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so ashamed of it that he was merely
recorded as among the missing until
this morning. Then the secret Of his
guilt leaked out and he asked that his
name be withheld.
The party could not have conducted
itself better If it had been in charge OF
Sunday school superintendent Up TO
this time everyone has been on his
good behavior and Tom Grant says that
the honor Of the organization is being
upheld.
This explanation is necessary for sew
eral reasons. but particularly because
Of some pertinent or rather impairment
remarks made last night just before the
steamer Southland left its dock in
Washington.
Wives Not Pleased
Several members of the chamber were
accompanied to the wharf by their
wives. who were not at I'll satisfied
with the explanations Of their Husbands
as to why women would not be per-
mitted on the excursion. They believed
that the stag feature of the iunket was
cooked Up by the better half. In
self-defense, the husbands took the
complaining oness 10 the wharf and
steered them Up against the excursion
committee, consisting of Dan Callahan,
Tom Grant. and B. S. saul, the latter
I being chairman Saul explained in de-
tail TO each and every one d the women
that II was the policy of the chamber
to pull off these junkets unhampered
by skirts.
In his desire 10 clear the husbands
of deliberately euchering their wives
out Of a good time, he WaXed eloquent
as TO why men should be alone at times
and he soon brought down upon his
head the maledictions of the fair ones,
The arrangements by the committee,
the finely appointed new steamer, and
the weather all favored the excursion
lists. There was enough story telling
on board to make the Lambs Gambol
green with envy.
Appetites On the Job
Everyone took a healthy appetite on
the trip. and when Chaplin Brown went
below he found the Washington party
ordering pretty nearly everything on the
bin Of fare Brown looked panied, and
he proceeded to read his friends lee
ture on the evils OF gourmandizing.
Tine average American" said Browne
/ in tones Sufficiently loud to make the
! boss of the dining room TO frown, eats
/ too much Be eats too much at all
times. and ne is constantly abusing his
stomach when ne eats meat three times
a day.
Just tc show that ne was sincere in
! his observa tons, Brown Joined srouI
al one Of the tables and ate several
/ dishes of vegetables. At the table was
John J. Weaver with q whole fried
chicken in front Of him, and George
Janus who had about pound OF pOr'
/ terhouse steak on his platter
| Brown disposed 81 his vegetables ~
/ short order. and then looked lOngingiy
/ IN the direction of Weaver. Weaver
/ arose % the occasion. and asked il 3
hit Of chicken would interfere Wit
/ Browns views on the subject OF diet
Brown admitted that chicken was TIN
/ least harmful of all meats. and would
take a small piece. Weaver gave hin
half his chicken. and Brown disposed
OF 1t before Janus had made any
| headway on his steak.
Brown Eats Heartily
In ord sc TO save telegraph tolls We
/ wiz say that vegetarian ate a goodly
portion OF the poTterhOuse, shared an
| others salad, ordered some crackers
and cheese. a cup OF coffee and q slab
Of apple pie He admitted with q self
| satisfied smile that there were occs-
sjous when il was We'll to abandon 4
| Strict diet and Just 70 show that hf
/ apureciated the situation, purchased
! cordlals for al hands.