The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-31
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singing Tawney. jim Tsvney. jim TsvnrY
I His melody sad foated forth On the air,
{ Oh, Tawney. jim TaEnsy. jim Tawney.
+ When ne 90 I'D 10 Congress applying for cash
For nation that ought to be cutting dash.
There's 8 name that sends our expectations 70
smash
rs Tauney. i'm TzEnsy. jim TzEney.
Policeman and n WhiteTvask Man.
The big policeman. who has a bass
voice as deep and round as a well. came
next. with q musical offering. sung TO
the tune Of the poIieeman's song in The
President in the following words. 10 wit:
When our great Executive is ezeeutin'.
Executin'
some project that he thinks too long deferred
Loug deferred.
BE VII not indulge IN language hifaiutin
Hifslutin
he thinks he needs brisf and h0nsi7 word.
Honey word.
When IN ever massage dynamite is lurkins-
Mite Is lurking
II you muss dodge it isn't any fun.
When Roosevslt,s typewriter sets to working
Gets % working,
A committees 'oo is not h'D RI one
when they II to get T. r, upon the run,
A committees jo0 Is no, a happy one.
Happy one.
But look who's here. It's the white
wash man. Black OF face and with q
brush and pail al white with lime. he
looked Ike the real. sure-enough thing.
Is the mos important pusson IN de
whole investigator business" he said;
and then he sang song about the enor-
nous amount Of work which he had been
called upon 20 do. 1T took forty pals OF
whitewash for Archbold's letter files ne
conidentialIy informed the company: and
then he cid ragtime step TO the follow
ing chorus:
o the EhitsEssh mani
o the whftswash nan
II yu,T feelings are s-hurring. czn he help y0ui
Yes, he can
o the zhiteEash mani
o the EhitsEash nam
EEeJbody's flirting with the EhIteWash msn-
Finally the black-mustached detective
sang q song about sieuthing in general
and White House sleuthiug in particular.
and then the Secret Service men de-
parted one Of them went out on a hurry
call because II was reported that Nj
Loeb was en6esvoring 20 break into the
Cabinet Another squad went 10 protect
the letter boxes, IN order 20 keep Senator
Tilman from franking a grand piano. As
the men departed they were stu singing
that the height Of their ambition was to
be a sieuth.
Mr.. Fairbanks Musical Farewell.
For many years Vice President FAIR
banks has been welcome and an hon
ored guest at the dinners Of the Gridiron
Club. Il was with especial feeling. there
fore, that the club babe him q musical
farewell Very appropriately, the tune
was the familiar melody, ~On the Banks
OF the Wabash Far Away" and the plain
tive melody was set to the following
words:
Oh. his days in Washington are nearly numbered.
He win shortly turn has face unto TIE West:
From OFFICIAL care set free and unencumbsTed
Re viii rusticzte n long and needed Test-
Wen miss 50 much bis soft and JUICY speeches
And the dinners that he often used 70 give;
HIS form that unto heaven almost reaches
IN or memory vii ever fondly live.
The chorus was made most effective by
the assistance Of the quartet, whose
voices joined in this cheerful announce |
ment:
Oh. the cocktails they are growing IN the morning
And rne nItreTl1tiE = uDHlrE t1Tou-n Ire nay
They are waiting the return Of AIr. Fairbanks
On the banks Of the Wabash far away.
Mr.. Fairbanks reply was a sincere and
feeling tribute 20 the pleasant relations
which had always existed between him /
self and the club. He was assured, in /
return. that ne would always be a wei /
come guest at the clubs banquet table. 4
and that the laying aside Of his Official 4
mantle did not mean that he would not
be remembered with invitations in the 4
future.
Rooseveifs Good Dutch Name.
Nov listen and VII sing you a song q nan
you know fuu vel.
Rooseveits MS name
With the first line OF the song, as
warbled by a clear-voiced tenor, the at
tention OF the guests became riveted upon
the President Of the United states. who
had been laughing heartily throughout
the evening at the various skits. and Ebo
was now 10 be personally addressed In
song. The sOIoist did his part well He
told how ROosevelt's stunts were really
too numerous 70 mention; how the Presi-
dent made the air blue with the messages
he wrote to Congress; how Mr. Roosevelt
was bound 10 have something 10 saw
about everything on the face Of The earth.
and then he asked whether the wild
beasts Of the African jungle were really
rs. scared as they ought 70 be over the
news that Mr.. Roosevelt would soon be
IN their midst The refrain to the song.
which was given with much spirit, went
thusly.
Roosevelt Roosevelt,
FeIy god Dutch name
Roosevelt Roosevelt
mans Tor tie hall Of fzre.
Big stick You know Of Its
Oh, nay! We say good bye,
There never was nan named RooseTeit
That wasn't s-1ne President
Revising the Tariff.
This dinner established the fact that the
-aTif is local issue, with all apologies
70 Winfield Scott Hancock. whose ghostI