New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11
BarOns of Beef, Futurist
Hats and "Punch"-Like
Jokes at Feast.
PLENTY OF FIRE;
ONLY ONE TANGOlST
Vested Choir, SweetIy Singing
Hymns, Sounds Serious Note
in JOvial ChOruSes.

Came Christmas and its cheer Came
the new year and some days.
Then the Lotos Club held its Yule feast.
Everybody was there including four
hundred of the four hundred celebrated
in bluebooks and checkbooks anc blot
ters"
Accurate details are not necessary
The ceremonies partOok Of beth the
sacred and the jocular-rhostly the latter.
Such hats as were worn At the club last
night were never dreamed OF by New
Jersey witches OF the more aristocratic
witches Of Salem.
Some Of them were at least three feet
above par: some were bearish in their
appearance. Some resembled the harp
that once through Taias halls; some
more closely resembled clamshell as
viewed through the reverse end OF a
magnfying glass: some were held on
with large dog chains: some were kept in
subsection with a tiny drop of glue; some
were blue. some We're red, some were
green. some were just anything that can
he imagined i'm the way Of ranbows and
willow plumes and hobble skirts and
wagon bodies and Roquefort cheese and
problems irf Euclid and games OF tag and
new subways and New Haven railroads
and Mexican wars and william harnesses
and night city editors
The whole affair was decidedly English
don't YOU know. Take look at the
mennoo: English barons Of beef, York
shire pudding. Broadacre potatoes, Eng
lsh plum pudding, old English dairy
cheese, etc.
How is that, old top? Blime, it was
bleeding fine.
"Blawst it." said the POSTMASTER,
what rhymes with King George
lie stumbled minute in his speech.
Really. I don't know, you know" said
the bandmaster: try cabbages.
THAT is not new, but it is as new as
anything else pulled there
The lights went out. Weird connections
Of red and green fire came from things
that had not been suspected Of being
other than innocent bystanders.
'Hola. Hola" the people shout.
Here come the soldiers riding out.
It is the Blue Dragons.
with their voices. seriously wounding A
number Of the assembly who. had an ear
for music Lights on again.
Rattles bells. water bottles (correcD
and every other mean thing were used to
help the singers They were so helped
that they quit with great pleasure.
sit down and hats off," came the COM
mand. All who were not able to stand
obeyed promptly.
The others wavered.
Into the room marched vested choir
in full canonicals and sang beautifully
several anthems.
Christ Is Born Tonight" rang out and
the laughter suddenly died Bells ceased
TO jange Walters stopped with heavily
laden trays-the kind that at such an
English banquet are supposed 10 'Sroan,'
it appears from history. Everybody stood
at attention, except one man, who grace
fully tangoed to the tune around the side
lines and refused utterly 10 be suppressed.
1t was confidently expected that he Will
not do any great amount of dancing to-
day. except toward something cool and
clnky
After the serious part had been conclud-
ed every man of them proposed 10 Annie
Laurie just when early fell the dew, and
twas there that Annie Laurie gave them
her promise true for the sake of aud
lang syne.
They sang this in conclusion