Evening star., 1925-04-24
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working privately on a new daredevil
stunt, trying to take a fail out of q
Senator without hurting.
Without hurting the Senator?'
No, without hurting himself"
The ring master complained that il
Is expensive staging Demon Dawes
act; he wants so much limelight and
too many taxicabs. Expenses could
be reduced by cutting that act
Act Cut to Economic.
What does the proprietor of this
circus say about the Dawes act?'
asked Senator Curtis.
He says we ought to economize, ;
replied Mr.. Stearns.
To a suggestion that the prices tc
the big show should be reduced II
was said that all the prices would
come down before the season ended
You just remember that this is Cal
vim Coolidge's show" said Senator
Butler. Whereupon Senator Couzens
replied: Don't worry. If we forget
it he reminds u.s. At this point Sen.
ator Moses rushed in, crying, Hey
rube; hey, rube." He explained that
the La Toilette crowd has crawled
under the tent and set up the shell
game again, whereupon the whole
troupe rushed out to eject the in
rruderS
Sailors Ask Navies Be Cut.
Four sailors of Main street, typify-
Ing the nations of the world, marched
in mechanically to the tune Of the
March of the Wooden Soldiers" and
proposed that I'VE have another naval
disarmament conference"
us everybody observing the re-
quirements of the first naval disarm-
ament conference?" jerkily asked one
of the wooden sailors.
mo, you are violating them by ele-
waiting your gum" was the reply.
A wooden gun dropped to the floor.
Am l now complying with the dis
armament treaty?" asked the sailor
who had been carrying it.
rs your gun loaded?"
at is
''You are
There was a demand that even the
drummer be disarmed, and the COM
pany of wooden sailors finally decided
10 march out and begin conversa-
tons to consider whether we shall be-
gin Conversations
0ld-Timers Recall Youth.
The atmosphere of 40 years ago on
Newspaper Row in Washington. when
the Gridiron Club was formed, was
given when a group of "old-timers,
coats, buttoned up high, entered the
hall, two of them pushing old-fash-
ioned bicycles with a large wheel in
front and small one behind.
They began talking about Coolidge
for Vice President" Butler of Massa-
chusettS," Leader Curtis" and Gen.
Dawes" but it finally developed that
those We're not the names of the men
in the public eye today. but Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge of Massachusetts,
Ben Butler, George William Curtis.
Gen. Dawes. father of the now ia
nous "Charley''-men were national
figures when the Gridiron Club was
founded
Philander c. Johnson, member of
the club, reverting to the fact that
Vice President Dawes has achieved
fame as composer of music, said
that it had been called to his atten-
ton that Gen. Dawes is not the only
musically inclined member of the ad-
ministration. Mr.. Johnson said that
he had just come into possession OF a
roll of manuscript. He had examined
1t and was able to pronounce it a
wonderful discovery, worthy to rank
with the results of the Egyptian re-
search under the shadow of the silent
Sphinx.
This purports," he said, holding
up the roll, ''to be a study in harmony
ny CdIFIII COOluSe, Il pOllllCdI SYM
phony in three movements. 1t Is not
in A major or B minor. It goes far
beyond the usual letters of the scale
and IS symphony in ''X-Secretary."
MIR. johnson explained the first move
ment to be an andante, which means
walking slowly and he asked the
Marine Band Orchestra to play it.
Plays Hughes Movement.
The orchestra made all the motions
OF playing selection, but with the
instruments making no sound. THAT
is known as the Charles Z. Hughes
movement" it was explained. The
next movement, said Mr.. Johnson,
allegro" means going faster, and is
entitled the Edwin DENLY movement
The next, he. said. is a scherzo pres
tfssimo, which means light hearted,
but going like hell" and is the Harry
Daugherty movement.
q There were several other movements
but they were all just like that, said
Mr. Johnson, and he congratulated
the Marine Band 'in being so thor
oughly in accord with the musical
policies of the administration"
The two members initiated were
Charles Nicholson, correspondent of
the New York World and James D.
Preston, superintendent of the United
States Senate press gallery. They
"cio IdlSu DeIOTe the clOD ana put
through a vigorous haZing. Mr.
Nicholson insisted he had every pos
sible qualification for membership,
because he had represented a Repub-
lican paper in the last Democratic ad-
ministration and a Democratic news
paper in the last two Republican ad-
ministrations, as we'll as serving an
apprenticeship under William Ran
dolph Hearst. Mr.. Preston said he
had spent several years helping the
newspaper correspondents in the
press gallery hold their jobs. On a
roll call as to admission of the mi
tiates a tie developed. 1t was broken
by Vice President Bergman, who de-
clared, Believe me, we vice presi-
dents have learned a thing or two
vote aye" And the nominations were
pronounced confirmed.
VILLAGERS" Give Skit.
"The Vermont Villagers" dressed
IN costumes of old New England, con-
stitutinS the membership of the mu-
sical members of the club, presented
skft that ran the whole gamut of
current political events. Even the
Indian name recently given to Presi-
dent Coolidge was utilized to the air
of ''Tammany."
Then there was a song to the tune
of Michigan" based on the unsuc-
cessful attempt of President Coolidge
TO have Charles Beecher Warren of
that State confirmed as Attorney
General.
Next was a tune on the Presidents s
yachting trips on the Mayflower, and
one to the Democrats, sung to the
Lost Chord"