Show Reception at the Press Club At the conclusion of his masterly discourse dis-course and ere the fires of his fervid eloquence elo-quence and bristling anecdote had yet bured low the colonel was the guest of the Press club and escorted by a committee com-mittee was soon the most striking object In the club apartments There breathing the atmosphere of journals that issue from the ice fringed regions ot the St Lawrence Law-rence the sunlit cities of the gulf the empires along the Atlantic and those of the billowy Pacific the distinguished visi tor was in his element dstngished was not the syndicate paste pot not the veracious vera-cious shears nor the hollow heartless holow heartess howl for copy but It > vas Bohemia In a nutshell and as Its guest he relaxed into the spirit of the occasion Few today who have survived the perpetual grind of the editorial room the cares of the repor tonal desk have the fund of remin iscence that accompanies the colonel anJ when he levied upon Its exhaustless con tents last evening it was in the presence t of a gathering that r i ri Pf full value President Bloor having vacated having vacted the chair Governor West was summoned to it and without formality the reception recepton took place Refreshments were sanl wlched with anecdotes and with the sa per sonal experience of the guest with the great archie ts and moulders of public opinion until at U oclock the Alta club asserted its claim t the great writers Presence and a most delightful and profit able hour was brought to a close Among others who aided the club with their pres ence were Chief Justice Merritt Judge ustce lerrlt Thomas Marshall Hon Y C Hall Chair man Letcher of the Utah commission Hon S H King of Provo Judge C C Goodwin and others in addition to the members of the club Colonel Watterson departs for Denver this morning where he will deliver his superb lecture wi delver hi |