Evening star., 1924-04-27
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of the executive committee. You
can not make a gentlemen's agree
lnent with Congress. How about the
tnreats?"
The member admitted that zone OF
them foolishly wrote that unless he
reserved an invitation there would
"a grave consequences" but said
na had written it at the instigation
OF Secretary Cunningham.
"y told him to put it in writing,
ss5d the secretary, but he made ii
100 strong" Upon the problem being
put up to President Brigham, the
latter said:
IF there is d gentlemen's agree
nent we must keep it until we
abolish it. 1t seems to me the
problem is simple and merely compli-
Gated by foolish letters and high tenn
per. We can't open the Gridiron
club to all congressman. That would
be awful. Let these two in now. We
can m: Ike a final decision when We
are not all 'het up"
Pun on Mellon.
a couple of members engaged in
dialogue at their seats attracted at
tention of the company;
1T understand they have brought a
new charge against Secretary Mel
lon" said one.
whats that" asked the other.
Reducing the number of the
human race
Reducing the numncr of the
human race! What do you mean by
that" Has he killed somebody?'
No. He tried TO make Z monkey
out of a senator.
well. that's what the senator got
FOR initiating Luther Burbank ana
trying to make Il fish out OF d
mellon"
announcement that the club has
occurred Dr. Sigmund Freud, the ia
nous psychoanalyst, to make an an
nlysis of the United States Senate
attracted attention. 4 member of the
club unprecedented DR.. Freud.
'I respond" he said, TO your re-
quest for psychoanalysis of the
United States Senate with great re-
luctance because dealing with the
Unconscious IS extremely difficult.
Furthermore practically all you want
20 know can be found in my book
bf lectures on page 16T. lecture No.
ilants.' You can also illuminate the
subject by reading my lecture on In
fantilism Your Senate suffers from
traumatic fixation. hysterical anne
STA. and hallucinated compleXes. 1t
has an ego freed of all ethical re-
straits. 1t is suffering from a bad
brand of external and internal slim
uli. 1t confoundS the banality of its
problems with the conSpicuouSness of
cheir manifestations. To put it sim
Il .,I... IL Il. -s.rS,,
lions lies in u fore-corscious train
of thought which IS left for a mo-
rnent to unconscious manipulation
from which il then energes-aS Il
joke"
said an EarfuI.
Then UP rose in proper person Sen
ator Moses Of New Hampshire, who
said that no one could make q real
analysis of the Senate lest he had
been 4 member OF it. He was pre-
pared TO undertake it, and proceeded.
He said-wait d minute; here comes
IN this rule inhibiting reporters at
Gridiron dinners. So. you will have
10 draw on your Imagination. Be Is
sufficient to remark that Senator
Moses said an earful.
Miss Democracy Skit.
Miss Democracy at the Democratic
Convention" was the title of another
skit put on. The scene disclosed Miss
Democracy" in curls and all that. just
IS Cliff Bergman draws her in his Star
cartoons, talking to a Broadway police
,nan She was on her way to the Demo-
cratic national convention. Il haven't
been in this wicked city since We nom
mated Horatio Seymour" she observed.
and asked the way to the hall.
Right over there i'll Tex Rickard S
Madison Square Garden" she was tod.
It's the best place in the country for a
circus or wrestling match" The po-
liceman whistled Sidewalks Of New
York as the Democratic national an
them"
Never heard of ii and don't like it, !"
she said. ITS too jazzy.'
well. you will hear lot of it in the
Next few months. It's Al Smiths ia
vorite tune"
Never heard of him, either. L know
IIoke Smith and Ellison Smith and
Smith Brookhart of Iowa. BrooEhart is
not kinfolks. but good friend of mine.
But | never heard of AL Smith. Is he
for the League of Nations? How does
he stand on the tariff
"Oh, AL Smith doesn't bother about
those things. His platform is, You know
Inc, AL"
Worried by Drys.
'T am awfully worried about those
dry Democrats from Kansas"
Don't worry. I just saw bunch of
them on their way to the Boiled Owl
cafe. They will get protection there"
Democrats don't believe in protection.
We are for revenue only.
Revenue only is the New York idea
of all political parties" said the police
man.
The proceedings of the Senate investi-
rating committees naturally furnished
the suggestion for an inquiry into
american preconvention politics, so q
Csridiron "inquisition'' was established
Tt was staged and pictured along tn
lines of the inquiSitionS of old so ia:
as colorful effects were concerned.
Scene of Inquisition.
There was the inquisitor general
5n black robes, who was attended by
the executioner, in black mask and
Ak on shoulder. The inquisitor
general said the spirit of the Grid
iron Club had summoned him from
the past to inquire into politics, and
lie had subpoenaed more or less MIS-
torical personages.
call the Three Musketeers," he
cried. They entered in proper cos
tune, long SWORDS In ScaDpards. 1heS
declared themselves to be Gov. A
smith of Tammany, Thomas Taggart
of Indiana and George r. Brennan OF
Illinois.
"What are your professions"" was
demanded.
1--WE are expert political swords
Ilren."
asTWhat do you plan to do in this
campaign :,
What do we plan to do? McAdoo"
f"Tt has been charged that you favor
uninstructed delegates"
1--WE dauv II We favor instruct eC