Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-24
REFLECTIONS ON A
PIONEER BANQUET
''Yank" Smith Serves Guests
Lachfyma Angeles Wine
Happy Featuresi Pienser Printers An
nual Meeting When secretary Brown
Reads Addsndum to 0fiieialRepert

ON the evening OF July IL, 1915,
o. l.. Smith, president of the Colorado
Pioneer Printers, gave banquet at the
Brown Palace hotel in Denver, to the Of
fieers and directors OF the association.
The following is an addendum to the
report OF Secretary Joseph G.. Brown be-
fore the annual meeting OF the society.
July 10:
But, | am making this report too
long for your patience. What | shall
now say is addressed to the members
present and not to you, Mr.. President.
Not from my own view alone, but from
the words of others. a. well. / am con
strained to put in this record of our
doing- brief mention OF the splendid ban
quet given by our esteemed president,
O. l.. Smith at the Brown Palace hotel
on the evening of July II, to the officers
and directors OF the Colorado Pioneer
Printers. II was exquisite in all de-
tails OF design and arrangement. unique
and beautiful in it, service. joyous in
spirit. and. altogether, a superb affair.
There were seventeen sittings around
the circular table, the center covered
with "A symmetrical mound OF rare red
carnations. The delightful strains of or
chestra music heightened the pleasures
OF the fea-t and lent enchantment 10
the brilliant scene. The menu was the
skillful execution OF tasteful design and
the appetiZing dolicaey of IL j. a de-
licipus memory. IL would have filled
tn. measure OF satisfaction to the most
fastidiOu- epieurean Of all the ages OF
Roman surieit ON ga-tronomic luNuries; ;
not. however. on the scale OF Luculluz
waste nor OF the Nitelliu- eourmandiz-
ing Only a few choice articles collated
iu tho perfection OF culinary art formed
The essentials Of this royal feast.
And then. there was another feature
nl artistic design. not surpassed by the
more substantial dclicacie. OF the menu.
The kindly, genial spirit which arose
from the blushiug -autcrn and the spark
ting Cicquot Brut. with magic wand.
spread the veil OF dounht upon that old
-uT,erstiiion about the evil Of wine.
women and song. Pew men have cared
To live without them. The f.W-Vcry
teN-Who turned their glasses down per
hap would with the re-t accrpt the
entire trinity OF good things Il We para
phrase this proycrbial trinity of evil
into women. song aud grape juice and
that liquid spirit OF our banquet was
nothing less. nothing more.
he Sbcquot Brut put new hie and
sparkling wit into every confederation of
business appropriate TO the oocasion.
Eut thr ssut~rnr. y. IL was the trur
i.aehryma Angelo. fthc tears of th. An
grisi and there. before our eyes. on the
handsome golden -bordcrcd menu card, in
y most wonderfully exquisite execution
Toi hand painted art. in the unsullied
garb of nature. the beautiful angel her.
self. sitting within the tinted
gia.s as II submerged in her own tears,
bcniguly smiling upon the cou,isial spir-
it, around her. while raising the lily
hand Of gladncss from the surface OF
her miniature sea a. beacon Of joy
to III. world.
We had our delightful time. now fol-
lowed by the serious query; How
could common old printer. a. We once
knew "Ysnk" Smith. have conceived Of
such surprising combination OF thing.
at ono. appealing TO the artistic tastes,
the sensual delights and the spiritual
roncenfa of MAN. "