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FORTY 
 
 «s CLUB 
 
 j\ 'Volume pot 
 tPie M>embers, and 
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 Lovlviq 6up "Verses. 
 
 PublisPied for tPie 
 Twenhf-fiftfi CLnmuiL 
 Dinner in IrLonor of 
 tPie fadies. 
 
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 - CHICAGO 
 APRIL TWENTY-THIRD 
 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND T^A^LVE 
 
Copyright, 1912 
 WILBUR D. NESBIT 
 
 Chicago 
 
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WE never could hope — we who knew him — 
 to tell 
 Our tender regard for "Biff" Hall; 
 As friend, as companion, as brother, as — well, 
 A prince of good fellows, that's all. 
 
The Forty Club's History 
 
 THE exact date of the organization of the Forty- 
 Club cannot be determined. It is not hard to satisfy 
 oneself how the club happened to come into exist- 
 ence, but of tangible records of its early days there is 
 nothing definite. 
 
 ^ This much we know, that the dinner in honor of the 
 ladies in 1912 is the tM^enty-fifth. Will Moore possesses a 
 printed list of the members in 1888, which list was part of 
 the program of the dinner for the ladies in that year. 
 % But the Forty Club had then been in existence for a 
 good while. It is more than probable that it is over thirty 
 years old. 
 
 ^ It is an organization that just happened because it had 
 to be. In the beginning, a number of choice spirits fell 
 into the habit of gathering together for a friendly dinner 
 occasionally. Before long these occasions assumed regu- 
 larity, and at that time was established the unwritten law 
 of the Forty Club that its dinners, unless good and suffi- 
 cient reasons prevented, should be held on the evening of 
 the third Tuesday in the month. 
 
 *[f William"!^. Hall, of revered memory, known to every- 
 body as "Biff," was the leader in the coterie of good 
 fellows who formed the nucleus of the Forty Club. No- 
 body knows when the real club organization was effected, 
 but there are vague recollections that at the dinner which 
 marked the actual club organization there were thirty-eight 
 men present. Why the name "Forty" was chosen, who 
 
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 suggested it, or how it became thus perpetuated, is un- 
 known. 
 
 Tl The only exact knowledge we have of the club rules of 
 the old days is the principle that has ever since been about 
 the only by-law of the club: "The ladies are always 
 present, whether they are here or not." This is a rule 
 which has always been unwritten, unspoken and unbroken 
 by the members of the club. 
 
 ^ Of the original Forty the club today has in its member- 
 ship Frank Morris, Lyndon D. Powers,Will J.Davis, Leigh 
 Reilly and Jos. H. Defrees. None of these gentlemen 
 remembers many of the incidents and facts concerning the 
 beginnings of the club. These details, naturally, did not 
 seem of much moment at the time, although today they 
 would assist the club materially in setting up some archives. 
 1[ "Biif" Hall, however, was the first and only president 
 of the Forty Club until he passed on. After his death it 
 was seriously proposed to disband the club as a testimonial 
 to his memory, but after much deliberation the conclusion 
 was reached that to continue the club in existence would 
 do even more to keep green and fair his memory. George 
 Ade was then chosen as the head of the organization, and 
 after serving several years he retired. Hon. John Barton 
 Payne succeeded him as president. When he retired from 
 the office Wilbur D. Nesbit was selected for the position. 
 ^ As the club grew in popularity it was seen that the 
 limitation of membership to forty was too small. An 
 associate membership was created. When a vacancy in 
 the "Forty" occurs an associate member is elevated. 
 Distinguished guests and friends of the club are eligible to 
 honorary membership. 
 
 ^ When this book was projected several of the older 
 members of the organization were asked for their recol- 
 
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 lections. The results have been summarized in the fore- 
 going, but in addition we have the following interesting 
 statement from the pen of Will J. Davis: 
 ^ "My boy was born a few years after the Forty Club 
 came into existence and when he grew old enough to 
 miss me at the dinner hour and to make quite a fuss 
 because I was not in my accustomed seat, I told Biff 
 Hall it was best for me to drop out of the club until 
 young Davis was old enough to excuse me occasionally 
 from the home dinner circle; so for four years I was not 
 with the club at all. Afterward I was an occasional guest 
 of some member. Later there was a vacancy and I re- 
 turned to the fold. 
 
