Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-29
CAFE OPENING A
BRILLIANT Event
Three Hundred Present at First
Restaurant Service st the
New Harper.
MUSIC, FLOWERS AND GIFTS
Ornamental Post Lights Are hIum'
mated, Giving House Metropol-
itan Appearance.

Three hundred tri-city people attend
ed the dinner marking the formal
opening of the new cafe and remodeIed
hotel of the New Harper Saturday ev-
ening. Manager Carl Mueller and his
associates well might feel proud OF the
substantial interest manifested by their
friends, and it was richly deserved, on
their Introductory night
The beautifully appointed cafe was
ablaze with lights and flowers, while at
the north end of the main room an or
chestra, which is to be a permanent
feature, lent a note of gayety and joy
BUSINESS TO the occasion. The menu was
as follows:
Lynnhaven Bays
Celery Olives Sailed Almonds
Consomme en- Tasse
Green Sea Turtle, aux Quenelles
Lobster a la Newburg, en- Cassolette
Broiled Sweetbreads, Fresh Mushrooms
Chicken Patties, la Refine
Prime Ribs of Beef, au Jus
Mashed Potatoes
Caulifower, Hollandalse
Roast Turkey. Lingonberry Jelly
Candied Vans Green Peas
Punch. Benedictine
Roast Waterfowl
Salad, Victoria
Green Apple Pie Chocolate Eclairs
Cafe Parfait Cake
RoQuefort Coffee
Souvenirs Are Given.
Souvenirs in the form of paper
weishts-the face OF a pretty woman
forming the foreground and a mirror
as the backgrounG-wer passed among
the guests a force of men walters
had been brought from Chicago speci-
ally for tue opening. The well known
art of Steward Olson was evidenced in
the menu, while the service was per
feet, despite the crowded condition of
the cafe and the confusion necessarily
marking an event of that character.
The rooms on the second floor were
also opened for pubic inspection.
These include the remodelcd old din
ing hall, which in future is to serve as
a dance and banquet room. During the
evening there was an informal dance
in this hall. many of the cafe guests
enjoying this diversion.
For the first time the ornamental
posts lights on the Nineteenth street
side of the hotel were turned on, and
they contributed materially to the bril-
liancy Of the scene. Posts are also to
be placed on the Second avenue side
Of the house, giving the whole a de-
metropolitan appearance. Man
ager Mueller was congratulated on all
sides on the elaborate improvement
that his company has made at the Har-
per- The cafe was a positive reyela-
ton to most of those who visited il
for the first time. They were prepared
for something little out of the Ordin-
airy, but, to employ their own senti-
ments expressed on viewing the inter-
ior picture, they never believed that
they would see the day when Rock Is
land would be fortunate enough to
have a restaurant so complete and
elaborate in its appointments.
Those Who Helped in work.
A complete list of those who had the
contracts for the remodeling and fur
ntshing of the New Harper is as fol-
lows: Henry Tappendorf. contractor
In charge of the repair and construc-
lion work; Ward & Mcmahon, plumb
Ing; Electric Construction & Machin-
cry company, lighting and wiring;
Strecker G. Lewis, wall papering. paint
ing and decorating; Bertelsen Sheet
iron works, piping and tin work; Han
sen & Harfst, architects of new cafe
and other changes in the building, and
Clemann & Salzmann, L. S. McCabe &
20, Young & McCombs, and J. Ram
ser. the jeweler, furnished the hotel
with its equipment from top to bottom.