Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-12
THE TALMA BANQUET
High Old Tine Over at Hotel
 Waterbury Last Night.

The Talmas who participated in the recent two nights minstrel per- formances were given great ban quet last evening over in the Hotel Waterbury. It was about ten o'clock when the seventy banqueters sat down to fine repast and from that time until nearly two o'clock songs and laughter intermingled with the feast of good things set before the minstrels and their guests. The menu was as follows:
 Cocktails.
 Here's Health.
 Oysters on the Half Shell ITO Work Let's Hasten. Now Then,
 With the Hammers"
 ConsOmme Pritaniere.
 "Is Everybody Happy Boiled Penobscot Salmon, Sauce Pi-
 quant.
 Potatoes Parisienne. When You Play an Old New Eng
 land One-Night Stand?'
 Olives. Celery. Radlshes.
 Soon You'll Be Realizing" Young Vermont Turkey, Cranberry Hail the Bunch. So Long Expected. Golden Wax Beans, Mashed Po-
 tatoes
 Kissed by the Sun and Dew"
 Chicken Salad
 "He Walked Right in and Looked Around and Walked Right Out
 Again.
 Pistachio Ice Cream. Come Down and Sit Beside Me,
 Meath the Willow Tree.'
 Fruit. Cake Farewell, I Hear the Whistle Blow Over the Mountain and Over the
 Heather. Bye and Bye"
 Cigars.
 Watch the Smoke Arising"
 Lager.
 Let It Alone
 Iris Growing Late., Yes, 'Tis Grow ing Late, and Time to End the Fete." There was plenty of sport while the cigars were being enjoyed and all the songs that were sung at the minstrel performance and many new ones were enjoyed by those present. There was a whole stack of new jokes and, in fact, the banquet was minstrel performance in itself. Bill Smith contributed an original paper, and Mid" Parsons had a par ody on about every one present. There were speeches from R. A. Laslett Smith, T. M. Freney and Will liam Wallace. Dr John D. Freney made as able toastmaster with the real goods before him as he did at the entertainments in Polls theater. A souvenir shirt bosom handsomely decorated by Harvey Stout was pre- sented to Prof Smith as d souvenir. Fun was the king last night and ev- erybody had good time. Those present were as follows:
 Dr J. D. Freney, Robert T. Bayley. Albert A. Adams, James Johnston, Robert J. Dow. Henry F. Lynch. Will liam J. Hughes, Harvey H. Stout, Ed ward F. Callahan, William Shanna- han, Harry I. Phillips. G. Middleton Parsons. Arthur c. Hayes, William c. Donovan. George F. O'Neil. James F. Colwell, Fred Jackson, M. C. Ger man, William Snyder, Daniel Mullen, Howard N. Webb, Harry Farnham, Thomas Doyle, Newman Mclaughlin, Daniel Campion, Arthur Kennedy, Charles H Ingalls,, Thomas Walker, Otto Reichenbach, Charles c. Ney, Howard Bowen, Edward Wolf. Brodie J. Richardson, Michael Ryan, Finton J. Connor, John Freney, Francis H. Gillern. Philip J. Gumpper. John Riley, Joseph Wolf, James A. Dem- CTS, Clarence Wolf. Collin Bossidy, Thomas McGrath, Patrick O'Rourke, William McKeon. William Cronan, Frank McKeon. R. A. Laslett Smith, Thomas M. Freney, Thomas Cannon. John F. Burke, David J. Bolger, Ed ward Delaney. Raymond Bolger, James Cunningham, Tennis Lavalle, William J. Histon, John J. Howard, Edward L. Maloney. Frank J. His ton, P. o. Knight, Michael J. Noonan, Harry I. Phillips. Edward P. Fitz- gerald, William T. Smith, George De-