The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-15
ST. VALENTINE DINNER BY WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER
 MEN HAS NEW FEATURES.
A BURLESQUE ON NOTABLES
Public Men Come in for Hot Roast at the Hands of the Banqueters- Cabaret Show Is the Big Sensation of the Dinner.

Washington, Feb. 14.-St Valentine was the patron of the Gridiron Club at it's mid-winter dinner tonight and in witty verse in delicate strain and in laughter-provoking caricatures sketched by famous cartoonsts were the pet yanities and foibles of tha many distinguished guests disclosed for mutual edification. The range of entertainment provided was wide, and at one time or another the diners were transported to Santo Domingo and Mexico; made interested specta- tors of picturesque inauguration cere of the war on trusts The favorite policies of the new administration were exhibited in such garb as to startle at time the authors who were present in person.
 A cabaret show comprised a scene of jolIity and care-free gayety as presented by the Band of Hope. tho most optimistic crowd of hopers ever gotten together, and introducing per formers of worldwide fame, includ- ing Huerta, Uncle Joe, the Colonel, Charles Murphy, Miss Democracy, Mrs Grundy. Dame Chance and Suf- fragette.' Here the musical talent of the club found full opportunity as the various characters entered the show.
 To the air of Curse of an Aching Heart" Chief Murphy poured out his woes as follows:
 They made be think I was Big
 Chief And I believed them, too: They told me things to swell my pride
 And made me think them true; I played the game of politics,
 backed my man and lost; And now I am a derelict,
 Alone l pay the cost" The Colonel also appealed to the sympathies of the band by plaintive appeal in song, to the air of Take Me Back:
 Take me back to your ranks once again, boys, Once again ret me run the big show.
 Take me back and you never will
 lose me,
 For l am a winner you know; l am tired of living outside the ram parts, You need mo just as I've need of
 you,
 l need you, I want you, need you,
 Take me back and I'll always be
 true" Mrs. Grundy identified some of the "watchful walters" There was AL bert Jeremiah Beveridge, waiting for the people to appreciate true states manship." And John Lind, "the orig inal watchful waiter" who never gets tired of his job, though some other people do" Asked whether Lind was visitor in Mexico, Huerta replied:
 Visitor! He's a regular boarder." :"
 Uncle Joe-"What is he doing down there?"
 Huerta-"Me 1 guess"
 Uncle Joe-"Are you nearing the end of your resources" Huerta-''Not a bit of it. The printing presses are working overtime and the output of government bonI> is good"
 And then he burst into song to the air of He Rambles":
 "A year I've been president down in
 Mexico, But now an intimation comes tha.
 I will have to go. A kind friend on the north has stimu- lated this demand. Until I'm forced to think at la5t l will soon be canned. "Oh. then. l will raInble, ramble, I'll ramble all around,
 Till safety I've found. Oh, then I will ramble, ramble, I'll ramble, but not on my native ground" In thrilling melodrama was told the story of the antitrust plans Of the administration. concluding with an impressive tableaux of the formal signature of the constitution of peace. putting to the test of merri-