The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-21
CANAL ZONE SOCIAL kOTES WEAR FAMILIAR FACE
Extracts of Recorded Events
 That Would Not be Out of Place Here.

Some of the "social and personar' notes coming from the Isthmus of Panama and the canal zone through the medium of the Canal Record says the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post, wear fa- miliar face. The Texas club gave a banquet to Texans the other night at the Gorgona hotel. "The dining room was elaborately decorated with palms. bunting and other United States, Pan anna and Texas flags. The tables were decorated with rare potted plants. The cakes and ices were served in red, white and blue stars. The toastmas- ter was F. w. Morrison, and the re- sponses were many and in vein that produced much applause. Manager Q. z Vanden Heurk served the fol- lowing menu:
 'Consomme aux macedoines, olives, croquettes of salmon, French peas, roast ham, champagne sauce, Drowned potatoes, pontet canet, roast chicken a la mazer rine, asparagus tips, steWed mushrooms shriinps. en mayonnalse' Imperial cheese, peach ice cream, Lone Star cakes, coffee
 It should be added that "an enjoy able time was had by all.
 On the same evening the manager of the Gorgona bowling club enter tained the Gorgona and Cristobal bowling teams after the game, "at an informal dinner" as follows: Con somme with vegetables, pickles, lob ster croquettes, filet de boeuf aux champignons, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, asparagus, green peas, vanilla ice cream, pound cake, cheese, crack CTS, claret, coffee" It Is to be sup posed that also under these circum- stances "an enjoyable time was had by all.''
 While on the subject of eatables 1t may be noted that the commissary de- partrnent in the canal zone has been changing it's prices, and that natural leaf chewing tobacco may now be pur- ' chased at twenty cents per plug, a re- duction of five cents from the old price. Tanglefoot fly paper is now within the reach of all canal em- ployes at the new price of 1-2 cents per sheet, as against the old price of 2 cents. Two ounce packages of bi- carbonate of soda are going at ''slaugh- ter prices" as the bargain advertise ment says The old price was 12 cents per package; the new price is 2 cents. To offset this. however, house. hold ammonia has been jumped from 8 cents per bottle to 15 cents.
 A Sample of Club Activities.
 Here are some Cristobal Commis- sion club notes: 5
 The outlook for basketball is most encouraging. A squad of about twen- ty men is working out twice each week. Quite a number of these men have played on college and Y. M. c. A. teams in the States, and every thing points toward highe grade bas- ketball on the Isthmus. An interna- tional league is to be arranged in the near future
 MT. N. R. Johnson, clerk of the Circuit court, who was formerly a professional acrobat, is training a number of men in tumbling and other mat work. A safety belt and other equipment has been provided to facili. tate this feature of the clubhouse ac- tivities.
 The Cristobal Bachelors club will give an invitation dance at the club house on Saturday, October 4.
 Invitations are out for the woman's reception on the afternoon of Fri day, September 27, in honor of Miss Helen Boswell, who is here in the in- terest of womans clubs. It is propos- ed to organize a Cristobal Womans club with the purpose of affiliating with the General Federation of Wo- mems clubs in the States.
 One of the recent additions to the privileges Is the establishment of an up-to-date barber shop with an Am erican barber in charge.
 An outdoor athletic meet is held every Friday The events include pole vault running broad jump, run ming high jump, potato relay race high dive, f1fteen-yard dash, etc. A squad of about fifteen men is working out for the proposed Thanksgiving day meet.
 Use Found for Old French Machinery
 Every one who has gone to the Is. thmus since the United States acquir. ed control of the Canal Zone, has commented on the thousands oi tons of French machinery lying rot. ten in the jungle along the line oi the canal The Americans have used some of this in filling excavation. and in building dams.
 Apparently some of the recent find: are being put to better use. The Cana Record gives an account showing how