New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
cR[DIRON CLUB ADIEU
-,pFWELL TO PRESIDENT.
o,,;,,s and Jests Entertain Nearly
200 Distinguished Guests.

,.-,n lar. so-FarevceT TO President Roose-
- Eice-President Farbanks-in their official
,,s-z oniy-was said 10 them tonight by the
.-s GO, t7ridiron Club OF Washington newspaper
fSn'- IT,. occasion was :he annual winter dinner
nc cluh There were nearly two hundred
and rs IS always the case. the roll IN
- many well known narnes-ambassadors. Jus
:. ,be supreme Court OF the United States.
sE,. officials Senators. Representatives, eoltors.
--..ba-s end men of affairs generally
p.o---s far from sad affair, although the oc-
rs Of a farewell nature. Gridiron dinners
= s-A sad AS the President and Vice-Presi-
-. xrs-s the guests Of honor. so they came in
oe- .-,-ofnence in the fun Of the evening While
- ,e-a the butt Of many OF the Jokes and skits.
- - ,rss every evidence that they enjoyed that
iH - re entertainment Just much as when
% .,s-s were aimed at others OF the notable
guests 49,. ,,.. ,,,o,+ ,o,,s-
-. .ora.rv showed its effect on the club. AS the
-.-,- ~ the dinner the guests received HaO'
,r,.+,-atea G-idiron alnnaEacs, published by the
--.z,-o, Water Wagon Press" Between the COW
.bsrs Was no remedy given for statesmen.
.-,eiists real newspaper men. noiycoddles and
.1s4sctors Of great wealth other uah pam
20 Ii this almanac the Teddy bear" formed
= ,-+rs Of the signs Of the zodiac, while the
- u -osuction was marked forwarded TO
sss IS special message No E32S2S2S2323
70 rr,ests observed particularly that a totai
-.-sa ,s due early in March and will be viewed
- ~ o+s- T2av" A list OF forecasts for every day
s41 -. y, one section CT the almanac, but the
o.-ica1ious Gid not extend beyond March <
- reason for this. 1t was explained. was that
F-e- the fourth OF March there is no telling what
vii happen . -,
ro- ,l7e information Of some OF the guests the
,--sc contained a notice stating that men ''Tnen-
-, Co. the Taft Cabinet would march In pro-
as.io- st the inauguration, forming division No
- 1nder william Loer. !rr who has been men
-faned most frequently
.RrrIETINs FROM GREAT BATTLE
re President and Ihe Senators and Represent
-+,-sx present showed signs OF interest as mega
-. nan announced bulletins from the great
.+rIs. This battle. advertised on hand bills scat
80 through the room. proved to be q fight be-
,-sen President Roosevelt and Congress
-be inauguration OF Henry Hall, correspondent
- .s-ha pfttshurg Chronicle-Telegraph, as presl-
=. - he club afforded the retiring president,
- : Henry OF The Philadelphia Press" an
--,,-4-v 10 give the new Official some fnstruc-
-5a,s- The new president took the oath with his
,..- s--n raised and two fingers crossed, swearing
.,s- he would keep the Ananias Club in nour1sh-
,,r condition ride uinety-eight miles day ana
tseo Congress On its reservation
TIE dinner was well advanced when the nghts
,5se-lv vent CIT Amid the darkness and 70 the
,,co7-nz-;-1en- of weird piano air, there was
.4rrHe q feet and IN rhythm came a sioilant and
-,vste-ious .sh-sh-sh- The Secret Service sleuths
.on EXPLAINED that the sleuths were trying to
<,5 c,- -f1st Cong-essu1en did with their $500
-.s- Chief Bike admitted that he had de-
serted 10 counterfeiters. bct added that he had
discovered 8 few four-fushers The sleuths then
rang their reperto-y including songs about sleuth-
t,g n general and White House sleuthlng in par-
-t-7is- Finally the squad separated. one party
eoing our TO protect the letter boxes IN order to
keeo Senator TtIirnan from franking q grand
piano"
Al anothe- stage Of the dinner. an interruption
4zs made % revise the tariff Representatives
Payne, Of New York; DaIzel. Of Pennsylvania and
Clark q Missouri, were discovered seated at
table Announcement was made that the House
Committee on Ways and Means was In session to
hsar evidence concerning the tariff. and God Save
ne United States added the herald. The climax
~ Andrew Carnegfe's testimony came when he
demanded 70 know what reason there was for
tsrfr OF steel now that he had gone out Of the
business
4 quartet Of members told vioe-Presdent Fair
hanks II song that IN the clubs memory his tall
form would ever live. The chorus Joined in sing
ing 10 the tune Of on the Banks Of the wabash
On The cocktails. they are Growing in the morning
and the butterrniIk is flowing through the hay;
On the banks Of the Wabash, far away.
ROOSEVELT. GOOD DUTCH NAME"
song about Roosevelt good Dutch name
closed with the observation that There never was
znaa named Roosevelt that didn't make q id
fns President"
A number Of members appeared the Presidents
spDntTy Efe commission Some startling dis
oovees were made by these frock-coated. college
6sgree-plastered gentlemen They found that the
Principal ingredient Of milk is water, that ancient
eggs sold to city folks strictly fresh and
that -cpeaHork plumbing is confused IN the rural
mind with openwork shirtwaists'