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;XcSPECIFICATIONSTSiOF A BANQUET EATEN ACCORDING TO CONTRACT BY TEE GUESTSOf the Builders’ Exchange of Wichita, Kan., at Their First Annual Banquet at the Carey Hotel Last Night.the economizing of time there can be no such sure receipt as the builder* exchange. The common meeting place then once established as a daily habit, becomes as indispenablea which aid the transaction of business, and assist in tbe many movements of Ufa Brought together at first simply for tbe puipose of secnrins convenience in transacting business with each other a relationis established which makes possible at once that united action which alone can tig about reforms, or establish definite (hods and practices.The purposes and desires of the individ-The banquet of the builders exchange - . ---- -----held last night at the Carey. There Dal “re inoperative until a sufficient num -....__... . i ber of other individuals not only think tbiThe i a ’ I ber of other individuals not only think thewere present over one hundred gentlemen. | SBrac, bave the purp04*, nd desires. , all Whom haTe been variously interested but act in concert with him to tbe end inglss in thebuildmz of the magnificent business I that there may be a definite result, houses and private residences in Wichita. The exchange idea utilized primarily for Tbe attendants numbered many of the a Pnrel* business purpose creates a o*r-solid substantial tain community of feeling, etabllebes asouq, mucsnuai representative business | eommou accustoms members tomen of tbe city, and the gathering proved 1 each other, puts them gradually •• to be not only very pleasant but also of . port with each other, makes it seem nat-decided interest and value to all. I ural to act together, puts them into oon-Al JO o'clock the doors to the dining ' dilion, as it wrne, easily and unperceptibly room were thrown open and some of the ~ —• -richest and most beautifully trimmed tables ever set at a banquet in the city were displayed. Then the banquet, every course of which was rich and elegant, was served. Thera was nothing lacking nor incomplete and it will ever be remembered as one of the finest in this city or state. The menu card was unique and apropos, i eing arranged after the must approved manner of specifications used by contractors, and was as follows: Foundation—The foundation shall confor the exercise of that cementa'iae force which alone produces appreciable results for the genera! good.I thank you, gentlemen, for your attentionHon. G. W. Clement was next called upon by the master of ceremonies. Mr. E. i\ Hovey. to respond to the toast.THE HOMES OF WICHITA!There are two words In the language o! men that stir the emotions of their hearts more deeply than any others. They are the first learned in our childhoods earliest days, the ofieuest coming to our memoryfiiSifi?8? TF7*iw-f well set with mushrooms, with orna- 1 earthlv thlncs are fadeinir from ™ ental belt courses of roast wild duck, Thoee word^are -home” and -mothereel breads larded with green peas, and ! fi^riarahiv iained , „, mortar mixed with turtle soup am! saddle i«tt« We wns back torock oyster*. The interstices to be well , S^beMhatri led with chicken, lobster and potato rtn,emb*r l“acsalad.dr^KXA JMKJS, lhe««0,0Qr-nre”nd%Ul»w°UVe’’ Worec*erahi™ j -We*remember the days when our spiritsuperstrui tore—The superstructure to I !?*£very c.-that it A- s-abi their e dinanc consiairoad cit backstruct!day ni|for thiproposibeing 1asideMayornight 1moven:avenueMayor more t! pectcdthe sweetest of song back to those dearer peciaili scene* of our childhood home, and tbe more tl sweeter song of our mother's love. While Ornamentation—Ornamentation to con- »•*“« lt;*«* 1some of cnnsldcthe 1 ^ •«wr. lidiTf p^mh Uo, , «renghtofonr manhood and the wisdomH- n- r.ni.n,,f.r.w! 'iTr’rffond *n»i n- I of oar mature years, let us for a moment .A* :;nnipnt^^m?Nh7nI ’ i luru b,lck tbe dlnl And **o4tr back, where mg tbew- Inside Finish—Inside finish to consist of 1 !f‘c,?1-vsfc ohor'u,°1' memory will lead readingtionnd C.kr irllv tarts e-c kiss-s Hlinnn«i to tbo bomo of long, lung ago. In how Whet... .*• *’.. .m ? i manr different directions shall we travel* 1____hassaasJiir^afirs ta... f •nguelct.'. Vow rni/Iaml wl...ra .-.I.l favm iaiib3Djrlusterusff—Center piece*} to consist of *Kn^Uuii where tbe old farm b... . r nran-yM - j ' '1 SUIIImer flttKd Vid© dad, BCltl StllinY DU ‘J1 ' b-v lhe bubbling brook, and in tbe winter reportra.s.ns noil Alaiaua k. to De well He- . j \,a„aotr *».