The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11

| Larry HO)
| Next Mayor of St. Paul.
THE EDITOR OF THE APPEAL
rendered a Birthday Reception by
His Family and His Friends.
AS the Ruler of the Universe in
His divine wisdom saw fit to permit
the editor of THE APPEAL to reach
the allotted span of life, three
score and ten, his family decided
that it was worthy of being celebrat-
ed and proceeded quietly to make
some preparations along that line,
but they soon concluded that the
celebration should have wider
scope than family affair, so they
| began to invite some friends and
nelghbors and then some friends got
interested and began to telephone
invitations to the "old settlers" The
result was that on last Monday
evening the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams, SGT St. Anthony ave-
nue., was thronged between the
hours from eight to twelve with ap-
proximately three hundred guests
The occasion was very informal, the
guests coming and going or lingering
at will, but such spirit of friendli-
ness and good cheer prevailed that it
| was very enjoyable.
1t was generally remarked that so
many oldtime friends of the Twin
W.
years.
Refreshments were served ad lib
| itum in the dining room and when
| the crush was greatest about 10
o'clock all were stilled to listen to
solo by Mr.. J. E. Jackson Mr..
Adams was asked to step into the
! parlor, where Mrs. O H. Allen pre-
sented a beautiful silk purse con-
tanning $1,000, one dollar for each
year of his life. He was paralyzed
with surprise, because earlier lin the
evening he had received from his
brother, C. F. Adams, Chicago, a
wire for $1,000, and his wife and
children had also presented him
$1,000 in $40 bills. Mrs. Allen made
a very appropriate little speech to
which Mr.. Adams responded as best
he could, under the surprising cir
| cumstances. He concluded by ex-
pressing his delight at the PRESENCE
| of his friends and their PRESENTS.
Several congratulatory cards and
kilograms were received and besides
the gifts mentioned other presents
were given as follows: Box linen
handkerchiefs, Mesdames o. A. Law
renee and VIM. Modem, Minneapolis;
| box linen handkerchiefs, Mrs and
Miss Napier, Minneapolis; box linen
hand6erchiefs, Mr.. w. J. Utley, St.
Paul; $3.50, Mrs: Lottie Patterson,
Anoka, Mimi; silver cold meat fork,
Mr.. J. J. Johnson, St. Paul; two
pairs silk hose, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Allison, Minneapolis; box containing
| 70 dimes, Mrs. Jasper Gibbs and
sons, Minneapolis; silver handled
game carving set, Mr.. and Mrs. Clio
yer Shull, Minneapolis; pair solid
gold initial link cuff buttons, Mes
danes B. G. Archer, w. w. Mills, W.
H Reynolds, Adam Williams, E. O..
James, w. B. Tandy, c. Fl. Lucas,
G. H. Miller, M. Bradshaw, J. G.
Broyles, J. w. Blair, E. w. Lindsay,
R. S. Shane, Ida Crane, Mary Bre-
| win, Anna Blackwell, Carrie Mills.
! The $1,000 purse had been collect
ed by Mesdames J. w. Milton, Grace
| Booker, w. T. Francis, w. R. Hardy
and J. E. Johnson. The contributors
| we're: Messrs. and Mesdames J. w.
Milton, w. T. Francis, w. W. Nc
Coy, o. H. Allen, W.. B. Elliott, T. r..
C. Taylor, w. J. Aston, w. J: Gard
ner, J. c. Cox, G. W. James, r.. H.
Anderson, J. H.. Sherwood, Frank
Boyd, G. w. Bell, C. W. Wigington,
J. E. Jackson, Jas. Thomas, H. B..
Rogers, O. c. Hall, NJ Salters, R.
| M. Johnson, F. c. Spillers, H. F.
Mcintyre; C. E. James, J. C. Black,
G. Saunders, o. Howell, o. D. How
ard, F. White, J. R. Jones, w. E..
Alexander, J. E. Johnson, w. A.~Hil-
yard, r. B. Chapman, N. Gonis, Geo.
| Duckett, S. S. Williams, T. R. Morg-
an, S. J. Bellesen, w. R. Godette,
Hatcher, C. D. Sharp, JOS. Adams,
L. A. Melker, w. Bean, G.. c. sleet,
G. K. Grissom, T. H. Lyles, R. Beard,
T. E. Franklin, J. H. Hickman, sr:,
Alex Payne, G. w. Stewart, L. NJ.
Terrell, j. B. Johnson, w. G. Hood,
| Chas. Morgan, w. L. Burton; Mes
danes w. R. Hardy, E. Burnett, A.
| Bell, Thos. Neal, Jerlena White,
Grace Booker, Amelia Turner, Liz
zie Kellum, G. Hatton, Mary Barnett,
H. High @. Hicks, H. Maxwell F.
Johnson, Katie Crawford, Ella Cole
man, Glenora Lewis, Clara Brown;
Misses Carrie Webb, Hattie Hobbs,
Messrs. A w. Holden, E. w. Gran
cum, Robt. Pagan, o. S. Sanders, r..
c.. Minor, G. E. Jones, F. Combs, S..
l.. Hopkins, B. l.. White, H. Turner,
J. J. Johnson; DR.. V. D. Turner;
Revs. and Mesdames A. H. Lealtad
and Jas. S. Strong.
The ice cream served had the fig
ures ''7O" in green and red running
through each slice.
| The, anniversary of Mr.. Adams
birthday was also the 26th anniver-
sary of his wedding day and he wore
his wedding suit of &c years ago.
The entire affair was very de-
lightful in every way and proved to
be an exception to the rule that "a
prophet is not without honor save
in his own country and among his
own people," and to each and every
one who helped to make it what it
was the grateful recipient of the
favors bestowed desires to tender
/ his unqualified thanks.
The color scheme in decorations
was green and white.