Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
CELEBRATED ITS TWENTY
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY.

Such feast of reason and flow OF
souP' as congregated around the ban
6uet board at Hotel Bells last
evening, when the Ladies' Literary
club of Wausad celebrated the 2Sth
year of its existence in a banquet to its
members and their husbands or guests.
Covers were laid for one hundred and
sixteen guests and every place was
filled, and the tables, decorated as they
were, with smilax, cut flowers, silver
candelabras, cut glass, etc, the club
color, cardinal, predominating and
the club flower. the carnation, being in
evidence everywl ere, Il e whole en-
HANGED by the beautiful costumes worn
by the ladies, made a feature never to
be forgotten. Upon arriving, the
guests were received by the following
reception committee Mrs. Chas j.
Winton, Mrs James p Briggs and Mrs
Horace n Evans. who directed them t.,
the founders who were the honor e
guests of the evening, and in eommem-
Grafton of whose achievement, in start
ing the club, the entertainment was
given. There were thirteen of these,
originally, only four of whom are living
in Wausau. They are Mrs. ID l.
Piumer, Mrs. H. A FROST, Mrs Walter
Armstrong and Mrs. j a. Jones.
These were supplemented 10y the per-
of fh., III e.,
dent, Mrs. Philip V O Van Vechten.
AT about nine O'Clock the guests We're
seated around the tables and nine
course supper was served in IA manner
rejecting great credit upon the hotel
management. After discussing this
feature of the evening for two hours,
Mrs. 2. V. o. Van Vechten, in few
well chosen words, gave welcome TO the
guests and then introduced the toast
mistress of the evening, Mrs, DR., Mar
garet Trevitt, who introduced the first
speaker, Mr.. j. p. Briggs. who spoke
on The Founders" and said he be-
lieved the founders had "builded bet
ter than they knew" for the little club
started by them more than a quarter of
century ago had grown to be power
and influence for good in the commun-
ity.
Mrs. j. A. Jones responded in her
usual felicitous manner to the toast,
'"Those who Followed" She paid high
compliment to the young blood which
had been received into the society, and
thought much of the usefulness and
success of the club was due to their
activities. Mrs. Trevitt then intro
duced new member, Mrs. w. A.
Green, who responded to the toast,
Future Possibilities Her subject was
a large one and she covered the field in
the most charming and excellent man
ner. "Woman's Part in Civic Improve
ment'' was the subject of the next toast,
which was answered by Mr. Claire b.
Bird. He complimented the ladies on
what they had done in the past and
gave his idea of what they might do in
the future. Owing to death in the fam
lily Mrs. w c. Dickens was unable to pre-.
sent her toast, Benefits of Club Life"
which was read for her by Miss Bohrer,
also very apt and appropriate little
poem, read in that ladys usually force
full manner. DIR. A. W. Trevitt was the
next husband called upon to respond to
the toast, LAS Others See U.s." He said
The Ladies' Literary club has been Gen.
sured for its undertakings by some,
that a0as to be srpected. Time had proved
the ladies were right and carpings had
been changed to praise. The last toast
of the evening was in the form of an
original poem by Mrs. Walter Arm
strong on "Our Guests--the Gentle
men," This poem sparkled in happy
hits and illusions, to the honored
guests, and was "a fitting close to a
happy evenings entertainment. At
"mid-night's holy hour" the guests
arose and thus passed into history the
banquet of the Ladies Literary club of
1905.