The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-18
A KANSAN IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER VIII.
A Dinner With Dean.


firm of Ferry. Doran & Dean. has
big job with the government and
seems to be thoroly equal to it. Your
Kansan was with him many times day
and night on the weeks visit in New
York. He does not get as good pay for
it as his law practice at Topeka gave
him, but he enjoys it and is helping
to win the war.
He is living with his wife and son
Morris at that wonderful and demo-
cratic hotel. the Waldorf-Astoria,
which. with all the many new hos
telries, still holds its unique place as
New York's most attractive and fasci-
mating place for visitors sojourning in
New York.
Wherever one stops in the metropo-
lis he is quite sure to drop around to
the Waldorf and see who's there-and
he finds them, always some one inter-
esting and famous. sometimes. both.
Dean says he can live at the Wal
dorf about as economically as he can
anywhere in gun shot of Broadway.
His office is at 104 Broad street.
He has a corps under him and well he
may for his work is big. He is chair
man of the war department board of
appraisers for property comman-
deered by the government and the
worth of it runs into the millions.
There are the Bosh terminals taken
over, big tracts along the coast for
piers and ports. The other day you
read of Charles NJ. Schwab, who is
speeding up in great shape the ship
construction. taking. over in fifteen
minutes nine floors of a new office
building in Philadelphia for his work.
Dean and his commission must inves-
tigate and say and determine what is
a fair price to pay the owner for the
rental.
I wanted to take Colonel Dean as
my guest, ten dollars a plate, at the
Publishers Dinner. 500 plates, but the
rules would not permit me to take as
a guest any one not with me in the
State Journal workout the general
committee said we want the colonel
there, we will invite him as our guest
and let him sit by you. There's where
accomplished my purpose-and
saved an X.
Here's what we ate. There was lit
tie to drink except water and coffee:
Cherrystone CLAIMS
Sorrel Soup with Toasties
Celery Radishes Olives
Fflet of Sole, White Wine Sauce
Potatoes a la Parisienne
Sweetbreads, Monticello Style
Green Peas, Saute in Butter
Sherbet with Kirsch
Breast of Chicken Stuffed, Tyrolienne
Hearts of Lettuce, Russian Dressing
Fancy Ice Creams Assorted Cakes
Coffee
Footnote: Bread and butter will
not be served at this dinner unless
asked for"
There were big men as speakers
only big men. Here's the list:
Rev. william T. Manning, D. D., In
vocation.
Hon. Newton d. Baker Secretary of
War.
Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy.
Hon. Charles Evans Hughes
M. Luzanne, Editor Paris Matin.
They were great speeches. worth
the full price of admission.
There was more talk afterward
about Justice Charles E. Hughes's
speech than of the others. 1t, like
termination and confidence of victory.
|. Secretary Daniels made fine ad-
dress. He's a newspaper man at Raj
eigh, N. c., when working at his regu-
lar calling.
Secretary Baker, just back from the
front. brought most interesting and
encouraging news from the French
front and incidentally set at rest the
rumor of friction between the war and
navy secretaries by paying Daniels a
high compliment. II know" said he,
1.-THE efficiency of the navy, for 1 have
just come from one of our ships con-
voyed safely by others from the
U. s. N"
Mrs. Dean was in the gallery, and
Miss Garside, formerly of .Atchison
and Miss Dolphin, formerly the super
intendent of the Leavenworth public
ten years-were there. There were
forty boxes, in two tiers. with prob
ably eight ladies to the box
Dean said he enjoyed it immensely
He met many prominent men and
they enjoyed meeting him, too. Dean
must always wear his uniform-the
same on all occasions and his gold
star on each shoulder gave him sig
nificance. F. P. NJ.
(To Be Continued.)
Importation of vegetable oils and