The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-24
TO PROMOTE GOOD
FELLOWSHIP FEELING
Movement is Started by D. H. Roche and
al Once Proves Popular; Large
Number Of Citizens are AL
ready Enrolled
t5y GEO. H. wYATT.)

Chickasha, like Al JENNINGS and Pill
Dalton and Frank and Jesse James and
Joan of Arc and Duncan and Berlin
and Ardmore and Rag Town, has at
last gained 'notoriety.p
But Chickasha, unlike any of the
above, has not gained her notorious.
ness through deeds OF blood nor
through reaching heights of sensation
alism
In a quiet and peacefuI manner,
through catering to the stomachs Of
the gentleman folks Of her citizenry
Chickasha is now in the spot light.
Without further circumlocution,
Chickasha now has full-grovn, fully
developed, highly approved "Men's Din.
ner club"
And this club has sprung into life
with a membership of good fellows,
all armed with giant appetites and all
loaded to the muzzle with after and
before dinner speeches.
The club has a set of rules and reg
ulations which will appeal to every
gatronomic artist in Chickasha---in the
entire state of Oklahoma. for that mat
ter. With the publication Of these
rules and regulations, the secretary
of The club will be flooded with sppli
cations for membership from every
section of this greatest Of all great
states. From the whooping borders
Of Texas; from the sand swept boun-
Diary line of Kansas; from the noun
tains in the east; from the home of the
rustler in the west; from The habitat
of the gay and festive bootlegges in
the southeast; from the effete sections
surrounding Oklahoma City III fact
from everywhere will the applications
pour in. The secretary even hopes to
have upon his roll of honorary" men,
bers such antipodes as Edgar Bron-
son Of Ell Reno. the best tailored man
in Oklahoma, to "cockleburr Bill" Of
Johnson county.
But of these rules and bylaws and
regulations and ct ceteras
One of the first requirements Of
man before he will be accepted into
full fellowship will be his ability to
eat as often and as long and as much
as he can. The nearer his appetite ap-
proaches that of the Berkshire, the
Chester White. the PolanG-China or
the Duroc Jersey. the better and more
his qualifications for mem-
bersh:p in the favored clan.
"Gentlemanly conduct az all meet
ings" is another, but secondary con-
sideration. ABILITY to smoke as many
big, black cigars as the other fellow
can be persuaded to pay for, wi" be
up as another requirement.
of lungs sufficient to choke
off sl interruptions while posing as
an after dinner sepaker, or as a vo-
cal artist in event one thinks he can
sing, scores ten points in favor Of
proposed member.
Tie club will meet about onee i
at some place to be selected
by the secretary, and the committee
Of the whole. at about 6 o'clock in the
D. m. Covers viii be laid in accord
ance with the number II stonachs
10 be filled. All guests will be vel
coined who care tc come, provided
some member vouches for the price OF
he eats which the guests may con-
sumo.
The first meeting Of the club will be
staged at the Geronimo at high noon
saturday. Following feast of sauer
raut dil pickles, picked pigs knuck-
es. roast beef anil pork snd ios OF
lesthetic dishes 0sth unpronounceaolc
names, the organization will Be per
ected and arrangements for future
meetings. to be held thereafter at 6
dock, viii be made.
d. Fl. Roche as the promoter OF ths
new organization, which has already