Connecticut western news., 1913-10-23
BIG NIGHT FOR BALD-HEADS
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WhelpIey, of South Norwalk; Editor George O. Woodruff, of Litchfield F. W. Gwinnell. Pittsfield; George B. Emerson, Troy; Walter Wakeman, .Wilkesbarre, Penn., and others.
 President Orr announced that at a meeting of the executive committee, held just before the supper. the old board of officers had been reelected for the ensuing year, and that it was unan- imously voted that the next annual banquet of the Club be held at the Hotel Winchester, in Winsted. on invitation of Landlord Sauter, the date of which will be nxed before the summer meeting of the executive committee.
 After the last course had been served, and the cigars were lighted, President Orr made the further announcement that Mir. L. E. Moon,. member Of the Club, had invited the members to bring their wives to hls farm, just north of Falls Village, next summer, for a clam bake and outdoor picnic, when he would secure tine services of clambake experts from Coney Island and give his guests royal good time. The invitation was greeted with cheers. The president then turned the exercises over to the toastmaster, and the real sport of the occasion began.
 In the absence of Lieutenant Cover nor Tingier, the first speaker called on was Tax Commissioner William H. Cor bin, of Hartford, who fully sustained his reputation as wit and entertaining speaker. His speech was embellished with funny stories and bristled with pointed personal allusions. He decried the administration of the Clubs affairs in keeping it's Sanquets within the con fines of Litchfield County, when it has become a national and international in- stitution, and made strong argument in favor of Hartford as the place for holding the banquet of 1915.
 MT. J. H. Sterling, of New Haven, , retired journalist. rose to his feet. on be. ing introduced. and immediately took off the luxuriant grey wig that had caused the uninitiated to wonder what
 business he had in bald-head company.
 The act of removal disclosed a capacious
 expanse of gleamIng scalp and caused a
 general laugh. MT. Sterling related
 various personal experiences, at home
 and abroad, and had some sport at Dr.
 Ross's expense in relating the doctors
 prank of imprinting deer's tracks in his
 fresh-laid cement walk, few years ago
 L. J. Nickerson, Esq. related in
 humorous style, his experience in being
 bulldozed into joining the Bald Head
 Club, by Secretary Chapman, and gave
 numerous sly digs at various members
 around the festive board, which were
 keenly relished by the company.
 MT. Herbert O. Clough, of Deep River
 told of the manner in which he had
 been inveigIed into the organization
 and proceeded to enumerate in serio
 humorous vein, the disadvantages oi
 bald-headedness, which he more than
 counterbalanced with the blessings oi
 capillary extinction-all of which wa. accepted by the festive company witl generously expressed appreciation.
 s. A. Herman. Esq, coroner of Litch field County, told of the difficulties ht had experienced in getting into the Clul at all. He said when he applied fo membership Secretary Chapman tolC him he must have at least IA squar ] inches of badness and it must be meas ured with yard stick. When he wa asked to make a speech at this banque ! he was informed that he might talk a long as he pleased, and he had preparet his speech accordingly. Later, he said the toastmaster had admonished hin { that he must cut his remarks down t ten minutes, and that warning had mad his original speech out of the question At this point he drew from his capa cious inside pocket a formidable roll O manuscript, which he declared was hI original speech, and handing it to tn toastmaster, suggested that he print i } in The News. On investigation tn ''manuscript' was found to be made u of about twenty sheets of legal car absolutely blank.
 Philip Troup, Esq, editor of the Nev Haven Union, was in his usual goo form, and kept the banqueters convulse, with his witty thrusts. He said he hat come all the way from New Haven fo the sole purpose of exposing the toast ! master, who, he declared, was using hi { influence to encourage the growth O ! the Bald Head Club for an ulterior pur pose, and that purpose was to promot \ the sale of the Sutherland Sisters hai } inyigorators. "The toastmaster is il ! the pay of the Seven Sutherland Sis ters," he declared. Phil's speecl ! sparkled, from beginning to end, and h was enthusiastically applauded.
 MT. P. Davis Oakley, tax assessor O Hartford, who has made probably 800