The Appeal., 1911-01-07
PROGRAMME
THE GRAND BALL
Given by the Walters Of Hotel st. Paul
Sumner.

otSei ny IRS walters OF t1OIeI St. PauI
a Sumner.
Hiawatha Temple, that has been the
scene of many elegant social functions,
has seldom been graced by a hand
somer gathering of handsome, hand
somely gowned ladies and more gal
liant gentlemen than were present at
the inaugural ball of the walters of
Hotel st. Paul, on last Thursday eve
ming. Nor has any entertainment been
more elegant in conception and in
cOnsummatiOn. The invitations which
were issued were as elegant as could
be, the admission cards could not have
been improved and the dance pro-
grams were the fnost superb and dain-
ty that have been furnished for any
function in the CITY, The guests were
rather late in gathering but before
Home Sweet Home" was played by
the Mccullough full orchestra, upward
of 25O were present and more pleas
ant and delightful gathering could not
be imagined The ladies were superb
ly gowned and the gentlemen were
resplendent in evening clothes" and
smiles Of satisfaction.
Shortly after moon at night Mr.. H.
J. Prescott, the headwaiter of Hotel
st. Paul, and who is in no small meas
ures responsible for the elegant affair,
was introduced by the chairman of the
committee of arrangements, Mr.. w.
T.. Alexander, and made little speech.
filled with most complimentary state
ments in reference, to the men under
his charge, that made all present feel
proud of him and his men. He refer
red in glowing terms of the efficiency.
faithfulness and general good deport-
ment of his men: He told how he
managed to work them into the hotel
and how they had pleased the patrons
and the proprietors and promised they
should remain there so long as he did.
He told of how their service had in
creased the patronage4and added TO
the fame OF the handsome hotel His
speech was punctured with rapturous
applause as he proceeded. He refer
red specially to Messrs. W. L. B. Plum
mer, William England and w. e. Alex
ander as being almost indispensable
to him and indefatigable in their
efforts to improve the service and the
personnel of the men.
He wound up his address by reading
the following from prominent guest
of the hotel:
Ladies and Gentlemen-You look
happy, you are a happy people. All
your history and traditions abound
with good cheer
All the funny stories about you are
funnier than any other stories because
we know you, understand you, and
love you.
Our best and most enduring songs
are of you-The Suwanee River, for
example. And the one national air
that thrills everybody to the echo is
OF the land made mellow by you
"Dixie.''
I am glad to claim you as my friends
for you are helpful, reliable and loyal,
and we are getting along fine. No
more slow service. That reminds ME
of the story of the guest who sat SO
long that three different walters
asked him if he would have SOUP,
When the third man asked him if he
would have soup the guest said in an
angry way: els it compulsory?'' mo
SIR said the waiter, ''I think it's
Mock Turtle"
= l extend to you the good wishes of
many people at the hotel, and myself
wish you a happy prosperous New
Yer. Good Night.
When Mr. Prescott concluded his
remarks the hall rang with spontane-
GUS applause. -'s@'.. .s ...
Evidently Mr. Prescott has a warm
place in the hearts of men. A..
During the entire evening the guests
had been served, ad libitum. with
champagne punch and mirabile dictu,
the gentlemen had been furnished fine
cigars, as many as they wished (this
was a new and very pleasing inno-
vation). - ..ss@..s y - - = = s.
About 100 o'clock the guests were
seated around the large hail and re-
ception room and were served 8 boun-
tlful superb luncheon, consisting of
turkey salad, bread and butter sand
Wlches, Neapolitan ice cream, assorted
cakes and coffee 4 y,..-
At 300 o'clock the guests donned
their wraps, entered their takes and
were whirled to their several homes.
everyone in a happy frame of mind
and loud in their praise of the first
grand ball of the walters of Hotel St.
Paul. and hereafter their grand ball
is to an annual event that will be
looked forward to with pleasurable
anticipations
The committee of arrangements
that is mainly entitled to the credit
OF this grand affair is as follows: w.
p. Alexander, w. L. B. Plummer, VIM.
England, M. A. Johnson, Geo. N.
Lewis, r. S. Harris and A. B. Scott.
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