River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-03-18
OYSTERS
ROLLS, COLD MEATS, SALADS.
OLIVES, PICKLES.
FRUIT, COFFEE.

ASSORTED CAKES, LEMONADE.
1t was not till after half past nine,
that Mr.. Sloniker as toastmaster arose
and called on Prof. Ewing 10 respond
to the toast The Relation of Athletics
to Study. With an easy humOr and a
touch of seriousness here and there,
Prof. Ewing set the ball rolling to a
merry tune, and closed 10y calling for
a rising toast to the right relation or
athletics to study-a toast that was
given, all up and down the line, with
clink of glasses and a ripping cheer.
The POSTMASTER next called on Mr..
Enright whose toast was The
Brutality of Foot ball from the Stand
point Of Spectator. BY some pre-
verse trick of memory, Mr.. Enright,
who has smilingly faced the Normal
Lvceum time and again, and felt no
symptoms of paralysis of the tongue,
found himself unable to get hold of
the right end of his speech, and sat
down in some confusion. At this
point the Ladies Quartette-Misses
Snodgrass, Lien, Ethel White and
Chidester-sang Lacome's delightful
part song Estudiantina with captiva-
ting grace. Al its conclusion, and
before the enthusiasm which it
aroused had spent itself, occurred the
most charming incident Of the ever
ing; thing in fact, that may be taken
as the keynote of the occasion. Prof.
Brier, with happy reference to the
English Opera singer who, having
forgotten the words of his song, was
restored TO countenance by having the
lines mern'y shouted out by the
audience Charged the POSTMASTER to
call up Mr.. Enright and demand his
toast, willy-nilly. And Mr.. Enright,
in a whirl of applause, gave an easy
toast, cleverly composed and full OF
bright remarks. He was foil we'd by
Mr.. Reed who gave toast in verse.
In response to the toast, Should the
Study of OratOry constitute part of
a Normal School Course?, Mrs. Trues-
dell, after confessing that she was
making her debut as an after-dinner
speaker. soon convinced her hearers
not only that the study Of oratory was
capital thing in a Normal school
course, but that the teacher of this
branch at the Normal, though not in
the habit of toasting the public, must
certainly have been familiar with
things closely akin to this branch of
oratory. When Mr.. Gallagher, re-
spOnded to the toast, The Ladies, not
a few of the ''co-eds" who had
trem bled at the speakers stentorian
tones in the Normal chapel, expected
a startling invective. But Mr..
Gallagher, with his blandest smile,
paid the ladies so handsome compli-
ment that he not only wiped out al
old scores but has liberal balance to
his credit.
We suspect that the toastclaster,
or whoever arranged the program,
cordially congratulated him self before
hand, on securing Miss Smith to close
the speaking with 1.-THE Gentlemen"
He was secure at least from anti
climax, and if he failed to congratulate
him self beforehand he couldn't choose
but do so after the toast. For the toast
master and the other gentlemen felt
so jubilantly exalted at the close Of the
speech that they went about for the
rest Of the evening with secret thrill
Of self-complacency. Not that they
felt this way throughout the speech,
for Miss Smith, with dramatic skill,
played upon the vanity of her victims.
so TO speak, as highlander upon his
pipes, only at the last word clapping
upon their heads the crown of laurels
which many of US are still strutting
under, burlesQuely enough, to this
hour.
A solo by Mrs. Thatcher, artistically
sung and roundly cheered, closed the
set program. To describe the in
formal part of the entertainment
the challange singing of the male
quartette and the ladies quartette
stationed in opposite corners of the
hall, the May figures of the grand
march led by Mr.. Clarence Dodge and
Miss Anna Dodge, and the long list Of
dances-would take another column
Of the JOURNALS invaluable space,
and even then none of US would have
told what good time we had. Aud
besides, some of US might inadvertent-
ly say something about half-past two.