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16TH. ANNUAL BANQUET 
NortH SHORE GARDENERS AND 
Frrenps Make Merry At MaAn- 
CHESTER Town Hatt. 
The 16th annual banquet, enter- 
tainment and dance of the North 
Shore Horticultural society was held 
~in the Manchester Town hall Wed- 
nesday evening, and like the many 
such delightful occasions in former 
years, this proved of great pleasure 
to the 200 or more persons present 
The hall was beautifully decorated 
with evergreen and flowering plants, 
and cut blooms in vases added to the 
decorative effect of the tables. The 
stage was banked in greenery, cut 
blooms and potted plants, the orches- 
tra nestling among a veritable bower 
of flowers.. A rope of evergreen en- 
circled the entire room, with large 
wreaths breaking the monotony here 
and there. The flowers were sent 
later in the evening to the sick and 
shut-ins about town, and most of the 
potted plants were presented to the 
ladies present. 
It was 6.45 when Rev. Chas. A. 
Hatch invoked divine blessing, after 
the gathering had been called to order 
by Vice-Pres. Eric H. Wetterlow. 
The following menu, offered by Dill, 
the Melrose caterer, occupied the 
close attention of everybody for the 
next hour: 
OYSTER COCKTAIL 
CHICKEN HALIBUT 
Potatoes Tartar Sauce 
ROAST TURKEY 
Cranberry Sauce Delmonico Potatoes 
Chicken Croquets, Peas Lobster Salad 
Escalloped Oysters Chicken Salad 
Banana Fritters, Rum Sauce 
ICE CREAM 
Vanilla Strawberry Harlequin 
* Frozen Tom and Jerry 
Frozen Pudding Sherbets 
Assorted Cake, Fancy Cake 
Coffee Rolls 
When the dinner was over the pre- 
siding officer, EK. H. Wetterlow, in the 
absence of the President, Mrs. W. 
Scott Fitz, extended the greetings of 
the North Shore Horticultural so- 
ciety to those present at the 16th an- 
nual gathering. 
‘He called upon Thos. J. Grey to 
respond to a toast to the Gardeners 
& Florists club of Boston. Mr. Grey 
expressed his pleasure at being pres- 
ent and sharing this hospitality, and 
Office: 19 Beach St., Manchester. 
Telephone: Manchesjer 161 
he brought the good wishes not only 
of the Boston Gardeners & Florists 
club, but also of the Mass. Horticul- 
tural society. He knew Manchester 
was a no-license town, but he felt no 
objection would be offered to ine foi- 
lowing toast: 
The Frenchman like his native wine; 
The Dutchman likes his beer, 
The Englishman likes his half-and- 
half 
Because it brings good cheer; 
The Irishman likes his whiskey 
straight 
Because it brings on dizziness; 
The Yankee has no choice at all— 
But drinks the whole damned busi- 
ness. 
The entertainment of the evening 
started with a piano solo by Mr. E. 
A. Rand of the Horton School of 
Music, Boston, followed by reading, 
“Mrs. O’Flynn’s Visit to the Public 
School House,” by Miss Area Farron. 
She told a few stories as an encore. 
Mr. Rand then rendered on the piano 
“The Storm,” depicting the shepherd 
boy playing on his flute as the storm 
comes on, then the storm in all its 
fury, the fire department responding 
to an alarm, as the result of lightning 
stricking a building, and the storm 
passing on. 
After another piano selection by 
Mr. Rand the sleight-of-hand humor- 
ist, Prof. Brignati, was announced. 
He gave a good half-hour’s entertain- 
ment, with his mystifying tricks. 
Rey. .W: H. Rider, D. D., so popu- 
larly known to everyone along the 
North Shore, was introduced as the 
after-dinner speaker and he gave one 
of his characteristic talks of a ram- 
bling nature that kept the gathering 
in excellent humor for a half hour. 
“To dignify what I am to say by 
the title of ‘address,’ is like compar- 
ing one of these hemlock boughs to 
one of these beautiful bouquets,” said 
Dr. Rider, “for what I bring to you 
tonight is not any set theme, but 
words of cheer and good-will. I 
might have been referred to by you 
presiding officer as ‘old marble top,’— 
PRICES BELOW COST 
and it would not have been amiss; 
for long ago when Manchester manu- 
factured some of the finest furniture 
in the states and shipped to all parts 
of the country, especially the West- 
ern States, some of the finest of the 
center tables produced were marble- 
topped. But then (feeling of his 
hair) I’ve got more now than I start- 
ed with. 
“How strange it is we cannot be 
taken for just ourselves. We are fast 
aping the silly customs of Europe; 
and instead of standing on our own 
feet we are always being introduced 
as ‘Rev.’ or something else, instead 
of just plain ‘John’ or ‘Jim,’—the 
democratic way of this great country 
of ours. We guage one another by 
the clothes we wear, by the color 
of our cheek—and sometimes by our 
red necks. 
“Tt is the humanitarian side of life 
that appeals to all of you. I do not 
know of anyone who calls for the 
better side of life than you men who 
have to do with floriculture and hort- 
iculture. You men ought to have 
those finer qualities of human nature 
the more developed because of your 
occupation. 
“All of the deep joys of life have 
something of seriousness in them. 
You are under obligations to make the 
world better for all you do to it. 
Think of the lily—out of what de- 
cadence, out of what mire there comes 
the spotless lily and its matchless per- 
fume. Doesn’t that bring hope. We 
are scattering flowers not to the dead 
alone, but to the living. We hardly 
know how much good we do by these 
simple gifts of flowers we make. Let 
us be glad for the good things the 
good Lord has provided for us.” 
Following Dr. Rider’s talk the hall 
was cleared of the tables and danc- 
ing was enjoyed until mid-night. 
Music was furnished by Long’s 
orchestra. Patrick J. Gilmore was 
the floor director. 
The committee: Wm. Till, P. J. Gil- 
more, H. Shaw, Paul Maillard, Axel 
Magnuson, Jas. Morton, M. Mackay. 
MRS. K. B. SHERMAN 
announces 
ONE DAY SALE OF REMAINING MILLINERY STOCK 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 
44 Central Street 
1915 
- Manchester 
