Word: rotaryism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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H. L. Mencken-if he should be elected to the Rotary Club of Baltimore. (P. 22.)
H. L. Mencken, despite the fact that he is now being burlesqued a bit for it, is still inveighing against the Rotary Clubs. He devotes a full page of the current issue of The Smart Set to them, commencing: " Of all the false ideas that entertain the Rotary Clubs . . ."
If Mr. Mencken carries on his abuse against Rotary much longer, Public Opinion may proclaim him a bully-or, to use his language-a cad, a double-barreled ass, a poltroon.
It is not known whether the Rotary Clubs pay any attention to Mr. Mencken or not. Possibly, if the Baltimore chapter should elect him a member . . .
The Rotary Clubs of Boston and Greater Boston held a Harvard Night last evening at the Union. Delegations were present at the dinner from Boston, Cambridge, Melrose, Malden, Wakefield, Everett, Quincy, and Lynn. Mr. Charles H. Hood, president of the Rotary Club of Boston introduced the toastmaster of the evening...