The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-02

the newspaper and you can he1p your
own business by giving the facts. even
II they don't always tend TO high mar
ket prices or every time tend TO re-
fleet the best side Of your interests.
am sure you would not respect our
neWspa pers If they did not at times
print pessimtsric news reports We
all wish at this time to print day after
day of successes Of the allies. but if
the Germans are victorious in battles,
gentlemen. We are bound to give that
news TO the people. even though II be
pessimisJic-
Feeding an Art Dinner a Function.
1T seems to me that in this food
matter IN which you gentlemen are
important factors. in this country we
nave gotten away too far from feed.
The preparation of feed as food has
come to be an art instead Of a calling
\ dinner Is really a function Many
seem 20 i've to eat rather than eat TO
i've but not 50 much so IN this great
middle west I want TO say TO you
that the east is looking to the west, to
Kansas, TO set the pace in food pro-
duction- This state has set the pace
IN many things
We started out TO set the pace bv
furnishing more men for the army
IN the civil war, than any other state
n the Union We set the pace in
matters of prohibition and now the
whole country is seeing the good of it
lie drinking cup. Even last Saturday
night the United States senators passed
resolution making the senate dry
and when you make the senate dry
there viii be a great drouth- They
seemed to think that perhaps they
were going too far so the bone-dry
motion was re-couSIdered and the
whole matter left IN the hands Of the
president late Saturday evening
returned today from New York;
New York midnight Saturday night
\ Wonderful Dfnner-s59 There
I was fortunate in attending a
wonderful dinner last Thursday eve
ming. given in the great ballroom of
the Waldorf-Astoria- There were $50
people there and. aside from the
guests. each one paid SO per plate.
Think of It. $500 for that one din
ner- But It was a great dinner, not
so much for what was placed before
Us on the table but the greatness of
II was IN the speech that was made
there I was exceptionally houored.
II you viii modestIy permit a Kansas
man 10 say this, and I know you are
glad when any kansan is houOred- in
being placed at the head table I had
an opportunity to converse briefly
with representatives from the great
Britlsh-F'rench commission now visit
IL l.
Der Of Commerce and Governor Cap
per have asked General Joffre and
members of his commission to come
out here I note they are coming to
Chicago, Kansas City and the middle
west They are going 10 learn at first
hand OF our greatness They already
know it.
The allies expect from this coun-
try men, money and means. and
think We have got 10 give them all
three; not necessarily a great number
or men, but enough; necessarily a
great amount of money Today. gen
rlemen- aside from the two and three
cent newspapers. money is the cheap
est thInS IN this couutry-we for
runarely have it and must loan il gen
efousIy TO our allies. Now. the means
equal and in some respects the most
important thing il the food. We must
Leed those countries now our brothers
Ensilshmen. Frenchmen- 1 want to
say 20 you that We of the west do nor
50 fully appreciate as do the peopfa of
the east that We are in a real war:
We don know how serious it is going
10 De No one does. And those
Speeches from General Bridges from
ne lana DIAN representative and
Others, certainly were inspiring
To snow you the feeling and the
expression Of that feeling at one Of
these dinners the room was arIxereF
At one moment Previous to that time
four sailors in Uniform came into rF7.a
room they walked over To a flag
staff erected in one corner they FfisT
ed our flag Then the room vss 5e,rIS-
eued, a searchlight thrown on the flag
whose folds were waving from tha
breeze OF fan. There was great
cheering of course IN another mo-
menC- on one side of the room. a
beam OF light was thrown upon the
Union Jack Of Great Britain and there
was intense enthusiasm The next
moment on the other side of the
room searchlight was thrown upou
the French colors and an ovation was
given Il shows tEat the three great
nations are thinking and working fo-
one thing: Of and for the life and
perpetuaefon Of world democracy as
against brutal, ruthless, barbaro11s
Prussia Hism-
The Waldorf and the Crenerie.
Not TO be too serious, at this lively
dinner I want to tell you something
about the high cost of living IN New
York 4 few years ago when Mrs
MacLennan and I were at the Waldorf
Astoria which by the way is one Of
the most democratic hotels IN the
country, I said: I am going to show
you that We can go into the cafe here
and order certain food and will paw
less for it than We would pay for the
SAME meal at the Cremerie in Topeka
l ordered oyster stew. 35 cents. and a
pitcher Of milk. IG cents. The portion
Of soup was so large It was abundant
for Us both the pitcher. or glass of
milk as It was called. was sufficient
for both OF us-two and a fraction
slasse-and I paid 45 cents. Bread
and butter then thrown in At the
Cremerie. two oyster stews would have
cost - cents each or so cents. two
glasses Of milk cents each-T0 cents.
or a total Of SO cents against a cents.
You can't do that now Mr. Bow
man here laughs because he has re-
Gently been in New York and knows
The Editors Fellow Bankers
Last Saturday morning at the
Hotel AStDr. I was N \ hurry to get
down town. TO consult my fellow
bankers. 50 I took breakfast alone I
had a half grape fruit oatmeal eggs,