 ^ "At the Forty Club dinners have gathered such well 
 remembered old-time club fellows as Biff Hall, John 
 McWade, Charlie Clayton, George Hancock, Judge 
 Driggs, George Jenney, Al Shuman, Fred Root, Chatfield 
 Taylor, Wm. J. Calhoun, Elbridge Hanecy, John Barton 
 Payne, Nate Salisbury, Norval Pierce, Charley Hunt, 
 Judge Kohlsaat, Will Moore, Jim Channon, George 
 Charlton, George Ade and Eddie Freiberger. Among the 
 prominent actors who were guests from time to time were 
 such popular stage favorites as Tom Keene, DeWolf 
 Hopper, Richard Mansfield, Wilton Lackaye, Richard 
 Golden, Wm. T. Carlton, Francis Wilson, Edwin Hoff, 
 Henry Clay Barnabee, Edward Sothern, John Drew, Tom 
 Karl, W. H. MacDonald, Lawrence Barrett, Charles 
 Wyndham, John McCuUough, Beerbohm Tree, James 
 O'Neill, Jimmy Powers, Charles Kendall, W. H. Crane, 
 Stuart Robson, Digby Bell, Nat Goodwin, E. S. Willard, 
 Herbert Kelcey, Eugene Cowles, Charles Hawtrey and 
 Max O'Rell the lecturer. The more famous the guest, 
 the more important and responsive was dear old Frei- 
 
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 berger. Reverend Ernest Stires, our chaplain, is a well- 
 remei,mbered figure in all our early dinners. 
 ^ "Best of all is remembered dear Will Hall, so many years 
 our president. How he fell heir to the familiar 'Biff,' I 
 don't know, but I suspect it was by reason of his faculty 
 for quick repartee. Every member of the Forty Club 
 remembering the days when he was president will testify 
 to his ready wit and instant touch with a telling reply to 
 any and every sally shied in his direction. He came back 
 with a "biff" every time and so forcibly that I suspect he 
 acquired his well-known nickname for that reason. 
 ^ "I am particularly indebted to the well-beloved wife of 
 Will Hall for names and data, also for the excellent photo- 
 graph which adorns the front of our book. A friend of 
 many years, both as Adele Somers and as Mrs. Hall, I am 
 glad to be still reckoned a friend to her and her charming 
 daughters. 
 
 ^ "Among the dearest and most impressive remembrances 
 of the Forty Club dinners are the songs John McWade was 
 wont to favor us with, the best of which, in my mind, were 
 'Sunday Night' and 'The Want of You.' The music 
 of the latter song was composed by Mr. McWade, and 
 nothing could more thoroughly describe his temperament. 
 I doubt if we shall ever hear their like again, and if the 
 young members ever hear anything half so plaintive and 
 sweet, they will not have joined the club without ample 
 recompense." 
 
GEORGE ADE 
 
 (Ex-President) 
 
 'T^RUTH is as old as space or time, 
 
 ^ And yet it has eternal youth; 
 He has the gift, rare and sublime, 
 To show us how to laugh at truth. 
 
JOHN BARTON PAYNE 
 (Ex-President) 
 
 ir^OES a lawyer only have to stand around 
 ■*"^ and to the judge and jury act up funny? — 
 Oh! No! — he doesn't have to stand at all; — 
 he only has to argue for the money. 
 
WILBUR D. NESBIT 
 
 (President) 
 
 ^T^O him the gods were very kind; 
 
 ■*■ They gave him humor, grace and wit, 
 And blessed him with so great a heart 
 That never with a poisoned dart 
 Is he inclined to make a hit. 
 
WILLIAM PORTER WILLIAMS 
 (Vice-President) 
 
 AN ambidextrous man is he; 
 ■"^^ The ones who know him understand. 
 A wonder in his way — you see 
 
 He can toastmast with either hand. 
 
CHARLES H. BURRAS 
 
 (Secretary) 
 
 nr^HE gods bestow their gifts on men 
 -*- With many a curious twist and whim; 
 They handed out an armful when 
 
 They chose the gifts they gave to him. 
 
