New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-04
No Henry on Hand to Sign
Checks at Gathering of
War Correspondents.
DRINK MILK TOASTS
TO ANGRY PACIFISTS
Survivors Of Lamented Junket
Revisit Familiar Haunts in
Pathetic Horse Car" Farce.
Eaf'ns. rsNing. over ths luny sea,
Many q day VIII pass a-D-y
Ere ny brains come back 10 me


Thus chanted the members OF the
Viking Club. hfty-seven weak from COW
erinc the Ford peace expedition for as
many publications, as they foregs,h-
cred'at Little Hungary last night. IL
was their first repsst together not paid
.or by Henry.
These Vikings include in their ranks
such veterans Of the Horsecar the Sec
ond as Inez Niholland-B oissevsin,
counsel; Samuel 5. Mcclure, orator;
CASTOR Plaintiff, burssr; Herman Bern
stein. adviser. and authors. just writer's
and newspaper folk.
Pale "Cutthroats" Gather.
Pale and wan from living of the fat
CT neutral European lands. including
the Scandinavian. they met to drink
milk toas;s to the pacifsts who starred
in the Comedy of Errors fared in
indignation when their chickering's
reached American ears and passed into
oblivion with gentle words like Cut
throats'" on their lips. BY "cut-
throats," OF course, were mean: the re-
porters.
That dark villain, John X. Resolu-
tons. who qucered the peace junket,
insisted on breaking into last evening
festivities. lie survived Just long
enough 20 propose: Resolved, That no
mother should let her daughter marry
New York ncwspaperman.' In the
vote one lone voice beloved a plaintiff
Neigh" il was discovered that a
New England war correspondent with
the general lines of horse had broken
from his stall and come TO the dinner.
He was AZ once elected.
Then the Vikings lapsed into a meet
ing Of the grand lodge of the Naclilat-
ing Sons Of -. Vitus and yibrsted IN
unison the prologue:
Shivcrrrr. shiverrrr qgat. ard qliyerrrr,
Pilgrims on this Ocetn aifferrrr.
And may no Viking brother peep
A. we our vibrant fgils keep
The programme for the everiug con
sisted Of the l6-candlepOwer comedy
entitled "Fording the Fjords,' IN five
jumps. The first scene was laid upon
the front platform OF the liorsecar IL.
Of the North Atiant~c trosstown Line:
and the second in Norway. the land o.
AMMAN AdA-lt anu HtFPti~* pa 't''-'
Drinking Song Executed.
In the third scene the drinking song,
"Take mo back to sunny sweden, where
the fish sing in the trees WAS eXecut-
ed with considerable elan. This part
also introduced Scrooee. the long
haired Swedish correspondent for the
Iceland Daily News" and VI. Neya,
city editor OF the Russian "NcysAy
Prospect"
Denmark. the land Of Jacob and Ed
die Ris. came in for a fling IN scene
four, which also presented DR.. Cook.
who had sojourned az the hotel with
the pacifists, ofcminists and single tax
idermsts.
Hague and Haig Present.
In the last scene Hague and Haig,
the peace pilgrims. were shown visit
ing the tomb OF William the Silent. a
national hero of Holland. Last night
he turned over IN his grave with great
alacrity.
The epiloguc consisted Of the recess
siona's doleful strains, ION 70 the
morgue-that's the only place for u.s.
with its final stanzs:
w. have con,- from Sn-len
snakes IN SchNimmers Eden
A. a late hour last night it did rot
seem likely that many Of the boys
would be out Of their trenches by
Christmas.