democratimus, which we
slaughter once every four years, regu-
larly. in the United States
The hunter then commented upon the
prospective new President of the United
otutcS dIiu LdOt d lew Suggestions ABOUT
policies which ought to be carried out.
Several typewriting machines had been
smashed during all of this and the order
ly announced that there We're no more
machines in Africa. whereupon the hunt
err declared 1t was time to go home and
the party broke camp.
The souvenir of the dinner was q mini
ature steam roller. In nickel suggestive
of the alleged methods of National Chair
| man Hitchcock in the campaign for the
al {~ot
ceiving one.
The menu follows:
The Menu.
Canape New Willard
Cotuit Oysters
Celery Pimolas Radishes Nuts
Gumbo Creole, Strained
Filet of Potomac Bass, Joinville
Cucumbers
Sm1thheld Ham with Spinach
Terrapin Maryland
Gridiron Punch
Virginia Quail en- Casserole
Grapefruit Salad
Ices la Murphy
Cakes
Coffee
Martini Cocktails
Haul Sauterne
Meet and Chan1on Imperial Crown Brut
Apollinaris
Cigars
Cigarettes
Guests Of the Club.
The guests of the evening were:
The President Of the United States.
The Vice President Of the United States,
The next President Of the United States.
w. H. Taft.
The next Vice President of the United
States. J. s. Sherman.
W. w. Abel. Baltimore Sun.
Alvey A. Adee:. assistant secretary of
state.
Nelson w. Aldrich. senator from Rhode
Island.
Milton E. Allies, Washington, d. c.
Sherman p. Allen, New York Herald.
Gist Blair, Washington, D. c.
Henry l.. Bodham, Birmingham. Ala.
Charles II. BoyntOn, New York. n Y
Charles G. Bennett. secretary of the
Senate.
George W. Brown. Boston, Mass
Joseph w. Babcock, Wisconsin,
Frank N. Barksdale. Pennsylvania rail-
road.
A. ]. Eeveridse, senator form Indiana
Timothy f. Byrnes. New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad.
Ernest p. Bicknell, Washington, D. c.
Arthur Blanchard. Washington. D. c.
Jonathan Bourne. jr, senator from Ore
s. E. Buchanan, Brooklyn II. Y.
A. S. Burleson, representative from
Texas.
Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Francis Carolan: Buringame, Cal
Fred w. Carpenter, Washington, d. G.
Paul Charlton. Washington, D. c.
William NJ Collier, United States minis
ter to. Spain.
John Condict Carpenter, Washington,
D. G.
w. II. Coolidge. Boston, Mass.
Alfred ]. Clarke. Washington. d. c..
Champ Clark. representative from Mis-
souri,.
II. w. Child. Yellowstone Park Wyo.
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago, Ill.
John DalZell, representative from Penn
sylvania.
Sidney w. Dean, Boston Herald.
Joseph H. Dickinson, New York.
F. c. Ellison, Ohio.
James Elverson. jr., Philadelphia In
quirer.
Clarence II. Edwards. brigader general,
L. s. A.
" G. Fischer Washington, d. G.
George Harrison Frazier, Philadelphia.
John A. Fox, Blytheville. Ark.
~ ". V. Franchot, Olean, N. Y.
Nathan Frank. ST. Louis. Mo.
w. F. Frear. Governor of Hawaii.
Morgan f. Gable, Pittsburg. Pa.
T. M. Gale. Washington. D. c.
Jacob II. Gallinger. senator from New
Hampshire.
James r. Garfield. Secretary of the In
terror.
Charles c. Glover. Washington, D. c.
Arthur P. German. Maryland.
II adj nh ia