CHARLES F. HEALY 
 (Treasurer) 
 
 /"^HARLEY is our treasurer; 
 ^-^ And him we have to thank 
 For the fact that we, instead of debts, 
 Have money in the bank. 
 
DEAN WALTER T. SUMNER 
 (Chaplain) 
 
 "\X7'E have said every good thing about him, 
 ^^ We have praised him as well as we could, 
 Yet we know that we never have given 
 
 Our dean all the credit we should ; 
 So imagine that we have repeated 
 
 The best things that ever were penned, 
 And perhaps you will know how we like him 
 
 As chaplain, as man and as friend. 
 
SAMUEL ELLSWORTH KISER 
 
 (Laureate) 
 
 TJE weaves the melody of words 
 ^ ^ As do the joyous bees and birds 
 Catch all the gladness of the day 
 And blend it in their happy way 
 Into a song where gladness is — 
 So Kiser writes those rhymes of his. 
 
 — PVilbur D. Nesbit. 
 
MEMBERS 
 
 of tPie 
 FORTY CLUB 
 
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OWEN BREWER 
 
 THE country's going dry, they say, 
 But though the foes of liquor shout 
 And though the "wets" are in dismay. 
 They'll never howl this Brewer out. 
 
WILLIAM J. CALHOUN 
 
 AX/'HEN he arrived in China 
 
 The Manchus quaked with fear 
 And said: "We may as well get out; 
 The grafting game's gone up the spout- 
 An honest man is here." 
 
JAMES H. CHANNON 
 
 VITT'HEN pigs can fly and cows can sinj 
 And cooks no longer ask for pay, 
 When nothing's wrong with anything, 
 
 And all our ills are cleared away; 
 He will be keeping busy still 
 Imparting gladness and good will. 
 
GEORGE J. CHARLTON 
 
 A LWAYS with a glad hand for a friend, 
 -^^ Always with a kindly word to spare; 
 Always with a smile that makes you feel 
 That if trouble came to plague you he 
 would care. 
 
WILL H. CLARK 
 
 A GALLANT horseman, Bill Clark is, 
 '^^ He rides like Paul Revere — 
 No reins are in his hands, gee whiz! 
 He hangs on by the ear. 
 
WILL J. DAVIS 
 
 T ET this on Time's eternal scroll 
 ^^-^ Of him be largely penned: 
 "He never sought to harm a soul 
 And thousands called him friend." 
 
JOSEPH H. DIMERY 
 
 A CHERUB'S face and a seraph's smile 
 ^ ^ And a nature that is simmery, 
 And a bit of gab and a dash of guile — 
 If you mix them, that's Joe Dimery. 
 
J. A. EDWARDS 
 
 nr^HE voice of a wondrous seer, 
 
 ''' The heart of a hero plus; 
 A laugh that is good to hear — 
 Signed, "Yours sincerely, GUS." 
 
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LEROY A. GODDARD 
 
 T ARRY Goddard Is a banker; 
 ^^^ Easy job and splendid pay; 
 Starts at ten and through at three; 
 Every week or two he's free, 
 Having a bank holiday. 
 
THOMAS P. GOODBODY 
 
 A SPLENDID chap; you'll not detect 
 -*• ^ Much that is wrong with him; 
 Yet he is queer in one respect; 
 His middle name is PIM. 
 
J. F. A. HALBACH 
 
 npHE F. stands for Fred — and so do the 
 -'- rest of us, 
 
 But the J. and the A. have puzzled the best 
 
 of us. 
 Oh, Fred, please arise and inform the officials 
 The use that you make of your extra initials. 
 
ELBRIDGE HANECY 
 
 CEDATE, stern, dignified and grim; 
 
 ^ Observe the stateliness of him. 
 
 No monument of ancient Rome, 
 
 No towering, majestic dome. 
 
 No marble bust that never blinks, 
 
 No mystic, solemn, silent sphinx, 
 
 No iceberg in the polar sea 
 
 Could seem so cold and calm as he — 
 
 But then you'd best not be too sure 
 
 Until you take his temperature. 
 
CHARLES H. HUNT 
 
 ' I 'HIS, gentle friends, is Charley Hunt; 
 
 ^ He, also, does a little stunt; 
 Who else in all this crowd could rise 
 With such a twinkle in his eyes? 
 
