The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-31

Il was farewell TO President Roose-
Welt and Vice President Fairbanks-the
annual winter dinner Of the Gridiron Club
held at the New Willard Hotel last night
tt was not farewell foTever-sinoe 1t
IS expected that Mr.. Roosevelt and Nir.
Fairbanks win be honored guests at many
future dinners-but a farewell to them
Presidentiany and Vice Presidentialiy.
The club took occasion TO sing touch
ing song 10 each. and likewise bestowed
upou each Ct them Grldiron emblem
Of good fellowship, which viii serve 70
remind the recipients hereafter Of many
happy. csre-free evenings spent al the
clubs hospitsble board
Gridiron dinners are alike. and Yet
wholly unlike. No one function is the
counterpart Of another function, yet there
is the distinctive Gridiron element in all
n mem Each is generally accounted "A
little more enjoyable than its predecessor,
and this is because Of the element OF
tmeIiness which is the dominating feature
Of The Gridiroa dinners.
Statesmen, Jurists, Diplomats, ct al.
There were nearly two hundred guests.
and. as is always the case. the IRON in
cIuded many names that figure con
spicuously in the hall Of fame. Besides
the President and Vice President, there
zare ambassadors. justices Of the United
states Supreme Court. Senator's and Rep
reseutatives, editors and publishers from
a distance, men Of affairs generally, and
not a few representative citizens Of
Washington.
The great banquet hall with the grid
iron-shsped tables. was beautifully deco
rated and erubellished- The floral effects.
produced by Small. were exquisitely al
,racts+e. When the electric gTidir0n
flashed in the darkness at the opening OF
the dinner and the introductory song rang
ont. the guests settled IN their seats,
charmed by the environment and pre-
pared "a enjoy four hours Of fun With Just
enough seriousness interspersed now and
then 10 give balance to Il all
II would be impossible 10 single out any
one feature as the bright particular hit Of
the evening. There were too many OF
uniform high quality. First Of ali, i may
be in order. however. to mention the SOU
venir This wss IN the form Of an old
time almanac la Hostetter-ana the
remedy for ali ills which It exploited was
HsO. II the gridiron almanac was an
cient IN conception. Il was not ancient In
execution. It's jokes were not moth-eaten,
but ssasonable, timely tske-ofs on men
and things The pictorial accompanf-
msnts. supplied by the clubs own car
toonists. were replete with humor. Glance
at the reproduction Of some OF the pages
Of this almanac printed herewith and you
viii get an idea Of how It hit the mark
It is an almanac that VIII be treasured
by every participant IN the feast.
Jokes from Almanac.
Here are a few extracts taken at ran
dom ard less personal than some Of the
others:
Il IS stated BY good authority that SIX szzs are
coal in food value "a ore pound Of s.esk. and
sometimes = takes SIX messages from the President
n Est even With one report from the Perkins con-
uit.ee-
said CauseEie 10 Dalzen: We don't need TIA:
dur5 or Wool sny more; I'Te sold ny sheep
They zy the world IS round. and yet
! often think Il s1ua7e
So many little hurts Ee get
From coTEs7s here and there.
william Peters Her5rrz-
II r r. means Edward Rex. what doe.
IT. r. nsan2
Chewing The rag" Is = u5rese from the moderr
classics and mans a debate n the H0-se q ae7-e
sentsti7ss after receiving message fr0n the Presi
dent
NotiCe--(ieutlsmen who have been mentioned
fg tire Taft Cabinet vii march in procession Al
the inaugural. fs7Tninz Division . uDder Command
Of William Loeh, r.. who has been mentioned
most frequently
Oh. hear the money wizard swear!
His tale Is sad 70 tell,
Water -ateT everywhere
And rot a 6ror 10 sell