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embarrassed at the proximity of the toastmaster's
flowing whiskers, and he uttered
merely a few words of thanks. W. H. Harris,
the British commissioner to the Fair, and
Frank Lowden also replied to toasts.

Listened to War Stories.

Frederick Villiers, the English war artist,
told a story of the Soudanese campaign. Gen.
Miles answered for the army, and then Eugene
Field recited some poems. He had just finished
when a rustle of silks was heard at the
door and Lillian Russell appeared in the room.
She had run over from the Columbia between
the acts to sing the drinking song from
"Girofle-Girofla." The song was received with
enthusiastic plaudits.

A dozen members raced for the big bouquet
of red roses on the main table to present to
the actress as she concluded the song by throwing
a glass filled with champagne over her right
shoulder. An unlucky waiter received the contents
of the glass in his shirt bosom.

About 10:30 the elevator brought up-stairs
two carloads of dark-eyed Syrian dancers,
wearing loose flowing drapery of wonderful
hues. The members remained quite silent
while the young women from the orient danced
the stranged measures of the east. This was the
big event on the programme, but it was not the
last, for speech-making and toasts ruled the
kingdom of good-fellowship until the morning
hours were well advanced. All the old officers
were reëlected at the business meeting held before
the banquet.

Title Foreigners as Guests.

The members and guests present were: The
duke of Veragua, the duke of Newcastle, the
marquis of Barboles, Sir Henry Trueman
Wood, Abdul Rahmun of Johore, Sir Henry
Bullard, Baron von Hardtmuth, the marquis of
Villalobar, Col. W. F. Cody, Col. J. Sumner
Rogers.

W. II. Harris. Burr MacIntosh. Joseph Keppler.
Paul Hull. J. H. Long. J. M. Kuykendall
John Akenhead, C. E. Judson. H. S. Rowe.
W. F. Blair. H. W. Rogers. J. T. Howe.
W. T. Chandler. John Cudahy. George F. Kuntz.
E. A. Bachelor. W. A. Talcott. Dr. J. E. Gilman.
C. F. Kimball. H. M. Hunt. J. N. Perry.
Samuel Insull. R. D. Evans. C. Counselman.
Eugene Field. H Washburne. M. M. Kirkman.
J. W. Scott. F. Willis Rice. C. B. Macdonald
R. A. Keyes. F. H. Head. H. G. Selfridge
E. M. Switzer. Milward Adams. M. W. Kirk.
F. S. Winston. R. A. Waller. H. A. Wheeler
C. C. Kohlsaat. Ferd W. Peck. W. J. Davis
Charles Lederer. H. J. MacFarland. A. F. Hatch.
W. G. Beale. L. A. Robinson. Gen. Miles.
Gen. Livermore. Chatfield-Taylor. W. B. Getty.
G. S. Willits. W. B. Keep. J. A. Lowell.
R. de H. Homer. Nate Saulsbury Gambler Bolton.
F. O. Lowden. D. R. Lewis. M. E. Stone.
D. Ernest Hart. Frederick Villie