Connecticut western news., 1913-10-23

went republican y an overwhelming majority. Phil 'got back" by retorting that the present toastmaster had presided at the democrHt meeting referred Co, and there mn, nt be the possibility that the republican victory was due to that | fact
 J. E. Dennis, publisher of the Hart ford Post, was on the card to tell How to deal with the dandrutfians, but eyi. dently was waylaid by the dandruffians. as he failed to arrive.
 The dignifed and courtly F. s. Geer, of Hartford, came out to attend the ban. quet, and openly confessed. the next morning, that he had had the time of his life.
 Dad" Barber. artist, and "Diuk' Freer, word painter. of the Bridgeport Herald were on hand, and the things they did to the notables. in full page illuminated story last Sunday were something to make the aforesaid nota. bles sit up and take notice.
 If all the funny stories and bright 'quips and quirks" that flashed across the speakers table could be collated into a book, that book would be one long piercing scream.
 Walter Pnchard Eaton can tell story as smoothly and gracefully as ho can write story or criticism.
 Attorney Kenneth Wynne, of New
 Haven, who was cleR of the recent senate, came up to the banquet with
 Editor Phil Troup and sat at the press table. Up to the time of the call to din. ner MT. Wynne's faultless appearance lacked nothing-except, perhaps a hair. cat. But when he fell Tn line for the
 march to the dining room. behold, even
 the lack of haircut had disappeared and the handsome young lawyer had suddenly became the bald-head.eldest
 man in the whole festive crowd. AL ways wag, he had suddenly become a wigwag.
 The New Haven Union of Sunday. in
 its splendid account of the banquet, , intimates that the annual function is likely to be sought after by the larger cities, from now on. Says Editor
 Troup:
 Just why this great national organiza- tion should have to confine its oelebra-
 ting to a small section of Ldtchfield county is not clear, ,unless,a as some of the
 speakers int.mated, John Rodemeyer,
 chief booster of the Bald Head Club, E wants to keep the celebration within 2 the limits of the circulation of the shin
 ing paper of which he is the editor. In
 any event at the Winchester in Winsted next year a determined effort will be made by a certain faction of the Club, who live outside of Litchfield county. to t get the annual meeting of 1915 held in
 San Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, New
 Orleans, New York or Hartford, Con- . necticut. The officers of the Club, all reelected, say the meeting of 1915 will go to the best bidder. Certainly the f hostelry desirous of the honor of cater
 ing to the Bald Head Club of America
 will have to hustle some to out do the ; feast provided Thursday evening hy MT.
 Baker and his very competent corps of
 assistants at the Canheld.
 The New Haven journalist misappre- ub Aiubt "Hioh hhtN hWb
 years old. IS Litchfield county prod uot, and naturally fingers about the F paternal haunts, like any twoy'r-old.
 It may wander off later. and get lost >. but though it may go a thousand miles, |, it will not he likely to get beyond the s limits of the circulation" of this shining ]. paper, which is not confined to Litoh' h field county, not by many, many jug }. fuls.
 ', The distinguished gentlemen whC ', spoke at the banquet will easily recog B. nize themselves in the cluster of carica !. lures drawn by Dad Barber, for thu }. Bridgeport Sunday Herald, which ap G pears on the 9th page of The News, to s, day, through the courtesy of Editol 7. Richard Howell.