The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-07
A. BENNETT SUPS AND PAYS
DUTCH TREAT CLUB GIVES A
FULL DRESS DINNER.
MIR. Z. Cobb Persists In witticIsms De-
spite Rudeness OF lO8 Immortais-
How TO Live on Forty -eight Hours
Hay II Revealed by Mr. Mick irwin.

Hay Il Revealed by Nr. Mick Irwin.
Arnold Bennett according to who's
Who" it's Enoch Arnold Bennett. maste
oflEngish proee) was dined last night at
Keens Chop House by the Dutch Trea
Club, a group Of young men who paid
$50 for their own meals and made Mr..
Bennett pay for his. Hence the name -
the Dutch Treat Club. Rough stun, say
your But they got away with it.
To repeat. dinner was given by the
Dutch Treat Club last night for an English
reporter well known as Arnie Bennett,
who is here TO report. Music and games
were INDUCED in until n late hour 4
delightful collation. of cup cakes and iced
cream was served. At late hour all
dispersed voting that delightful time
was had 10y each and every one and all
I. Cobb presided. Everybody around
the festive board wore full dress suit
and evening pants with satin stripes.
Several dinners already had been held in
New York this season, but the sl.50 one
last night at Keen was the first full dress
afair Of the season In fact many of the
boys around Dukes tobacco store in
Broadway had a lot of fun between q
and O'Clock last night az the fellows
came out Of their boarding houses headed
for the dinner The lrwins and Tom
Mason and Mr.. Cobb all had on entire
full evening dress Tom Mason. presi-
dent Of the Dutch Treaters. tried to hand
over the gavel to l. Cobb with a few choice
remarks when the coffee came on, hut an
interruption happened in the form OF
: verses Of the song known AS For He's a
jolly Good Fellow
Let me go into history" persisted MIR.
Mason. Il recall"
Cheese" remarked voice. Forget
1t. kid; forget it."
And 50 for long time nothing happened
except Interruptions
II might be mentioned here that among
those present were even more distin =
guished persons than those already
listed The Dutch Treat Club. as perhaps
YOU already have had the good fortune
} 10 know. is made up of persons who make
their living BY their wits folks who write
: and draw and edit and 20 forth and get
, together every Tuesday at Keen's Chop
= House for luncheon and pay their own
, checks Tom Mason has brought in
, William J Locke for instance. Mr. Locke
: ordered about ~ cents worth Of grub.
Mr. Mason ordered the same. Mr.
: Mason paid his check. So did Mr. Locke.
That is the rule
Last night there we're present so many
\ celebrities they're all celebrities that
= only few Of the lo6 can be listed.
f To begin with. of course. there was
o old Arnold Bennett. guest of honor. Arm
1 sat at the right OF Tom Mason. AT
q Mr.. Benefits right was George Doran.
. his publisher. Then spread on either
side were Rupert Hughes, the lrwins-
Wallace and Will-Orson Lowell, the
illustrator; Burgess Johnson. Col. John.
ston. Jim Montgomery Flagg. old Bill
Inglis. Trumbull White. the new editor
, Of Ererpbody's. and his predecessor. John
u q Hara Cosgrave; Ray Brown, art editor
of the Ridgway publications; A. F.
e Thomas, the playwright; William II
n Walker an artist from Pittston. Pa.
n John Wolcott Adams, Gellett Burgess
Grant Richards. the London publisher
George Barr McCutcheon, Frank Craig
~ the English illustrator; {. ID. Williams
n another illustrator; Douglas Doty o.
10 the Century. another illustrator named
- Al Levering of New York and King anc
a. Bartlett Lake, Me; sam Merwin, Arthur
81 Stringer, Harvey j. O'Higgins. Frederick
s Dorr Steele. jerome Ja--Oh, what's th'
< use
d James Montgomery Flagg drew pic.
- lures of the speakers as they spoke. .
ie MIR Bennett recently arrived on th'
ir Mauretania" began Mr.. |. Cobb. and hi
d books arrived simultaneously on the
a Lusitania. Much laughter at the i'm
~ promptu witticism. Although he Il
'r English. Mr.. Bennett writes and speak
n our language. Now the fact that hav'
been called upon to speak does not in th'
least remind me of the following story
Applause. Once upon time there wa
To colored girl" began the toastmaster
10 who comes from Paducah Ky,
| a nINy nd hnt
r. Mr.. Cobb told a delightful story about I
y; colored maid who quit her job for I
ld ridiculous reason.
Will Irwin followed. Mr.. Irwin pre-
dicted that if Mr.. Bennett persists h,
}. will forget himself some day and try Il
write a play. And that road it was sug
~ gested, leads to even worse. Mr.. irwin
- predicted further that some day soor
Mr. Bennett also will try to write novel
y Much applause.
or Rupert Hughes. who has written
n some time. Everybody liked IT. Their
10 Wallace Irwin got the floor. As a matter
Il, Of fact everybody had the floor any time
e. but most Of them asserted their right'
from a sitting position. Wallace Irwin
m stood upright and lowered above the pro
-, testers. who were seated.
le Mr.. Irwin had as a subject. How t
k. Live in New York on Forty-ei Hour
z. Day" He proved that it could be done
n What he proved only he knows. but al
:, agree that he proved it,. When he toll
y, OF the chorus girl OF forty years ex
ID perience" the house was especiall
70 touched 1t was pitful. One wa
y worried TO learn that every New forke
,e earns twice as much as he earns and spen
., as much as that"
" Having disposed Of these lrwins," in
n terrupted MIR. l. Cobb. well now g
as ahead and have a pleasant evening"
@. After that star after star twinklec
,e according to the telephone message
=. which arrived In the newspaper Office
he late at night From all accounts III
ne Dutch Treaters just kept on raising II
~ deuce until almost sunup and ever
10 celebrity present except Mr. Arnol
-, HBennett got chance TO make speech.