The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-04
EMPLOYEES SIT At DINNER
FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET OF FAR
WELL, OZMUN, KIRK & co.

The dining hall of the Ryan hotel was
scene of festivity last night, the occa-
sion being the annual banquet given by
FarWeH, Ozmun, Kirk & company to all
their employees.
There were 235 men seated in the hall
and around the tables were palms and
other decorations. as. At the front table
sat the heads of the firm and at the
long side tables the employees The presi-
dent OF the company r. A. Kirk, occupied
the seat of honor ana offfciateu as toast
master
The banquet was success. It
was strictly a La mode, at the same time
an affair where employers and EMPLOYEES
associated in brotherly fashion. 1t was
t tn Fourth Annual and they were out
for time and they had it.
<--Ihe2 Metropolitan Squartette and Miss
Hopes orchestra furnished the music
Tor the evening. The quartette SAM.
Swiss People Song" and where Are
You Going My Pretty Maid?., both of
which were entertaining.
When all in the hail had lined heartily
ana cigar smoke began to curl in the air
PRESIDENT r. A. Kirk made the oDening
address of the evening. He spoke in
part as follows:
Another year has passed. and we have
satneIea again around these very pleas
ant cheerful tables. We have laid aside
yETn
an 1eet that We are having a real GOOD
Iie. think most of US will ioi6 in
saying that 1900 now seems to us to have
Deen short year We have been Siqn9j
ly favored in not having the grim TnS1-
er visit one of our entire number dIIrint,
the year Ior which we are all profound.
y ~ grateIul to the Given of All Good.
prices during the year have NOT haeD ~
our favor, and yet, with it ali we have
come TO the close of the year feeling
that 1t has been kind to us
Soon after our last banquet 7 ROD
as yoa Know, on trip of many thotIsand
miles, extending throughout tie Mefiter
ranean, and on UP the historic Nile for
mSatlE l'geo miles; also making a flying
WISH 10 Palestine and through a small
part OF Europe. l wish YOU could IN
nave seen with me the wonderful things
l cahhot express what L felt when |
caught the first glimpse of the Pyra
mids, or, the next day or two. vnen 7
mad climbed old Cheops and looked Over
those great sandy plains on which 60
t s mas occurred that has vitality af-
Iecteq the interests of the human race
AND then came the few DAYS that we
passed IN Jerusalem and at the Jordan.
visiting a few of the spots that are most
sacred from their association, with Hin
whose feet trdo those hills and valleys
centuries ago in His wonderful mission
from heaven to earth
L VIII not detain you now to speak
OF the thousands of interesting things
that we saw as we journeyed RAPIDLY
through Europe. If you could but have
seen-eYen though hurriedly as we sa W
them-Con Athens, with it's
areopaGus and Mara hill; Naples Pom
peil, Rome, Florence, Venice. Milan
Genoa. Nice and the Riviera, and then
Paris and London! l need not say that We
came home more deeply impressed than
ever before with the feeling that this is
the hest country on earth-best for the
reason that it is the poor mans country
DIS We'll as that OF the rich man.
Ia out IN fl0O
with bright prospects. Our house. is well
organized in all its departments; our
corps of fifty travelling statesmen, we be-
ueVc, takes second rank with none in the
held, and we purpose to have them. and
also the entire house, so thoroughly
equipped for successful work that there
snail be no reasonable excuse for even a
partial failure in securing the results
Which we have in view. Let us every
one, see that We do our duty. and thus
may we Jointly and severally contribute
generously toward the prosperity of our
house in these early years of the TWEEN
tieth century.
T. T. Bateheller responded to the toast.
Plain Facts Plainly Told"
G. IL. Bigelow responded to 1.-THE New
Year Of the New Century," and Allen
Ter Bush to 1.-The Salesman of the
| Twentieth Century,"
| A character sketch was given bv
| Charles Fairchild, and H. P. Hall made a
| few short remarks about Trade Items. -
The programme closed with music by
| the quartette and the orchestra