Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-23
union LEAGUE
OBSERVES ITS
Anniversary
Nineteenth Birthday
Celebrated
Members Greatly Pleased at Showing
Made by eanization-CleVer
Speeches Are Made at
Banquet

With a sumptuous repast. flow of
soul, a feast of reason and stirring mu-
sic. members Of the Union League club
last night celebrated the nineteenth an
niversary of the organization.
Never on any preceding anniversary
of the birthday of the club, possibly
with the exception of the celebration
following the occupancy Of the present
handsome and we'll appointed quarters,
has the occasion been observed with a
higher spirit of club patriotism and
satisfaction over the prevailing condi-
tions, both as to finances and member
ship.
So declared several members who are
numbered among the remaining few of
those who have been identified with the
club since its organization nineteen
years ago, and the joyfulness of the
occasion last night bore out their as
sertion.
The anniversary banquet of the club
Is an event which is looked forward to
with pleasant anticipation by the men,
bers, and the comparatively few who
absented themselves sent regrets which
indicated almost broken hearts.
A Social Hour
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banquet the members and a few invited
guests moved about the spacious rooms,
and many were the felcitations offered
one another over the highly satisfac-
tory state Of affairs in which the club
finds itself on its nineteenth birthday.
President Byron oliver and Secretary
M S. Gregory personally oversaw all
the details of the arrangements and
made doubly certain that carefully ar
ranged plans should not go awry.
Although the members of the club are
accustomed to gastronomic treats at
the monthly banquets of the club, they
were more than gratified by the ami
versary spread last night
For the feast of reason served they
also demonstrated their appreciation.
Rev. c. c. Pierce, the well known pulpit
orator, made the address of the evening
on the subject of "The New City and
the New Citizen and the applause
which continually greeted his remarks
was an indication that he touched and
frequently retouched the popular chord.
Hits Are Appreciated
After alluding to the fact that as a
rule the members of the clbu We're Re-
publicans, he declared that in the or
ganization and development of NUM-
cipal life every man ought to be inter-
ested in a way which carries him very
largely beyond the limits of any mere
party domination and prejudice, and
the remark was heartily cheered.
Mr.. Pierce urged that there be built
more and better streets, boulevards,
parks and Fairgrounds, the latter for
the benefit of young America, where he
can exercise his divine right to play
ball without fear of arrest. In speaking
of the streets of Los Angeles he said:
1--WE send men to college to learn how
to pull our teech, to mix our powders
and pills, to help us out of our legal
difficulties, and to fix up the right sort
of doses of theology, but when we come
to the divine art of city building we too
often pick up some one who has no
more idea of the great needs and prob
lens of municipal life than a hen has
of architecture"
The address was replete with similar
pointed remarks which were greeted
with laughter and applause.
Show Love for Secretary
If Secretary Gregory ever for a mo-
ment suspected that he did not occupy
warm spot in the heart of every
member of the club he was doubly re-
assured last night, for it was Gregory
Gregory all the time. When the
speaker of the evening intimated that
he was about to mention the name
of The most prominent man in the city
the state, the country or the party it
was Gregory-Gregory, and while the
song, For He's jolly Good Fellow"
was sung on several occasions the
query who's a good fellow?" always
was followed by the reply Gregory"
One of the features of the evening
was the singing of popular songs and
monologue by Ellsworth Salyer Of
the Bartlett Music company.
At z o'clock sharp the company be-
gan the discussion OF the menu. which
was as follows:
Manhattan cocktail
Consomme imperial
Broiled salmon stakes aux tartare
Sauterne Union League
Saratoga chips
Celery Ripe olives
Scalloped crab, sauce beurre noir
Broiled spring chicken
French peas
Roman punch
Zinfandel Union League
Roast goose a larlesienne
Baked corn
Lobster salad en- mayOnnaise
Champagne, White Seal
Tutti Fruitti ice cream Assorted cakes
NPs5lSn RoanefOrt %alnGSi and Cream cRsdsn Bssins
Cupids chips Coffee
Cigars
Sentiment Is Divided
At the conclusion of the repast I,
II. Valentine, the toastmaster made
brief speech in which he alluded to
the prosperous condition of the club
the material growth of Los Angeles anG
the whole of California, and concluded