The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-07
GOOD THINGS GALORE.
How Our Returning Soldiers Will Be
Fed

Many of the representative grocers
and butchers of the city met last night
at the Commercial club rooms, and
continued the work Of making arrange
ments and mapping out the plans for
the banquet which they are preparing
to give to the Twentieth Kansas regl-
ment when it returns to this city;
Everything is moving along nicely ana
the prospects are very encouraging for
one of the finest spreads which was
ever laid before a hungry man.
After the meeting was called to order
by the president, T. NJ. Hanley, the
main business of the evening was taken
up. This was the report of the com
mittee on arrangements, which mad
been appointed at the last meeting OF
the grocers and butchers, and whose
duty it was to make estimates on the
amount of food required, the necessary
committees and duties of each which
would be necessary to properly ia ke care
of the banquet, and to look up such
other details as must be disposed of be-
fore the real work of preparing for the
banquet.
Mr.. Harry w ellis read the report of
| the committee, which was as follows:
I'VE have made an estimate of the
amount of meat, bread, potatoes,
| oysters and other good things which
/ will be needed for the banquet, and find
/ that the total amount of money neceS-
sary to be spent for these things,
amounts to about $3.50, and including
! the extras, possible expense for the use
/ of the lumber for the tables, rent of
| chairs, possible decorations, and other
possible unforeseen expenses will bring
| this amount up to about $3.50. This
| amount the committee think ample to
| cover everything.
| 1T has been decided to hold the
| banquet in the new state library rooms
| in the north wing of the state house.
| This room is plenty large for all needs,
| and the tables can be arranged with
| two foot aisles between, and still give
| sufficient table room to serve 800 peo-
| pie. The room can be darkened and
! the electric lights turned on and with
| the decorations and the long tables
! filled with good things to eat, will pre-
| sent very appetizing appearance.
THE High School orchestra has Of
| fered its services to furnish music on
! this occasion, and they win be placed
| on raised platform to one side and in
| the center of the room. The Fedora
/ ton of Clubs has offered to take charge
| and be responsible for the furnishing Of
| all pastry work, and to them will be
| delegated this important part of the
banquet.
The committee has thought it best
not to try to arrange to give the regi-
ment two warm meals, as it is improb-
able that the regiment can be kept to-
gether after the first meal The SOL
diers will become scattere-. and no
doubt only a few of them would come
back for the second meal There will
be plenty for them to eat provided they
come back, but under the circum-
stances, we think it best to serve a cold
Iunch TO them for the second meal.
With plenty of fruit and pastry, this
would probably suit the boys a great
deal better than if the food was warm. -
/ VIM. Dransfield-That is my idea. We
can hardly expect to get those boys
back again for the second meal, as they
will be scattered all over the city by
| that time, and some of them NAV have
, | left town. If it is thought best to give
them two warm meals, then we ought
to do it, but believe that it would suit
the boys better to know that they could
come back any time that they wanted
to and get a cold lunch, ana plenty of
it.
Following out suggestions of the COM
mittee on arrangements, the following
committees were appointed:
General cOmmittee-Wm.G Green, chair
\ man; M. Fitzgerald w. Weber, H J.
, | Wells, John f Schmidt T NJ HanIev
Tables, seats and dishes-L- NJ. Bard,
chairman; D. D. Knox, F. NJ. Newland,
II. Horsefeld, A. Sheetz, Sam Rice, J. S.
, Grice.
Decorations-S. Cunningham, chair
J man; Harry Whittelsey, r. A. Dfbble,
) w. L. Osborn, w. S. Kale, J. Colvin.
) Walters and pastry-Fred Click, chair
man; John Abbott, G. J. Lepper, J. S.
D Stearn, W; A: Hoagaboom, o. Boyd,
Cooking-Charlef Wolff. Chairman:
} John Ahlstrom, J. H. Hartman, Otto
Kuehne.
! Reception-J. J. Lannan, chairman:
} D. J. Dickinson, w. H. Davis, E. P Ba-
D ker, T. A. Reagle, George Mccoy, H. D.
} / Cornish, Otto Kuehne, ]. S. Sproat, J.
0 z. Moore, V. Kistler, w H. Burns c.
= W Myers, w. H. Gillfllian, Nate Rob
D bins.
DOnatiOnS-Wm. Dransfield chair
man; H. Hiatt, f. Buchner
Auditing. D. HanIey, chairman:
Hugh Lawler, N. F. COnkle.
Music-Wilbur Davis, chairman; Will
, | Granteer, II. w. Euler
These committees are expected to get
. together and begin work at once.
, The next meeting of the grocers and
> | butchers will be held next Friday night
| at the Commercial club rooms, at which
y ! time the various committees will be ex-
/ ! pected to report what progress has been
a made, and give some outline Of the
= ! work to be done