Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-04
FOURTH ANNUAL DINNER
GIVEN BY VEINS rocK & LUBrh TO
TEEIR EMPLOYEES.
The Ball-The Toasts-The speeches-The
Guests-The Programme
of Exercises.

chanlcs OsOre, gave 70 tnelr employees the
soiree and dinner which has for the last four
holiday seasons marked the advent of new
year. 1t was the fourth CT the series, and 10
the eighth year of the business of these mer-
chants in this city. The reunion was held at
the Golden Eagle Hotel, and began early in
the afternoon. The employees aided the
members of the firm in the management Of
the affair, and took their full share of the
management by representative committees,
who were active in the discharge of their
work, and did all that could be done to render
the occasion one of unalloyed pleasure to the
participants. It was the largest and
MOST SUCCESSFUL
OF all the reunions yet held under the same
direction. Such annual gatherings are evi.
IDENTIFY growing more common among the
large mercantile and manufacturing estab-
ishmen.s Of the couutry at the East now. A
great many Of the leading business houses
assemble all the workers in their hives of
industry, and with dance and song. and
around the festal board, celebrate the season
of good will. Probably none held anywhere,
however, have been more completely success
full in all respects than that now under notice.
What marked it especially was the quiet and
exact but unobtrusive system which prevailed
and the precision with which all the details
were carried out. Early in the afternoon
the employees and their lady friends assembled
in the parlor of the Golden Eagle, and the
soiree began. The floors Of the parlor and
adjacent hall spaces were canvased for dane
ing. and the terpsichorean festivities were
prosecuted in parlor, halls and reception
rooms with zest evidsncing cordiality and
genuineness in the exercises of the occasion
and the unsel6sh enjoyment experienced by
the participants. The ladies were dressed
with becoming taste, while the gentlemen
appeared in full dress suits and were as
attentive as the most exacting could demand.
The party numbe. ed over one hundred and
fifty, che great majority being employees of
the house. A few of the
INVITED GUESTS
Put In an early appearance and Joined in the
dance. The cash boys were allotted room for
their own sports, while number of them had
charge of the hat and cloak room, to which
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gentlemen Of the Reception Committee. In
the reception and cloak rooms of the ladies
attendants were ready TO receive and care for
wraps also, and so carefully We're the duties
performed in both cases that no guest or par
ticipant experienced the slightest inconveni-
ence in at any time procuring their hats or
wraps The most captious would have found
it exceedingly difficult to point out any defect
In tn N; nagenen', or to distinguish the soiree
from frs5-class bail, or in the demeaner of
the participants to have found ground for ad-
verse criticism. It was a genteel, cordially
social and altogether elegant affair. The
hosts of the occasion, the members of
the firm, were constant in their eff
forts to add to the pleasure of the
gathering and to relieve the assemblage from
any of the restraints of stiff formality-in-
deed, the stranger would have been puzzled
TO distinguish in the gathering or by its man
agement employer from employe. Church,
Jones & Watrous' orchestra had position in
the main hail. enabling the dancers on either
hand to avail of the music for dancing to the
numbers of an elegantly printed New
Years" programme. Those who did not
come to dance, or whose years had sobered
their tastes for amusement, found rooms
where they could indulge in congenial games
or social chat AZ ease. Throughout the a DOR
were easy chairs aud sofas for the convenience
of any who desired either to rest from the
dance, or as spectators take pleasure in
witnessing the enjoyment of others. A table
was placed in the hall, from which light bev-
erages were freely dispensed. The march to
THE SUPERB ROOM
Began at S:15 P. NJ, and was led by the hosts
and the heads of departments in the store
escorting the invited guests. The line entered
the spacious dining hall to the measured beat
of an orchestral march. and after making
single circuit 1T the hall the members of the
Compare -u.d chem Elves esca at his or her
appointed seat. The tables were four ia
number, ex endi tie full length Of the hall,
while at Int angles, at the head, was table
the full vi tn 1f the room az the center IT
which H. Weinstoek and D. Lubin, with
their wives, presided. supported on either
hand by the employees at the heads of de-
partmeu;s. Tue dining hail was tastefully
decorated with evergreen festoens and dress
ings OF yerisut foliage typical of the holiday
season. while the great mirror at the lover
end Of the hall bore a tropical sketch en-
blazoned with the words Welcome +" and
"a Happy New Year to All"
The tables were the result of the skill and
good taste Of the caterer. J. II. McNasser,
acting manager at the Golden Eagle, and of
his chief steward, J. n. Petty, and l.. w.
Farrell, assistant. The tables were loaded
with the ielicacies of the season, and it is
but necessary to refer to the schedule of
dishes given below to indiclte the high char
acter of the barqlet and It's variety and ex-
cellence. No wines were served-an omission
eliciting the open and warm approval of the
guests. The service was all that could be
demanded by the most exac.ing. While the
bar ques proceeded the orchestra RECALLED the
company with music.
AT THE TABLE.
At the plate of each guest, in addition to a
bonbon containing an odd article of grotesque
alornmeut for the head, was an elegant four
PACED tinted bristol board card bearing the
bill of fare. The first page was illuminated
with handsome cut, the engraving being ex-
ecuted by prominent bank note engraving
company. Beneath the cuts which were
varied. were the words: with the compli-
ments Of Weinstock & Lubin." The second
page being in still a different tint from that
of the cutter pages, read as follows:
Annual dinner given by weinstocl 4 Lubin, to
their employees, JANUARY 2, 1882, Golden Eagle
Hotel.
Blue Point oysters on the half shell.
Sculpture of chicken, a Ia Imperi-l; consomme,
Ia Royal.
salmon, a la Hutres-
Releives-Lobstsr, la Creole buffalo tongue,
la Gnipalta-
black tail deer; sslade de volatile, decorated en-
mayonnaise; tongue; jambon de Westphalia,
with Jelly.
ornameuted dishes and pyramids.
Rnasts-Turkey, oyster stuffing cranberry sauce :
saddle Of mutton stuffed young pig, apple sauce ;
Dupee hams champagne sance stuffed capon, with
currant jelly; loin of pork; srion OF prime beef
loin Of cal
GRE, ooose with olives quail braisee Ia Maitre