The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
MUCH FUN AND MERRYMAKlNG
Guests Entertained with a furlesque
 Minstrel Show.
The Bassuet Hall was veritab,e Flower Garden In which Apple Biossons a.a Amerscaa
 Besuty Ro.e. rredemi-
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Washington. April 1.-The broiier of the gridiron club. that famous or ganization of newspaper men, was kept busy tonight serving up wit and humor at special dinner complimen- tary to the new Administration. given In the banquet hall of the New Wil- lard. 4 Care was taken that men prominent in the public eye got all that was com ing 10 them In the way of thrusts and iibes that kept the great assembiage i In conatant state of uproar. And then. too. there were some skits by an aggregation of scintillating stars that
 would have put to blush many who count themselves in the class of pro- 1 fessionais. s-h l Of course President Taft was there, as were Speaker Cannon. members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps. Senators and Representatives. men l high in the industrial and financial world. and plenty of others of distinc- ton. In the absence of President Henry Hall, who is just recovering from long illness, Vice President Scott c. Bone Of the Washington Herald, presided over the evenings doings. The onslaught on, the banquet room began when the clubs old-faah- toned dinner bell announced that everything was ready. As soon as the diners were seated, the room was lshrown into darkness while a musi- cal welcome was extended to the dis. tinguished guesfs. Then the mammoth electric sridiron flashed into view, lthe lights were turned on throughout the room and the fun commenced.
 Almost the first thing to greet the
 guests was a handbil1 distributed by some speedy messenger boys. ann0unc- ling that there would be great min
 strei show by ali-star performers. i'm lciudinR yocalists, comedians and cabi- met ofiicers. This nndoub tedly was the Init of the evening. In true minstrel
 fashiQn. with all, the accompaniinents of dusters and a more or isss discord- Isn't band. this troupe of club talent
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 show lwas clever imitation ef the I real thing even to the naminm of fhe l executive ataA. together &ffh ( sDsslAs sn0te by tho nnauageuent.' sxhich caif- ed attention 10 what wns to come and with the injunction that there should be no flowers
 | S nnslaw Thrcaxh Geergfa.
 Eating through 0sergia" was the
 opener andsit ran like this:
 I sing another song 9 About the trip that Taft once made. I when. with Digestion strong, l He ate his share of everything that they would bring along
 ''As we went eating through Georgia.
 We tackled the oppossum that they 1 took such care to bake.
 we didn't even draw the line af aili- gator steak ,s As we went eating through Georgia
 By Southern hospitality our hearts were surely won Y
 And we resolved to do the very best l that could be done.
 For Democrats and so we saved some pie for Dickinson
 "As we went eating through Georxia.s
 And the chorus-well it would grate
 on the nerves of a hungry man If he heard these words:
 "Hurrah -Hrrrah. We sound the ju. "Hurrah hurrah. Twas something fine to see.
 We put away three meals a day
 And some times three times three
 "As we went eating through Georgia"
 IueIe LnSn eHsuGd bOFtc LV6fy con- versation between the middlennan who posed as the Vice President" and the Speaker of the House." and the Cab met Ohicers" who composed the bal ance of the troup.
 After. good deal of spafring over what was the meaning of dead liter ature" and whether 1t referred to San scrit or Aztre. the end man declar- ed 1t to the Presidents Messages."
 Say. Mir. Vice President" a member of the cabinet" inquired, Do you re- member the morning when all those boilers blew up and scared a lot of peopie7'
 "oh, yes. tI remember It perfectly, but do not see why 1t should have scared anybody. It was merely big noise .N0
 "Yes, that was 1t. Everybody thought Mir. Roosevelt had come back"
 Please leave the dear old tourists alone; they're seeing things at night"
 was the title of song by James s.
 Henry, of The Philadelphia Press. '"rha wonderful soft pedal baritone" in
 which the trusts informed Attorney
 General. Wickersham that they were
 tired and sleepy. too. and appealed tc hlYr ta nut fhana In their liffla haAa