Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1925, Page 10

Gridiron Club Holds Mirror To “Other Side” of Notables Fortieth Anniversary Dinner and Pro- gram Attracts Distinguished Com- pany—Depew Celebrating its fortieth anniversary with a dinner given at the New Wil- lard Hotel last night, the Gridiron Club had the pleasure of the attend- ance of one of the largest and most ¢ distinguished companies of guests % ever assembled about its board. They # came from all sections of the countr 3 @nd included many men of distinction. 3 A number of them had been present i at other Gridiron dinners at times § through two decades and more, and 3 the occasion was a real reunion of % lold friends. 3 The President of the United States, the Chief Justice, leaders in Congress, Ambassadors, men distinguished in finance and business, sat through four hours of an entertainment supplied by the members of the club touching upon national and political events and public questions of the times. Among the guests were former President Taft and former Vice President Marshall, both of whom having been guests of § honor of the club during their official incumbency i H Touch on Inauguration. The events of the evening's enter tainment touched upon the inaugura tion of President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes and also took in the Inauguration of the recently elected president of the Gridiron Club, J. ary, correspondent of the Sun, and the initiation of s of the club. Presi welcomed the compan ropriate address, which was .\u}:pll\mmltml by a welcoming song delivered by the Gridiron Quartet One of the most interesting inci % dents of the evening was the reading of a letter from Chauncey M. Depew » the Club, upon the ninety-first an- ersary of his birth, which was co- incident with the fortieth anniversary f the club. The letter follows: r. J. Harry Cunningham, - Gridiron Club, shington Dear Mr. 3 Cunningham: “That April 23 ) to be the fortieth an- niversary of the Gridiron Club and ratify coincidence, and the re- ~membrances which surround the two % would fill a volume Z° “T remember with keenest inter that first gathering of vour asso ¢ ton, which has ac complished so m % &nd has become so famous, and it is § one of the sad limitations of life that T should be the only surviving guest ¢ of that wonderful evening. “It has been my -good fortune to % have met at vour festive board all the Presidents of yvour period, except Cleveland, who would ndt come: all the | fi % “cablnet ministers, most of the justices 3 of the Supreme Court and those who 1 made themselves famous either perma- + nently or temporarily on Capitol Hill, Harrison Won Over. “Harrison; who became so unpopu Jar because of his harsh mannerism, '‘developed under your genial influence % -his rare talents and superior gifts ! McKinley exhibited with you that w derful good fellowship which was his § =reatest political t. Roosevelt, ! child of nature never tamed, entered with the most infectious enthusiasm into your play and.lost his temper because your skit revealed a weakness in his policy. His furious quarrel with JForaker made a memorable night, ‘but it was outside Gridiron rules. Taft's geniality radiated many a night pt glorious time under the Gridiron. { “Wilson enjoyed immensely his eve- |nings with vou, but never gave an in- lidication that he thoroughly under-| |'stood the humor of the evening. I| recall the havoc he created one night | iwhen he essayed the Wilson idea of umor. The dollar-a-year men who hwere famous in many departments of 1American enterprise were all present. ! sat that night in a group of them. | |Turning to them, the President said, My troubles with the war are very ight compared with the difficulties lof satisfying my distinguished dollar- a-year assoclates. Each of them thinks he ought to have all attention jand is unhappy if any is given to lothers of his group. ! ““The result is that T am like an ! lopera impresario, every member of # nvhose troupe wants to be recognized, thonored and applauded as the prima §lidonna.’ I said to the. dollar-a-year | listatesman, who looked very gloomy, ‘To whom of you gentlemen does he irefer?” They answered in an enthu- |siastic chorus, i “Harding, on Gridiron evenings, § i@istributed joy, happiness and good ! ifellowship, as was his nature, I am | ire that everybody appreciates the ! a2 i Letter Read. wisdom when he speaks, and the per- sonality when he does not, of that symbol of sense and sensibility, Pres- ident Coolidge “It was a revel bracing happine: tion and all-em- to be with Mark Hanna on a Gridiron night. Among all events of that remarkably active and dominant 'life none equaled his enjovment of Gridiron nights. )ne of my most enjoyable excur- | sions was when the Gridiron Club | invited me to accompany them on: their visit to Charleston, S. C. It was three of uninterrupted speechmaking and song. On the last day we had luncheon at a hotel mmerville. While it ‘was in prog- res there came an earthquake that shook the dining room and gave a premonition of what might have hap. Pened if the tremors were enlarged. was called upon to express our feelings. On such an occasion and under such circumstances my speech, of course, was emotional. Sepat, Tillman, then just elected, was one of the guests. He had refused to speak to me or answer my saluta- tions. During the course of my speech he shed tears, and at its co clusion me to ‘me and said, ‘Chauncey Depew, I was mistaken about you; you are a d—n good fellow.” From then he abandoned the pitchfork for the toga. Reduces Enlarged Chests. “The Gridiron Club is a mirror; it reveals the statesman to himself he is; it is the greatest, most benevo- lent and beneficlal creation to reduce the abnormal swelling of the head and the enlargement of the chest. It has done and is doing a great work in giving to its guests the best eve- ning to be found anywhere in the United States. It rescues a large number of statesmen who are so ol - sessed with the idea that thcy may become President that the, live in a rarefied atmosphere and can do no work. “The Gridiron d storms and makes men useful Sen- ators. For many vears Punch has restored sanity to English public life the Gridiron Club has done and is doing the same patriotic the United States. “With all good wishes that the Gridiron Club may pursue its suc- cessful mission perpetually, “Faithfully yours, “CHAUNC . DEPEW.” When the letter was read at the dinner last night it precipitated tu- multuous applause. While the diners were enjoying the st course of the dinner it was no- ticed that all of the hosts had left the room. They returned shortly in pla- toons in the order of their admission to the club, the full membership of the present membership of the club. This company included several of the ginal charter members. The pro- cession was headed by a member es- corting an electrical horse—a restive quadruped, that wriggled its ears and snorted with affright, emitting from its nostrils clouds of talcum powder. This wa: de of the pates the brain- work for Spalding Jfor Sport Jfor Sport Reduce your Handicaps Spalding Clubs and Balls are designed to help your game. Spalding Kro-Flite Irons Balanced to a degree. . . 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Other Southern ; Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Knoxville, Nashville, ; Shreveport, La.; Winston-Salem, TICKET OFFICE J. FRED ESSARY. Gridiron Club, which was attended by an old-time country band. Demand was made that President Essary, who was being inaugurated, should mount the horse on the score ~ Fresh Fruit In"Heavy Syrup For Pies and Desserts Can Blueberries, No. 2 Cans.. Loganberries, No. 2 Cans.. .35¢c Blackberries, No. 2 Cans Strawberries, No. 2 Cans..48¢c 48¢ 35¢ Raspberries, No. 2 Cans. .. Pitted Sour Red Cherrics, No. 2 Cans...........48¢c Magruder Inc. Best Groceries Conn. Ave. and K St. Established 1875 - Presents for the Children that no one can be inaugurated presi- dent of anything now unless he rides the hobby horse. It was explained that the horse was the dam of the White House hobby horse and was named Puritan because “every time you land on her back it is like landing on Plymouth Rock.” The horse was operated with a serfes of electric but- tons, it was said, one gait being the postal pay canter, another the bonus veto gallop and arother the cabinet appointment trot. “That doesn’t work any more, however; the last time we tried it the horse bucked and threw a man off.” President Essary demurred at trying the experiment. The presid- ing officer’s gavel was presented to Mr. Essary by Col. Francis A. Richard- son. for 39 years a member of the club and who was Mr. Essary’s