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Show Ii.fi iiisT T) e ii ly- Ki f t li A n n i vc rsa rv o f flie Formation of a Famous Organization. GATII KltlXG 0 F NOTA RLES AT SEMI-ANNUAL MEET President, Cabinet Officers, Embassadors, Em-bassadors, .Senators. Congressmen, Con-gressmen, Newspapermen. Tiy Associated I'rcss. WASHINGTON. S. Tlio Grid iron club "ives Iwo dinnors cieli year and it foil out, that tlio ono pivou to-night to-night at the Now Willard was the si xer dinner, inarkinc the tweiit.y-ii annivorsarv of tlio foundation (C Mm club. Whercfor there was a crciit j,?t,i, crinji of notables a president, e.nbinct. offieors. embrissadors. jurists, grave and nn-croiid senators, frivolous reprosonta-livcs reprosonta-livcs in congress and a number ot sun-pin sun-pin newspaper men gathered from many states of the union. Tiacli and all boro off a rcmonibranco of the happy ovenL in tho shape of a souvenir silver ash irecivcr, crossed ly the mystic Gridiron. Grid-iron. The fun slartod almost as soon as the guests were sealed, with a t a agio over tho inauguration of tho new president presi-dent of tho club Scot I C. Bone, editor of the Washington .Heraldfor entering enter-ing untimelv upon the bccmic. Then came El Presidentc 'elaya, with his arinv, composed of half a dozen generals gen-erals in ralatnfiian uniforms, and one lone private. Zclnya, looking for a job. had picked oui the presidency of the Gridiron club as suilnblo, and was elected onh by the threat that Sce- Irciary tuiox was approaening. Initiated in the Open. Scarcely had pence and quiet been restored when another interruption came, when to tho strains of tho "Mar Hcllaise." entered the "Back From Klba club," clad in Napoleonic uniforms, uni-forms, and including personifications of public men who have been identified by common report with the movement to return Ifooscvclt to the white house. The "Big Slick" figured in this, and in the fierco glare of tho electric light and in defiance of all rules of secret orders, and in the presence of several hundred "ouitlandcrs"" were dragged forth and duly initiated the two unfor-t unfor-t una to neophytes of the Gridiron club, Ueorgc Edmund Miller, resident correspondent corre-spondent of the Detroit News, and John allan O'Laughlin of the Chicago Tiibune. Tliev were made to foreswear all of tho policies of their respective newspapers and to pledge thomsclvcs to be on i.hc pier to welcome "The Only One" when ho returned from Africa all this 1o the chant of ""When Tcddy Comes Sailing Home Again; Insurgents Wore Grilled. The insurgents got their grilling, too, when between courses was rendered an affecting scene from "Uncle Tom's fabiii' for this occasion described as "Uncle .loo's Cabin, or Life Among the Insurgents." A prcscntamcnt of Speaker Cannon was the clover lawyer "Marks"; another of Whip Dwighl was. the .brutal overseer "Lcgrec," and various prominent insurgents figured as "Uncle Tom" antl his lellow -slaes. and "liiltle TOva." They were roughly treated, told that they had been deprived of all patronage, and their appeals to the speaker to " resign" re-sign" were met by demands for their return to tho Republican caucus. Finally Final-ly put upon the block at auction iu a dubious market, the Democrats and Republicans alike holding off from the bidding, the sale was stopped 1)3' orders or-ders from the white house, in the shape of an emancipation proclamation, in or dor to secure party harmony. Trusts Were "Boasted." If the insurgents wcro grilled, the trusts woro fairly "roasted" in an-oLhor an-oLhor skit portraying the "Tnfnnt In- dustries" the lumber, whisky, beef, coal and tobacco trusts seeking protection pro-tection from a number of ugly-looking customers identified as "The "Ultimate Consumers." This was a verso J'rom one of tho chants of the trust mag ! nates, to the air of a popular song: Oh. the ultimate consumer alwavs has to come to us. Cause ho hasn't any other place to ko. He will rise in IndigrKitlon; he will make an awful fuss. Cause ho hasn't any other place to po. Why are all our guests assembled here lonlRlii In hnl array? Why do congressmen keep coming: to our city day by day? Why dirt Hoodcvelt j;ral a gun and beat It cleur to Afrieay? Cause he hadn't any other place to go. Secretary Near-Sighted Affairs. The new order of thinixs in the state department was disclosed in a skit il-' lustrative of a gathering of Secretary Knox and his faithful assistants and bureau chiefs of recent creation. There was nn unde.r-secrotary and a "secretary "secre-tary of Ncar-Sighicd Affairs," and one of "Far-Sighted Affairs." and there was a wonder! 11I exhibition of "Shirt Sleeve Diplomacy, " resulting in the summary settlement of the Niearnguan question and the Chinese railroad imbroglio im-broglio and other matters that have engaged en-gaged tho attention of (ho diplomatic branch of the government of the past few months. This was the menu served at the feast: Menu. Canape Itussc. Chatham Oysters. 1 Celery. Olives. Radishes. Salted N'uts. Essence of Chicken. Maine Smelts. Cucumbers Marine. Hack of Lamb. Rourgeolse. Terrapin Maryland. Gridiron Punch. Quail en Casserole. Endive Salad. Peach Mclba. Assorted Fancy Calces. Cigars. Cigarettes. Coffee. Martini Cocktails. Haul Sauterne. Moct & Chandon. 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