The morning call., 1894-08-01
TALKING 1T OVER.
Fair "reminiscences Over
a Banquet Table.
Compliment to Director General and
Executive Committee by Heads
of Departments.

One of those social functions took place at
the Maison Richie last evening such as come
along at the close of great enterprises, and
more than any other thing give an unmis-
taxable sign that the end has come-iust as the
red tlnge on the maple puts a seal upon a
summer that Is past.
1t was a banquet given by chiefs of DEPART
ments to the director-general and the executive
committee of the late California Midwinter Iu-
ternational ExpOsi ion
1t was an extremely felctous little affair
from first TO last. The menu and the table
trimmings of flowers and the service were ex-
cellent Every course was set TO music Italian
orchestral music.
The menu card was 0riginal-the higher ele.
vations OF the familiar Administration build
ing forming vignette on the first page, and
The pictures of the chiefs and a mosaic OF their
cards wherein 10 write their signatures for
preservation as last souvenir of the great
fair formed the inner pages.
+. II. Truesdel sat at the head of the table as
POSTMASTER, and TO his right Director q eneral
de Young. aud on his left T. n. Lillenthal
After the "smal black" and with the intro
ductiOn of cigars Truesdell ran over the reasons
why they had come together, laying stress upon
the idea that il was TO diScuSs a method of dis
posing OF the surplus. Paying a high compl-
ment the executive ability displayed by the
director general he called for a response from
Mr.. de Young.
The director-general reviewed the history OF
the exposition. which just year ago was sug-
gested, and which had been promoted. created,
run its career of six months, and had now
almost passed away within that short time. Il
had done all this without national, State or
county aid. 1t had sent out invita- ions to for
eign countries TO come TO the Mldwinter liner
national Exposition before 1t had a dollar in its
TeasuIy-all this with confidence in success
that was almost foolish. 1t had combated dis
agreeable weather and a thousand other OBJ
hah oh
success. Now, at the end some
one had said there was a surplus
OF 100000. [Laughterl He wished it was
true. They had paid all expenses as they went
along, never defaued on any payment of
money due in any way-a thihg which could
not be said OF any other exposition and the
execu I've committee said 1t had something
over; he did not know how much. They
were under great daily expense in settling up
the affairs OF the enterprise-somethng Tx e
$500 day. There were salaries and freight
bills and an infinite number of other expenses.
When II was all through with it was hoped
there would be something lett. The Park Com
mission had accepted the Art building at their
hands, and d nucleus of a museum would be
secured from the exhibits as lasting souvenir
OF the exposition.
A large and handsomely bound book of pho.
tographs of exhibits, buildings, fete-day scenes
and people of the exposition had been pre-
pared, copy for each of the heads of depart
ments. The dreetOr.ge general, recognizing In a
few words the effective manner In which they
had Stood at the helm in their several depart
ments, present ed the books.
Short talks were made by nearly every guest
present.
Those present were the following:
j. I'll Truesdel NJ. Fl. de Young, Frank Nc.
Coppin, Colonel A. Andrews. DR.. NJ. Regens-
burger, Eugene j. Gregory, Professor E.
Smith. Alexander Badlam, j. j. Hasseil. E. A.
Fielder, F. A. Haber, w. f. Cash. c. &. Taylor,
L. A. OCounor. W. S. O'Brien p. N. Lilien.
thai, Paul Blackman. r. B. Mitchell, Rene de
Cornely, s. NJ. Hunt Louis Sloss Jr., W. F. c.
HassOn, j. A. stanton, James McNab, M. M.
Il. Daily, William Blackwell, T. P. Robinson.