The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-27
THEIR ONE DAY OFF
MRS. WHITM0RE,S ANNUAL. BAN.
QUET TO MEMBERS OF FIRE
INSURANCE PATROL,
FEsTIvITY WAS UNDIsTURBED
Entertainment Made Enjoyable by
Contributions From BrOse's Or
chestra, Senator j. j. Ryder,
Capt. Carey and Others.

chestra, Senator j. j. Ryder,
Capt. Carey and Others.
The members Of the fire insurance
patrol and their friends were given their
annual banquet by Mrs. F. w. Whitmore
wife of Supt. f. w. Whitmore, of The
insurance patrol, at the salvage corps
headquarters at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon There were plenty of good things
to eat, plenty of music and any amount Of
singing. The banquet was pronounced the
best given by Mrs. Whitmore since the
first, four years ago. Luckily there were
no fire alarms sounded to disturb this
company of brave men, which, although
numbering but ten, has saved thousands
OF dollars worth of personal property
/ during it's six years existence.
BroSe's orchestra furnished excellent
music while the banquet was being serv-
ed, and rendered several selections while
the speeches and recitations were being
given.
All had a good time and from the APP
pearance of the guests around tie ban
quet table one would be assured that
these ten men, who are called out at all
hours of the day and night to respond
to the call of fire, and sometimes have
to stay out all night in their efforts TO
save property from loss by fire, have a
large host of warm friends.
The menu included raw oysters, sea
turtle soup, celery, French peas, roast of
spring lam, turkey with cranberry sauce,
spaghetti with tomato sauce, plum pud-
ding, vegetables of all sorts, coffee ice
cream and cake and fruits besides sew
eral other good things including Roman
punch. For nearly three hours the jolly
gathering sat around the banquet table
and partook of the good things furnished
by Mrs. Whitmore, while the orchestra
in the adjoining room played music that
was fit for a king"
Sreechmaking Begins.
After they had eaten as much as they
could possibly handle, they adjourned to
the main office on the second floor, and
Supt. Whitmore, who acted as toast
master, welcomed the guests and told
them to make themselves at home and
have a good time, as this pleasure came
only a year. He was ably assisted by
Capt. Thomas Carey, who sang several
vocal selections, and Senator J. J.-Ryder,
who delivered a stirring speech in which
he dwelt on the motto: Charity Covers a
Multitude of Sins, and in PLACE if this SUBJ
stituted ''The Salvage Corps Covers a Lot
of Goods and Fires" His speech was en-
Enthusiastically applauded, and as an encore
he sang some songs that helped to make
the event a memorable one
County Auditor William r. Johnson
was present, and told some funny stories
Another who tended to make things en-
tertafning and lively for the company
was Frank Kelly, known among the boys
as the ''only Frank Kelly who made
hit with his Dutch songs, in spite of the
fact that he came from another race. In
addition to this, Mr.. Kelly danced for the
amusement of the assembled guests.
James J. Nugent ST., who is private
messenger to Mayor Smith, was an in
terested guest, and gave some good ad-
vice to the boys.
John Rodger also contributed much to
the entertainment by his playing and
singing, and the little son of Supt. Whit
more made a chit with his speciality
dancing.
Joseph Hughes and James Christie,
members of the Minneapolis fire insur-
ance patrol. were present and represented
their corps at the feast
The members of the fire insurance pa
troll. as now constituted. are: T. w Whit
more, superintendent; Thomas F. Carey,
captain; Henry Eschle, lieutenant; James
J. Nugent Jr., w. White, George LOugh-
ney, Carl Debini, Frank Berlandi, Charles
Peterson, Stanley Brown and Charles
GriSiun.