The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
THEIR annual BANQUET
Literary Young Men from the West
Side Enjoy u Pleasant Evening.
MANY ELOQUENT ADDRESSES
Made by Those Who We're Assigucd to
Respond to the Various Toasts.
Names Of Those Who At
tended the Event.


Young mon forming an orca mia ton
known nc tha E,.da Porl ;tsrarw and
naS",i,'. ..t -, 80
, Ueoatlhs society, oahquetteu iaSt eve
nlhg at the 81. Charies hotei. III was
the third annual repetition OF the aHair
and was on a more pretentious scale
evervtb;nr was nIea as,,raabie. even the
toasfs tha .nh,ao, nr ,rh;,h sng.as,
,on,an,,nn,,; . Su'v 80 y, ,naatns mm ;n a,'
Son,e".io"a'siii' were reateu III an
original way, which anorded genuine
entertainment to the hearers.
organization. The officers are: Charles
Il Daniels nres;dant. Emerson n
ou.n IL, ,,;Sa.., N, n,,;on
retary; John Blume. treasurer. The
socle.y Is nterar! III character ana the
an, 10 ,l'.Iec.uai advancement. Last
en's oanquet was III ciiarse Vi
'1e ,,.n,nn ,onsis,lhs oi Jonm IL. Ed
"in,' n,',, -. ~, Car,,eiS; W. w. Moser' W..
6" p. ,rs anu ~ w, lhayer.
oplielor Mei'lh' oi tne 81. Charles'
hias nu p,rSa'eu rpa an eNce,'ent least OF edi-
inu.,, s',. .,e'u ., Iaru olereu ,he lol-
',,a,aS, nmnS 'o' '"e "e'ec'atioii Vi 'he pan
hiue points on half shell.
Rro,Ied uudso, pi,n,. iEnsoii.ime Es Oh chiekef'
Waitre d'Jo,.i Sauoo po,,to
Coauettes.
-Broilel Philadelphia Capon.
Oyster Sauce.
filet de Boeuf aux.
Rost T,,,.v cronh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @
ST chor,es p,,nnb s'''e'
Mashed Potatoes
Boiled New Potatoes.
Asparagus la Holandase.
French Peas.
Boiled Plum Pudding. Sweet Sauce.
ureeh Apple re.
assorted Cakes' TO-. .cuo,,,,
AI,v.1 Vat, ,,,o, paisi, HJ Er,,i.
Tea Coffee'
Cigarettes.
NAMES of IHE BANQuEIIEHS.
Those who sat at tables were: At
torney NJ. j. McAndrews, NJ. p. Caw-
ley, VIII Reynolds, w. A. Price. Ed
ward w. Thayer, Charles T.. House,
David Williams, of Middle Granville,
n. Y: ID. J. Davies Samuel +, Yoke
II. s. Peters. John Rmme Arthur Davis
Judson Hutchinson David Owen s
r Lewis Charles r. part;ne Franz
Jones, Jonathan Harris, Albert Davis,
cuei'.H ,,,, neiiiiis' Jaiies VI. ToWeii'
TuM,l ", refers oharies d. Heinhes'
oharies hiune' IT, bert Harrington. r.
~. 1oies, d. Myron evans, John YORK;
iCahiei Iraihor' tharles Brennamah,
Rev. A. l.. Ramer, George Okell, How
ara DAVIS, Charles r.. Daniels, u. "A.
ID. owen.
The post prandlal exercises were en-
liVened by the singing of a quartette
and the musical selections of the Vail
brothers. The latter gave a delightful
entertainment with the mandolin and
guitar. w. A. Price was toastmaster.
In his introduction Charles L. Daniels
paved the way for the toastmaster in
a graceful manner Mr.. Daniels spoke on
our Society" He gave the history of
the society: of its inception and it's
successful career up to the present time.
The society was organized by thirteen
young men. two of whom were at the
banquet last evening. 1.-The society has
paid us for its existence" said Mr..
Daniels. Members who spoke with
broken sentences can now harangue
Win ease. we nave nad our ulsap-
p,,i.',ie,s ,a.,. anu our NlC'ories. IN
,,,. w Dun.els oaiu ms coIIlpi,-
,rha s,,u, ~ .ne Hisi,ors o,,,r Vi sne evening"
10 """ ''''''s e''e'''
REMARKS OF POSTMASTER.
w. A. Price. the toastmoster referred
to the conspicuous absence of females
and regretted that the evenings pleas
ure was not enhanced by the presence
of the fairer sex. woman come after
man." said Mr. Price. "and, since the
creation, she has been after him ever
since" During the evening Mr.. Price
interlarded the remarks of the different
speakers with happy and compliment
AIRY remarks. He called upon Emerson
~. owen. VINO responded TO the toast.
our Clty. The eHoft was serio-
comic. me hotto was Il nave sood
cneer d. noih.' anu pray you al go
m WIN lhe. h.ohuileht III Chicaso
was coi'ipareu 10 tne Drluge puliders on
ii,uen So, an" the .I-llcoIn park
oi"s,m M, 1 ~ '''u . JonlI'a,rsoh' ..nH , IN
nanrs 81 Snr,nton, ;, 'o
John n Edwards +ba h,;,,;o,. ,o,
nr I,lpe II NJ Edwards snnna "o ~,
Law" His teyt was. '''o"e VII
So ,hio, .ra Col, ,ha h,,,o, ,,
With GOOD o,inion of ~, I,u u'""
MI ,,.o,, 80, 49,,
!, ,oiu nis iess pIolouhu
ea'trs .'.a -. INA. naekstohe ., contains Dut
W. wv i9n.n ii,.i, unu .ny are nut lapr,cs on
w.. Inv. '. ~. MIN Mr. Euwurus .oiu
from stacks of facts to those two poor
anu measer Jokes ana he has laughed |
IN the greatest glee. Mr.. Edwards told
humorous stories or the legal profess
SION. ; ne tnought the law grand pro-
lession ol PROFESSIONS. ana he made sew
erai present peheVe MIN.
Al tne conclusion Of this toast the
luartette sang Then came THE
iress, toast responded to by Wal
lace u. Moser. The gehtleman's re-
marks We're serious and at times elo-
1uent He spoke of the great mission
which the press covers. He told how
Germany. where the first newspaper
was founded. has grown great and
grand through the efforts of the news
paper Tbe Press is said Mr. Moser,
n great agency for freedom. America
can thank the press for it's great in