The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-19
WHY jim GIVES HIS
FRIENDS A BANQUET
Spreads a Feast of Many
Courses Which Is irrigated
With Many Wines.
Bill of Fare.

The Chinese New Year was ushered
out in true Oriental fashion in St. Paul
last night by dinner party given by
Moy Jim, manager Of the Kwong Tung
Low Chinese restaurant, on Robert
street. The bill of fare given above con-
tains the names of but few of the Chi
nese dishes which were served to the
| twentythree Americans who were
the guests.
The banquet, which was one of the
most elaborate ever served in st. Paul,
furnished the American guests an op-
portunity to partake of half dozen
different brands Of Chinese wines and
liquors. and more than twenty choice
Oriental dishes which the Chinese only
| attempt to serve at New Years time.
Moy Jim's guests included govern
ment customs officials, county and city
officials, attorneys, doctors, bankers and
| newspaper men, who were wined and
dined in a manner both surprising and
novel to them. The guests were seated
at long table, artistically decorated
In manner peculiarly appropriate to
the occasion, and it required more than
nYe hours to go through the numerous
courses, many of which did not appear
on the bill of fare.
Chinese wines Of a peculiar but fas-
clnating flavor were productive of
much wit and humor which became
manifest as the clouds of smoke from
the Chinese cigarettes filled the ban
quet room and almost hid from view
the Oriental effects which were on
every hand.
Given Chinese Greeting.
"Gar-ne-fo-toy" was the greeting the
guests received from Moy Jim, as the
happy little Acknowledged Oriental hurried
about the big table in his endeavors to
see that the Chinese walters were doing
their work properly. Gar-ne-fo-toy is
the New Years greeting of the Chinese,
and when spoken by Chinaman 1t carries
with 1t the wishes Of thousand kinds
OF good luck and prosperity, which Moy
Jim was quite willing to explain to his
curious guests
The dishes served at the banquet in
cluded almost everything from shark fins
to chrysanthemumS and American Beauty
roses, the. identity of which was con-
cealed by Chinese names which none but
the Orientals themselves would attempt
to pronounce.
Toasts were drunk to Moy Jim and
toasts were drunk to his partner, Moy
Wee, now in China, where he went after
his wife and child, who were deported from
the country when brought here once be-
fore. During the entire time Moy Jim
was the -happiest person in the banquet
room; his almond eyes fairly teemed with
joy as his American friends proposed toast
after toast to him, and with each sue
ceeding toast the host gave orders to serve
new brand Of wine.
Host Makes Speech.
Before the close Moy Jim himself was
called upon for a speech.
I'm glad Mclean man Is pleased; we
BILE friends said the host.
Before departing each Of Moy Jim's
guests were presented with a souvenir In
the nature of box of Chinese bon-bons,
and in bidding his friends good night the
host said Gar toy" so often that
every American present could repeat the
Oriental greeting in true Chinese fash
ion.
The guests Of Moy Jim at his New
Years dinner party were J. w. Vars,
H. w. Parker, George J. Dries, R. Roth.
A. S. Gibson, Charles Fisher, Edward
Heimbach, Charles Keller, H. P. Keller,
DR.. E. H Haas, Judge John w. Finehout,
B. Campbell, A. McNabb, William Mil
Ter, Hugo Hanft, Patrick Kelly, George
Dix, Edward M. Parish, L. P. Covington,
st. Paul; Dr. B. J. Merrill, Richard Farm
er, Saltwater, and w. P. Brown, Knox,
N. D.