The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26
BANQUET TABLES
They Are Being Made as Fast
as Possible
Score of WOrkmen Busy in the
Big Hall.
ORCHESTRA SECURED.
1t Will Play Nothing But " A
Hot Time.''
Not a Hitch Anywhere in the
Arrangements.
ORCHESTRA SECURED

The new library rooms in the norlh
wing ofthe state house have been turn
ed into a mammoth carpenter shop'
Large amounts of lumber are being
carried to the rooms and carpenters are
busily engaged in saving the boards
into proper lengths and putting them
together. The meaning of all this IS
that the real work of preparing for the
banquet to the Twentieth Kansas regl-
ment has begun in earnest, and the
tables which are to hold the many gooo
things for the soldiers to eat are beng
made and put into place. The carpen-
ters began work this morning, and by
the close of the week will have their
work completed and in readiness forthe
decorators to begin on their part OF
the affair.
The tables will be arranged in long
rows, with sufficiently large aisles be
tween for the seats and passage for
the young ladies to go up and down, as
they supply the hungry soldiers with
the oysters, roast beef, cranberries ana
other good things which are being pre-
pared for them by the Grocers and
Butchers of the city who are hard at
work getting the banquet ready Tor lhe
Kansas boys. In the center or the
large room a commOdiOuS band Stanu
will be erected, high above the tables
and on this will be stationed the or
chestra which will keep up one con-
tinuOus round of music, and inspire the
boys to put in their best efforts at the
feast which has been prepared 1or
them. for it is the design OF the Grocers
and Butchers who have charge or the.
banquet, that the boys Shal nave al
that they want to eat and drink
Arrangements for the banquet are
moving along in that SucceSStul way
that gives confidence that it will be
great success. The GrOcers and Butch
ers have held meeting after meeting
and the different committees are taking
care of the details of their work with
the regularity of clock work. Nothing
is being left undOne- At the meeting
of the GrOcers and Butchers last even
ing every committee reported progress
and said that everything was moving
along in good shape. The committee
on tables, seats and dishes will have
completed their labOrs by the end of
the week Then comes the decorating
committee and as the decorations are
already procured, it will take only two
or three days to put them in place.
While all this is going on the cooking
committee is getting all the eatables
ready.
The committee on reception has al
ready got together and each member is
secretly brushing up his spike tail coat,
and making ready to properly receive
the soldier boys at the door of the ban
quet hall and get them seated and in
touch with the eatables as soon as pos
Sible. The music committee has ac-
cepted the services of the High School
orchestra. and has notified them that
a Hot Tome" with variations will be
expected to form a part of the many
selections which they are to play. The
committee on securing a place for the
checking of the soldiers coats and 9TH
er belongings which they wish to take
off during the banquet have made all
necessary arrangements, and a room
will be fixed up, probably representa-
tive hall. to serve as a check room.
The committee on donations has Sc
cured all the things which were left
for this committee to procure And last
but not least, the general committee
has been allowed $1,000 to pay for this
banquet and the money is now in the
bank, ready to be paid out as fast as
the bills are audited by the auditing
committee.
Every grocer and butcher in the city
has taken an interest in this banquet
and each one feels that it is a personal
matter that it must be properly and
successfully carried out Inc Grocers
and Butchers held a meeting on Mon
day night, another on Wednesday
night and another is scheduled for Fri
day night. 1t has been this way for the
past few weeks, and they do not intend
to leave a thing undOne which will in
any way add to the pleasures of the
soldier boys All Kansas will be in To-
peka on that day to honor the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment, and the feast
will be in keeping with the rest of the
festivities