Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-13
PLANNING PUBLIC DINNER.
Arranging the Details Annoys Those
OF Even Wide Experience.

OF Even WIDE Experience.
New York Sun. TO make the ar
Engagements for a big public dinner Isl
no easy task, There is an immense
amount Of detail TO be attended to.
The banquet season Is now at its
height and every night the large no
tells and restaurants house one or
NOR big dinner parties To arrange
fol dinner D., say, twenty-five per
sons Is comparatively simple but
when one starts to plan dinner for
100, 200 or 800 people 1t becomes Il
tremendous job Men who have gone
through II once seldom want to tackle
II again.
Yet as rule, tho task falls on the
same men year In and year out, "
they make 4 success Of the first ban. f.
uuet of society or organization they
are sure to be called on each year to
shoulder The responsibility again
One man, a member of we'll
known organization Of business men, |
who has just gone through the eXper-
lence aud creditably says, he will
never again attempt To arrange ban.
quot and he declares that nothing will
ever make him change his mind
ut Is u thankful job al the best"
said this man, and | wouldn't tackle
II again for love or money That |
made n success of the undertaking Is |
indlIccmCnt to me to do such worI,
again.
II little knew how much trouble |
was taking on myself, but when ! did
realize the amount OF lnhor involved
hucllcd down and tried to get re-.
suits, That our banquet went OFT
smoothly was n satisfaction to me, .
but If It hadn't who would have had
to shoulder the blame?"
The man waa one of a committee of
three who were appointed by their SO
clety to arrange the first annual ban,
quet, He was the chairman OF the
committee, and cnrly IN the game dts
covered that two other committeeman
hadn't much time to devote to the |
task, He started in to work, and
found he was making Roadway they
told him 10 so ahead and they would
indorsc everything he did,
So this lone man started out Ills |
society had decided to have the han
auet in one Of the now hotels. ana
this WINS the only aid he gave him Is.
cept to 0peCiiy that the dinner must
not cost more than $40 plate. That
Is tho average cost plate where
wines are served
The chairman first wrote letters to
all the members of the society, ask.
Ing them to notify him ut an early
date II they intended to attend the
banquet. Each member was told that
he had the privilege Of inviting a
quest, but that the member would
have to pay for the guests ticket
The replies came In slowly. All
the end OF Il week twenty members
wrote that they world he ut the ban.
quet Five OF the twenty requested
an extra ticket for 4 quest
Then the chairman went to the ho
tel where the banquet was to be held
This was two weeks before the date
set for It. He consulted the proprie.
tor and the nrst thing the hotel man
wanted to know was how many per.
sons were going To he at the banquet
That was the first snag the lone
committeeman ran against He ex.
planned that the members were ttle
slow in sending in Thu requests for
tickets.
But well have a great many more
than twenty at the banquet" said
the committeeman.
Il hope you WILL" replied the hotel
man, "but until YOU can give me a
definite idea of how many will be
present can't give You any esti.
mates"
The committeeman saw the force OF
the hotel-keeper's argument and took
chance and said that he would guar.
antee that $50 men would be at the
banquet. That satisfied the hotel
man and gave him something 10 work
on
First the room where the banquet