Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-23
Of GR|D|R0N
CLUB RUNS HIGH
President Taft Let Off Easy and
Enjoys Roasts on Other
Public Men.

Washington. Feb. l9.-That unioue
organization OF newspaper men. the Grid
IRON cIuh, entertained it's friends at din
ner last night, and 1t would be hard 10
tel which got the most fun out OF the
varied m"lange of wit and humor, Of
sense ana nonsense. that was poured
I"ith hy the guests or the hosts.
fhere were many men of high degree
among tie former; men of stern vlssgc
with faces lined with the burdens Of
Nfeat public charges and responsible
les; yet they laughed Ike schoolhoys
and chuckled and chortled with mirth
at the merry qulps and jests Of the
scribes that unfailinrly played upon the
foiblcs Of some of their own number or
hit off I'm "A roaring skit some fatal
weakness In the party policies.
And the hosts had that keen sense of
enjoyment that comes from a knowledge
mat one has purVeyed successfully 20
the utmost demands Of mind and mat
ter, ana has supplemented Il repast of
IN" most exquisite viands with n feas:
OF mingled humor and satire calculated
TO d infinite zest to the entertain
ment.
FIN FROM THE OUTSET.
Cridiron dinners differ from most
other formal affairs OF the table in he
fact that a guest does not wade through
% heavy course dinner clear down TO
the coffee and cigars and only then.
with brain more or lcss duI,od b,va 49,
opportunity to listen to floods of ora
FUN begins with the vorv soating - w.
guests and snartles ana cr,cklas ,hrorah
the dinner and interrunts co,,rsos ~
fashion calculated to drive chop ,o
distraction.
Last NIGHTS dinner was NO ovcertiou 20
the rule. for a,p,os, a, tho ou,.a, ,ho,n
was what anpoarod to be , hi,,or rau.
over the inuur,otior of pt.h,r, "
nrlben of tbc \ou vorr 49,
president in rresid, nva, ,bo drn.
of tlc Gridiror cI,h for ,ba ro,.
Quite unaware of onnos,,ion La ha,
terc, bis 900. a., .bd ,ar,. '"t
the Gridlror wre, no - S.
set bv the famous democrata %
Of Gftoer pocorso 49, 49,,
rr5crt,kcr "a r,, .ho h,,st,. -"
itorso of Commemorative. rnua.
an o...,,thu,,, ~ VI
riorr, ,nor .bana
sbactIae 70 douor.,-o,o rrha. 49,
6pht f., ono copsross cor a. w. a,
iv good srrako, fl, tbo ,ovt. the,. no,.
,x,cr Ied tbeir ambitions dos,srs
handed ia he inourrrated &c r~asiaan.
the Gr,diron ,lpb
The JAPANESE SCARE.
Scarcely had the committeo hea, n,a.
''eu d he,hg resolved into a hog
$1,000 ''9,Ule' "nen a
- 49, ',' = ayers
.o,rd ,ror hi, rar, W.
ron, ..5ha,tnr ,,,Ian. u Wv" "''
,U, ','"' O""'n'""H
vbite uousa ., "r,,,o nnn. ~ ~
mind whom Hon uitchcoo1 rafnnaa ~
nro,iod rri,h foo ~ hoa, :"
national committec" "nbonoaronh
-ecord showing long intervals ~ siaro.
n oyster bav, and "meosuronor,s 90
hole into which Co,rross
.hrows billion dollars oacb veor"
Inst who, tho oxci.a,non ra, ,
s was discovered tha. tho rsordn-sr.,
was Richmond Pearson Uohson 49,
Japanese war scare"
Blythe enough was the s,rirbtIv clark
Who announced to the diners thar the
had PASSED the r~coinrocItv hin
which he held in his hand But he ont
IN awful fgIr. n few minutes later 40 he
from, -. door ~ .ho conat.
hamber, with Its clothes I'm tatters his
lat knocked over MIS- evns and the march
nent of the bin IN shrcds .,ou that was
eft of reciprocity."
AN N>H' i'"hNl
Then for a moment the lining hall, with
T. eNPuis''eiy 'e"utiuI Moral embelhsh-
oat e1.. NV O'"DNre''' a'u
,n..,. taaa l'Nio ''U iiede"'
"'"''
,V,V' ii '"V'"rer iIteu MS
, 'e'''e 'iu u'scourseu
nun i"'S' an" 'H'H III urn with pun
W." "P'" pNO''0 me" ana measures
S"'ieNH Vi I"u8"'eF were heard as n
''' ''"'"~"' was directed upon
ne shr'hN'nS 'lc'"'S OF MS shafts or wit
u 'hpy were ea'h III oFder disclosed to
ihIhNlhE ina ne mao quoted all opposi-
ION III dlSpoSIhg OF The OF
.l'eeh' inc newly Installed president of
ne Gun ""u p'eh l"lI'd lnto false secur
heIoF' MS very eyes a big table was
Irean lk' magic In the open space be-
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