The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-31
Mr.. Todd For Toastmaster.

and which were served by a host Of
beautiful young ladies.
MI. Todd For POSTMASTER.
President Smith introduced Hon.
Douglas NJ. Todd of Idaho. whom he char
acterized as a man of infinite modesty, a
scholar. and a gentleman Mr.. Todd
acted as POSTMASTER.
The toasts had been arranged as a
boquet OF flowers, the first being mistle-
toe, which means Ito surmount difficult
ties" This was given to Richard R. Ly-
man, who Immediately demonstrated his
ability in that direction by making a neat
talk in a serious vein about the difficult
ties one meets in life and the way to
POSTMASTER Todd announced the next
division of the boquet as a bunch of
bachelor .s;anif, buttons buttons which he said
buttons" He had been led to believe that
il would be responded to by an old maid
who would roast the bachelors. but was
Ruth NJ. Fox responded to this toast in
such a way that she won the hearts of
all of the bachelors present.
Mr.. Todd said that the next was Rose
mary and was assigned TO Mrs. Rose
w allace-Bennett because of q similarity,
''She is the only Rose on the boards"
he said. and she is married" The pun
was not lost. Mrs. Bennett said that
Rosemary was for remembrance, and
called on those present to remember the
ones who were here year ago but who
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some of them home. while others were
fighting their country's battles. She re-
ferred touchingly to the late President
Woodruff and then went on to eulogize
Major Young. who was last years toast
master, and Captain Grant and the rest
of the brave boys who were here a year
ago, but who are now in the Philippines,
some of them never to return
The Olive Branch.
The next, the olive branch. was given
to Mrs Lucy w. Smith. whose RESPONSE
was a gem. The lady adopted a Biblical
style in her reply telling the story of the
banquet as follows:
In the twenty-second year of the or
ganiZation of the Mutual Improvement
associations delightful banquet was pre-
pared. and there went in unto it male
and female from every stake in Zion
And it came to pass that after they were
assembled a hearty welcome was given.
Upon the tables the good things of the
earth prevailed in exceeding great abund-
ance, but after the space of many min
uteS they decreased continuously until
every perishabIe substance was removed
from off the face of the tables. Both
male and female forgot not the tempting
salads; the chips and straws We're like
chaff before the wind; the flesh of the
fowl, the vegetables of the field and the
fruits and grains of the earth all disaD-
peared before the face of man." the
reply went on in this style, causing much
The last flower in the bunch. the lilac.
was given to Professor Willard Done.
who made a nit by relating the story
told by an Ohio preacher about the crea-
ton He said that God created the earth
and then rested; then he created man
and took another rest; next he created
and neither God nor man has
rested since.
President Joseph F. Smith made a few
closing remarks and introduced J. G.
Kimball. who offered the benediction.
which closed the most successful banquet
. n rd IA
Reception Committee.
The reception committee was composed
of the following officers:
Lorenzo Snow. Joseph +. Smith, Heoer
]. Grant. B. II. Roberts. Francis NJ. Ly-
man, John Henry Smith, Matthias F.
Cowley. Abraham o: Woodruff, ]. G.
Kimball, Junius IF. Wells. Milton Fl.
Hardy. Rodney c. Badger, George n
William S. Burton; Edward Il.
Anderson, Douglas NJ. Todd, John z.
Heppler Edward H. Snow. Nephi L.
Morris. Richard W. Young. Horace q.
Whitney. Willard Done. Thomas Hull.
Y. Dougall Martha III. Tingey. Agg1e
Adella w. Eardley. Sarah Ed
dington, Lille S. Freeze, May Booth.
Talmage Minnie ]. Snow, Emma Cod
dard, Rose Bennett, Susa Y Gates. Alice
K. Smith. Elizabeth C. McCune. Ruth M
Fox Julia c. Brixen, Helen w. Wood
ruff Augusta W. Grant, Mary A Freeze,
Ann NJ. Cannon, Mae Taylor, Joan Camp
bell.
Young Ladies Meet.
The stake officers of the Young Ladies
Mutual Improvement association neid a
Drotracted officers meeting In the F9ur-
feenth ward assembly hall yesterday
The meeting began at 10 a. m. and was In
session until p. m. Some routine ouSi-
ness was transacted, after when the
meeting was turned into a testimony