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FEBRUARY.

favorable notice in other cities than
Pensacola. The Columbus. (Ga.) Reg
lister of February % had a 20 page XII
wants section, celebrating the organ
ization of the club in that city. The
edition was an excellent piece of news
paper work and showed much splen-
did spirit on the part of the Register
staff and Columbus citizens.
Leland J. Henderson, well known IN
Pensacola is secretary of the Column
bus club and Rhodes Brown is presi-
dent The club was organized JAN. 1,
has as members and meets every Tues
day at the Ralston Hotel Visiting
Kiwanians are cordially invited to
make the Kiwanis headquarters
home" whenever they are in Column
bus.
The Boston Records Kiwanis section
was startling. 1t carried a two-line,
eight column banner. set in inch apd a
half type, reading:
POLICE CALLED TO QCELL
RIOT AT KIWANIS CLUB"
and went on to tell the story of the
most interesting and enthusiastic
meetings the club had ever held. The
out going officers We're accused of i'm
properly conducting the-butA let the
Record tell the story:
The exclusive Hotel Bellevue was the
scene of wild disorder today when the
members of the Kiwanis Club, COM
posed of leading Boston business men
became involved in near riot at their
regular weekly. meeting.
The trouble started when this years
or sers of the club We're criticised for
the administration of affairs. The ac
cused officers heatedly resented the at
60 xr-I,; ha ~
cred with. verbal bricks.
The officers under fire We're Carl a.
Barrett. president; H. V. Bullinger,
treasurer and W. Chester Gray, sec
rotary. In the course of the attack
they were accused of about every
thing except swallowing the dishes.
The leaders in the attack were E.
Wilbur Cobb, former president Of the
, organization; Fred H. Salmen and
Maj. Robert Green, in the latter a
more less hero of former Gov. Eu-
gene y. Foss' military staff.
John McGregor of the Portland XII
wants Club, and the retiring field
secretary here, endeavored TO act as
| peace maker a number of times, but
without success. His efforts We're
about as welcome as another blizzard.
Barrett Indignant.
| The uproar began when sally" Sal
men suddenly extracted himself from
a nice, soft seat and wanted to know
| what in the name of Hail Columbia
! this years officers had done about the
membership roster the various com
mittees, etc, and then some.
Whereupon Gloomy Gus" Barrett
who was preventing another soft seat
from blowing out the window into
Beacon ST.. jumped up and said:
4 Where do you get that stuff? Whad-
dayer mean? WotineIs the matter
with you? This years officers are the
the best this club ever had. Lemme
tell you something. Lemme--"
Chester Chesty Pray horned in with
n few gurgles on the tax question al
this point.
sit down-you're jouncing the no.
! TEL" intercepted the fearless Major
Bob" at this interval. Pull in your
tongue. What we wanna know is
whoinell--''
| "Puh-you wanna know what p
butted in Bully Bullinger, handi-
capped by a mouthful of pie; you
guys gimme a pain. I amt gonna
let nobdy knock me. -
| Boys! Boys" interposed pacifist
McGregor, deity ducking a 81 centre
4
i club--its reputation"
r. ell with it," gurgled Mr.. Bar
rett in .his we'll known evaporation
l''What about our-my-MY reputa-
ton? What about
Bell Hop TO Front.
/ .'Gents-gents," here cut in a bell
/, boy whom the hotel mana cement had
hasened 10 the scene as the tumult
became general. Gents. you gotta
cut it out or adjourn the meetin'."
Two dozen Kiwanians Immediately
lsurged toward the intruding bellhop
with first degree murder and may
hem in their eyes. The beIlhop wait
ed just .ong enough TO see which way
they We're coming, and then retreated
the other way.
Two minutes later, however, he was
back with reinforcements. The lat
ter consisted of the head waiter The
head waiter was willing to arbitrate
but it appeared that there was moth
ing in sight to arbitrate.
Whereupon the head waiter, per
ceiving that dicretion was the better
part of valor. and not wishing TO have
his nice, new boiled shirt come ir
lcontact with a squash pie or some
thing, retired in favor of the police.
The officer then appeared on tht
lscene with drawn clubs and wer,
Threatening TO make wholesale arrest.
lvhen:-
And YOU fell for it. didn't YOU?
Ha! Hal. Ha..
Who was the joke on anyway?
SERIOUSLY.
| Leon EygeS. the W. X. pubhcist