The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-08
q HAHNEMANN EVENING.
Much Wit aud Wisdom was Dis
played
At the Homeopathic Society S
Banquet Last Night.
Or. Minninger Acts as Toastmaster,
and Recites a History Of the
sLittIe Pills"

Samuel Hahnemann and his sugar
coated pellets received as many com
phments last night at the banquet of
the State Homeopathic society as is
usually the lot of a successful candi-
date of a municipal election 1t was the
first banquet attempted by the society
and was most enjoyable event.
Plates were laid for fifty and the
guests, after partaking of q feast for
the palate, enjoyed a feast for the
mind Unfortunately. both Governor
Morrill, and Eugene Ware were called
out of the city yesterday afternoon.
and were not present to respond to
their respective t0asts on state Medi-
cine and The Esculapian Muse"
The following was the menu served:
Consomme Printaniere.
olives. Radishes
Baked Whitefsh
Potatoes a la Duchesse.
Fillet OF Beef. Mushroom Sauce.
French Peas
Escalloped Sweetbreads. a Ia Superior
Cardinal Punch.
Outlets of Spring Chicken on Toast.
Straw berries and Ice Cream.
Assorted Cake Fruit Coffee.
As the last echoes of a plantation
song, rendered by colored quartette
while the guests were discussing thcir
cOffee. died away. Or. c. F. Mennln-
ger Of this city, who acted as tOastmas-
ter arose 20 respond to the toast 1.-The
Centennial of Homeopathy" He said:
"One hundred and forty-one years ago
in the little German province of Sax
Ony, there Avas bOrSs an idea That idea
persOnihed was Samuel Hahnemann.
One hundred years ago this year it had
one exponent Today it has 40. 900. One
academy; today it has 100 colleges
with 500 mouths to proclaim it. But
one journal; today thirty-four journals,
with $4,000 pages annually Today we
are welcomed by states and nations
eand thousands upon thousands of WO-
men cry for our sugar pills.
introducing the next speaker on the
programme Dr. Mennlnger said. kan
sas has a peculiar flavor of her own,
and if you have not heard Of the kan
sas hOmeOpath you have not heard it
all Or. AIinick of the state of Wich-
tia will tell us about that animal"
Although from Wichita, DR.. Minicx
is a robust, gOOd-natured looking gen
tleman, and has the appearance of a
man able to appreciate a joke. He
said. When q wichita man comes TO
Topeka he usually gets so full that he
can talk readily but / am an excep-
ton to this rule. 4 am SO full that /
cant talk at all
II only know of the Kansas homeo-
path as he exists in the state of Wfch-
tia. There he enjoys hrst-class health.
In fact all the people of that state en-
JOY good Observation-Disclosures We
find that the stronger the northeast
breezes the more healthy we become.
" Fay ILLS AZ 80 - q mystery UP 10 a
short time ago. The question, however
was solved by q. physician in this man
ner- He went out one day with a bot
tie, empty, to an elevation where the
breeze was good. and turned the mouth
Of the bottle to the northeast. When
the breeze strayed into the bottle he
/ quickly corked it up. and found that
he had a panacea for all human ills
! One only needed to touch the bottle ~
I be well" Dr. Minick said that he
could say more, but that he believed
/ in small doses
In place of Governor Morrill,. DR.
I Menninger introduced Dr.. c. E. Fish
I er of Chicago, ex-president of the ma
Z tionaI association of homeopathic. and
/ editor of the Century of Medicine (
4 who is visiting his father Rev. III is
1 Fisher Of this eitys &de iEened his re-