The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
MED BRACE WRITES ABOUT GREAT
 ANNUAL GRTDTRON CLUB DINNER

Throughout the months. in the regular almanac style, rain. snow and sunshine were depicted on various days
 The guests. however, had hardly been seated before the retiring president of the club announced that MT. Hall, the new president, had not been properly inaugu- rated and as 1t was near the inaugural season he would proceed to do so. Pro- ducing a big stick and carrying in his other hand the golden jeweled gridiron, the badge of the president of the club, he proceeded to give him some timely advice in regard to the use of both. The dinner then proceeded until member discovered one whom he said was a stranger and uninvited sitting at the table. The stranger was ordered to stand up, and when asked who he was and waht he was doing at the dinner, he replied that he had been invited to att tend the Ananias club dinner, and when told this was not that clubs dinner. but the Gridiron club, h, replied that he could hardly be mistaken, for he saw about the table many members Of the Ananias clr0 alsH .a ssers as well as men who ceri81. oaaas = he mem bers. FinaI. aaa a#eesHe ss club declared that ! aas . wly elected member o. g. GalaHaa eaa 1 must be excused l Ha ' inistaking the name On as chr sAis was his first dinner Tf sHa #a# then accepted and allowed lssz a# seat
 During the evening another Inter-.
 occurred by the appearance of a pA
 boy bearing card and claiming that a gentleman was outside and claimed that he was member of the club and desired to enter. The caller was allowed to come into the banquet hall and he was discov- cred to be Pittsburg newspaper man, and he was put through a series of ques- lions in regard to his doings and con- nections with the Smoky City. He de- nied any connection with the recent ex- posures of graft and was finally identified as a recently elected member of the Gridiron club, and he was allowed to take his place at the table. The third initiate was brought into the banquet hall and told that he must prove his abil- ity to be a newspaper man. and imme- idately proceeded to interview some of the distinguished men at the table He finally stopped, but exclaimed in a tri- umphant voice, as he was being hurried from the room, that he had gotten all he wanted, and produced a lot of proofs, saying: i've got my interview with MT. H. IT. Rogers already in type and that gentleman has corrected it in his own handwriting by inserting the words: Loud applause, laughter and hearty cheering in places throughout his speech" Before the man was taken from the room he, too,, was identified as newly elected member and was allowed to take his place. AS this was the last Gridron dinner which the President of the United States will attend as Presi- dent. what purported to be the Presl- dents last political will and testament was read. In 1t he disposed of the White House, Congress, My Policies. Mir. Loeb and the Big Stick, his Tennis cabinet and other political bequests to various mem- bers of the incoming administration. The quartet sang parting song to MT. Roose- welt, which caused great applause.
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 Following this a loud voice through megaphone from one end of the banquet hall began reading bulletins of the pro- gress of the battle between the White House and Congress. voice at one end of the hall would announce what had been done at the White House while an- other from the other end of the hall would give the reply from Congress. As the voices died away the hall became dark