Evening journal., 1915-04-12
newspaper MEN
MERRY At Dinner
Knights of the Quill' With
Friends Join in Satur-
day Reunion
EXTRA" MAKES
SOME MEN FAMOUS


ton enjoyed a reunion dinner in .he |
diningroom of Das Hofbrau, at Tenth |
and Shipley streets, on Saturday !
evening.
A feature of the dinner was that
anyone who attempted TO make
speech. talk shop" or who appeared
In dress suit was fined. Ernest
S. Taite, manager of the Hotel du-
Pont. was the only one who defed the
rule tabooing dress suits.
There we're numerous surprises
during the evening in the way of
humorous stunts. Mysterious tele
grams appeared all evening for vari-
GUS persons, and each recipient of
message was required to stand and
read its contents.
There was a telegram for David
SDellenburg. supposed to be from Sec
retary of State William J. Bryan. ap-
plying for position as watchman Of
the new Farmers Bank at a salary of
$4,000 year. William J. McCorkin-
dale was congratulated upon the sue
cossful manner in which he has edu-
Gated the people Of Wilmington to
take his gas Fred Steinle was invit-
ed TO a chicken" dinner at Penns-
grove. Mr.. Taite was congratulated
that the reunion was not held at the
Hotel DUPONT. Magistrate Thomas
Fl. Buckley received a message from
"heartbroken girl" who signed her
name Margarine. stating that she was
going to sue him for breach OF
promise. Postoffice Inspector NJ. s.
Plummer was warned that "Rahies"
was cracking a safe in the Virgins
Vile postoffice. William Carter was
extended sympathy for the manner in
which he had been legislated out of
Office at the head of the Montrose gov
ernment by Vic Huerta. There were
many other telegrams of like nature.
Through the kindness Of Charles P.
Saylor the popular printer, minia-
ture newspaper made its appearance
during the evening. II carried just
one advertisement across two col
umns and about three inches deep,
which read.
DO 1T FOR WILMINGTON-if you
CAN'T DO 1T TO WILMINGTON.
Two pages of the paper we're de-
voted to "Truo Facts About Great
Men" Unfortunately portions of
these pages were copyrighted and
these sections cannot be reprinted,
but the publishers have permitted the
use of few Of these facts. For in
stance
David Snellenburg is the guy who
put the mon" in Monday
Colonel W. z. Stover started the
original chicken farm"
Colonel A. r. Saylor was born with
very little hair-and he still has very
little.
The Wilmington Labor Herald asks
editorially If Wilmington has a Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr.. Killen, the old
Indian fighter. has the floor, gentle
men.
Have you wondered why the sun
came out so warm and bright last
Sunday after the blizzard of the pre-
ceding day? Why to Let Royden X.
Jones wear his new Easter suit. of
course.
SO Gap" Dillon is with US again.
Cap" is a veteran newspaper writer,
of the city. who many years ago,
sometime about the epoch of Noah
or Adam. we forget just which. used
TO scribble some amazing tales con-
cerning the doings of prominent VIII
mingtonians.
Many years ago. however. cap"
decided that he was getting too old
10 work so hard, so he graduated
from the ranks of newspaperdom and
drifted into politics. the port of old
relics of all professions and trades.
His greatest job at the present time is
TO sit on the lid and see that City
Council docs not become classed in
the same category with the New
Castle County Levy Court.
James Kane told humorous stories
tT,-k ,l fA 20 s,1r ~
the evening.
The rules and regulations which
governed the reunion we're published
in the newspaper They we're as
follows:
Rule Amy person who appears
at this banquet with his graceful iig-
ure clothed in a full dress suit shall
be subject TO a fine of S. and costs OF
collection (Note-We were going Ia
make this fine 50. but We concluded
that anyone that could afford TO wear
glad rags at a scribes' reunion could
afford to pony up five-spot)
Rule Amy person who calls upon
another person to make a speech
shall be fined 81 and costs of col
lection.
Rule 3-Any person who attempts
to make a speech shall be fined 81
end costs of collection.
Rule Amy person who tries ant
succeeds in making a speech in spite
of efforts 20 restrain him. shall bt
fined SO and costs of collection.
Rule 5-Any person attending the
banquet who dares 10 talk shop. nm
less his job is selecting girls for th'
chorus of a burlesque show. shall bI
fined So and costs of collection.
Rule 6-That all money collected