The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-25
BANQUETTED..
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB HAS
ITS FIFTH FEAST. 4
A Nine Course Banquet at The Saul.
paugh Last Night, With Music, Toasts,
and an Address by Judge Severance
on "George Washington. Eloquent
Remarks on the Political Aspect Of
the Times.

Remarks on the Political Aspect of
the Times.
The Social Science club had it's
fifth annual banquet Tuesday at
The Saulpaugh. 1t was notable &C.
casion. and drew out cultured at
tendance of ffty-two. The members of
the club were privileged to invite
members of their families and friends,
and the gathering was a very select
one. As the guests arrived, they
were met and welcomed by recep-
tion committee composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. M. Palmer. DR.. and Mrs. J.
II. James, Miss Alice Robbins, and J.
c. Wise Jr The early part of the
evening was spent in social inter-
course. The guests were then invited
into the parlor and listened to vocal
solo, ''In Sunny Spain," by Mrs.
Walter McBroom; recitation,
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little STAR" by
Miss Alice Grannis; and vocal solo,
"Mignon," by Miss Josephine Holt.
Each of these was rendered in an
exquisite manner, and received an
encore.
The banquet was served in the din
ing room, where the tables were ar
ranged in two long rows. The tables
were attractively decorated with cut
flowers and palms, Each guest
was presented with pretty
souvenir program, containing
the menu, program, club
officers and committees. Manager
Snow had personal supervision of the
dining room service, and left nothing
undone. The banquet was served in
nine courses by large force of we'll
marshalled mattresses, and was very
excellent one, winning compliments
on all sides. Mr.. Musser furnished
the ice cream in the colors of the
American flag, which was truly
symbolical of the day and peculiarly
BETTING the occasion. The menu
was as follows:
<'...' Blue Points.
Consomme- Washington
- -.. Olives
Planked whiteish, Maitre d'Hotel
Juvenile Potatoes Iced Cucumbers
Tenderloin of Beef, Larded, with Mushrooms
Drowned Mashed Potatoes
sweetbread Patties-Supreme
Green Peas
Claret Punch
Chicken Salad
Tutti Fruit Ice Cream
Assorted Cake
Cheese Toasted Crackers
Cafe Noir
After the last course had been re-
moved, Senator Barr arose and in
troduced Gen. E. M. Pope as the
POSTMASTER of the evening. He said
that the Social Science club has
eighteen evenings to listen to what
it's members call science, and one
evening for social pleasures. Tonight
there was to be no science, and there
is no war, but if anybody mentioned
Spain or war it should be ascribed to
the day.
Gen. Pope extended welcome to
the guests of the club, and said that
the members of the Social Science
club could not be forgetful of the
memories of the day. The club is
limited by it's constitution in mem
bership, the subjects discussed, and
the time devoted to each, but these
limits were thrown aside tonight.
Gen. Pope introduced Gen. J. 81.
Baker IN happy manner.
Gen. Baker responded to the toast,
"The Good Old Times" Ee said that
each political party considers the
times good when it has the Offices,
and the Populists date the atrocious
times back to '73. Gen. Baker said
that he believed that our immediate
ancestors had better times than we.
With all the changes going on in our
political and social life, he did not
know to where we are tending. There
was more genuine comfort, hospi-
Itality and good times among our
grandfathers and grandmothers than
now. Hospitality is dying out. The
good, sincere, old fashioned times are
behind us, not in front of US. Gen.
Baker said that he was not sure that
we are building up better race than
we have Il day. Where now are such
men as Webster, Clay, Benjamin,
Calhoun and the bright galaxy of
men that adorned the. generation
just passed? Among literary men to
day where are IN. re such as Cooper,
Emerson, L1ngftllow and Whittier?
We have hot The statesmen, poets
q nd Oraff,rS hat ho Dr. " , ~, mo :, ol,,d