Show GRIDIRON MEN PI P IN INA I A VERY MERRY MEETING April 17 William 17 I E H. H Taft raft is 15 still sUll Bill despite his elevation to the Presidency He lie declared BO so himself himself himself him him- self tonight ht when at the tho spring dinno of or the tho famous Gridiron club he ho bowed bowe and nodded and smiled us its tho the diner diners sung sang in chorus Cant Cartt we call him him Dill now that lies hoi President 7 Cant Can't we wo call him Bill any more As S s we see him riding by with lilt hIs head hend held up so 80 high Cant Can t wo Vo greet erect him an as In days d ys ol 01 ot yore r The Tn nars never gave a more j dinner nor a a. morn more diverting For th time being ht u Ne' Ne Ne Newt ia- ia w 1110 wi Jd i ld contained nil ill 11 th f In n l ton I bur bur- and suio WC won fl flung r ue bout 1 while J fe fear ar li President 8 d n and d vice 1 resIdent the cabinet Rn and Supreme court purt justices senators and non Inen etc elc save avo themselves up to un- un lloyed fun Scott T T. Bone Bono vice president of or the lub club presided at nt the tire dinner dinner In tho the ab- ab Rence of ot President Henry Hall who 1 wa vas rae ill At G t clock the tho ringing rinsing of ot an un old ld dinner bell announced hat that the tire banquet was ready I CD ch and Vice President President Bone escorting led tho the guests Into tho the large Taft raft he h. each guests guest's plate banquet hall lUtI At souvenir In the shape of or a a. wire Found a basket This was labeled labole The waste Tire The Congressional Waste asto Basket basket taken from the tho waste first thing deck deek of or playing cards The backof back was each a card was covered ered with gridirons grid grid- of or while gridirons marked the denomination de do- de- de irons face taco of or the cards Tho The nomination some prominent official of of- of- of represented cards The Tho Joker Jokor had a picture pie pic tidal or person of ot President Taft on It Tho The deck deckwas deckwas deckwas was ture appropriate for tor the now new adminis adminis- A Oil Letter A letter bearing tho heading of oC the Oil company compan at 28 S Broadway Standard York with the name of John D D. New Now printed upon one side showed showed showed show show- Archbold address to be bo My I Dear Sen Sen- ed the The rest of tho the page was vas blank ator except for the thc signature nature of D D A A. A ortho ortho or on tho the letter leUer paper In er very thin type were thai the words Invisible Ink Inc showing Continued on a c Three GRIDIRON MEN IN A AVERY AVERY AVERY VERY MERRY MEETING Continued from lo Page C One Olin the contents of the tho letter had vanished when shien exposed to the light t. t found addressed to was A 4 postcard J. J Senate Washington the tho United 1 ted n States and upon unon the time space left for th the tp met mes time tuno 1 shoot sage as was written written- Every anything I think of or you and signed ned T l 1 R. R The postal card was a Mom Mom- souvenir postal card and the tho tic tassa a stamp was an American stamp showIng showing show- show In Ing Colonel Roosevelt holding up a which he had Just shot possum A cartoon show showed d President Taft playing golf olt surrounded by hy a 0 number Underneath was written written written writ writ- of or 1 broken rolen sticks slicks ten ten- Mr Aldrich Deer cur sur Please raise ralso the thc boss' boss salary salar or else put g golI sticks upon the tho free list hIst the tho Caddy As is bl usual with tho the club the guests had not proceeded very far down tho menu before the time entertainment began be be- gan ganice an Vice ice President Bone llone noticed that thai thata thaia a number er of ot members gathered around a table In tho the well veli just III In front of or the Presidents President's seat scat Mr thrown Brown the Iho chairman chair man of ot the initiation committee stepped forward and antI announced that he ho begged ed a n fow few moments for a II session o ot or orthe the tho Gridiron Vice President Bone llone stated that lint time the Senate had hail 92 members member and he lie only saw jaw six present Mr Brown Bro replied that thin the six members of ot the Sunato always did d all tie the business busi hush- nest ness of the tho ho Senate anyhow and taking his seat Scat as Vice President Sherman he lie called the tho Gridiron Senate to order and asked for petitions and memorials l' l c e One of mako mako 1 elleve senators then thie handed up a petition which rend For Foi Gods God's sake salte create a L place that hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch hitch- cock nn and Burton Durton will let lot mo me have have r Ar Arthur thur Ivors lyons Senor the thc lie worlds world's most uc uc- ventriloquist was Wall then lien Introduced in introduced In- In and ami brought L forth his hilt mankin man man- kin little Bobby and gave Jave a u most laughable lc exhibition Now Bobby tell lell tho the gentlemen what you j ou Oll have havo been doing oln I went cent up to the tho Aldrich the tho Lla day Tho Aldrich Al What hat is that a build build- I n No No it its it's s the time Senate What happened I met meet John Darrett Barrett What was Mr Barrett doing I Filing a n protest n against putting California on the tho free tree list On what grounds lie He lieSa Sa said III he ho was a leading manufacturer manu menu of ot it and must be lie protected II 11 1 thought he was as n IL statesman What Is California anyhow Hot lIot air See anything else elso Y YeS s. s Senator mator Elkins was there Yes Yen lIes lIe's an Insurgent An Insurgent I thought ho lie was a bound Republican bound bo boi Nope i not nol a u hide bound coal- coal The Time dinner was Vu clo at midnight with willi tho time singing sing of Time The Song Song- That Reached M My 11 HearL |