The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
$780,
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Made
Merry at the "Get-Twov

udlsleS, maze the scene OF the CnOlce
menu and banquet toasts a most at
tractive place. The tables set with
their white, with silver candelbra
and laid with lattices OF green and
conferred at each cross with yellow
daisy, was the artistic scheme of
color effect The chandeliers were
done In yellow and greenery, each to
represent large Susan" flower. The
napkins too were bespangled with the
decorative blossoms.
The menu was very refreshing and
showed skill of arrangement while its
service was dainty in courses. The
menu consisted of:
Fruit cocktail
Chicken patties Mashed potatoes
Aspasagus on toast
Tomato Alspice
Celery Olives Pickles.
Hot Biscuits Coffee.
Cranberry Ice Cakes.
Just before places at the tables
were taken Miss Meta Hummer went
quietly to the piano. and with this
accompaniment, the guests sang with
a will, the Doxology. Following. Miss
Harriet Solomon asked grace.
Presiding as one of the most de-
lightful of toastmistresses, Miss Flea
nor Brown served in that honored
capacity of the "Get-Twos."
Miss Edna O'Harra, general secre-
tary of the Young Women's Christian
Association, in her usual clever and
inviting way made those present feel
the welcome of their associations and
surroundings.
Mrs. H. S. Butler sang in pleas
ing way, when TITS Summer in the
Heart and to an encore responded
with Heart of Mine We Should Not
Worry So"
Since the coming of the new as
sistant secretary and physical direct
or, Miss Edna Porter, the association
of young women have felt greatly
gratifed because of her many gifts
of instruction. "To the OLD Members"
was toast which was responded to
in way that won her a host of new
admirers last evening.
Miss Jesse Banks sang Waiting"
as pretty vocal number. Express
ing Young Woman's and Christian"
with especial stress and in a clever
talk, Mrs. Harry Reeves toasted "The
New Members" Miss Olivia Stricken
gave a whistling selection which call
ed for an encore. Miss Meta Kun
mer's toast, what the Y. W. c. A.
Stands For" was a bit of advice, well
delivered, for both the old and new
members. 1t is significant that two
thirds of those present at the ban
quet last evening were new members.
In all there were one hundred and
twenty-five members present.
Miss Ruth Castor, one of the best
known of the citys young women
readers, recited The Base Ball
Game" to the amusement of her hear
ers. Miss Martha Hornish responded
pleasantly to her toast What the
Y. w. C. A. Can Do for the Dam
Mrs. G. Collingwood Tucker, both
at the piano and without aceompani-
ment. sang a number of her darlley
songs. Those who have heard Mrs.
Tucker in recital can realize the
pleasure forthcoming from her por-
ton of the program.
The banquet was concluded with
the singing of the song used by the
delegates from Keokuk at the Lake
Geneva Conference in August, and a
series of yells. The first verse of the
"Keokuk" song follows:
Keokuk, Keokuk, that's the place for
me-
Keokuk, KeokuF, busy as bee;
She's on the Mississippi grand,
And all this glad and happy land
Will sing her praises DER tthe waters
wide
She has dam that's known Of far
and wide,
And lots of folks in whom she may
be proud,
We're glad we stand for Keokuk--
Dear old, queer old Keokuk
Three cheers for old Ke-o-kuk