St. Paul daily globe., 1890-02-02
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIAL.
Flour City Society People
Have a Rather Lively
Week.
The Lumbermen's and Build
ers' Banquets at the
West.
The Usual Supply Of Small
Gossip and Amuse-
ments.
The Numerous Events Of a
Minor Nature--The Chief
Characteristics.


somewhat quiet in social realms the
tendency of the one just past has been
to enliven society to certain extent.
The winter has been very quiet for the
most part since the opening of the year,
still there have been number of affairs
of more or less magnitude, which have
shown that society was not entirely
asleep. The most important events of
the week We're the two banquets which
took place at the West hotel Wednesday
evening and Friday afternoon.
The first was that given to the lum-
bermen, who held convention in this
city during Wednesday and Thursday.
The festivities occurred in the main
dining room, about 212 being present.
Three long tables extended full length
of the room. while fourth ran cross
wise at the head of the hall. The seat
of honor was occupied by Capt. o. c.
Merriman, who officiated as toast master.
On his right sat o. V. Brown, j. L. Wy
man occupying seat at his left. The
banquet was rendered to the retail lum-
Der dealers of the Northwest by the
wholesalers of Minneapolis, almost all
of whom were present as hosts. A most
elaborate menu had been prepared,
GENTLY select to satisfy an epicure, the
well known terms used by the
lumbermen being applied to the
various dishes. After the banquet had
been disposed of, Capt. 0. c. Merriman
in few well-chosen words welcomed
the delegates of the convention to the
city of Minnr: polls. J. l.. Martin. of
Emmetsburg, %, replying in happy
vein. In opening his speech he de-
clared that He was too full for utter
ance," but afterwards explained that he
ment this only in a figurative sense,
as he came from state where man
was not allowed to get full in any other
sense. He, in behalf of the convention,
gave his hearty thanks for the royal
manner III which the retail men had
been treated by the wholesalers. "The
Relation of the Wholesalers to the Re-
taller from the Wholesalers Staud-
point was the sentiment re-
sponded to by g. A. Simpson, of
Minneapolis. He affirmed that
Minneapolis W the center of-the great
est lumber manufactures in the coun-
try. G, A. Wood, of Milbank, S. d.,
made neat little speech in response to
"The Relation of the Manufacturer to
the Retailer From the Retailers Stand
point" j. A. Wakefield responded to
the toast, Care of Lumber" ID. r.
Ewing, of DPS MoineS. to s'Yellow
Pine j. I. Wyman. Sash, Door and
Blind Dealer"
But perhaps the most elaborate affair
of the week was the banquet given by
the builders Of the United States. who
arrived i'll tais city on Thursday even
Ing. The banquet began at O'Clock,
and was one of the telahOrate affairs
ever given in the spacious dining room
of the West hotel. Covers were laid
for nearly 500, and but few
seats remained untitled. The whole
was characterized 10y recklessness o f
expense. which spoke we'll for the pros
perity OF the builders " The menu
card was in Itself work of art, and
therein one might read a list of daintes
that would satisfy the most eplcurean
stomach. Thyle & Ringwald's orches-
ira rendered a number of beautiful
selections and responded to an encore
with MY Country. 'Tis of Thee" in
which the entire assembly joined. Pres
ldent John J. Tucker acted as toast
master. responding 10 the first toast on
the programme, The Builders Ey-
change. lie paid some compliments,
to the city of Minneapolis on its beauti-
full buildings and natural advantages.
And whO," he said. ''getS the credit of
these magnificent buildings? How often
and overheard some one remark, Who
was the architect% but never Who was
the builderp The time has come for
the builders to claim their dues, "and he
hoped that before long the latter cues
ton would be heard as often as
the former. He also spoke very
favorably of the plan of found
ing industrial schools, where thos e
who desire. might become perfectly fa-
miliar with the art of building. ''The
Builders of the Future'' was the next
toast, and was beautifully responded to
by William II. Sayward. He dwelt
chiefly upOn the benefits to be derived
from the organization and the friendly
manner in which the visitors had been
received by the Twin Cities. He attrib-
uted the present standing of the build
ers to the noble work of their fathers,
and declared it to be duty of the pres
ent generation to further the position of
the future builder.
j. L. Wyman was next called upon to
respond TO the toast, 1.-THE CITY of Min
neapolis.'' Mr.. Wyman is a thorough
Minneapolitan and his statistics, which
were given with the greatest solemnity,
were received with great appla use. The
population seemed to grow under his
hands to an extent not warranted by the
last census, ana the capacity of this city,
as shown by him, caused the eyes
of the visitors to open wide in wonder
ment, while the grim smile which
was to be seen upon the faces of the
dicate lack of childish trust in the eX-
act truthfulness of Mr. Wyman. That
gentleman. however. did not seem in
the least bit daunted by the appearance
of the countenances of the visitors from
st. Paul and continued to pile-up statis-
tics until, TO the utter stranger, Mime
apolis would seem to comprise most of
the Northwest.
1.-The Builder of Air Castlesr was the
next toast and was responded to by
Rev. Marion ID. Shutter. of the Church
of the Redeemer. The builder of all
castles or the dreamer was placed in a
most favorable light by Mr.. Shutter, and
the many men such as Columbus. and
the great astronomers, were brought
forward as illustrations of the great
work which has been accomplished
through the efforts of the dreamer
The dreamer is always in advance OF
his age but how could we make any
progress in invention, etc, unless we did
not dream? The boy whose ambition
stirs him on TO greater efforts is moved
by his dreams. Did he not dream OF
future advancement and imagine the
pleasures which he would enjoy there
from there would be no incentive to eff
fort, and the tendency would be to re-
main in the position in which circum-
stances happened to. cast him. The
dreamer has his work in the world as
well as the worker. The man who
builds air castles furnishes the ideas tc
the workman, and these ideas have
then only to be put in tangible form
EighteeI-Ninety" was the toast re
sponded TO by George NJ. Gillette, who
defined the work which should be &C
cOmplished before another year began
His idea was to make the most of the
present, and the future will take care
of itself. A humorous response to the
toast. 1.-The Prehistoric Builders of the
United States, "was given by John NJ
Miller. The speaker made a lengthy
description Of the builders of the past
and kept going further and further back
into the past until chaos was reached