Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-12

through the medium of gigantic stom, ach pump.
 The Battle Royal" was mirth- provoking stunt. Members of the club clad in regulation ring outfits represent ed " Battling Nelson, the Rhode Island Terror" |" "Achilles Ballinger, the Si. wash Sirocco," "Gif Pinehot, the Fighting Lumber Jack, D "Joe Cannon. the Danville Bantam" and Herb Par. sons, the Candy Kid. ,"
 Before the mixup, which was very realistic, the cautious referee discovered concealed in the gloves of the gladiators various articles, such as Jumps of coal. axes, knives, pieces of steel, and the like, calculated to inflict mortal damage upon some of them.
 President Taft projected visit to Alaska formed a subject of humorous comment and great solicitude was also shown for his comfort and to make sure that his dietary would conform to his simple tastes the proprietor of the hotel where he IS to stop was called upon to state the viands to be prepared. The list of dishes and methods of prepara. tion afforded opportunity for many good natured jokes at the expense of the prominent guests. One man who wanted poaehed eggs on toast heard his order translated into cone CoollEssnd Peary on Raft. y Captain Archie Butt, who ordered hash with red pep pers and tabaseO sauce was astounded to hear the chef acknowledge it as "One Order of Roosevelt s Policies. p Attorney General Wickersham s demand for deviled Holsters with the claws re. moved got to the kitchen as cone Bust. ed Trust,o and cone Uncle Joe'' was the response to the suggestion that the president would like some ''possum v What the general opinion was of the president himeslf was unsteady set out by the Gridiron quartette in song, a verse of which ran: (The tune being 'I Love My WIfe, but Oh You Kid. ') Now Roosevelt once was president,
 Oh, yes, he was;
 But Mir. Taft now runs the job,
 Oh, yes, he does
 Roosevelt now has gone a hunting,
 Shooting with his might and main; So the politicians sing
 This musical refrain:
 CHORUS:
 We love, we love, we love Roosevelt,
 But oh, you Taft! He's gone away to-Af-ri.ca,
 But, oh you Taft! He said he would come back again,
 And thereupon we laughed, We love, we love, we love Roosevelt,
 But, oh you Taft!
 Then the correspondents voiced their groueh against news conditions under the present administration as compared. with that preceding. Messages were de- livered to the representatives of press Associations and leading newspapers complaining of the dearth of Washing ton news worthy of first page headlines and asking why the president was not l" giving congress fits, as had been customary for the past seven years. There were also wild telegraphic de- mands for details of the Roosevelt con spiracy that could not be met.
 The souvenir of the dinner was a "GridirOn Dream Book, y the produc- WoozingtOn Wiz. .p FlambOyantly bound, it's decorative scheme utilized, | along with the mystic Gridiron various symbols of the necromancer s art. Pro ceeding on the theory that the interpre ter of dreams should take into consid l eration the circumstances and tempera- ment of the individual, the favorite 1 dreams of various guests were men toned and their signifeances explained. There was also an Oraculum and Book | l.. .G aI f,,. ,,ae,I could be told and the sciences of physi l