The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-01-20

shape, tinted pink and green.
Dainty, miniature shoes filled with
confections were the favors, and the
place cards carried clever two-line in
scriptions, no two alike.
The function was most correct in its
every appointment and Mrs. Rea was
truly the hostess charming, succeeding
admirably with her entertainment.
Served in courses, the menu best tells
the story in it's own language and words,
to-wit:
Grape Fruit with Maraschino Cocktail.
Asparagus Cream Soup.
Oyster Pate. Eggnog. Frape.
Roast Turkey. Rice. Green Peas in
Pastry Ramicans.
Sailed Almonds. Claret. Celery.
Aspic Salad with Mayonnaise.
Champagne.
Nesorale Ice Cream. Angel and Fruit
Cake.
Coffee. Cigars.
Candy.
From within a hidden recess of one
corner of the dining room, which had
been converted into a veritable sylvan
bower, fashioned with palms and cling
ing-like foliage, came dolcet sound of
mellifluous music; sweet and low like
some purling brook in some enchanted
wood, pleasing the ear with its intoxi-
eating extacies and not interfering with
the conversation, which at no time lag
ged.
Mr.. r. r. Perkins delivered the first
toast, after which every gentleman pres
ent was called upon and dwelt on sub
iects appropriate to the occasion, in
language and terms sublime, classic and
scintillating with wit The absence of
DR.. r. deMontluzin was noted, and a
toast was drunk to his health.
Those present in addition to the host
and hostess were: MIR. and Mrs. r. r.
Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Osoinach, +,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L, Stokoe, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Gex, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G.. Moreau, Miss Esther McGinn, Judge
J. A. Breath, L. M. Gex, Jno. K. Ed
wards, J. B. Spotorno.
Mr.. John Osoinach, former presi-
dent of the bank, at the conclusion of
the dinner, as a bon bouche, delivered
the following happy address:
Host and Hostess, Ladies and Gentle
men, and Mr.. President:
We have assembled by invitation to-
night to partake of a royal feast. It
becomes us to Bank a few flowers Of
sentiment at the feet of our esteemed
cashier, Mr.. Geo. r, Pea, and his esti-
mable wife, our host and hostess, and
know no better time to offer this loving
tribute than now. We hope and trust
that the time is very, very far away, in
deed, when they will be called to sleep
their last sleep beneath a wilderness of
real flowers placed there by loving
hands, in that place which knows no
Days of Grace. If the same could be
exposed, the minutes of our last meet
ing would speak more eloquently than
lies in my power of our hosts worth and
the esteem in which he is held by the
Directorate of our Bank. Speaking of
minutes, the Good Book somewhere
SAYS that a whole lifetime is as watch
in the night, allow me to say that on
meeting nights it is singular that an
unwritten minute Tin the plural) is as a
1000 years to Bank Cashier; it is, as
it were, tempest to his burd ened soul
and brings sorrows that break seasons
and overdue repose. Our old Bard
Shakespeare is put to the blush by our
Cashier. Ask our genial host il there
is anything in name penned on the
reverse side Of a suspicious note, which
he holds more fondly than his own love
letters penned by him when he was
eighteen.
No one here would insinuate or dare
charge our Cashier with proficiency
in the tonsorial art, yet he is a veritable
| Ty Cobb in shaving notes. trust what
am going to saw will not be repeated
again, and that is that our genial Cash
ier gets lots of praise as devout church
member. am here tonight to tell you
that he deserves no credit for it, and
far be it from me to detract from him
any laurels that are his, Had our genial
Cashier been the proud father of a
house full of bowling brats, and know
ing as he we'll knows that of such is
the kingdom of heaven, he would have
backslid so long ago that his church
membership would be but an idle boast
Courage and fearlessness tthe an,ithe-
sis of cold feet), not policy, in the per.