The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
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being in Bermuda, could not be present
times during the evening. for his name
was mentioned more than once.
The decorations were, of course, su-
perb. Behind the chairs of the two Presi-
dents-Of the United States and Of the
Gridiron CIub-was a towering mass of
lofty ceiling, and surrounding an enor-
NOUS electric gridiron. Fragrant flowers
we're on the tables and the room was a
bower Of palms, the whole delightful and
striking floral ensemble-we reckon that's
a pretty good phrase-being the artistic
handiwork OF Small. Even the musicians
Of the Marine Band were almost hidden
behind a wealth of floral decoration, so
that the handsome figure of Lieut.. San
telmann looked like a colored picture in
an illustrated song.
Flashing the Great GridIron.
Suddenly darkness fell. not upon the
earth, but on the banquet hall. President
Garthe broke the silence with a few
happy words of welcome, flashing the
great gridiron as an accompaniment to
his greeting. Meanwhile the quartet had
warbled, so that the dinner was now
fairly begun. As an evidence OF good
faith. the guests were allowed to sip their
Ice water and commence on the oysters.
But a Gridiron dinner is not an occasion
where you sit and eat for two long hours
and then sleep during two hours more of
long -winded speeches. Not a bit Of it.
There is something doing every minute.
Therefore, even before the soup was
served. there was another stunt. From
that time until the bells merrily chmed
the hour of midnight-pipe the merry
chime'-the fun was fast and furious.
IT was the best dinner ever! Somehow or
other, that's what everybody says at the
conclusion OF each Gridiron feast.
Now the battle of Armageddon was
no; wait bit. Hasten not. Preserve your
soul in patience, for here are two new
members to be admitted. They are Ed
ward b. Clark. correspondent Of the Chi
cago Evening Post. and Charles p. Key
ser, correspondent Of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. Their initiation brought in
The Sons Of the Landslide
of the club swathed in bandages and
hObbling on crutches. and imPersonating
''UncIe joe Cannon, Cy SulOway. Muir
ray Crane. Nick Longworth, Representa-
tive Mckinley. and a few others of the
noble army of martyrs. President Taft
al tod in hIf
he was a buoyant. weIl-dressed. and de-
lghtfuIly happy appearing person. There
was much harmonious dialogue between
these sons of the landslide. and the fact
that Utah and Vermont gave their cleo
toral votes to Taft was thus COmmemo-
rated in limerick verse:
Every mans a standpatter in Ute,
And his ten wives are voters to boot
= They all went daft
Z over William II. Taft.
Hes the biggest man next to Reed Smoot.
In the Green Mountain State, rccUllec'
Old Taft won out by neck;
= An we'd elected him
Fl they hadn't neglected him
In fUrty-siX States. by heck.
Bull Moose TOreRdor.
like to know how. when. and where the
battle of Armageddon was really fought.
We'll. the gentle reader must gently
wait TIL" battle of ArmageddOn will be
fought in due time-or long about the
punch and salad or the roasted quail
course. and thus far We have not got be
SOnd the terrapin. This is the particular
moment WHEN the musical talent of the
club projects itself into the arena 1t
Is some talent and some arena, for il
presents 4 travcsty on Carmen" with
q bull mouse night instead Of a bull fight
The toreador Of the occasion was Don
Jorge W. Porkinsario. the champion bull
mouse trainer of the world" He asked
permission to take Americas Bull Moose
10 Mexico.
The President of the United States"
said President Garthr assures me you
can have him. and welcome" Whereupon
much laughter, in which Mr.. Taft
heartily joined.
Carmen announced that her real
name was Popular Applause and executed
a song and Spanish dance 50 cleverly that
Uncle Joe Cannon thought the singer
vas real lady Don Roberto Lafollettio
and Don WoOd-rah- rah rah-rio Wilson
also appeared. together with Don HiIles.
Don Jorge and Don TaftiO.
The libretto Of the operetta was clever
all the way through. with considerable
truth and philosophy expressed in the
lines Here Is an ,Nt-aCt
DON CHAMP:
know the way to get that Moose so grim
on him?
II they did that I'd have a good excuse
For saying, Go it Bill, go 1t Bull MOose!''
CARMEN:
But where's Don Taftio. That's the man
BY far the worthiest matadOr of all!
DON JORGE:
Don TaftiO's good fighter, people say.
CARMEN:
Too good for any rough and tumble fray;
Frank and fOrbearing and inclined to
show
A liberal mind 10 an ungenerous foe.
This little message he has paused to write
I'm playing golf. Let Hilles run the
Yet he's the kind of man l hate to see,
Fonder of duty than he is of me.
When the Bull Moose fell, stabbed |
with Latin conjugation,' medical aid |
was summoned. DIR. Lyman Abbott" ap- |
Deared .Oh doctor this RuU MooSe cap