The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-11
COMMERCE AND C0NVIVIALITY
TIE Banquet Last Night at
Santa Monica.
A Season Of Mental and Physical
Recreation.
The Los Angeles Chamber of coinlnsroe
Eutartains Its Friends-Who
Were There and What
They Said


this section for another year, at least,
TO come. The occasion was the second
annual bang net OF the chamber OF COM
merce. it wss an event which will be
added to the long list OF successes
achieved by that organization. The
banquet is an historical event in the
progress OF Southern California. Aside
from being banquet entirely OF Cail-
forn;a products, it is q means OF bring
ms together the representatives OF all
business and professional lines.
Last night were gathered the men
who have made this section what it is.
The pioneer of prairie schooner days
and the capitalist who came in the
palace car were both there. Both with
the same interests and both with the
came obJect-the development of
Southern California.
The cuisine was excellent and the
speech making Was entertaining. Mr..
Dan Freeman, president of the chamber
OF commerce, presided in his accustomed
happy manner, and the affair was most
pbTItCb III I'LL ItspeCth,
The party left the Arcsd Q depot at
$50 p. m. on a special train of four cars,
and reached the seaside in about an
hour. They were received at the depot
by small de egation OF Santa Monica
sightseers and proceeded to the Hotel
Arcadia. Promptly at 7 80 o'clock as the
first of the banqueters entered the hand
some rotunda of the hotel Lowinsky's
orchestra burst forth with the strains of
Sousa's Gladiator march. The gentle
men were met by Mr.. Dan Freeman and
several members of the reception COM
mittee who had gone down on an earlier
train. The additional members who
came on the 6: 80 train hurried and
donned their dress coats, and combining
forces with the others, did the honors
for the occasion.
The reception committee was COM
posed of the following: D. Freeman, W.
A. Bingham, ]. j. Gosper, S. B. Caswell,
H. P. Anderson, Harris Newmark,
Joseph Schoder, L. f. Vetter, j. P.
Francis, Lucien Shaw, Robt. N. Bulla,
Roy Jones, ]. M. @. Marble, j. H.
Braley, j. B. Lankershim, R. H.
Howell, Jacob Loew, l.. Winter, J. NJ.
Crawlev.
Every body was shown to the dressing
rooms where thu hats and wraps were
discarded and an informal levee was
held in the rotunda and parlors.
Draped across the elevator doors and
the broad stairways in the rotunda were
the national coors. Smilax was wreathed
about the chandeliers and flowers and
ported plants were displayed in profu-
zion. Red shades were placed on the
globes OF the many electric lights, csus-
ing them to shed rich, dark color over
the gathering. In the handsome parlors
flowers and potted plants were plentiful
ly displayed.
Shortly before O'Clock the party was
invited into these rooms and briefly ad-
dressed by Mr.. Freeman. He said that
through some misunderstanding they
could not be seated as had been previ-
ously planned; but still they would not
be deprived of the banquet, as it was
then ready. Now" he concluded, ''go
into the banquet hall, two by two, as
quietly as you can, and be sure and pro-
woke no disturbance"
This sally at the world-famed Chat
feldTaylor ct al. receptions held in Chi
cage during the worlds fair was received
with cheers, and Immediately acting on
the speakers suggestion, the crowd
paired off. and to the tune of the Wash
ington Post March, entered the dining
room.
The ladies of Santa Monica had busted
themselves for the past day with deco
rating the room, and as result the
crowd was greeted with most beauti-
full ecene. Along the sides OF the hall
were festooned the national colors of
all the leading nations of the world. On
ho 10 hot ho Il
frieze OF ivy, with palms of all varie.
ties placed at intervals. while along the
lower casing ferns and flowers were dis
played.
About the most effective part of the
decorations was that of the line of col
umns in the center of the room. They
were four in number and were hidden
with macs of green shrub5ery. One
was decorated with peppers, lilies and
orange branches, with the green fruit
nesting in the leaves, while between
the leaves on another one peeped the
red-yellow color of the navel oranges,
Lilies and pepper leaves hid the other
columns, the tops of all being sur
mounted with branches of the graceful
date palm.
The table WAS in the form of a U.
Stands of fruit and flowers were placed
along the cloth, while running in a. CON
tinuous tracery over the snowy napery
were delicate smilax and dainty ferns.
At the center of the head table was an
elegant banquet lamp. capped with an
exquisite pink elk shade. Two other
lamps, one with lemon and the other
with an orange shade, were placed on
the two wings of the table. By each
cover, Nesting in the dsintily folded
napkin, was boutonniere of violets
and hyacinths.
It wae few minutes past O'Clock
when every one of the 1853 guests stood
behind the 15S chairs and turned their
eyes upon Mr.. Dan Freeman, presiding,
who leaned upon his chair at the north.
east corner OF the table.
Eully 80 seconds were occupied with
this mute tribute when from the lips OF
the all-obaerved iell the welcome
words "Sienten Ustedes," spoken in
Mr.. Freeman's fsvorite language, Span
ish Immediately svery body, whether
iinguist or not. proceeded to give the
words q practical translation and "sit
down" the boutonnieres were placed
IN the coat lspels. and all settled back
10 enjoy the splendid manu- prepared BY
Mr.. Reinhar., and which was as fol-
lows:
"a dinner lubricates busihess."-Lords towell.