The Arvada enterprise., 1913-11-13
Reception and
Banquet a Success


success last Friday evening in
Barth s hall.
The hall was well filed with
Arvada fans and business men
and their wives and sweetheartS
who seemed to enjoy every mo-
ment.
The program furnished an hour
Of mirth and enjoyment notwith-
standing the fact that it was cut
short by unfortunate circumstan-
ces that We're unavoidable. Mr..
James. who was one of the impor-
tant factors, both as master of
ceremonies and as an entertainer
was absent under the doctors or
ders, and Miss Keener, who was to
have rendered a violin solo, was
absent on account Of a previous en-
gagement, which fact was a great
disappointment.
The mayors address OF welcome
was substituted by an address
by j. B. Mailing, owing to the fact
that Mr.. McFadden in "practcz
ing" his speech fell from the/9the
to the basement and "dis3ointed
his vocal cords" Manager Ben
nett also came to grief, having
"practiced" his speech before the
committee, which tribunal decided
that it would be best for him to
confne his energies to getting a
lineup for next year He very
graciously accepted the commit
tees advice and called on County
Attorney VIM. Y. Vale. Both
substitutes did themselves and
their subjects full justice and
drew forth vociferous applause.
The reading by Miss Lucia Dan
ford was Justify applauded and the
funmaker, Stephen Carveth, kept
the audience in constant uproar
for half an hour.
The band furnished the music
for the major part of the program,
and at the conclusion Mesdames
McFadden and James rendered
several duet selections on the
piano to the hearty appreciation
of their listeners.
At the close of the program the
company was ushered into the
large dining room where two long
tables groaned and squeaked un-
der the load of eatables which had
been prepared by number of la
dies who volunteered their servl-
ces for the benefit of the Craig
Colony.
The tables which seated about
eightl-five persons were twice hill
ed and then some, and the words
of praise which came from every.
one who was fortunate enough to
be present amply repaid them for
the extra pains they had taken to
make the tables attractive and the
delicacies palatable.
Mrs. Benson devised miniature
baseball diamond for the center
of each table on which Brownie
players were in position as though
engaged ina real game. Two MIR.
rors formed the groundwork OF
the diamond and the players were
reproduced by the use of carrots
on which faces were painted. The
carrots were made to stand erect
bv the use of matches being stuck
in them for legs and also for arms
Over the diamond was suspend
ed an ornamental electric light
and the wires which were sup
ported at each end Of the table
were strewn with small ornamen-
taI incandescent lights, giving the
CHERRY and white etfect-Arya-
da s emblematic colors.
The menu consisted of chicken
salad, minced ham and cheese
sandwiches, olives, dill pickles,
celery, coffee and cake.
Everything was served in such
abundance that many were heard
to say next day that they ate so
much that they were unable to
sleep the rest of the night.
Baseball bats balls, masks and
all the paraphcnraIca of the pro.
fession adorned various parts OF
the tables and rooms and flowers
flags and bunting made perfectly
artistic and appropriate array OF
decorations.
After the feast the Iillman or
chestra struck up dance music and
Mr.. Barth's permission to dance
was promptly forthcoming Prov.
ded the dancers would desist from
"ragging." His wishes were
,'carefully respected and those who
enjoy this kind of amusement
both active and as spectators, pas