CHARLES G. HUSE 
 
 pJE toured through China just last year 
 ^-^ And now the cable brings the news 
 That China's king has quit; we fear 
 He wants to be as free as Huse. 
 
THOMAS D. KNIGHT 
 
 1_JE must be strong, he must be true 
 ^ -*■ And strive with all his might, 
 Who would a lance break and win thru 
 With this, our gallant Knight. 
 
ED. W. MILLER 
 
 T-JE has gone to California, 
 ^-^ Where the sun shines ail the year; 
 There the days will all be brighter 
 And the hearts will all be lighter, 
 But the days are darker here. 
 
WILL H. MOORE 
 
 XJELIEVE us, if all your endearing young 
 charms, 
 As Tom Moore of old sang so fine, now 
 and then, 
 Were to vanish right now, we would search 
 all the farms 
 And restore all your cheer with a little red 
 hen. 
 
FRANK MORRIS 
 
 ^ I ""HIS is the robber, as sure's you're born 
 
 Against whose guile I fain would warn 
 The Bibliomaniac, all tattered and torn, 
 Who pauses to look at some second-hand book 
 Up on a shelf, all covered with dust. 
 Marked "Four Dollars for cash, no trust" 
 Down in the shop that Morris built. 
 
 — Eugene Field. 
 
LAVERNE W. NOYES 
 
 ILJE plucks the flowers along the way, 
 -■- ^ And has no time to idly grieve; 
 By giving gladness where he may 
 He earns the joy that day by day 
 It is his fortune to receive. 
 
DAVID A. NOYES 
 
 "UE smites left-handed when the tee 
 ^^ Is made and there's a ball to smite: 
 In other ways we'll all agree 
 That he distinctly is all right. 
 
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 AX/'HEN the Forty Club is ended and the 
 ^^ gavel put away 
 
 May we gladly travel with him on the road 
 to Mandalay. 
 
LYNDON D. POWERS 
 
 TJE helped to found the Forty Club 
 -*■ -■■ And adds unto its joys, 
 And may It live a hundred years 
 And find us all alive with cheers 
 For this one of the boys. 
 
MARVIN B. POOL 
 
 CHICAGO is proud of her lake 
 Which keeps her in summer so cool, 
 But we of the Forty oft make 
 
 Great boasts of our own Marvin Pool. 
 
FRED A. PRICE 
 
 \)[7'E may live without art, we may live 
 ^^ without books, 
 
 We may live without music or ice; 
 But we cannot have banquets unless we have 
 cooks, 
 
 And what would they be without Price? 
 
GARDNER READ 
 
 ILXT'HEN Freedom from her mountain height 
 ^^ Unfurled her standard to the air, 
 She little thought about to-night 
 For Gardner Read was never there. 
 
LEIGH REILLY 
 
 ILJERE'S a wish for you, Leigh Reilly: 
 "*■ ■*■ Let's all join in it, brothers: — 
 May gladness be in store for you 
 In equal, honest measure to 
 The joy you've given others. 
 
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 JOHN RICHARDSON 
 
 1_FE has a taste for all the arts; 
 '*■■'■ In giving joy he finds his gain; 
 On many glad and grateful hearts 
 His name is written to remain. 
 
LEROY T. STEWARD 
 
 'TpHERE were croakers who said he would 
 ''- never make good, 
 
 There were people who feared he would fail: 
 The ones who at present cling to the belief 
 That he wasn't a competent, praiseworthy 
 chief 
 Are mostly residing in jail. 
 
DR. C. PRUYN STRINGFIELD 
 
 ^"T^HE glad hand and the smile; but, better 
 yet, 
 
 The willingness to help you on your way, 
 Without the wish to have you feel the debt — 
 
 Glad for the good he does from day to day. 
 
WILLIAM J. SUTHERLAND 
 
 AX7HEN the stein is on the table and the 
 ^^ song is ringing clear, 
 There is always something lacking if Bill 
 
 Sutherland ain't here, 
 For before we'd do without Bill, for whose 
 
 fellowship we long, 
 We would do without the table and forget 
 
 the stein and song. 
 
