National Affairs: Horseplay

A gridiron calls for red meat. Raw politics are red meat for journalists. Were Washington full of statesmen, the Capital newsgatherers' Gridiron Club would lead a meagre existence. Last week's Gridiron dinner, though it was the second in three months, was a bountiful feast.

As usual, the President and his aids were on hand, and legislators aplenty. John D. Rockefeller Jr., Tsar Kenesaw Mountain Landis of professional baseball, President E. H. H. Simmons of the New York Stock Exchange, General Pershing and notable sundries provided the lay relief which is necessary to save...

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