The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-14
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MOST NOVEL or SINNERS.
Company Which Jcur1syed to tae
orient with Secretary Taft
Gather at Banquet.


Most unique OF the dinners given |
this season was that which the "Tatt-
ers" gave the other night at the Will
lard for Mr. Taft. secretary OF war.
The company which iourneyed SO nap
pily together TO the orient mas ue-
cided to celebrate every year, ana TINS
event was the first.
After being received by the COM
mittee, including Senator Warren, sen
ator Murphy j. Foster, Representative
Shirley and Representative William
b. Mckinley, the guests passed ihlo
the adjoining ballroom. In single ME
they emerged upon the miniature ueck
of the steamer Manchuria, behlnu
which were billows. canvas waves ana
a tiny wharf piled with luggage. Pass
ing from the sang-plank they crossed
tiny Japanese bridge. and, descend
ing, traversed a tea garden OF the
Flowery Kingdom. the perfume of wis
terra, acacia and other dainty blooms
delighting them as they went Oh 10
view the jungle.
Picturesque gates Of China flanked
| the other end of the room. In the cen
ter of the room was long table and
stretching down the length of 1t the
| mossy archipelago of the Philippines.
| Native huts and bridges fecked its
| surface and sailing in the mirror wa
ters surrounding i; were curious crafts
of the orient.
| canopy over the table carried the
| lea OF Philippine bungalow, its
bamboo pests hung with curios from
the land. Quantities of roses and 9TH
er blossoms formed the outer fringe of
decorations. All the intervening spaces
in the room were banked with tail
palms and other green's suggestive Of
the tropics, and the chandeliers were
draped with southern smilax and fes-
toOned with Japanese lanterns.
| The "Tafters" loaned miniature huts,
boats and other souvenirs to give sug-
gestive touches. The place cards were
mounted kodak views taken on the
trip, most of them being photos of the
party. each guest receiving a picture
of the person on the voyage who most
interested him or her. For instance,
Mrs Taft who was not one of the
party found at her place photograph
of her husband, the secretary. Repre-
sentative Longworth found his place
by the smiling likeness of his bride,
and Representative Shirley was no less
fortunate by finding a picture of Miss
Mignon Croitton. his fiancee, whose
fate was also settled on that trip, wait
ing at his seat at the table
OF all the originality displayed in the
planning and carrying out of the feast,
no more was displayed than in the
book form, printed and bound in Fill
pino cloth. decorated with spray of
palm and entitled ''The Second Voyage
of the Taft Philippine Party
Between the covers were all sorts of
funny caricatures and others depicting
the voyage, a view of the presidents S
daughter, ready for the voyage. lead
ing the series. likenesses of Queen Lii
iuokalani, the sultan of Sulu, and
many funny hits, the final being a lis,
of toasts. Mr.. Shirley was postmaster
with following speakers: Mr.. Taft
pleasant Memories" Miss Mabe
Boardman, THE LADIES'" Represen.
tative Foster, The Trip and the Trip
pers: Representative Grosvenor
Somewhere East OF Suez;" Represen.
tative De Almond, Guided by the Ma.
gician Into Wonderland, Wonderful
Things Happen" Representative Ches.
ter |. Long, Praise the Sea, but KeeI
on Land"