HERBERT B. SWIFT 
 
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 ** I ""HE changing seasons come and go, 
 
 -*■ The clouds may fall or lift, 
 The weather may give rain or snow, 
 But nothing changes Swift. 
 
WILLIAM C. THORNE 
 
 IIJILLY had an auto, 
 -■^ Billy took a spin, 
 Billy paid a little fine 
 When they ran him in; 
 Now he's bought a monoplane, 
 Rides up in the air, 
 Coppers wave their arms at him- 
 Billy doesn't care. 
 
PAUL FREDERICK VOLLAND 
 
 ^T^HROUGH Life's dull ways he tries to 
 -*- scatter 
 
 A little art to beautify; 
 It may be hard, but then, no matter, — 
 
 It's well worth while to even try. 
 
FRANCIS W. WALKER 
 
 TUTE has a splendid fund of wit 
 -"■ ^ That in its flash is lightning-like, 
 And yet, unlike the lightning, it 
 In flashing never fails to strike. 
 
ASSOCIATE 
 MEMBERS 
 
 of tfm 
 FORTY CLUB 
 
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EDWARD M. ALLEN 
 
 CEVEN cities, It Is said, 
 
 ^ Put in a claim for Homer dead; 
 
 How many cities madly strive 
 
 To claim this man while he's alive. 
 
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 LOUIS E. BURR 
 
 llJE does not wear a plaid or kilts, 
 
 -*■ -*• He pipes no weird, fantastic strains, 
 And yet, somehow, we half suspect 
 That he has Scotch blood in his veins. 
 
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 JUDGE GEORGE A. CARPENTER 
 
 JUDGE, would you let a man become 
 A juror in a packer's case 
 If he had been endowed with sense 
 Enough to tell the difference 
 Between a two-spot and an ace? 
 
CHARLES S. CASTLE 
 
 "LJOWEVER dark the clouds may be, 
 ^ His days are always sunny, 
 
 Because he has a chance, you see. 
 To spend them counting money. 
 
DR. GEORGE M. CHAMBERLIN 
 
 AXT'E have no mistress of the robes, 
 ^^ No privy council we maintain, 
 But, being royal fellows all. 
 
 We do have a Grand Chamberlain. 
 
A. SHELDON CLARK 
 
 COME men are born to sadly frown, 
 
 ^ Some men to praise and some to scoff; 
 
 But, whether he is up or down. 
 
 He wears the smile that won't come off. 
 
FRED E. COYNE 
 
 A HALE good fellow all the while, 
 ^ ^ A boon companion and a spender, 
 Prepared with ready song and smile, — 
 This Coyne is always legal tender. 
 
AUGUSTUS D. CURTIS 
 
 COME other folks are out of date 
 *^ And they are listed as B. C, 
 But Curtis — now, let's get this straight- 
 Belongs to now — he is A. D. 
 
WILLIAM W. DEWEES 
 
 1_JE'S not inclined to be a dude, 
 "■■ -*• His clothes are splendid, none the less 
 He doesn't often make a speech. 
 But he's a man of good address. 
 
JOHN DRENNAN 
 
 1_JE loses sleep 'most every night — 
 
 -'■ -*■ But don't let that look strange to you. 
 
 He lies awake till almost light 
 
 And thinks of friendly things to do. 
 
MILTON J. FOREMAN 
 
 l-TE can tell you when the sphinx was built 
 and why; 
 He can tell you just what Caesar did and 
 how; 
 He can tell you how old Cato lost his eye, 
 But he couldn't wean the offspring of a cow. 
 
CHARLES K. FOSTER 
 
 np'HE rhymes that we might write of him 
 -■■ In friendship might make light of him, 
 So here's the thing to tell of him: 
 The neighbors all speak well of him. 
 
GUY GUERNSEY 
 
 l_rE winds about and in and out 
 ^^ And with a faith sublime 
 Is always pretty prominent 
 About election time. 
 
BENNETT GRIFFIN 
 
 'IXT'HEN Bennett Griffin is not smiling, 
 ^" He may not be a handsome creature; 
 But does he ever, day or night, 
 Put off the smile that seems to light 
 And glorify his every feature? 
 
