Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
sT0RHELLERs ARE
FULLY ORGANIZED
HELD A SECRET SESSION LAST
NIGHT.
At the Coliseum and at The American
Kitchen.

The first grand banquet of the
Storytelers club was successfully
launched last night through misrep-
resentation and fraud and all that is
necessary to its success is to main
tain the same delightful satire
throughout it's career. For what is
storytelling but telling stories. and
what better season can there be for
it than the rollicking. thOughtless sum
mer time. The Storytellers club was
born last Saturday night in a dark
room in the Hotel Adams Annex, Har-
ry WEIGH secretary of the board of
trade being it's father and p. ID. Low
ell. mine host of the Annex being its
mother dozen other kin-folks of
doubtful consanguinity We're present
both at the birth and the christening
which occurred simultaneously to save
trouble
To make it as brief as possible, the
kindred spirits who have no other
home except the Annex and whose
sweethearts and wives are on strike,
have been finding the summer nights
ia bit dull and for a time found amuse-
ment in telling stories to each other.
But eventually the stories became worn
out by re-telling and it became neces-
sary to infuse new blood into the
social circle and the Storytellers club
was thereupon organized. 1t has no
initiation fee, no dues, and so far as
can be learned, no officers, except
those who by weight of personality
rule on each occasion as the condi-
tons Indicate The Saturday night
hllf a
trifle tame, there was something lack
ing of the rollocking summertime
flamboyancy and it was resolved to
hold another stated convOcation next
Thursday night.
The bacilli once gaining foothold
in the Annex. the cultures developed
with marvellous rapidity and last
night about milking time after Mr.
Lowell had put the chicken to bed.
brought in the coal, covered the house
plants from the frost and finished up
all the little chores about the house
he decided to take the Storytellers To
the Coliseum and did SO. assembling
the stragglers by means of the tele-
phone After the show which was en-
joyed of course, he invited them To
re-assemble at the American Kitchen
where Chef Louis Francois d'Chung
Sing had prepared a special banquet
of many courses. all of them consist
ing of Chow Min, a delicious dish well
known in his native land before he
cut off his queue and became
Frenchman.
The banquet served. Mr. WEIGH
arose and explained to the new mem
bers the purpose of the society which
is the legitimate successor of the
Summer Widower's club. except that
the by laws have been amended so
the club can accept the membership
of those who ought TO be GUNNER
widowers; that is, who ought to be
married so they might hope to be
come summer widowers. The emblems
of the order were displayed. the jaw
bone, the broken pen and the thread,
and all were properly toasted. A toast
was drunk to Governor Sloan, who
had been given the position of guest
of honor at the end of the table
party out of courtesy and respect and
partly because the governor said he
had been under the doctors care for
week. had been ordered not to eat
anything and wanted to keep out of
the reach of temptation.
Responding to the toast the COVER
nor said that he felt offended at being
referred to as a guest for when he
came he had understood that he was
full member, albeit he had paid
nothing so far, did not know what
was expected of him and sincerely
hoped that someone had settled for
the banquet which he said tasted fine
L n4ara
speech was broken into long enough to
elect him to membership, whereupon
he proceeded to Iaud the very fine
spirit Of the club and his pride in his
membership. He said he had no
story to tell but would try and FIND
one by the next meeting.
A reporter for The Republican who
had been inveigled into the American
Kitchen by the colossal story that
man had been desperately hurt there,
listed those in attendance for the
benefit of the secret service and found
the following gentlemen present: F.
L. Magee, j. B. Gillespie. p ID. Low
ell. Gene Stuart, T. w. Kemp. Harry
Welch, s. A. Goodwin, c. B. Bow
man. ]. B. Grand H A. Diehl, Gov
ernor r. f. Sloan, Dwight B. Heard,
A. Wiltshire, ]. F. cleveland. DIR.
Godfrey, d. E. Godfrey. C. M. Baers-
dorfer W. l.. Slocum, H. G. Godfrey.
w. p. Marine. Captain Carter, mot
Nick.) w. s. Wright, c. S. Scott,
Henry George. c. f. Bergman, w.
L. Carver. C. P Munger, w S. Colds
worthy. f. T. Hazlett, f. T. Ceilings.
A. w. Lautz, f. f. Kirkland, f. L.
Roberts