Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1914-03-26
FOR MOTHERS
ANDDAUGHTERS
BANQUET GIVEN BY MEN OF
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
GREAT SUCCESS

The challenge which the men of the
Congregational church accepted when
they gave the return" banquet to the
Mothers and Daughters at the Lii
brary last Friday night was exceed
ingly we'll met. The marvellous way
in which the secret of the menu was
kept is still source of wonder, and
not one woman was permitted to touch,
finger to anything that was done.
The menu was as follows:
Cabbage Salad Hot rolls
Olives Celery Salted Nuts Tea
Ice Cream Nabisco Waters
Peppermint Patties
Covers were laid for one hundred
and seventy three people, and one hun
dred and seventy-two Mothers and
Daughters were present. To serve
such company in the limited space
was task which required coolness
and ability to be strictly con the job"
every minute, but the walters were
supberb. Just. to see that impressive
white -aproned lineup waiting in dig
nified, unapproachable silence as the
guests filed in was worth the price
of admission.
If the men covered themselves with.
glory with the management of the
dinner, the women rose to unexpected,
heights with the programme. Ru-
NOR hath it that the women are bet
ter speakers than the men, and since
the men have proved themselves ca
pable cooks it is expected there will be
an occasional exchange of duties, from
now on.
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tress, was very happy, in her intro
ductions and comments, and she re-
membered what some toast-masters
forget, that brevity is the soul OF wit.
The programme was as follows:
Piano duet. Alice Anderson and
Hazel Glass
Response to the toast-"The Influence
of the American Girl in the Home"
............M Mrs. F. P. Meyer
Reading-"Mother of Mine,, by Rud-
yard Kipling Dolly Doughty
Piano Solo-"The Dill's Funeral
Vocal duet-"The Passage Birds
Farewell, ~, Mrs. Volby, Miss Baldwin
Response to the toast--"The Comrade-
ship of Mother and Daughter...:...-
-. -. 49,. 49,. 80. w Coy Taylor
Response to the toast-"A Girl and!
Her Friends" Mrs. E. S. Shaw
Piano 1.-THE Alpine Song
Bernadine Champion
Response to the toast-"A Girl and
Her Dress. Maybelle Boystrom
Response to the -"Who's Who -
Mrs. w. H. Westergaard
Response to the toast-"The Purpose
of Girls Education,, Mrs. N. F.
Saxton.
Response to the toast-"The Cooks
Mrs. F. N. Fuller
Piano olo-"Kannenoi-O Ostrow" by
Rubenstein.. Mrs. A. L. Hale
A toast to Mothers-"Life's Mirror"
Miss Baldwin's class
It would be impossible to do JUS
tice in this space to the wit and wis
dom displayed in the toasts and the
inspiration of the music. Two of the
responses were in rhyme and brought
forth much applause. Others were
packed full of good common sense,
tersely put. Mrs. Shaw's definition of
the way to pick husband brought
down the house. "It's like telling The
difference between a mushroom and a
toadstool." she said eat it, and if
you live it's mushroom; if you die,
it's toodstool."
The atmosphere of the room was7
charged with good fellowship TO re-
markable degree throughout the even
ing,-the comradeship that lifts up
and makes one glad to be living. In
no other way was the banquet so sue
cessful, indeed, as in the breadth and
warmth of it's spirit. 1t was good
tO have been DreSent Some ones
suggestion that these banquets be-
come annual affairs is an excellent
one.
A young lady telephone operator