KARL EDWIN HARRIMAN 
 
 T-JE once wrote a book about Sadie, 
 '■■ -*■ Whose past was a little bit shady; 
 'Twas a well written book, 
 But, Karl, where did you look 
 For your facts concerning the lady? 
 
FRED'K HIGBIE 
 
 1_JE does not sing or dance or see 
 ■*■ -■■ The good points of another's game; 
 But he has found out how to be 
 A right good fellow, just the same. 
 
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 JOHN U. HIGINBOTHAM 
 
 ^ I ""HEY ask what's the matter with Kansas, 
 -■■ Where old Walt Mason writes stanzas; 
 
 They have acres to spare, 
 
 But John isn't there, 
 And THATS what's the matter with Kansas. 
 
WILLIAM H. JUERGENS 
 
 T_IE has a most peculiar heart; 
 ■'■ -*■ For treating it no doctors charge- 
 The information we'll impart: 
 His heart is simply very large. 
 
C. GEORGE KROGNESS 
 
 ^ I ''HERE is no rhyme for Krogness, 
 
 -*■ At least, so we have heard, 
 Unless it may be Grogness, 
 But there is no such word. 
 
LOUIS W. LANDMAN 
 
 TT^IND sir, if you could have a feast 
 •*-^ Commensurate with our good wishes, 
 The board would fill Grant Park, at least; 
 'Twould take the lake to wash the dishes. 
 
JOHN R. LENFESTEY 
 
 LJE in his life has played a-many parts, 
 ^-^ Has pictured life as but few others can, 
 But never needed histrionic arts 
 
 To play the grand old part of gentleman.' 
 
JOHN LEE MAHIN 
 
 COME men are born wise, some men are 
 ^ born rich, 
 
 Some men are born fearless and plucky, 
 But the luckiest one are the ones he invites 
 To stay a few days and likewise a few nights 
 
 On his little old farm in Kentucky. 
 

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 T_JE will sell you a lot and build you a 
 -*■ -^ house 
 
 And lend you the money, all right; 
 But he won't lay the carpets or furnish the 
 meals 
 
 Or sing to the babies at night. 
 
CHARLES A. McCULLOCH 
 
 T_JE'S just about as tall as he is thick and 
 ^ ^ wide, 
 
 And the architect that planned him drew 
 his plan 
 With the principal idea to have a place inside 
 
 For a heart as big as that of any man. 
 
EDWARD K. ORR 
 
 X-JE Is so quiet, so subdued, 
 ^ -*■ And yells in such a gentle tone 
 That, not intending to be rude 
 Or wishing to begin a feud. 
 We hand to Ed a megaphone. 
 
CHARLES M. PARKER 
 
 r\ DREAMER of dreams, and doer of deeds, 
 ^^ This is our choicest wish to you; 
 Whatever your hopes and whatever your needs 
 Some day may your dreams into deeds come 
 true. 
 
CLARENCE F. PARKER 
 
 l^ILL up this cup to one made up 
 ^ Of excellence alone, 
 Both day and night he is all right, 
 As he has always shown. 
 
DR. MILTON B. PINE 
 
 "IXZITH a smile that never fades 
 ^^ And good nature, rain or shine, 
 Do you wonder why it was 
 
 That the Club made room for Pine? 
 
WILLIAM H. RANKIN 
 
 1_JE is a Hoosier product, but he only 
 -*• ^ brought from there 
 
 The Hoosier sunshine in his smile, the sunset 
 in his hair. 
 
JOSEPH A. RUSHTON 
 
 ILJE'S a follower of Nimrod; 
 
 ''• ■*■ Many hunting grounds he's tried, 
 
 And he never shot a goose 
 
 Or a rabbit or a moose, 
 
 Thinking that it was a guide. 
 
JOHN C. SHAFFER 
 
 A JAILER he, you'd scarce believe it, 
 "^ ^ But all our hearts he doth enthrall, 
 He makes of us his willing captives, — 
 Kindness the chain and love the ball. 
 
EDWARD W. SIMS 
 
 AX/HEN Teddy's in the chair again 
 ^^ Ed Sims will hear this call: 
 "Come, Ed., and have a seat by me, 
 For it is up to you to be 
 Attorney General." 
 
