Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
WILEY BOOM LAUNCHED
BY HIS CLUB FRIENDS
Pure Food Expert Formally
Acclaimed Candidate for
National Presidency.

Members of the Cosmos Club. all friends
Of DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, last night gave
a dinner in his honor in the large dining
room of the club 1t was rather re-
markable tribute to the former president
of the club and noteworthy in other re-
spects. a feature being the launching Of his
national presidential boom on what may
be termed a pure food platform This
scientifically sterilized movement was
chrstened with champagne near the
close of the dinner, the little craft Sin
cere Esteem that is to develop into a
majestic ship Of state, with DR.. Wiley at
the helm, gliding down the ways creased
by the plaudits of its sponsors into the
antisepticized waters of friendship. SFor
was it not sung:
conservatives, insurgents and all other
sorts of men,
Whom politics may breed these days,
We meet with now and then;
But when the final vote is cast and
Wen find that Dr.. Wiley Is our nations
President.
Topical Songs, Also. -
In addition to singing DIR. Wiley's
praises, the members proceeded to "Sing
Song of Borax. Bottle Full of Rye and
also a little ditty concerning a celebrity
Of the nursery, which went something
like this:
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,
Eating his benzoate pie,
He put in his thumb
When pain in his 'tum'
Made him say,
What a sick boy am II"
The menu was prepared with view
Of making the guest of honor feel per-
fect1y at home, the soup being described
as "potage benzoique," the sea trout
being under the head of pois SION and
the filet mignon "a la formaldehyde"
Mild sarcasm and good-natured raillery
characterized the remarks of those
called on by POSTMASTER Henry u.
Davis. all however. beng couched in a
eulogistic vein. The speakers included
Justice Wendell P. Stafford, F. A.
Richardson, Mgr. William r. Russell.
Prof. Charles r. Munroe, Senator Robert
J. Gamble and Prof. Willis L. Moore.
John Foord read an original poem. Prof.
Munroe presided
Guests at the Board.
Those present were William Stone
Albert, Harry III. Allen, Admiral George
w. Baird, DR.. Frank Baker, A. H. Bald
win, E. c. Barnard. DIR. L. A. Bauer,
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell. Charles j.
Bell, DR.. Marcus Benjamin, DR.. w. D.
Bigelow. James III. Blount, ]. H. Brick
snstein: A: b. Browne. DR.. }. H: Bryan,
Barry Buckley, DR.. Frank K. Cameron,
William K. Carr, Minister Calvo. DR.. r.
NJ. Chatard. Joseph B. Church.
Melville Church. A. Howard Clark,
Or; F. w. Clarke. Theodore L.
C. A. Champion. whitman Cross, DIR. AL
lerton Cushman. Henry E. Davis, Ed
ward NJ. Dawson, William c. Dennis,
D. E. Douty, I. H. Dunlap, E. Dana
Durand, John Joy Edison. w. o. Emery,
Charles j. Faulkner. DIR. Robert Fletcher
John FOord. Duane T.. Fox, William C.
Fox. r. T. Frazier. Thomas T. Calf. Sen
ator Robert ]. Gamble. H. A. Gardner.
Charles c. Glover, l.. NJ Colts
chalk. Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Ar
mold Hague, r. D. Head, John
James Head Hi, william nr 1oss C. Henderson %emaa
Dr. N. Monroe Hopkins, DR.. Alfred M.
Hopkins, NJ. Horne. DR.. L. o. Howard,
DR.. Reid Hunt, f. N. Janson, F.. E.
johnson. Rudolph Kaufman, DR.. A. F.
A. King. George A. King. DR.. J. ]. Kin
youn. DR.. George NJ. Kober, Charles S.
Walter c. Mendenhall. F. D. Millet, Ed
ward B. Moore, Dr. Willis l.. Moore
DR.. James Dudley Morgan. Prof
S SenT'eT II se MgonSs' F. Charles h. Seus n
DR.. s. n D. North, George o'conner
Judge F.. F. Oldham. Launcelot Packer,
Andrew Parker, E. w. Parker John d.
Patten, DR.. D. w. Prentiss, DIR. Herbert
Putnam. F. A. Richardson. Richard Rath-
bun. w. Dec. Ravenel, Gov John
NJ. Reynolds, Walter F. Rodgers,
Elmer G. Runyan. Rev. William
T. Russell. James ]. SHIRLEY, DR.. Daniel
K .Shute, T. w. Sidwell. w. W. Skinner,
G. F. c. Smillie. Erwin F. Smith. DIR.
George Otis Smith. Herbert Scott Smith,
Thorvald SOlberg. Ellis Spear, Justice
Wendell P. Stafford. William NJ Steuart,
Judge Thomas G. Steward. Harrison Std
ham. DIR. Isaac s. Stone. j. Kennedy
Stout. Oscar Strauss. c. l.. Sturtevant,
Frank Sutton, Theodore F. Swayze, VIII
liam B. Thompson, Clinton p Townsend,
DIR. George Tully Vaughan. Percy ii.
Walker, Herbert Wadsworth, John C.
Wilson, Maxwell VanZandt Woodruff DR..
r. 8. Woodward and A. s. Worthington.