Show I BANQUET OF THE GRIDIRON CLUB B 1 Wit and Wisdom of Washington Correspondents MORGAN WAS VAS A GOOD VICTIM WANT MANY DISTINGUISHED DISTINGUISHED MEN HEN WERE WEBB PRESENT PRESENTe e T 1 A Jan Ja The an anvy 1 l WASHINGTON W vy ncR nual dinner of the Gridiron club J tonight was another nother record breaker in the way y of ot unique enter entertainments entertainments entertainments The dining halt hatt of ot the Ar Arlington lington hotel was never nev so handsome handsomely ly h decorated for besides the flowers upon the table uble and the palms and ferns about the room a novel arrange v ment meat of electric lights produced a superb effect freet among the decorations Among the guests and members were ambassadors senators and I governors high officers of the army and navy prominent mei mem in the financial and business world Orl l ed edI edItors j I and proprietors of great graat news newspapers I I I papers ers and scientists and men of let letters letters The menu menu was a So calendar each with the picture of prom prominent 1 i ent guests whose business or per personal 1 characteristics characteristic were indicated in in m ma inI ina a jingling rhyme I The New Ne President The inauguration of the n new w president president I dent of the club dub William E Curtis Curti afforded a au an opportunity for tor reverting to the part Mr Curtis took In to securing ur lag ing the attendance of ef Spanish grandees s for the Worlds fair at Chicago The pomp and ceremony mony of the Spanish Sp nish court of 1492 mingled with wit twentieth century ideas and events made it a showy and laughable affair One of the questions propounded to Columbus was What is a trust to which he answered uA A bunch of money sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded by b water I IMade Made Pun Fun of Morgan J T P Morgan one ane ne of the guests of the club was made the subject of quite the best burlesque of the evening For Forthe Forthe Forthe the alleged benefit of the New ew York Tork financier the Gridiron club Installed a abu bucket bu ket shop as an adjunct to Mr Morgans office The manager er and chair warmers kept up a fire lire of liv live lively e ely ly questions and answers in which various arious guests were placed place upon the gridiron The discussion of available presidential candidates was 8 a feature of this part of the entertainment The burlesque concluded with a song dedi dedicated dedicated dedicated to Mr lr Morgan The Laugh on Wiley The experiments which Dr Wiley of the agricultural department is mak making making ing tag with borax as a preservative af afforded afforded afforded forded another vehicle to give given a num sum number number sumber ber sf f prominent guests gu ts a It I was s charged that Dr Wi WIty y was wasco wasco co du an n experiment at the tb din clin dinner dinner ner ne r and two members memo b ers of the e stub p per perI r I Professor Wiley and his as bu how the bt of o on the She l A poison squad was as brought out and ROO the stethoscope and andI I S applied to their heads The marvelous things which whick they t y were I found f U nd to be thinking about as told ment by the operators created great amuse amusement amusement Many Smart Hits The initiation of Joseph K Ohl of or orthe the Atlanta Constitution and John P Miller of the Baltimore Sun who were caused to personate leaders of ot the lily Illy whites and black blaek and tans re respectively respectively respectively and the witty incidental references to recent rec nt southern appoint appointments appointments ments meats made a distinct hit There were other skits many topi topical topical cal cat songs and choruses and several good gOd speeches all crowded in the even evening evenIng ing lag with wit and humor from begin beginning beginning beginning ning to end |