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 IX/TAN wants but little here below 
 ^^^ Nor wants that little long; 
 We may remark, in passing, though, 
 We want our little Strong. 
 
EDWARD A. ST. JOHN 
 
 nr^HEY didn't tell us much about you, 
 
 ^ We're somewhat doubtful even now; 
 But this we know, you are descended 
 From a good old family, anyhow. 
 
JOHN R. THOMPSON 
 
 LJE has beheld Chicago rise 
 
 '-^ To greatness and world-wide renown, 
 
 And as a leading citizen 
 
 Confers an honor on the town. 
 
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 WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON 
 
 COME men must pound and some must 
 ^ plow, 
 
 And some engage in deadly strife; 
 He, luckily, has found out how 
 
 To merely smile his way through life. 
 
GEORGE TRAMEL 
 
 ^ I ""HE sweetest music to his ears 
 ■*■ Is the swishing of the spray; 
 When all the sails are spread and care's 
 A million miles away. 
 
HERBERT VANDERHOOF 
 
 TF you should wonder why it is 
 ^ That he appears to be so glad, 
 The fact is, there's a little girl 
 
 Who'll learn some day to call him 
 
 'Dad. 
 
WARREN WRIGHT 
 
 "IXT'E'D make a song 
 ^^ Here, if we might; 
 But we'd be wrong 
 And he'd be Wright. 
 
JAS. M. WARNER 
 
 "VrOU would not think It could be so 
 -■• To judge him by his face; 
 But even he has been inclined — 
 Oh, merely now and then, to find 
 The world a dismal place. 
 
HONORARY 
 MEMBERS 
 
 of the 
 FORTY CLUB 
 
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RICHARD BENNETT 
 
 1-JE'S a serious man, with a serious way 
 
 ^ ^ Of presenting a serious theme, 
 But he reaches your heart when you sit 
 
 through his play 
 Till you feel the effect for a-many a day 
 And your life has a sunnier gleam. 
 
ALBERT BOROFF 
 
 npHE fates were very, very kind 
 
 -■- To bless him with the gift of song; 
 And to his credit, be it said, 
 
 We do not have to tease him long. 
 
DR. FRANK CRANE 
 
 1-1 OW good a world this world would be 
 ^ ^ If all men in it were as he; 
 For he can keep from going wrong, 
 And yet be cheerful right along. 
 
JOSEPH H. DeFREES 
 
 Y'OU might not think it could be so, 
 ■■■ And yet such is the case: 
 De Frees was in Chicago when 
 'Twas just a little place. 
 
FRED GARDNER 
 
 HE might have come from Hackensack 
 Or Fond du Lac or Kinderhook, 
 But, anyhow, he'd never lack 
 A cheerful and contented look. 
 
JOHN HYAMS 
 
 VIT'E have all had girls of our dreajns, 
 ^^ Girls who were graceful and fair, 
 Girls who were angels, indeed. 
 
 Girls with whom none could compare; 
 But the girls of our dreams disappeared, 
 
 They were wraiths that eluded our sight, 
 While the girl of his dreams is his own. 
 
 And he wins her anew every night. 
 
HERBERT KING 
 
 /'^LOOM folds her tent when Herbert sings, 
 ^-^ And kindness claims our hearts; 
 Thanks for the pleasure that he brings 
 And willingly imparts. 
 
DR. WILLIAM F. LARKIN 
 
 'II^HEN Larkin sings, the little birds 
 ^^ Fly up and listen to his words, 
 And as he turns the music loose 
 
 They chirp all sadly: "What's the use?" 
 
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JOHN T. McCUTCHEON 
 
 "LIE holds the mirror up to nature 
 ■*■ -*• And by his clever, mystic spell 
 He shows her such a pleasing image 
 That nature likes it pretty well. 
 
NON-'RESIDENT 
 MEMBERS 
 
 of tfie 
 FORTY CLUB 
 
 # 
 
JOHN BOLAND 
 
 "XTZE often wonder, as you may, 
 ^^ What pleasure would be his 
 If he found others every day 
 As cheerful as he is. 
 
HOMER CARR 
 
 ANOTHER Homer! What delight 
 ^ ^ Would be old Homer's if he might 
 Know that this Homer spreads his fame 
 And adds new honor to his name. 
 
