St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-27
BIJOU,s BANQUET.
Happy Gathering of a Bohemian
Party at the NicoIIet.

Happy Gathering of a Bohemian
Party at the Nicollet.
The Nicollet house was the scene yes
terday of one of the pleasantest dinner
parties that occurred anywhere in the
city. 1t was rendered by the manage
ment of the Bijou to the employees of
the house, the representatives OF the
local press. and a few friends of the
host, Manager Theo l.. Hays. Sixty
persons sat down to dinner at $50,
and enjoyed themselves gastronomically
and pSychologically until after
seven. Manager Hays commanded the
attack in person, the left wing being
led by d. Fred Taylor and the right
being cheered on to victory by Charles
Hoffman. The assault was well
planned and carried out with precision.
When the order came to ''clOse in in
II the creations of the cuisine had
been glOriOuSly conquered, put down as
1t were. A feature of the dinner was
the appearance upon the souvenir
menu OF alittle address, written in the
name of the Bijou 10y Judge William
A. DOWell, which had the benefit of
being read in +. q. Hunts best Ham
leteSQue voice. Following are the lines:
Right welcome. gentle folks, ours here today
1uS PHEASANT tdSA OF SLOWING i0lllE6 away.
With hospitality sincere and true,
We bid you of our store partake and chew.
Thanksgiving comes, like Christmas, once
year,
So let's be merry tho we hide a tear.
This life at best e sorry ''go-between."
'Twixt DothiGgness and ell that might have
been.
Ourselves are thankful for the year that's
past
And so, we hope. is all this powerful cast"
To you fair ladies, whose bright presence
here
Pervades this scene and makes it doubly
dear
lNot in strict financial sense. of course
But all because of your refining force).
We tender you with thankful, grateful
hearts,
The choicest, daintiest-an the stellar parts.
10 you. We workers III the Bi1Ous cause,
Fill to repletOn your capacious maws,
Let honest effort and NOBLE zeal,
Procure you once. at least, a good square
meal
Your honest worth and couscientiousness
las helped TO win US our haTdearned
success.
Our heartiest thanks are yours for service
done;
So be assured. you're in for long run.
To you, ye members of the local press.
Whose business here it were not hard to
guess,
We bid you royal welcome to our feast
And hope you Il pause to masticate' at least.
Your power alike for good or i'll we own
And humbly do our turn" before your
throne,
But who is he with non-commital eye,
Who still enthuSes not. and will not try;
Can II be the critic of our playhouse biz?
II so. our hottest roast shall then be his.
Not often we've The chance - pay him back,
And thakful are we that he's on the rack.
Oh may each toothsome morsel of our roast,
Soften his rigor towards your trembling host,
TO each, to all, with grateful hearts content
Thrice welcome from the Bijous manage
ment.
Manager Hays gracefully expressed
the pleasure the management of the
Bijou took IN testifying its appreciation
on Thanksgiving day OF its employees and
friends. ID. Fred Taylor responded fit
ting on behalf of the employees and s. B.
Hall for the newspaper men. Mr..
Dowell eXtemp0riZed few verses.