Fun

That whimsical Hoosier, the late Thomas R. Marshall, inaugurated the annual Vice Presidential feast in honor of the Senate page boys, Calvin Coolidge continued it, added an after-dinner speech. Last week, Charles G. Dawes invited the 50 other employes of the Senate, addition to the 20 pages; he had fun; they had fun.

The Rev. Joseph J. Muir, Senate chaplain, gave the blessing. Deep-voiced John C. Crockett, reading clerk, was toastmaster. James D. Preston, genial superintendent the Senate press gallery, announced the arrival of the world's largest underslung pipe, six feet long, made of pasteboard. "What mal it smell so bad?" chirped an insolent page. Investigations reveal a copy of the "Senate Rules with Dawes' Amendments" (the amendments shot full of holes). From the bowl of the pasteboard pipe other gifts for the Vice President emanated:

A Nobel peace prize medal, bearing the inscription: "For Bravery in the face of Senate Gas."

A telegram offering him the Democratic nomination for President in 1928, which Mr. Dawes accepted provided the Republican nomination was added to it.

A small silk hat, to which Mr. Dawes replied: "My head is no larger than it was when I came to the Senate."

A yellow taxicab, accompanied by the reading of a parody on "Sheridan 20 Miles Away," which told how Mr. Dawes slept at the Hotel Willard while the Senate voted down the nomination of Charles B. Warren for Attorney General.

A cartoon of Mr. Dawes, to be used in case of his absence.

Two dolls, "Helen" and "Maria."

A steel-shafted driver, a duplicate of the one which Mr. Dawes frequently borrows from his golfing mate, Col. Edwin A. Halsey.

A bouquet for Mrs. Dawes, who smiled happily.