Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-12 | Page 4 | High Jinks at Gridiron Club in Washington

HIGH JINKS II li IlITOi Newspaper Correspondents Make Merry at Expense of Bryan and Other Noted Individuals ROOSEVELT COMES IN FOR HIS SHARE "Gussie" Gardner, Clad Only m Shirt and Barrel, Furnishes Amusement for the Guests WASHINGTON' Dec 11 Peace and preparedness advocates al ke came n for a raKiTig f re of jest at the w nter dinner of the Gr diron club ton ght At the dose the preparedness ranks ap peared the stronger but their casualt es from verbal shrapnel were almost as heavy as those of the pacifists President W lson Vice Pres dent Marshal members of the cabinet ena tors representati es and men promi nent in pnbl c life from many parts of the conntrv were among the club s net The oo of the nc- ntro e p e o on o I en? an we e o & e ca d h you fo e d a a o d e n n e p e a & p oud o e e Le he o e z g e ake u o o u Brjan Prominent Vige epcntn VT am Jen n ng Br u t a p on n e even nt en n en He o bed up n th e s a a t ar rol Tl e a ar ne 'old e pe haps h e e a he Ketcbe bro gut h fo e e a ot tate to the to e as h leade o a band of so d e arnei w ma shn a low bonbon a 1 o he and e and ebb ted a re ot a ha ba c age nioDg he off e e e ene al C i p Colonel Ca an Majo "Vlarshmallow Capta n Cand a d othe bearing names of on e t on The sold rs weapon we o h ce ed wh te and blue andv ane who he wa ed abo t qu te e k les Announcement of the loss of al ot e a n y s chewing gnm to a g 1 ho nd the des u t on of two wagon load of Chautauqua ontract caused treat d tre s n the can p Mr Bryan then obliged with Good by Ch ef I m Through Here is the chorus Good by chief rm through I pray you not fo ge I sa good bj to you W th mo e or less regret I go o sa e he nation W th tec ure and ora on So I bid a ond ad eu Cood b ch ef God b e s o I m hrou As Air Br an fin shed sing ug Gen era! Gumdrop broke out into I davs of old when kn ghts were bold and the entire coinpan t med The k t closed w th the s nging ot a str ctly preparedness chorus Roosevelt Appears j The Grid ron Rook es sketch brought ! out Colonels Eoo e cl Harvev Watter son and House an 1 s eta v Garr son General Leonard oo 1 favor John Purro M tchel ot Nen ork Dudle) F eld Jaloue of New "tork ollecto ot stoma Rpr entat e ng stns P Gardner of Ma sa h setts Os a d G Villard of New ork Mr Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt Jr as candidates for the arm-, & ar elv had the squad assembled when Colonel Roose elt leaped forward and began to assa 1 those who are trying to Chinafv An en a As the examination for candidates p oceeded Colonel Roosevelt was asked f he des red to 0 n the a air I want to organ zc a gas bomb bn gade, he repl ed what do you know about gas bombst an examiner asked E erything wh I fired one at Pittsburgh Did it do an damage? It almost killed Leonard Wood Mr Gardner clad oaU n a h rt and a barrel rushed n compla a g that becretanei Daniels and Ga r on ha I stolen all of h outfit eNxi ept press agent Secretary Garrison nler uun nat on stated that b s idea ot a hero wb9 a man who stood on the adm n s trat on fir ng 1 ne and perm tted Roose velt to shoot spee hes at him Colonel Watter on de lared h 8 belief that pre paredness iust now s a good th ne be a se t will demonstrate that a a ngle track m nd can run both wavs Colone Ho e was ass gned to the Ho seho 1 a alrj Dudle F eld Malone went to the Bo Scouts To proe that newspaper men in Washington are not handed nforma t ou on a s 1 er p atter four exbib ts of raw mater al with whom the re porters ba e to work Mr Brjan becre tan Bedfield Senator James Hamilton Lens anl Secretan Tumulty wee prcsentel n a sket h Mr Brjan sa d he had m ch news but bo was keep ng t for his own paper Secretary Bejl field entered a general denial. Senator Lew s tte e 1 man words, but not one for quotat on ecretar Tumulty con fined h me If to anecdotes without news al e ch eflv on erning old da n New lerse Raw "Material Fxhibits loture rule les gned to affect only Senators Reed of M seoun and Thomas of olorado was q ckh adopt ed 94 to 2 bv mock senate A suf fragette who appearc I to in est gate otu e fled when si e hea 1 that t 11m ed talk Clot rc wh b was repre ' i sented bv a human figure eventually was talked to death and carried, out A ce Pres dent Marshall remarked re-marked before adjourning the sen ate that the bod needed a plucking board netead of a loture rule Bes dps the executive officers Sen ators Cummins Borah Sherman James Penrose and Oil er Representati es Cannon and Mann of Illinois Gardner of Massachusetts hteveuB of Mmne ota Bear Admiral Benson chief of na al operations Lnited States nav , Maior General Scott chief of staff I nited States armv Hiram Maxim a member of the naI ad sor boar I and Da 1 Belasco of New ork were an ong the t dclv known guests