EDWARD WILSON DONAHOE 
 
 WHEN he was young and in his prime 
 He'd go out for a gay old time. 
 Don't urge him now, or, bless your heart, 
 He'll show you how to make a start. 
 
FRANK E. WILSON 
 
 r_IE travels east, he travels west, 
 -■- -*• He travels much, he travels far; 
 He never has to pay his fare, 
 
 Because he has a private car; 
 He keeps a corps of men to take 
 
 Such orders as he may be giving; 
 The funny thing about it is 
 
 He calls this working for a living. 
 
Forty Club Members, 1888 
 
 William T. Hall, President 
 Edward Freiberger, Secretary 
 
 H. C. Chatfield-Taylor, Vice-Pres . 
 Harry G. Sommers, Treasurer 
 
 Members of Executive Committee 
 Gen. H. A. Wheeler v, E. W. Kohlsaat Montgomery Gibbs 
 
 Akin, Henry F. 
 Allen, James Lane 
 Barron, Elwyn A. 
 Chatfield-Taylor, H.C. 
 Clayton, Chas. B. 
 Cone, George W. 
 Crawford, S. A. 
 Defrees, J. H. » 
 
 Dew, Chas. A. , 
 
 Ewing, Judge W. G. 
 Freiberger, Edward 
 Gibbs, Montgomery 
 Glover, Lyman B. 
 
 Resident Members 
 
 Hall, William T. 
 Hamlin, George J. 
 Hancock, George W. 
 Horton, O. H. Judge 
 Jenks, E. W. 
 Jenney, Geo. H. 
 Kayzer, Samuel 
 Kohlsaat, Judge C. C. 
 Kohlsaat, Ernest W. 
 Kuhns, E. Louis 
 Morris, Frank M. 
 McMillan, Newton 
 Powers, Harry J. 
 Wheeler, Gen. H. A. 
 
 Powers, L. D. 
 Reilly, Leigh 
 Root, Frederick W. 
 Scales, Judge Frank 
 Smith, Harry B. 
 Sommers, Harry G. 
 Stevenson, Chas. A. 
 Stires, Rev. Ernest M. 
 Stone, Melville E. 
 Taylor, Wm. A. 
 Thomas, Dr. Homer M . 
 Turner, Col. Henry L. 
 Wallace, Genio 
 
 Non-Resident Members 
 
 French, George H., St. Louis 
 
 Hayman, Alf., N. Y. 
 
 La Shelle, Kirke, N. Y. 
 
 Macintosh, Burr, N. Y. 
 
 Murray, Frank, N. Y. 
 
 Reade, Capt. Philip H., U.S.A. 
 
 Williams, Walter, N. Y. 
 
 Honorary Members 
 
 Richardson, Leander, N. Y. 
 Salsbury, Nate, N. Y. 
 Shuman, A. F., Los Angeles, Cal. 
 Unitt, E. G., New York 
 Wallace, J. Laurie, Omaha 
 Wilkie, John E., London 
 
 Henry C. Barnabee, Boston 
 Maurice Barrymore, N. Y. 
 Cecil Clay, London 
 Henry E. Dixey, N. Y. 
 Walter Emerson, London 
 Nat C. Goodwin 
 Edwin W. Hoff, N. Y. 
 Edmond M. Holland, N. Y. 
 Tom Karl, N. Y. 
 Wilton Lackaye, N. Y. 
 W. H. Macdonald, Boston 
 Felix Morris, N. Y. 
 Ramsay Morris, N. Y. 
 
 Bill Nye, N. Y. 
 
 Jas. O'Neill, N. Y. 
 
 Max O'Rell, Paris 
 
 Thos. Nelson Page, Washington 
 
 Frederick Paulding, N. Y. 
 
 Roland Reed, N. Y. 
 
 Dr. Geo. F. Root, Chicago 
 
 Edmund Russell, N. Y. 
 
 Otis Skinner, N. Y. 
 
 F. Hopkinson Smith, N. Y. 
 
 Willis Sweatnam, N. Y. 
 
 Edward S. Willard, London 
 
 Francis Wilson, N. Y. 
 
The original photographs for this 
 volume were made especially by 
 The Moffett Studio, Chicago. 
 
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