St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-02
KING APPETITE.
Nearly 1900 Persons Fed at the
Guaranty Loan Building.

Guaranty Loan Building.
Imagine 1000 hungry people seated at
one table and all eating as fast as jaws
could work. Such was the scene pre-
scented on the third floor of the Guaran-
tee Loan building yesterday. The pro-
prietors of the Guaranty Loan restau-
rant had determined to give a grand
New Years dinner to the needy. 1t
was prepared, and the poor of all ma
tons were hidden to the feast. Be
sure these guests sent no excuses for
absence If one of them had just mar
ried a wife, he brought her with him;
if his OK had fallen into the ditch, he
let him lie there; if he had just bought
farm, he went away to the feast, sat
isfied that the mortgage would
hold it down until he should return
Nearly 1.500 tickets had been placed i'll
the hands OF the various charitable Or
CARNATIONS, and by them distributed.
The number who responded fell but
few short of 1900. The famous spread
given to his constituents by ian Irish
elected to the senate by very large
majority" was merely a collation.,
cheese sandwich and glass of beer,
beside that spreadOf yesterday. 1t was
a battle, and the chosen people were the
victors. Seven hundred and fifty gal
Ions of coffee were consumed to quench
the thirst of the cOmbatantS; 225 pounds
of ham were overcome; CTS pounds OF
turkey and $50 pounds of chicken were
put to utter rout and naught but their
bleached bones left to tell the tale of
their slaughter. Close upon the heels
of the fleeing turks went bushels OF
potatoes. rs loaves of bread, 25 gallons
of milk, rs gallons of cream, 800 mince
pies and SIS pounds of butter. And yet
more was to conquer. There were %
gallons of tempting ice cream that had
to be dOwned, four big boxes OF
oranges, luscious punches of bananas
and two barrels of apples.
This vast crowd was assembled on the
second floor of the building, and thence
marched to the third floor, where the
tables were spread, sight such as was
They went in with their faces shining
with expectation, they came out with
faces shining with satisfaction and per-
hapS a little of the Juice of the turkey.
There were the old and the young. the
man IN life'S prime and the child of ten
der wears; there were the intirm and
the feeble and the sick and the lame
and the bind-all of them stricken with
the sore plague of poverty. They seated
themselves viS-a-viS at the great long
tables while eighty stalwart walters
were in readiness to respond to their
every need. Grace was said from the
four quarters of the room by DR..
Burrell DR.. Faude, DR.. Hoyt and DR..
Tiffany. Then the order to advance
sounded all along the line and the
motley throng proved by the simplest
but the surest method of demonstra-
ton that however they might have been
neglected in other things, the develop
melt of their appetites had not been
overlooked. How they did eat! Jasper
Gibbs, the manager of the Guaranty
Loan restaurant, was most highly
pleased at the success of this, the first
annual dinner of the restaurant, to the
poor of Minneapolis. He had superin-
tended the whole affair and arranged its
details most successfully. The dinner
was an elaborate one and as eatable as
it was edible.