ST. LQUIS FOST-P ISPKTCH 



Greatest Banquet Ever Given in the West Will 



Be That at the Coliseum Saturday 



Night 



When hungry .Bsptibllcans, -who have 

 oeeji^ crowded 4way from the political 

 pJe eounter In Missouri for 38 years, 

 gather for their banquet at the Coli- 

 seum, Saturday night, they will fare 

 th9 greatest quantity of food ever 

 sSrvefl at a single eating rest in the 

 West. 



There will be seated In the Rreat d!n- 

 ,lng room 2266 Rspiiblicans. Thes* will 

 occupy 78 tables, *nd' 225 waiters have 

 been engaged to B*rve them. 



•Lyman T, Hay o't the Jeffersoir and 

 Planters hotels, who has undertaken to 

 .satisfy thfe appetites of the hungfy Re- 

 publicans, has ordered food In the fol- 

 lowing qiiantltles: 



225 gallons' of soup, 



1200 pounds of flsh. ^,(«^ 



1000 pounds filet irf'^f, 

 «" 226C squabs, (y''^ 



2.500 large rolls of bread, 



200 loaves of bread. 



700 bunches of radishes. 



200 bunches of celery. 



55 gallons of olives. 



10 boxes of lettuce. 



10 boxes of chicory. 



10 boxes of tomatoes. 



30 dozen^tjuncfies'of parsley. 



30 oases of lima beans. 



60 gallons of coffee. 



2S sacks of potatoes. 

 100 gallons of Ice cream, with large 

 nuantlties of assorted cakes. 



Sixty Cook* (o Cook It. 

 Early Saturday morning 60 cooks anil 



helpers will be set to work In 'an Im- 

 mense temporary , kitchen In the base- 

 ment of the ' Coliseum to prepai'e ttlei 

 great feast, they expScl. to'baVeUheaiS 

 Oer. ready for serving -when the guests 

 ara seated at 6 p..-'m. sKarj). The 226 

 wajjers will be" divided into two squads, 

 and will work from each' end of the 

 arena toward the centeV. 



It Is expected that It will require fro.m, 

 90 to 105 m(h'uteS to sei:ve the mearl. Mr. 

 H«y-!ar*avlng the tables made, and will 

 procure the 2206 chairs needea,and Have 

 them sent to the Coliseum before, the 

 dinner bell Is Capped. . 



la:r..Hay la asslElid;ijy-J. D: -761151*311/ 

 'Who will:, t)V the ■fe'Wral.^npe'rlntondenf 

 at the .biinquet hall; Max McCurlee, who 

 will have charse of the service, and 

 Fred l/aufgatter, chief engineer of the 

 Planters Hotel, who will arrange for 

 the heating service and gas stove con- 

 necllona. 



West's BIseeat Bandttct. 



Mr. Hay says that the banquet Will 

 be the biggest ever glvSii 'In the West. 



The guests of' honor and the speakers 

 will be seate'a at the head table, on 

 Which 62 plates will be laid. Gbv.'-elect 

 Hadley will be the principal guest ot 

 honor. Jeptna D. Howe, chairman, of 

 the Republican City Committee, will bf 

 the toastmaster. The banquet is belnif 

 given by the Republican City Commit- 

 tee to celebrate the victory In this State. 

 All of the leading Missouri Republicans 

 have been Invited. 



HUNDREDS OF SQUABS EATEN AT ONE BANQUET. 



The above t'liiipinR from Hie Hi. Lniiis Post Dispatch printed in Nnvember. 190S, shows what St. Louis 

 pciiple tlunk of squalls, .'•iiiuabs are certainly being eaten in tlie West. To provide tlie 2266 squabs which wer« 

 eaten at this banquet would take one year's output of a plant of 150 pairs of Plymouth Rock Homers. 



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