The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-01
In n BOX Opposite.

And in a box opposite the POSTMASTER
was the guest. who was cheered quite
az explosiVely as Jeremiah John Conan
was-the matronly looking Mrs Helen
Costigan Conan, the mother as Irwin
C1bh IL: g, 80! ~" most gifted Am@rt-
can the most useful American, the most
a gressively spirited American the coun-
try has produced, not barring Col. Roose-
welt. Booker T. Washington and Sitting
Bull" tHysteria.l
The guest of honor" began George
NJ. rravely as he started in to intro
duce father, us man I've known
| intimately for many years of my life
Laughter There's an old saying that
| YOU never know man until you've
dressed with him. The guest of honor to-
night and I have been wearing each
| others clothes fCr years. Laughter
| That, however. is not my suit he's wear
| ing. dramatic pause.l I'm wearing
| his-and sam Harris Is wearing mlne.
| daughter
our guest has always been strong
| for advance agents. | shall, therefore,
turn him over to Advance Agent Rem
mold Wolf who is known as dramatic
critic and also playwright In fact
| Mr.. Wolf Is the author of one or the
| biggest lawsuits we've ever produced
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.. Claiming
Wolf OF the Morning Reriew.' pro-
| longed laughter)
| one thereupon learned from Historian
| Wolf that jeremiah John Conan was
| born during Revolutionary days IN Bos-
ton, whereupon Boston named its most
| historic spot in his honor-Bunco Hill
| (EXtravagant hilarity.) The first
thing jeremiah did upon opening his
eyes on his first birthday was TO kiss
his nurse, whereupon the parents
promptly named him in honor of Jerry
| Siegel. tEeeeeeeeyaw
| Jeremiah Juhn-agaiu on the unques-
toned authority of Historian Wolf
grew to young manhood knowing no
| fear, and so he moved to Providence.
| This started the civil war and Jere-
miah John enlisted When he came
| back from the war he showed no signs
of ability and also was dead broke, and
! with these natural equipments Tor the
profession Of acting he went ON the
stage, billing himself simply as Jerry
Conan, the Worlds Peerless Comedian,
Shakespeariau Tragedian and soft shoe
Dancer" Laughter And one night
he was billed by mistake as Jerry
Cohen"
"The cloak and suit makers" concluded
Historian Wolf Crowded the theatre at
that performance and that was the
original Friars night lApplause and
laughterl
Replies In Graceful Rhyme.
jeremiah John Conan arose then and
replied in rhyme Some OF the Versiiica'
ton dealt with days and things not %
happy as last night, but most OF MI
Cohan's graceful verses dealt with the
Joys that have come his way in his late
3 years. Aud when he had finished the
} room from floor to highest balcony
+ broke loose eXtraVagantly and napkin!
z waved wildly amid the deafening up
roar.
: The next speaker" began George NJ.
is one who
; 81 know, ! know, I know" cried The
toastmasters business partner, Samue
, Hennessy Harris, bohhing to his feet
I'm on next. Ladies and gentle
. men--"
Watt" cried The POSTMASTER wat
= till -"
mo, George, never mind the intro
= ducHon--I don't take any chances to
night"
And then II Sam II ddn'r surpris,
himself he thoroughly electrified every.
body else by reeling off what was no
only the wittiest speech of the night bu
one of the hes, after dinner speeches
Broadway has heard in Il long time, H.
!, had asked Augustus Thomas to write
1 speech for him, he said while go,uni
h his stride, but when Gus handed owe
n the speech Mr. Harris said he couldn'
= pronounce many of The words An
when he asked Charming Pollock an,
r Rennold Wolf to collahorate ON a speec
d for him they wanted 500 10 write II
J. Wherefore he swung along then on hi
& own speech and Friars and guests vote
" that he put At over with a roar.
% Irwin Cobb. introduced by George n
as a lecturer under the management @