The Washington times., 1916-10-20

say, i amt much on writin' but
want to say right here that was some
nuts stun. and believe me we had It.
Honest 1 was 30 full o. grub couldn't
hardly get out o. the place.
First we stood outside the University
Club for about ten minutes because
some OF us thought we was lost and
didn't know enough to go inside. Then
they come out for us and We went in
and checked our hats and things. -.
"Speakin' OF the place that's a swell
building them college mems got. You
and colored fellows in green suits to
open the doors an shine your shoes an
things, and whole room full o. news
papers an magazines an all the litera-
member. an when 1 quit college I'll
join.
Fancy Writin' Tables.
There's writin' tables with fancy
lamps on them. an all you got to go to
get somethn' Is push a button and
bug Their comes one o. them fellers with
the green suits on an brings II to you
right away. They wear shiny brass
buttons on Their suits.
AN by the way. them carpets wasn't
nuthin' but nifty. You otta seen Hugy
when he starts to settle down In about
a couple of inches Of velvet almost up
10 MS ankleH. 1Ouu tnlnk ne Wdsn I
used to nuthin'. and then when he
comes to the edge an steps OF on the
floor what was polished, he starts to
skid around like he hadn't no nails In
his shoes.
"well 1 guess that's enough about the
building. Maybe / better tell you more
about the feed. First we had oysters
and one OF the guys didn't know which
fork to use, so he eat 'em up OF the
shell Another Teller got too much horse
radish on his an had awful time
Then we had chicken soup with letters
In II. ] tried to spell my name with
them. Then we had some swell fish
without bones in 1t. That was easy tc
eat: -, . ..-.- -.
| roast duck, just the dark meat. didn'
care much fer mine. but some Ohio fel'
lers thought II was o. X. 1 ate II all
that Is. what they brought me. We had
potatoes an peas fer vegetables. for.
got to mention the celery and olives and
bread and butter and such trinmin $
We had ice cream and then they brought
| us a little cup of coffee a piece. l asked
fora big cup and got Il.
THAT was about all there was to the
meal. except the walters. Each one haC
his own stun served separate to him.
Man, that was some table, too! 4
couple Of the fellers shook hands with
! the waiter and each person had thre'
forks, three spoons. and two knives, II
place. OF one. One guy "dHtcu 10 hHoN
where the chicken was and We had tC
expl.!n that chicken gumbo was soup.
~ made a short speech. / said: Mr.
Keats, you're a very nice manager
Then there was some swell speeches
by Skin an Pimpy and Hugy. They
said that II was a swell feed an they
was glad they come. Pete, the manager
| said In his speech that we was a pretty
good bunch a hall players an hadn't lost
| no games fer three years. He, thanked
| the host fer tho banket.
"Butty an Pete didn't seem to minc
| eatin' a bit They went fer everything
In site. Nobody didn't put no forks oil
spoons or nuthin' in their pockets fel
souvenirs. They was all used 10 then
things at home. There was nothin
rough about the party. excepting wher
Louie started to flick peas at Skin will
his spoon. One hit waiter In the ey,
an he thought we was tryin' to maxi
| fun OF him.
| Man. we had a good time. Skin pu
olive stones in Hugy's pocket an he pu
olive stones in myspocket. and he pu
them in Louie's pocket. Skin ate sixteeI
rolls. and when the waiter went to taxi
his things he said he'd do II over hi
dead body.
Then we went downstairs through
| the buildin', where we saw a lot of mel
sittin' around smokin', talkiA'. anC
readin' the papers. etc. Then we Wen
| to the show.