New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-21
CITY MERCHANTS DINE.
TO CRAVE AND WITTY SPEECHES
BY wELI~KNOwN MEN.
ADDRESSES By PRESIDENT SMITH. GENERAL
SHERMAN, WARNER MILLER, JAMES q
CARTER GOODWIN SMITH. THE REV.

CARTER. GOODWIN SMITH. THE REV.
DR. GREER AND S. g. cox.
The agreeable circumstances which make esch
Chamber OF Commerce festivity more successfrl
.nah ts predecessors were never more happily COM
oined than at the l20th annual banquet Of that
prosperous organization, held at Delmonico's last
hignt which, it is not too much to say was the
most successful and memorable Of all The liberal
ana tasterul hospitality displayed was indeed
calculated to inspire New-Yorker with increased
respect Tor the citys merchants and even Professor
uoidwin Smith, who occupied o prominent seat
at the table OF honor, must have experienced a
softenlng OF that feeling Of hostility 10 peculiarly
american institutions which he is popularity SUD-
posed TO entertain. Rare viands ancient vintages
and sparkling samples Of after-dnner oratory were
united In that judicious sdmxturc which the i'm
migrant from County Wicklow once referred TO a.
the feast of reason and the flowing bowl .
and an anchorite's chilled blood would have
warmed and Trappst would have been moved
to reconsider his VOWS by the infectious hilarity
which animated every guest, from the venerable
j. S. I. Stranahan down.
The art OF the decorator had been well en-
ployed, and the large hall was completely en-
powered with festoons of smilax and roses, which
fringed the music-gallery and drooped above
the heads of the diners, and linked the opalescent
electric-light globes in an endless chain. much
magnified and highly colored representation Of tho
great seal of the Chamber was emblazoned above
the head or President Smith, showing the roman
tic portrait OF a delightfully."- allegorical explorer
bearing in one hand shield which screened the
enuigency Of gorgeous sunburst and
fourishing sloft in the other a conventional cadu-
ceuS Other Shields fancifuIly decorated with
ships, sailors and anchors the embems OF mer-
camille prosperity, distributed in other parts
OF the hall. The table pieces were sugar Indians
and globes, and on either hand of the president
lowered bewildering creations in confectionery
composed of all the orders of architecture sur
rounded with serperts, cannon and flying angels
and with garlands, swans and other equally ap-
prvpriate emblems depending from their dizzy
pinnacles.
During the dinner General Fisk, the Prohibition
cal didate for President in the recent campaign.
eXchange,. Sc lilies with Mr.. Depew and ex-senator
Warner Millec near whom sat the grizzled Gen.
erai Sherman, smiling over bank of roses as
gayly as an eighteen year-old debutante; G0ldwin
Smith looking severe as became political phi
losopher amid such frivolous surroundings; s. s.
Cox, who seemed as happy as il he had Just been
reappointed Minister Plenipotcntiary to the Sublims
Porte and Dr. Greer, whose hearty participation
in the proceedings save no hint of the ascctic
proclivities he had confessed az a temperance
meeting the evening before.
striking feature Of the intellectual part Of the
dinner was DR.. Greers speech He replied to the
toast :" A Free Church and Free State" He
made strong plea for the American system Of
separation between Church and State, and was
warmly applauded. His address made q decided
hit and his eloquent appeal to nave the public
schools kept free from scctarian control aroused
particularly enthusiastiG approval.
The following menu was borne on card en-
graved by Tiffany, bearing the seal of the Chamber
a figure of Mercury and emblems Of convivislity
and good cheer, tastefully fastened with ribbon:
HUITREs.
POTAGES
Consomme a Ia sovveraine.
Tortue vete rangaise.
HORS D'OEUVRE
Tmt,es venitienne.
POISSON.
Saumon la marinierat
Pommes de terre, parisienne
RELIEVE.
F.:..ts de boeuf la PerigueuAs
Epinards veloute.
ENTREES.
.1oindes braises la Chevreuss
Peuts fois beurre-
Eerspene la Baltimore.
soRBET REGENCE
RoTIS.
Canvasback Cantea
Uerrines de foie gras a la gelee.
Salnde de lai,ue
ENTREMErS DE DOUCECR-
Pommes la portugase.
Gelee centerba. Gaufres Chanrffy.
Pieces montees. Glaces fantasies.
Fruits. Peu5s fours.
CAFE.
lie 20 NovemOre, 1888. Demons0'a