| Show nm an tir big flan avith a peculiar iamie S f chronicle service BOSTON pec 25 A christmas dinner was anven by the india wharf bats this organization is not a its would indicate ind icae composed of urchins who infest the wharves but cumbers in its exclusive and hili toned membership some of the leading politic ana and men oi the hub and every member is a cook they wear chita linen caps and white linen aarona at their symposiums bot they arc nevertheless upon their aprons is in skillfully embroidered embroider fd letters which t el ray feminine hands the brief word kf william kustus ex mayor of cambridge and ex candi dae tor governor ot massachusetts wears a white linen cap and a white linen abon anta at aery llata club dauner that he attends ll is only one of the crew the skipper is but next to the skipper in the kats clab is the chief cook his dame thia year is john T wheelwright the first meeting 0 the kate was held november 1886 it was attended by irenr W longfellow francis peabody robert giant si gourney butler sanky cunningmam Cunning bam and ach i T wheelwright jr the flatt dinner riven bytha rats was on december 1118 SG alien as always subsequently the dinner was superintended super intended by a club man cooked on the premises and served wi h the strictest accuracy ladies dinners are no rarity with the rats the gnott famous inimitable dinner the rats ever gave was about a bear ago among the guests were llie novelist W D the poet john bole president ellitt the gibat latin authority professor 1 M lane the new england mentor colonel and some of that type |