Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-03
A REUNION.
Sixth Annual Banquet Of weinstock &
Lubin to their Employees.

Messrs. Weinstock and Lubin, of the Me-
chsnics Store, gave their sixth annual banquet
to their employees at the Golden Eagle Hotel
on Monday evening Ttese gentlemen. and
the business that they prosecute, fill too large
place in TIE commercial affairs of this city,
and the remarkable progress of their business
in Sacramento, together with the push,
energy and perseverance, that have marked
their phenomenally succession course, are too
well known to call for any other than casual
remark in this place. One of the peculiarly
pleasant features with which they have
broken the monoto ne of business, and light
ened the lahors OF their employees, has been
the annual reunions, of which this is the
record of one. There are numerous features
in their system of business that tend to the
improvement and the
MATERIAL AND MENTAL
Advancement of those who labor in their
large establishment. The firm membership
has, IN degree and to an extent rarely met
with, given of its means, and time, and its
best energies. to promote the welfare of their
employees and to encourage them IN such
courses IS must lead to honorable, useful and
successful lives.
At the fret banquet given by the firm but
few more than a dozen sat down at the
table. The number has grown with each
year. and with a rspidity that has been aston
ishing, until on Monday night no less than
l62 employees, ranging from mers boys in
knickerbockers to men bearded and gray, and
from small girls in abort clothes to women of
mature years, were present and engaging in
the festivities with heartiness and whole
souled spirit that could not be mistaken.
The reunion took place at the Golden Eagle
Hotel, and began about 3 P. NJ, when the
employees, with several Of the guests, Assem-.
bled in the parlors of the house, which had
been prepared especially for the occasion.
Fisoh 4 Watson's orchestra was in attend.
ance, and for FIVE hours the dance went on,
and social mingling that was marked by
courteous behavior and polite demeanor, but
without stiff formalities. The floors were
canvased to facilitate ease Of dancing Dress
ing rooms were provided, and attendants were
ready to serve guests. In the hall next to
the parlor refreshing but unintoxicsting bev-
erages were dispensed freely. At the conclu
sion of the social party the banquet, or an
nual dinner, took placa-a fitting finale to a
most enjoyable New Years reunion.
THE MANAGEMENT
| OF the entire affsir was under the personal
supervision of the hosts, aided by these COM
mittees of employees:
Executive Committee-C. E. Phipps, VIM.
Roam, E. Bonnheim.
Floor Director-William Skeels, Assist
ants-S. W. McKim, E. Bonnheim, Warren
Dickson, Jno Fenton f. Parsons.
Reception Committee-Wm. Dickson, B.
| L. Morris, NJ. Levy, E. Franklin, A. Lyons.
L. Sarchett, F. Winnie.
Ladies' Reception Committee-Mrs. E.
Franklin, Miss Katie Wells, Miss Minnie
Payne, Miss Lena Roddy.
Committee on Toasts-E. G. Messner, I.
R. Shaw, S. Farnsworth.
Literary Committee-A. q. Fisher, Miss
Josie Spencer, Miss Emma Hummel
Committee on Muaic-R. II. Auerbach
Miss Nellie Spencer, Miss Josie Hummel
On Carriages-E. G.. Messner, Jas. Heffer.
nan. T. S. Holden.
| The guests specially invited were numerous.
Had the capacity of the hotel equaled
the desire of the hosts in the matter
of inviting guests, it is probable that its
dining-room area would have been greater
than the entire foor.space of the Capitol.
| The guests began to arrive about 7:15, and at
8 o'clock had all assembled and marched to
the dining-ro Among those present as
guests were: Hon. II. M. LaRue Rev. DIR. |
Frost and wife, Rev. Father Grace, Rev. j.
Bloch and wife, Rev. H, II, Rice and wife, |
Rev. Mr.. Brier and wife, Rev. Mr.. Henry |
and wife, @. II. Cummings and wife, Ed. |
Katzsnstein and wife, D. J. Long, Samuel !
