on entering the club the member not only receives a new name, but his
biography containing more or less of the truth about him is written and
placed in the records. A song is also composed in his honor, and on
festal occasions he is greeted with it upon his entrance.

Perhaps the greatest event of the year is the annual dinner, or the
"Centurial Dinner" as it is called, from the very general conviction
that "Better one year with the P. D.'s than a cycle of Cathay." Every
one is supposed to do something for this occasion, but he is given
perfect liberty as to what he shall do, and he may answer, for instance,
the toast of The Architecture of the Greeks with an essay on The Use and
Abuse of the Cocktail, with the assurance that his consistency will not
be doubted.

The menu card is usually of sufficient interest to furnish amusement
until the actual hostilities begin. Upon each guest at this dinner is
conferred the honorary title of "Draughtsman."

The installation of a new president, which occurs monthly, is also the
occasion of much mirth, as are also the departures for or the arrivals
from Europe of members.

But no matter how closely these events follow each other, one can depend
upon each of them being distinctly different; and after one has attended
a score or so of them he begins to wonder when this versatility will end
and they will begin to repeat themselves.

Notwithstanding the unvaried success of these affairs, none of them have
been attended with more than a slight expenditure of time or money.

In decorating the rooms the same old articles have been made to do
service any number of times, but always in such a manner as to obtain an
entirely different effect.

Many of the best things in this line have been done on the spur of the
moment. The club seal, for instance, was thrown together in a few
minutes, some one in the meantime looking up an appropriate motto, the
occasion being an impromptu festival of Gambrinus, which occurred one
Christmas eve.

At another time a wonderful chandelier was constructed of a stretcher, a
Chinese lantern, and twenty beer bottles, which were utilized to hold
candles, and a placard on each told that they were manufactured by the
P. D. Electric Co. and were each of one candle power; the whole being
draped with some brilliantly dyed stuffs that had served as costumes at
the Art Students' Festival.

_(To be continued.)_

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