The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-23
THEIR ANNUAL EVENT
Daughters and Sons Of Amer
loan Revolution Banquet
AT THE HAMILTON HOTEL
Occasion Is Filled With De-
IightfuI "reminiscences.

Following their annual custom. the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
gave q banquet last night 10 tie sons Of
The American Revolution at the Hamilton
in honor Of George Washington The az
FAIR was a brilliant enc in every respect
and without question surpassed al shmi-
lar events OF past years. 1t was quite
exclusive. since only members Of either
Organization ana their families were in
vited to attend. The success Of the ban
quet is due 10 the interest manifested by
the Daughters and more in particular to
airs. W. A Reed. who. as regent Of the
organization, had the entire affair under
her direct supervision.
The dining hail Of the Hamilton never
looked more beautiful than on this oc-
casion. The tables were arranged in the.
form. Of hollow square. They were
tastily decorated with small American
flags and cut flowers. in the center Of
the square and suspended from the four
columns were streamers Of white and
blue cloth Just over the entrance was
large picture OF Washington, while the
windows contained potted palms and
other plants. The glare of numerous in
candescent lights added briHiancy 30 the
surroundings and greatly assisted 70
make the event one long to be remem-
hered I'm local D. A r and s. A. r cir
cIes. The guests began TO arrive at an
early hour but it was not until nearly
10 O'Clock that they repaired to the ban
entertained in various ways in the par
lors Of the hotel
The program Of the evening was as fol-
lows:
Reception
Star SDangled Banner .......-.. Orchestra
Invocation ...................H II. Dewey
Banquet-Dr. Geo. T. Lewis, Toastmaster.
'eyVashington'' ..........Col. S. 3. Amidon
Revolutionary Men"......C. .. Kimball
Revolutionary Women''...... KOS Harris
''Pawnee Village" ........AIrs. DR.. Lewis
cold Glory" Reading Mrs. II. 6. Rose
Presentation Of Gold spoon to Orig
inM Daughter by Regent.
Observation-Disclosures. AIRS. w. A Reed
Response .................. Mr.. Nigswonger /
Song, America" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The menu consisted Of the following
served in courses:
oyster Cocktail
Consoume- Crackers. Pickles Olives. (
Celery.
BroiIs Blue Fish, Potatoes
Wine.
Roast Turkey. Sweet Potatoes
Hot Rolls. Asparagus. Peas. I
Roman Punch IN Shells
Sweet Breads in Cases. Salad
Ice Cream. Cake. Coffee. /
A feature Of the evening was the pre- 7
sentation OF a gold spoon 20 Mrs. Nighs- (
wonger, as one o. the original daughters T
Of the America nrevolutou. Ply the reg
ent. Mrs. Reed. en- behalf az the national
organization. AS is generally known only .
Hneal descendants Of soldiers Of the rev.
oluton are eligible for membership in .
the organization. To be son or a daugh-
ter Of one Of those worriors is an es-
pecial honor Of which the society takes
especial note. AT present in the national
Organization which now numbers ABOUT
q 000 members there are only about 2lo
who bear the distinction of being daugh-
ters Of the soldiers o. the revolution.
Each one of these the national body re-
members with p beautiful spoon Of solid
gold and OF colonial eesien. There are
only two members Of the local y A. =.
who possess these spoons. one Isl Mrs.
11iehswonger and the other lady is the
latter's sister. who received 1T four years
ago IN making the presentation Mrs.
Reed said:
eve the members II the Eunice ster-
Hing charter. Daughters of the American