The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-11
farewell BANQUET
FOR DR.. T0Ml|Ns0N|
Very Pleasant Affair at the EIks'
Cafe Last Evening.
PHYSICIANS WERE THE HOSTS
Number of Toasts Responded to; Beau
tifuI Music Rendered BY lamm's
Orchestra; Spread.

tifuI Music Rendered BY lamm's
Orchestra; Spread.
! DR.. and Mrs. HI. A. Tomlinson and
their daughter, Miss Tomlinson, OF
| ST. Peter were rendered farewell
banquet by the physicians of Man
kato at the Elks cafe, last night
| DR.. Tomlinson retires from the sup
erintendency of the insane hospital
at st. Peter to take up like posi-
ton at the states inebriate hospital
! at Willmar, a position he is eminent
| ly qualified to fill having made a
study in the east of the work he is
about to carry out in his new fields
The banquet was very pleasant at
| fair and the guests were as follows:
DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson
| Miss Tomlinson, DR.. j.. H. James
and Mrs. James, DR.. e. W. Benham
and Mrs. Benham, Dr. A. o. Bjelland
and Mrs. Bjelland, DR.. ]. S. Hol,
brook and Mrs. Holbrook, DR.. A. F.
Dahl and Mrs. Dahl, DR.. G. r. Cur
ran and Mrs. Curran, Drs. c. ]. Hol-
man and Madge Holman, Drs. J. A.
Hielscher and Helen Hielscher, DR..
J. P. Rosenwald and Mrs. Rosen-
valid, Dr. Freeman, DR.. G. C. Pratt
and Mrs. Pratt, DIR. J. w. Andrews
and Mrs. Roy Andrews, DR.. Jane
Sullivan and Mr. M. F. Sullivan, DR..
Mary Hopkins Brandrup and Mr.. j.
R. Brandrup, C. E. Wise and Mrs.
Wise, j. e. Reynolds, DR.. Ida Os-
born, DR.. Katherine Kelly, DR..
Sohmer, DIR. Kemp, DR.. A G. Lied
loft, DR.. H. D. Vain, DR.. and Mrs.
Harrington.
Handsome Repast Served.
The menu which was prepared by
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Williams,
who have charge of the cafe, was
as follows: .,
Oyster cocktail
& ga Bouillon INV
Celery 2n 9jsOlives
| Roast wild duck 'so
Jelly Baked Minnesota apples
Mashed potatoes
French fried sweet potatoes
i Melon mangoes
Cabbage salad
Waters Camembert cheese
| Peach pie la mode
Coffee Cigars
~" Crest chocolates ''@"'
The decorations were autumn
leaves and they gave a beautiful eff
feet. The place cards were neat
and tasty.
During the discussion of the menu
Lamm's orchestra rendered mum
Der of beautiful selections.
The edibles were nicely prepared
and as well served by a number OF
young ladies, after which the toasts
were responded to. A'n
Letter of Regret.
DR.. J. H. James was the toast
master. He read communication
from DR.. Arthur Kilbourn of Roch
ester, who expressed his regret al
his inability to be present at the
banquet He and his wife have gone
on trip which had long been con
templated He expressed his high
appreciation of Dr. Tomlinson as a
man and physician.
DR.. James said that the physicians
had conspired to make him the
POSTMASTER, but he intended to beat
them at their own game. He Their
sprung surprise on the guests by
! introducing DR.. A. G. Liedloff, whom
he hoped would help him out DR.
Liedloff replied by saying that he
was taken unawares, but he would
willingly assist his brother physi
clan. DR.. Liedloff then introduced
c. E. Wise, editor of The Daily Re
view, who responded to the toast
1.-THE Relation of the Press to the
Medical Profession" Mr.. Wise said
that the medical profession had gone
hand in hand and has worked for
the common good of humanity. He
referred Interestingly to the great
progress along the line of medical
science. There are now remedies
for those diseases which compare
lively few years ago were consid
cred incurable. The newspapers
have progressed also. Hand in hand
the, two professions have worked
one administering to the physical
wants of the human family and the
other to their intellectual needs The
medical profession has been unself
ish in that it has given to the world
the scientific knowledge that has re-
suited SO beneficially to mankind
The Press has assisted in giving
publicity to this knowledge.
1 Tribute to Ladies.
DIR. A. O. Bjelland paid beauti
full tribute to the ladies. They have
been self-sacrificing in their efforts
for the yuplift of humanity They
have been the guiding star for the
physicians in their travels along the
pathway that is filled with SO many
obstacles. The doctor referred most
graciously to Mrs Tomlinson and
the excellent work she has accom-
! plished in connection with the wo-
mans clubs of the state.
"Generalities" was the toast to
which j. e. Reynolds responded. He
spoke of the great good that has
and is being done for suffering hui
manity by the medical profession
and the interest they display in the
needs and wants of the people phys
ideally r speaking The needful dis
coveries made by the profession are
not comnlercialized or set out In
the marts of trade to be knocked
down to the highest bidder. They
are given freely so that the people
can be the gamers and better gen.
Grafton can arise therefrom. Mr..
Reynolds commended the action of
Dr ,COhmor in rociopipC thn n0aiffon