Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-13

second annual one, Monday evening
at the Y. NJ. c. A, was a huge sue
cess from all standpoints, inside and
out. The banquet part of it, from
whence it got its name, was sumptu-
/ Gus, there being plenty to eat, enough
| to supply the inner man of the 500 or
! more. The speeches were funny
| enough to amuse the boys and sin
! cere enough to please the mothers
1t didn't make any difference if 1t did
rain cats and dogs" on the roof
! above and it was bit drafty in the
! big, gymnasium, where the tables were
| set. 1t was a jolly good party.
Mrs. Milton o. Dean as toastmis-
| tress was certainly mistress of the
| situation and she did the honors most
| gracefully, with a kindly wit and a
store of funny stories. Dick East
| man and his orchestra were there.
full strength and furnished harmony
| during the banquet and between
speeches.
i And the walters. Would YOU be-
| licve it, that Charles Brown could
! juggle pitchers of hot cocoa; Charles
| Penney could rush the creamed po-
| tatoes to fill up small boys: Harris
| Woodman knew where other small
boys should tuck their napkins:
Charles Kinsman could say in the
best RitZzy style, More ham? or
excuse me, have some ham?"; Smith
Randall could see that mothers
| weren't forgotten when it came to
cake; Norman Bassett could smile
beautificially lis there such a word)
as he rushed down the long aisles
bearing gorgeous plates of pickles;
| Tom Ingraham could really balance
MANY six T.il1N- p,inS of r1,o mira
on six digits; l.. n. koonz could say
Have a bum" as politely as if he
| were asking you to accept a gilt
edged certificate: F. J. Small could
juggle butter dishes and such to beat
the cars? And then there was Leland
Stacy who atced as if he was busy,
as we'll as Tom Smith and H. S. Ken
nedy also much alive. Mrs. Board
man was in charge Of the banquet
and she served an excellent repast.
Mrs. Blaine S. Viles
"Son and T. was the toast which
Mrs. Blaine S. Viles gave. 1t was a
gem of literature and we'll placed
sentiment.
! Il am sure it is a very great pleas
ure for all of the mothers to be in
vited here this evening and we hope,
indeed we feel sure that all the boys
are very much pleased to have us
with them tonight.
You know, boys. there is very
dear relationship existing between you
and mother differing from that of any
other-you boys are more tender and
kind to mother than you are to any
one else; on the other side, mother
loves parents, brothers and sisters
rcverently, her daughters fondly and
Course mama loves papa too. But
it is to you boys that she looks with
lcniency, love. and pride combined,
and of you she has the highest aspir-
ations for the future. The relation
ship between us is most beautiful. We
y strive ever to live up to'the ideal you
set for us and l tell you frankly that
it keeps us pretty busy trying to be
what you chaps think we are.
Generally speaking, fathers are
n very good example to folks, but
they fall down sometimes: for in
stance, ] will tell you a little story
that Mr.. Viles told me. He was call
ing one evening upon professor at
Phillips Andover. This professor had
Il boy in his classes whose father
had been a classmate of his. One
evening the boy came in to call upon
the professor and the professor said.
! You might like to see some of the
pictures of your dad and me taken
when we were boys here. He then
took down a picture of the football
team for that year-standing in an
obscure corner of that picture was
the boys father-without q letter.
just a sub. The boy looked long and
earnestly at the picture and then he
said, I'm very sorry you showed me
that picture because my father al
ways told me that he was captain of
that team That of course is rather
hard on father but it really isn't so
bad as the case of the little boy who
wouldn't believe there was "A Devil
for fear it would turn out just like
Santa Claus did-to be his own
father.
Then I know of another boy who
went away to school and he worked
awfully hard on his Latin. because
he heard his Dad always pulled
straight AS in Latin, while the best
he could get was b. lie felt so bad
~ that the professor finally had to
tell him that his old dad just pulled
through on D's--So all you boys take
heart now. for in the years to come
Iyou will probably fill your place in
society just as satisfactorily as your
dad does now.
From time immemorial, there
| have been many beautiful examples
of love and devotion of mother and
son. Going back to the early Bible
history: The beautiful story of
Moses comes to mind. How his
mother. knowing the edict of Phar-
aoh, that all little boy babies were to
be put to death, placed her baby boy
in little basket and set him in the
stream where the chances were that
the Princess would be touched by his
beauty and save him. This did
happen and he was saved, to be the
great Law Giver of the ages.
1.-THE wonderful love of Mary for
Jesus-How she pondered his say
ings in her heart. during the early
years of His life, and the devotion
with which she followed Him
throughout His life, typified her as
the Mother of Mothers.
I'VE have the assurance Of many
great men that they owe all of later
success in life to the teachings re-
ceived in early youth. from their
moters, and ] am very frank to say.
on the other hand. that we mothers
owe much of the pleasure of life to
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