The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26


/ business OF the evening commenced
Gentlemen" said Lavies, II need
mot remind you why we are met here
this evening"
Hear, heart" from the committee.
The first thing for US to settle is
here he paused, and all the members
I or the committee and the two guests
/ I forgot 10 mention that the other was
. my old friend Chen my very young
f. lriend). Frand Marshall-turned ex-
. pectantly toward "the chair" who
with the utmost gravity continued.
/ shall we have another bottle Of port
and the materials -
Hear, heart" from the committee
/ and guests.
/ Then, resumed our chairman, eve
snail be free from interruption for our
+ discussion. Gentlemen, is it your pleas
q ure-'
All (showing hands,.
] 10 the contrary asked the chair
man. Then Immediately added. "The
ayes have it, apd," sounds the bell,
the mouths shah have IL as well"
J Enter the waiter. The orders were
given. The port was as they called il
! "buzzed." that is. finished 10 the last
Z drop, and the fresh bottle was COM
+ nenced, while THE materials" repre-
scented by lemon, nutmeg, sugar wills
KY, brandy boiling hot water and
box OF cigars, were awaiting our at
/ tention on the sideboard. y.
The chaiman's tone was as clear as
a bell; he could have taken his high
TENOR part I'm glass and been at his
best so 1 believe he remained during
the entire sitting and after. Some men
possess this rare gift. I am bound 10
say Tor myself. that not being quail
ned as seasoned topper ] never toned.
once bitten shy for the remainder Of
ones existence. j knew when TO stop
Frank Marshall. on the other hand
knew where TO stop. which is cutie an
oIner matter and on one occasion I
remember his selecting the hearthrug
Inc spry little man began the evening
as Dlithe as q lark. his high notes came
ouJ nagulucenrly at first. but gradual
~ became mellOwer, and he and his
ieiioW committeeman with a deep bass.
got mixed up together TN a Kind of
droning bagpipe duet till they were
both lett fast asleep in the care of the
waiter.
But / am advancing matters, and
sueh as I have described il above was
not The scene as I remember it when
"e were midway lu the port stage be-
tween The end OF dinner and the com
mencenent or the whisky hour.
What shape shan our testimonial
lahe. asked our chairman. dipping his
pen IN the well and preparing to take
notes with an intensely practical air.
Wen. Mr.. Chairman" niped the alto
I should shaE-I should say" ne cor
FeeJed himself but no one seemed to
Houce the slip, II should decidedly say
a drinking cup"
With an" began the baszo. deter
nilnedly, with an-inscription.
Ihen all as one man said. Certain
Subscription
Only IL sounded more as # they were
ih hurry 90 pronounce their sentence 3
as one word --sherl nIyscripshun.9
This took a lot of arguing.
me port was finished. The inscriD- /
uoH was written down. The president I.
read it aloud. and put if 60 the vote.
All the committee and the two guests !
were understood TO say, carried mem
Ana down this went on the minutes /
NeW-' said the doctor, Eve come +
10 the question OF expense. Of funds F..
and Of collection"
H-e-ar!" droned out by all
4heu Frank Marshall who had an
i'alti'tly been trying to bring his chin
Gown 10 the level Of his second waist /
eoaL Dulyonr suddenly Jerked himself 4
up our on "a state OF semi collapse. and
way: -
mem oer-pe -subscri-subscribe
1eIJainiy,' answered Dr. Lavies.
4nen, said Frank. with grim d.
termination low me to put mvzaif
down for three gums"
Three guineas?" inquired the chair
man, politely.
Iackiy, three gums. make If folr Z"
ana mere he beamed on the company /
ahc said he thought the time had now
arrived for q cigar
Anls created diversion Seats were
chansed we all got 10 the sideboard
anu Dack again. which was a feat FOR
some OF us, and in another half hour
aIler the resumption Of the SITTING
any one entering suddenly would have
Lau some difficulty in Distinguishing as
~ Nldualiy, so enveloped were we I'm /
lne smoke of the tobacco and the fumes
Of the punch
we heard one another speaking AZ
ln q Iog. The question had arisen al H.
ne mode Of collecting the subscrlp-
The man with the alto voice owned
y apparently no longer. lie whispered
husklly
send round nosh-'' bv which he
y as supposed 20 suggest that notices
should be sent round
disagree there. uttered q rather
sloity voice, traced Immediately after
" ara 20 The baritone stoclzbro1er.
Why-dishgreeF asked the general
mataur looming out of the tobacco
smoke.
:" sgfee--think-it 81 goo plan"
anne from the basso profundo.
Ihen luminously shone the rubicund
ace or Dr. Lavies who pierced the
mental ana atmospheric fog with the
brisk inquiry
ny do you disagree with the pro-
3oaal for sending round a uofira fhaf