The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-10-25
WEEK IN SOCIETY,
Friday Club Banquet a sumpt-
uous Repast.
SPLENDID 1oAs1s GIVEN.

SPLENDID T0AsTs GIVEN.
Mrs. kuehnle Gives Elegant Dinner.
Activity Shown in Club Life.
The Friday club held it's twelfth
annual banquet in the club room on
Friday night. Each year the club
banquet seem to surpass the efforts of
the ones before and this was true of
this years. The colors were pink and
white and the club room was very
attractively decorated with these
colors. Three large tables and two
smaller ones made ample room for the
seventy two guests who were seated.
The menu was excellent and was
beautifully served by group of our
pretty young girls. dressed in white.
Rev. Mr.. Bryce asked the blessing
and then social informal hum of
conversation made the supper pass
al! too quickly. Miss Agnes King..acted
as toast mistress and at the conc!u-
sion of the banquet called upon Miss
Loretta Van Ness for piano solo.
Good Night by Nevin which she
played very sweetly and with much
expression.
Mrs. Kuehnle had the first toast /:
"Our anniversary banquets, what
makes them worth while''' and the
response set the high water mark for
the toasts that followed. Mrs.
Kuehnle's toast was like her self ex-
quisitely dainty and refined and given
with charm of manner that captivat-
| ed her hearers.
DIR. Kemp followed with Woman s
clubs from Mans point of view
DR.. Kemp's toast was witty, very
complimentary to women's clubs in
general, with all manner of nice
things about the Friday club and its
claim to greatness. DR.. Kemp s
| light as speaker has been hid under
a bushel all too long, he certainly
has much talent in that direction.
Miss Gulick had large theme
"The Drama" and she handled it in
a masterly way. neither too grave
nor too gay. but with just the right
| touch.
Prof. Van Ness proved that he
must have Chesterfieldian blood by
his gallant response to ''The gentle
mans favorite toast the ladies.
Prof. Van Ness made the ladies feel
very much Hset up" by his remarks.
Mrs. Harding's toast was an in
novaJion in as much as it was written
in verse. the subject was Mother
| Nature and her poem toast was a
beautiful tribute to her subject and a
sure reflection of her own cleverness.
! Mr.. McHenry followed with "The
Optimist. the Friday club knows Mr..
McHenry's toasts of old and under
stands that he can always be depend
ed upon for splendid toast. packed
jfull of gems of wit and wisdom. Mr..
McHenry paid delicate tribute to
the ladies and to Mrs. Kuehnle' S
toast.
Mrs. Philbrook' toast Ourselves
wise or otherwise, was spicy. or
iginal and unexpected. just the kind
of toast to close a program. Mrs.
Philbrook S delivery was fine as was
that of all the speakers. their voices
being easily heard and all the speak
ers seemed to be free from stage
| fright. which SO often lies in wait
for those who speak but seldom.
A quartet Thou Lovely Star
was sung by Mesdames Boyle. Sib-
bert. Voss and Boynton. The ladies
had fine selection and sang very
we'll. making splendid close to a
most delightful evening.
Mesdames Shaw, Rogers, Sprecher
and Hopkins and the Misses Shaw
were the out of town guests.
| On Saturday evening Mrs. C. F.
Kuehnle gave very elegant green
and white dinner. complimentary tc
Mrs. Una Hopkins and Mrs. Amsder
of Pasadena. and her house guest Miss
| Nellie Brennecke of Marshalltcwn.
The table was exquisite with white
chrysanthemums and green shaded
silver candlelabra. The menu carried
out the color scheme in every artistic
detail and the place cards were dainty
water colors that will be treasured
for themselves as we'll as for SOU
Il venirs of tho nleasapt ovop;pr MIRO