Connecticut western news., 1911-12-21
The Wupra Wurra Club

Parsons behind 1t with the prompter's book in his, hand. The Opening Ode was started in the treble clef by Post master Harry Holt but his voice cracked in three places on grace note in high C, in the middle of the first stanza, and he recited the rest of 1t on a tin whistle.
 When the regular order of business was called for, David Whittlesey stood up and offered a motion that a committee of six be appointed to arrange for a grand sleighride of the whole Club, Christmas eve, going to Great Barring ton for supper and dance and return ing by moonlight.
 Sam Camp said he had no objection to the sleighride, but he would suggest that a subcommittee be appointed to arrange for the snow and the moonlight.
 "Does the gentleman offer that as an amendment ?" asked the chair.
 "No sir" replied Sam, al offer 1t as a tribute to the democratic party"
 Frank Hitchcock said he had no choice In the matter at all, but would greatly prefer a Christmas tree with appropriate exercises, and let the sleighride slide.
 The motion was put to vote and dc feated. The vote Aye, 377 No. 64I. I Hitchcock then moved to- have a Christmas tree, with Ed. Warner for Santa Claus. Unanimously carried. Mr. Warner made a graceful speech of acknowledgment and said he would be glad not only to distribute the gifts, to all the members of the club, but to purchase them at his own expense.
 Henry Ives rose to a question. of per sonaI privilege. He said the reason he did not respond to the toast to. the Wurra Wurra Club at the Hawthorne ladies" banquet was because he thought it was up to the president of the. Club, Lester Adams, to respond, especially as somebody had referred to him. as, "ths belle of the ball"
 Lester got up and stated that so far as he was concerned the incident was closed.
 The fat member waddled to his faeh "Mister President" said he, "I, under stand it's, a. put up job with those mem- bers O this club that gifts invited out. t' keep it all t" themselfs an never make no report t tn club. They done it after tn Hawthorne dinner, an now they's ben lot of 'em down t Delmonico's as MT. Stoeckel's chloral union guests. am none of 'efrs don't show no disposition U make no. report. Jest tn same, | found out suthin' about what they done there, by one of 7em that don't b'long to, this club, nor the chloral union, but got a invitation on count O his looks--that7 what he thinks, any how. Wa'al this bragginf about tn great time he had, an this is what he tells me about 1t. Sex he :: 'When started firm hum, seN he, my sister told me not t make no. fool breaks at tn table, an to watch tn dominic an' Rob Peirce an Joe Parsons t see how they ct tn bill O fare. She sed mustn't touch a drop O. patty de fDy grass, but told her l guessed l didn't look green enough haMe'm take me fr a calf an put grass in front O me. She sed if they was any pdcular de licious dish on tn progum she wanted me t march myself right ott in tn kitchen an ask Mrs. DelmonSco fir thu receipt, but sed reckoned 1t was goin' t be busy time in tn kitchen, an Mrs. Delmonico. nor tn hired girl wouldn't want t be bothered. Wa'al got there jest fore tn dinner bell rung, an tn reception room was full O gentlemen in claw-hammer coats, an> tack-hammer coats, an MT. Stoeckel right in tn crowd joshin' with lem. an Mrs. Stoeckel she come in an shook hands with all of us an introjuced them that didn't know one another, an when she went out everybody voted her a corkin' good feller-an' I wanted t git up an hoorror fir Don Warner little later on, at th' dinner table when, after one O tn speech makers, complimentin' tn host, said, "They ain't only one Stoeckel," Don held up his hand an yelled, 1.-Two two !" in way that brought tn house down. But say, that feed was suthin scrumptious. They wasn't no patty de foy grass on the progum, but they was one ingredience on it that never happened t me b'fore, an that was "lsmb chops en papillotty." They come cooked in paper bags. was goin' t eat mine shucks an all, but I watched tn dominic i; when he got his, he grabbed up knife an stuck it an then skinned it. It struck me then that tn foy grass proposition wasn't so unreasonable after all, when a feller gets so he eats vittles out of bag. They was some good speechmakin' there, too. MT. Stoeckel-sumbody called himI "King Carl O tn Round