Evening star., 1923-03-01

| ~ Soihc ioTeisH ldhd--Irelano, iOi
He next slipped Secretary Hoover
| some friendly advice. appertainin' ,
| on the Congressional. Country Club,
| and had no more'n finished when
Cartonist Cliff cut loose on Secretary
| ailace about alfalfa" bein' taboo,
| declarin that former heads of the
Egriculture Department were very
4 partial to the grass.
Greeting to Davis.
| The chairman relieved the bushy
naired one. and asked Secretary
Davis to rise! Just to show you.
Mister Secretary" chirped the col
onel. that there are a few members
or the Royal Order of the Moose in
! The Evening Star Club. will ask all
such members to stand" and In
| another second every blessed Starite
was on his feet. wigglin' his fingers
and bellowin' Moose, Moose"
! The laughter had hardly died down,
when chic Irene Franklin. the sweet
singer OF the trenches, playin' this
week at Keith's, tip-toed to the foot
lights. and, in her own inimitable
way, kept all in great spirits FOR
another ten minutes,
! Irene had no more'n departed. when
\ our own Agnes Whelan, as pretty
/ and classy a little soprano as ever
sung a note. burst out with Love.
1 Here is My Heart" at the same time
strollin' through the audience dis
| pensin' pretty blossoms to her eager
| ly grabbln' admirers. Oh, yes. Agnes
! gave President Harding the sweetest
! flower in her bokay, and the Big
Chief said, II thank you
! Tip for Gridiron Club.
] Pop Cook snitched a little time
! right here to tell Arthur Henning, OF
| the Chicago Tribune and president
of the Gridiron Club. that if he'd pay
1 close attention, it might be possible
! to inject bit of pep in future din
ners of his world-famous organiZa-
| tion! Mister Henning simply grinned'
| Senator Sheppard of Texas then got
/ this'n from the chair. but why bring
up constitootinal business. Marse
Norris don't keer,
! With sentiment beiu' scattered
| around SO promiscuous like, il didn't
! take binoculars to see that the sing
| ers wouldn't have chance IN the
world OF cloSin the show without
slippin' wee bit of somethih 10
! Illinoy's battle-scarred old warrior
who was havin' the night of his ilfe.
! and in another minute, Mrs BOWIE
! reappeared. accompanied by her much
| homlier half and Fred East. and
lookin' Uncle Joe Cannon straight ia
the eye warbled.
Farewell. dear Uncle Joe. God Bless
| you:
Men like you are seldom met today.
Why did you think you had TO go
| and leave us,
Danville's mighty far away.
The country needs your strength ana
| wisdom:
| Things don't go the way they ought,
! you know.
! Our patriotic hearts demand Nour
I counsel,
! Uncle Joe. don't so--don't go.
| Ovation for Uncle joe.
! AS one man. the entire 900 guests
| jumped to their feet when Mrs. Bowie
/ finished. and honsely, folks, the
/ cheerin' that went out TO the UNI
1 versally beloved congressman could
have been heard without radio cream
down in Richmond. The Grand old
| Man of the Lower merely lit up an
other stogie,
/ Old King Tut was shown signs of
wear about now. and Mister berry
man filled I'm until he got his second
wind. calm on Republican House
Leader Frank Mondell. t" whom he
presented a elephant; E"preSehta'lhe
Finis Garrett of Tennessee. VINO
pulled down donkey. and Senator
read telegram from Abe Martin
| Things were comm thick and fast
by now. but Brother Cook banged
! hard for order, and amidst veritahle
| pandemonium read a cablegram from
! Frank r. Moves, president OF The
! Evening Star Company. who is tour
/ in the world. and telegram from
j Rudolph Kaufman. managin' editor.
: no" III LOS AIStltS. oll MS NhS ~
/ Honolulu,
! Message From Calcutta.
! Mister Noyes' message came from
! Calcutta and extended felicitations
| to all members of the club. He also
| seemed concerned about the publlca-
tion of The Mornin star!
! Mister kauffmann's wire read:
! ''Out on the sunny Pacific coast !
am reminded tonight of Your party to
/ the boys of The star. I give toast
| and send you my hearty greetings
! from cups of silver bright and think
OF you all and your guests. In spirit
1 am right there tonight. enjoying
your stunts and jests." When Gues-
/ toned Manager Hight said all of the
/ Willard's silver cups were locked up.
! Time was took out right then TO
| give Representative Winslow Of Mas
| sachusetts a little dig about Ameri
| can skaters. after Hilliam. composer
! of "Buddies." another Keith star, as
| sisted by his partner, James Fitz- |
! patrick put it over big with their
! name for which is way out OF my
/ vocabulary. 1 do know. though, that
| these ''roosters" are there. The SYM
| copated jaZzy way in which they
| done MY Hero" from The Chocolate
Soldier" was Il scream.
Between this and the next round,
mean act. walters cleared the aisies
while dee-licious boxes Of Fanny
May bonbons were distributed among
the guests. Are Hurley and Archi-
bald in the room"
Famous Editors Called On.
After Senator Ball chairman Of the
Senate District committee, and Rep
resentative Focht. holding the same
position in the House, had been ad-
vised by Brother Cook that if it
hadn't been for Frank Mondell. Phil
/ Campbell and Mart Madden. you real
| " would have done something for the
District" all famous editors were
then asked to rise. and in rapid sue
| cession the followin' jumped up:
Henry c. Wallace. Wallace Farmer;
| Arthur Capper. Capper's Weekly;
, Carter Glass. Lynch burg Daily News:
Walter F. Edge: Atlantic City Daily
News; Harry s. New, Indianapolis
Journal: Ben F. Focht. LewisburS
Saturday News: David Lawrence,
Consolidated Press; l.. c. Probert,
Associated Press; Roland Robbins.
Keith's News; Phil c. Kaufman.
i Mornin' Star: Theodore w. Moves.
F.; The Evenin' Star, and last. but by no
means least. Warren G. Harding. Ma
/ rion Star! And mebbe The Star work
ers didn't give the big boss cheer,
Folks. It's rully superfluous to de-
/ tail what happened when Washing
| tons princes of entertainment. George
OConnor and Matt Horne appeared
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