Show r I RI JR G CLUB PO POKES ES FU FU HAYES BAYES WARBLES TO HARDING SO PLEASE REMEMBER MEw ME w. w LOCK CHANGED ON GOMPERS Dec U The UThe The thirty thirty fifth annual dinner of the Gridiron WASHINGTON club was made the occasion tonight of ot a postmortem on the presidential presidential election the purpose being to permit politicians and some somo some of the statesmen present to see themselves as us others saw them One episode was a front porch meeting at Marion Marlon 0 O set to music with such characters as Senator Harding Harry M M. ty Dagherty former S Senator Weeks Al Jolson William J J. J Bryan and slush ShISh fund rumor participating Mr 11 Daugherty Daughterly stalked d the front porch as Koko the lord high executioner while there thele W was S a ti rumpus when the slush aluah fund rumor Invaded the tie Harping Harding I II I lawn Jawn During the skit V Will ill H H. Hays sang plaintively to the Republican Rep candidate a political parody on Then You'll Remember Me only Mr Hays' Hays I r request qu t was So Please Remember Me MeIn r In another eph episode ode a crystal gazer reading the political future saw President Harding sending the league of nations to the alien property custodian The ga gazer er also announced that the crystal revealed President Harding receiving from Samuel Gomp Gompers rs the key Iter to the ba back k door of ot th the White hite House and returning it with v a a. note saying May I not my dear Mr 1 Gompers ask you to Keep this key as a souvenir l I 1 have chanced cd th tha lock The rhe seer eer revealed Harding larding at work worl on a mes ii ge to o congress He zie said aIu he could not give the text but assured an inquirer the style will not cause any intellectual inconvenience The crystal gazer also found former fonner Senator J J. J Lewis applying for the for the job of 01 publicity director under tinder Harding but his services w wore were re declined d. d Mark Anthony Hitchcock delivered deli his fam famous us oration over the body of ot the league covenant following closely an historic model He explained he came to bury the covenant not to praise it Another e extension t of ot th the postmortem to the fields of pf was a meeting of the he best Est minds at Marion in th conference with elect Harding They included Col George former President Taft Senators Borah Johnson Knox Lodge and Reed Major General Wood Governor Lowden Samuel Gompers He Herbert ert Hoover and Elihu Root Roof They appeared dressed as school schoolboys and C Harvey insisted on being the master maser er mind because he heV V was ws s the alli author of the conspiracy that elected Harding wardIng v Chief among t the e interest interested d witnesses to the postmortem were Vice ice President ent Marshall to whom the club presented a large silver slIver gridiron as as a token of its regard A similar gridiron was sent ent to the tOe White House lSe to President Wilson Vilson who was wa unable to attend Besides the vice president the guests included Attorney General Palmer Secretaries Daniels Meredith Payne and Burleson Sir Auckland Geddes British ambassador and aNI Jules lules J J. French ambassador |