Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-10
N. D. WINS HEARTS or
N Il. FAIR POLITICIANS

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were viewed. Governor Hanna's car
led the procession.
~" Duck Dinner. .-
At the country club there awaited
the guests real North Dakota duck
dinner; with all the accessories. This
was part Of the Capital City program
which most interested the party, as
most of them had never been enter.
tanned at such a dinner. And they
were not disappointed. A whole duck
for each guest with rice stufhng and
the burberry jelly, which is another
special product of North Dakota.
There were salads and an individual
pumpkin pie. Handsome place cards,
containing q reproduction Of the SAX.
akawea statue done in sepia, with
verses by J. w. Foley were another
special feature Of this we'll planned
dinner. The place cards were eager
ly taken by the guests as fitting
souvenir of North Dakota.
Covers were laid for "a at a long
table which nearly stretched across
the club house. Mrs. L. B. Hanna,
with Mrs. Elliot on her left and Mrs.
Raymond Robbins on her right, head.
ed the table.
ArtistieaIly Decorated.
The club house was artistically ap.
pointed with the national colors and
1t was made 'cozy by a blazing log
fire. The lights we're shaded in red
and white crepe and red roses were
used. During the dinner w. L. Miller,
tenor, sang three very pleasing solos.
Mrs. Maude Howe Elliot Of New.
port, r. l., daughter Of Julia Ward
Howe, when asked her impressions
OF North Dakota she explained with
much enthusiasm, that its great
vastness and the wide expansion of
its prairies were appalling, and she
added with lots of GESTURES, that "she
liked Bismarck the best of any Of
the cities she had visited since leav.
ing home" ''< .--
Left Her Milk Diet,
Mary Antin. author and one Of tho
most interesting members of tho
party, was delighted with the duck
dinner. Miss Antin has been living
on milk as her chief diet during the
tour, but when asked what she
thought of the special number on the
menu she explained that "she ate the
big duck like an OK, afterwards ex.
planning that she thought she had
made a wrong statement as oxes are
herbivorous animals"
Nothing could be more fitting than
the entertainment at the. country
club. AS the automobiles wound their
way to the club house the sun was
setting and the sky was bathed in vi
vid red. AS the eye travelled to the
sunset the waters of the Missouri lay
shining under is great sp1endor.
Those who saw II for the first time
were amazed by it, wonderous beauty
The program at the club house was
under the direction of Mrs. Fred Con.
kiln and she had. for her assistants
Mrs. N. Q. Ramstad and Mrs. Fred
Copelin and Mrs. G. A. Rawlings, who
were in charge Of the dinner. and az
aids. Miss Dorothy Hanna, Miss Mary
Stevens. Mrs. c. C. Wattam. Mrs. e.
H. L. resperman, Mrs. E. G. Patter-
son and Mrs. A. M. Fisher. ~ -
,..,as, Met at Dawson -.,,7..
The special was met at Dawson by
Mrs. E. A. Hughes, general chairman
OF the local arrangements, Mrs. c. l..
Young and Miss Elizabeth Bayliss.
the latter Of the Tribune staff. Spe-
Icial arrangements were made: to have
the train held for the Bismarck wo-
men and when they. boarded the spe.
cial they were, given a royal welcome
by the train party. All members Of
the party were anxlously awaiting the
Bismarck stop and made special ar.
rangements for a fitting toilet. Pam
phlets containing q brief sketch Of
Sakakawea, the Indian Bird woman
who helped to open an empire in the
west, were distributed on the train en-.
route from Dawson by the Bismarck
women. The women were greatly in.
terested in the story which specially
characteffzes the great agricultural
state of North Dakota,
The eight.coach train represented
comfort from the observation car to
the big engine which propelled the
special over the North Dakota prair-
les. Nearly every guest had her own
compartment which was fitted up
with every convenience known TO-
railroad science. The observation car
held bouquet Of roses and lilies and
everywhere were aids to comfort. A