Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13
GRIDIRON CLUB GETS
GAY WITH PRESIDENT
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the popular chairman of the. inauguration
committee.
Who got stun- election day.
There was a moment of silence as the
singer paused and then from far cor
ner of the room came a loud noise
through Il meyaphone. 1t sounded al
though some one said Norman F.. Mack
Then there was a take-of on CONGRESS
and the quartet solemnly chanted the
fact that the country would manage &c
keen ND with the procession. even after
the men now in Congress had departed
into private life. This led the way tc
a song about President Roosevelt whicl
was
Good bye Roosevelt: goodbye. Roosevelt:
Goodbye Roosevelt. you're going to leave III
Merrily you'll roam away, roam away. ran
Merrily you'll roam away. over TO Africa
The electoral college. having exhausted
its repertoire Of college songs. formally lsaI,
declared that Taft and Sherman were
elected. and the stunt ended with the
good old Yale chorus
Here's to Mister Taft; drink him
down..
The college youths also had a yell. Here
it is:
raft! Taft! Taft! Steam roller! Steam
roller. Steam roller! Who-oo-oo-oo!
Novitiates Qualify With Credit.
Three new members were initiated. LIE
roy r. Vernon OF the Chicago News. w.
s. Couch, Of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
and Edwin NJ. Hood of the Associated
Press To prove their fitness for mem
bership the novitates had been required
to do a world beating newspaper stunt
The Emperor of China, the Sultan Of
Turkey and the Emperor Of Germany
we're interviewed as to the sort of ruler
his country needed. According to the
report by one Of the .novitiates the En-
peror of China had declared:
China needs another Confucius. I am
unable to cope with the situation. A press
agent ruler could whip the opposition to a
FRAGILE A National Ananias Club is de-
manded We must have endurance tests
for army and navy weaklings: tennis
court to amuse the infant: a steam roller
spear that knows no brother; a man
who would speak softly and carry a big
stick.
I'VE need man who will not permit an
infant or a reactionary to rule. We must
have a ruler who will give us consti-
tutional government and then forget the
constitution. If anywhere in the western
world there is at this time ruler out OF
a job who would like to modernize our
government he can learn something to his
interest by addressing me at the Imperial
Palace, Peking.''
Another new member reported the sui
tan as saying to him:
"A more vigorous boss for US. That is
the Mussulman's daily prayer I am out
of date. The Balkans slip away. An
other Suleyman Magnificent. another
Mahmud, another vanquisl1er of crusaders
we mus. have in one. Beside him Alex
ander. Caesar Peter the Hermit, Richard
the Lion Hearted shall look like four lead
dimes. My Turks clamor for circus
your unemployed. let him come to us
Let the faithful robe him in scarlet and
gold. Let them seat him in my hall OF
the great divan. May he live and reign
a thousand years"
Emperor William. according to another
new members report, was feeling badly
He declared to the correspondent:
"Our troubles have come from my PEG.
pie expecting too much. 1 have given ny
the blood and iron Of Bismarck and the
military genius of Won Moltke. have
composed waltzes and ballads, sailed q
yacht and formed a battle line.
81 have tried to swim a creek In mid.
winter and climb a jutting mountain crag
All my efforts. including my discussion Of
social and international questions. have
brought howls Of derision from my PEG.
pie. What secret of success has the
greatest ruler Of all time? Gladly would
l surrender to him my scepter and my
reichstag."
1t was declared that the novitiates had
rendered service to the world at large anG
the Gridiron Club and they were accord
ingly formally admitted