pred- ecessor on the Baltimore Sun as Washington correspondent for 35 years. “Demon Dawes” Absent. One of the skits of the evening was entitled “Coolidge’s Constitutionalized Circus” opening its four-year run. Members of the club simulating Re publican_administration leaders, with Senator William M. Butler of Massa- chusetts as “ring master,” assembled for the opening of the main show under the big top. They were in motley costume, suitable to the circus ring. The absence of “Demon Dawes’ was noted and the ring master com- plained that “he has already missed performance when we needed " The assemblage’s attention was ed by the appearance of a KAPLOWITZ gros. INCORPORATED NINTH STREET NORTHWEST 721 EXTRAORDINARY JALE! SILK & CLOTH COATS $65 REGULARLY $95 FASHIONS DE LUXE EXCLUSIVELY SIZES FOR MADAME AND MADEMOISELLE $35 REGULARLY $85 Stands Out for Children's Shoes Don’t forget this is a FAMILY shoe store! We've got the right shoes for every voungster in your tiny tots not yet able to walk, to the rangy boy whose voice is just breaking into a man’s. There's a department for every age— Little Gents' Little Gent's new shade of last, welt R construction throughout. £ t0 D wide. 9 to 131, $4.00 Other Styles, $3.00 to $3.50 Misses” and Children’s Patent Pump — A soles; A to D wide. 874 to 11, $4.00 117 to 2, $4.50 Other Styles, $3.50 to $6.00 Growing Girls' Cut-out Sandal—In Patent rubber Ideal for the young Leather; welt heel. miss; A to D wide. 2% to 7, $5.00 sole, Other Styles, Smaller sizes $3.00 and $3.50 Other Styles, $5.00 to $6.50 Keds and Moccasins Keds — For boys and New 1925 models, high or low; some with new crepe rub- Ever so many brown girls—big or little. ber soles. kinds in and black. $1.00 to $3.50 white, Infants’ First Steps—Footwear of Every Description FaMiry fHOE_fTORE 310-312 Seventh St. N.W. Oxford—In tan—college sole—solid leather B metal—welt new Spring style; welt - sewed . O, FRIDAY, APRIL leather-lunged announcer, who de- clared himself to be Senator Reed of Missourd. Threading his way through the tight-rope walkers, acrobats, trapeze performers and the ticket wagon man, he shouted, “Right this way for the Democratic side show. Better than the big show. We have Walsh, the wild man, who is wild on oil and sugar. See Jo-Jo Robinson and his‘ Democratic_donkey playing dead since | last November, and Heflin, the human ||| harmonica; Overman, the strong man, breaks a tie every performance; Bos co Harrison eats 'em alive: see the Miami twins, Bill and Charlie, in a great living statuary act dressed as originally presented in 1896; see the |||/ Democratic side-show things Barnum || and Baruch never dreamed of.” main show 1 REFRIGERATORS FOR ALL PURPOSES ALSO ELECTRIC REFRIGERATING MACHINES McCray Refrigerator Co. 807 H Street N.W. Washington, D. C. Telephone Franklin 5371 $85 REGULARLY $135 home—from the little Little Gent's Brogue Ox- ford—Nut brown, tan calf— round toe last—some in gun soles—excellent quality. B to D wide. 9 to 1374, $3.50 “A Smart New Tie"—In Patent Leather or Tan Calf; welt sole; B to D wide. 87 to 11, $3.50 111 to 2, $4.00 “Flapperette” — Something entirely new in Patent Leather or Tan Calf—AA to D wide. 25 to 7, $6.00 $5.00 to $7.50 Combination Tan Oxford, crepe rubber sole; B fo D wide. 1 to 6, $5.00 Smaller sizes $4.00 and $4.50 Moccasins — Crepe rubber soles or Korry Krome leather soles. Tough, service-giving shoes for every sort of wear; A to D wide. 5 to 11, $3.00 and $3.50 1174 to 2, $4.00 to $5.00 2Y; to 7, $5.00 to $6.50 24, 1925. and when the question fnate a pseudo Frank I iy il A Clean Sweep of Ensemble Suits $24.50 Trimmed Hats Values to $7.98 $3.98 Girls’ Coats Sizes for Junior and W. utive and judicial, but because they|might tell you he thinks pretty well|rope walker, would not co-operate the suggestion |of the executive and the judiciai was made that President Coolidge's i demand for economy might be met by cutting it down to a two-ring was which ring the proprietor would elim- Stearns lion t: responded, “That's confidentiai, but 1 er;” The member the public c senator Butler, ector of the legisl Stearns, press show, sked of the club nast, Sen; simulating Secretary artist, wagon Demon plained on IT’S not how a Suit looks in the pic- ture—or in the win- dow—but on YOU that counts. 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