Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-03-23
"Proeresslve Dinner"

One of the most recherche
society events ever given in
this city occurred last night at
the progressive dinner" given
by Mr.. and Mrs. q. w. Pratt at
their home on Eighth and HUI
ron. The fact was clearly
proven last evening that Mr..
and Mrs. Pratt surely were the
deal host and hostess. The
guests were invited for G::ly
and by $50 the spacious ROOMS
were filled with the guests.
The house was decorated
in cut flowers and looked very
pretty. Seven tables We're scat
tered around in the different
looms, the color scheme of
green and yellow being carried
| out on each table. Candalabra
with yellow shades, draped with
smilax, formed the centerpiece
On each table. Places were
found by very artistic hand
painted place cards. The favors
for the ladies at each place
were yellow tulips and violets
made very beautiful favors for
each gentleman.
At $50 the guests sat down
to the first course. After each
course a bell was rung by the
hostess and the gentlemen on
the east side progressed to the
next table below and the gentle
men on the west progressed to
the next table above. Eight
courses were progressed, each
course being very elaborate in
all its appointments. The dim
ner was very gracefully served
by Misses Mabel Wilson, Helen
Noyes and Verona Pratt.
After the eight course dinner
had been taken care of, the host,
Mr.. Pratt, announced that as
the interesting part of the oc-
casion had been attended to, the
company would now listen to
he literary part of the evening
| As toast master Mr.. Pratt was
unusually witty and kept the
guests in a good humor.
Rev. MacAllister responded
to the toast, "What | Would Dc
Were the Car of Russia" ir
an eloquent manner, and con
WINGED his hearers that the
world would be much better off
were he the Car.
Prof. Beveridge was asked to
tell "What | Would Do if
Were President of the UniteC
States" and before he had fin
ished the guests realized thai
the country had made a mistake
in not electing him instead 0.
Roosevelt last fall.
"What | Would Do Were | i;
Love" was responded to yer,
POLITICALLY by Mr.. F. A. Sims
j and he convinced the guests
) that he surely had been in love
at some time in his life, and wa
still a fine subject for the goo
of the tender passion.
"What | Would DO Were | ;
] Liveryman," gave John Ander
son an opportunity to tell wha
: he thought would be the ''prop
err caper" in a first-class liver,
business, and before he had fin
] ished he built up an ideal liver.
! business for Missouri Valley.
Hon. j. S. Dewell told "Wha
!, | Would Do il | Were a Physi
! clan" During his talk he dem
onstrated that even if he wasn'
a doctor he had studied Their
; mode Of doing business. hi.
) talk was witty throughout ane
very interesting.
"Were | a multi-millionaire
was responded to by 7. p. RoE
inson, and he told about $
many good things that h
would do were he a multi-mill
ionaire that his hearers Wer
; really sorry that he didn't owl
the Rockefeller millions.
The POSTMASTER then callec
: on DR.. Colt to tell "What
: would do were | a lawyer" ant
he very wittily and eloquentl.
q told what the lawyers SHOULD
! do to break up the trusts ant
!, how it could be done. If tn,
DR.. would send in that address
to the attorney general i
would give that officer man,
new ideas as to"busting a trust.
w. H. Ram ;eyer then tolc
: the guests "What | would d.
{; were a banker" and said tina
were he really a banker ht
Z would make the host, Mr.. Pratt