Marks of San Francisco, Miss Lou Bidwel, |
Miss S. Morris, James BicClatchy, s. E. Car
ringtOp; B: K. Chapman, Miss Wilcox, Mat
thew Cooke and wife. Mrs. =. n. Skeels, |
Mrs. Addie Carter, Miss Kate Skeels, Felix |
Tracy and wife, Rev. |. E. Dwinell, DIR. |
TyrelI, L. Elkus and wife, Miss NJ. Fleiss-
ner. VIM. p. Coleman, VIM. Govar, Mr.. |
Williamson, w. r. Strong, Judge w. A. (
Henry and wife, Mrs. Kuhn, Miss Agnes |
Hummel, Mrs. L. Hummel, |. N. Hoag, wife |
and daughter, George w. Hancock, G. o. |
Hayford and wife, Rev. A. J. Hanson, Grove |
and wife, and others. Iu all 222 persons sat |
at the five tables, which were spread with
taste and bounty exceedingly creditabls TO the
caterers, the Messrs. Men asser. The Yiands
were choice, varied and ample.
A large force of skilled walters being en-
p,oyel, the service was made according to
the courses announced in the menu. When |
all were seated, Mr.. Weinstock, who pre-.
sided, after few fitting words Of welcome, |
introduced Rev. Father Grace, who asked q |
blessing upon the food spread for enjoyment. |
At 10 o'clock the last course had been served. |
and the post-prandial exercises began by
chorus of thirty voices. chosen from the en-
ployes, and led by Miss Fieissner, soprano,
and Mrs. Carter, contralto, with Miss Lou
Bidwell presiding at the piano. The chorus
was an excellent one, and won deserved en-
CORE
Mr.. Rowan offered the first toast of the
evening, "0ur Hosts" and Mr.. Lubin re-
sponded.
MR.. LUBN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Lubin began by few pleasant remarks
concerning his vocation as business man,
and his lack of oratoricsl and linguistic
powers. To the literary men present he
would, for the moment, leave business. they
to speak of that subject, while he would en-.
| 6aov To OF va fha aot
on which mis- friends, the clergymen present,
were given to descant He then compared |
the soul to q ray Of light represented by
pure and perfectly white rod that was to
symbolic the soul as formed, and which dies
without other change. But taken again in
its growth the white emblem of perfection
and innocence passes through various stages
From the white, thd inactiv, state, let it be
said it first turns to a grayish brown. This
is the result OF action upon it of exterior in.
huenees. What does it then represent? 1t
represents the characteristics found in many
Asiatic races, slaves to despotic rulers, and
represents much of the peasant class of
Europe, and of the lower stratum of men gen
orally. 1t then changes to the first primary
color-red, the color of passion-denoting
combativeness and destructiveness. The
white, by this change, is very nearly effaced,
and we have lef-, in representative form,
ignorance in its slavish aspect. brutality and
violencs-the purely animal traits. The
next transformation, the result of exte-
rior influences, is to yellow the color
of gold. OF this the characteristic is
acquisitiveness, and il may be material
or spiritual in nature. The love of gain in
itself il not bad. 1t conduces to the love of
power, and to its acquisition. But it is also
conducive to the acquisition OF knowledge, to
the attainment Of ideal standards, to tie &C.
QUESTION Of the highest state of culture or re-
fnement. Primarily. the desire to accumu-
late-the love of gain-has been the motive
for action in the progress of all nations. II
it began with sordid desire for worldly
goods, that led to loftier and better desire,
and SO on, until from the sordid, the desire to
gain money leads to the desire TO gain the
better things-the intellectual and the ele-
waiting and refining. This was illustrated in
the case of the Jewish peopls, the Grecians
and the Romans. The jews love of gain re-
suited in the production of race Of prophets
and wise men. who havs left enduring marks
upon the worlds history. When the Greeks
became commercial people they developed
philosophers aud poets, srt, music aud learn
ing, and the impress of these is ineffaceable.
The Romans did not preserve the equilibrium
between the spiritual and tbs material, and
y ha-oa &ba,- a,rfrad - fhc% "a ravra.,-I,,i