The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-15

The final meeting of the New Eng
land society previous to it's eleventh
annual dinner, which will be given
next Tuesday evening. was held last
evening i'm the board of trade rooms.
In the absence from the society of the
president Major Everett Warren james
II. Torrey presided.
The reports of committees and other
matters acted upon indicated that the
approaching feast of the New Eng
landers will witness in all its details an
excellence commensurate with the
growing successes of these feasts i'm
years gone by. 1t will begin at :
o'clock. \ half hour preceding the
dinner the members and guests will
participate in reception period i'm the
hotel parlors
Following is a complete list of the
speakers: Rev. DR.. Andrew V. V.
Raymond, president of Union college.
Schenectady. n. Y; Rev. DR.. Charles
Curtis Harrison, provost (presidcnD Of
the University of Pennsylvania; Sher-
man Evarts, of New York city, son of
Senator Evarts; Henry $. Durand. NJ.
d., of Rochester, n. Y, class poet at
Yale of the class to which President
warren and J. Ben Dimmick belonged:
Hon. Horace *. Sanderson. of Lynn.
Mass. The dinner will begin with an
invocation by Rev. DIR. l. \. Lansing,
of the Green Ridge Presbyterian
church, and will close with blessing
by Rev. Rogers Israel of ST. Luke's
Episcopal church. Following the in
vocation the company will salute the
flag and sing star Spangled Banner"
THIS YEARS MENU CARD.
Each year the menu cards have been
something of a novelty, and this year
is to be no exception. The cards are
hand-painted in water colors by Miss
Lucia RittenhOuso. on the title covers
are painted the words Eleventh An
nual Dinner of the New England Soci-
ETY. of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Dec.
%, 1897" The back cover contains New
England sketches, each showing but
one species of the New England trees.
The work is admirably performed. and
the menus are without doubt the most
artistic bits of work Of the kind i'm the
histary of the society. Last years
menu covers were Of tin, suggestive of
the tenth anniversary.
The committee of arrangements be-
lieves its opinion that the Hotel Jer-
myn dining room is sufficiently beau
tiful in itself and requires no unusual
decoration, will be shared by the mem
bers. In consequence of this opinion
flowers will be the only decoration.
Information from HOnpsdalc. Car
bondale, Pittston ana Wilkes Barre,
and other places in the valley indicates
large attendance, of probably fifty,
from outside of Scranton and that COW
erS will have to be laid for at least l25
persons. Last year 80 were expected
and arrangements were made for about
a hundred but the total number pres
ent was 115 1t is expected that covers
will have TO be laid for at least l25
persons next Tuesday night
The officers of the society are: Major
Everett Warren, president; George San
derson. president; j. II. Fisher.
secretary; \. G. Fuller, treasurer, and
II. +. Paine historian. The present
secretary and treasurer may be con-
sidered fixtures. According to the
precedent Of many years, Nice-Pres'- -
dent Sanderson will advance to the
presidency and new vice president
will be elected. The committees are:
Arrangemen f. Law, chair
man; James VI. Torrcv. j. II. Fisher,
|. p. Hand, of Wilkes Barre, and
Charles u. Sanderson speakers
George Sanderson chairman; members
H. f. Paine, chairman: DR.. F. c.
Johnson, of Wilkes Barre. and w. j.
Hamilton; auditing-O. Il. Wright and
r. w. Luce.