* ..f rK.uV::j .Ogling*.ml Ib^ugbi; fastc^i I ^,rihl^“!rb,1nlttnraa0,n,1^Ln,“t '*(%£ rmy; with Neapolitan ire cream, claret punch j -h the «’e-boundtreara silent. Others ,.-st ,ghl and finished with a coat of Edaui cheese] the 1 and wster crackers.l I,r w ire. Owing to the constitutional J™? i '-ft ■nm»»nfla It nt I 'mnivttiMa t.\ anfe* ana uucq »U*IU5. WllCre ilie IlHr/s.'iwamendment* It will be impossible to enter I ‘.MriiisMiA,..1 ,t,i, 1 win, abuudanti.d the bams well filled.as$be ienerai —Thu whole to be under the im-1 tnedinte charge and supervision of E. K . H. H. Jackman and It C. Stewart, for the exchange.,«doVltrCinCatl“S re5pfleUnB ,hU ! where the red end the golden., .........Fainting.-The whole to receive two h.'1 «PDetltea in tEe old red ol,e bu.flowing coats of French coffee and as much “h«“l »,nd “• I ictic -“““Tbe necessary to make a good «**£«■ ^ ^The «south 'where the Teriiure ts ever green j through and the flowers cease not to bloom. ; the lastOthers will cre ss the seas to the far-off £i,00tt a land of their youth. Some to the Kmer-1 nieniieU aid Isle,” some to the eenic glad hills of 1 . ,....... I Fatherland, and some to the rich and , “ ,,As the toast* aud responses were called. I fertile wr.il of Old England.” And we | about U- - ..... shall ail find a spot dear to our child-1 m the flhood. It is the home of our youth. ; and tba• Exchange.” Mr. F.. Whitehead, secretary. Around that dear old place cluster memo- j theresponded as follows:1allowedtractor, Gentlcmen-Speaking came to u”we7TOkrfout’upon ihe' world ! 0ortiie s ihj.--i prow.—d by tbe master of round about us, and with our hearts filled rtom ecr. moui*'^. I si.iill ock upy but a few mo- with a yourbfn! ambition, wereeajfer anil | tention ■ rz **i :- ol tho VAliinbie time of this gather- auxiotH for tbe days to come when we ! walks 01 intf and endeavor in ^et forth n few of the | should cut loose the ties tljat bound us f.*«rsr l0 ipal ordet*!^. aimu and nurposiw of fh- | - • * 1p:»iin;ml o*iim'!s, aiuifl uil nurnasc^ of th* 1 lt;i.,.rr and elt;iiniF out into ilc wide IExchange jWf this city. Tbe lliiildiT', Kx-i wor|j build Fc-r ourselves a home that !change of W ichii a was organized uu.l in- should bring joy to our heart, aud shelter ed he‘lrorpcrated under the laws of tlie state of Ui (rom th6 storms of life that might beat was callKaunas 011 the 1st day of April, l»s-t. with I around us. ' were aliia membership at the time of seventc u The architect and the builder alone can- I consider1 pul contra, tor, and material dealers ! not build a home. There I- a subtler pow- lvas ,.j, r. there are more delicate fingers, there is . sweeter voice, tnere is a more tnagic . ”r . .ouch needed to build a home. icerenine 1 f the leading nrms doing business in.lie . oy conneded with the varioushranchc, of building, com prising archi-t-.-is, contractor,, iron and cornice works, material dealers, etc.With these remark, introductory to our subject I w.ll proceed to give a generalHaving hern organised for | f elovi tbs si tiie present | „. The r.•! 1 of niemlh'r'bipcontaiDsforty- . touch needed Iwith noHome la where utfecliou calls,Filled with shrines the heart bath 1 walks, builded. I whetherBut we must leave the old home of the .long ago and talk of the “Homes Ptfn,:f;turning j lowed tor .. 11, s.,,„ | our faces toward the setting sun. cast our neighbor oT the cUmnge tn I ***** °**r broad »»'«. I Mr. Glpstabli,iim*ut ol system, t he maintenance j I »U«y nornf uir.fonuiiv, mtii ccmcortorZttTT I Bl11 'i”16 more ,ban twenty years ago ! ?‘“r«ai aaratfexsr; sssast SS -; irve u l , . ' on'' th*-' wigwam of tbe Indian, the fleet- , Mr. N.' *er\e as a guiue i:i nil controlersie, „„.i ,i.„ -ther between hnil.ler, Uiemwln, ... ante.ope aud the undisturbed herds , f„ot stBtaK and other* to*he^end of the civil,za- I Addingi» ,lon loat was nmkliiif rapid siria«rs to r **« | I re^h the spotwSreiiolt;l and ustureliad I P-‘ «,s whereby it^gula^nd lmproper ^dVa^nlhc' lh? ^ •«!ou» I b.rf niiin*.blt;‘(l in Klmrt th* Ktan.i- ba,.ia * nw^nintmethod* are* pnui^bed in short the ktaod I Itig upon guard, ns it were, for tne general ”,!a in'ure.*t of tiie whole «nd through that ‘iiiUridtisI wirti 1i •*»c-ity, where art. science Mr. He should find a home. I ported wi should mold the would evindividual with theI monnments and sWh I u, think• mankind. Bnt Mr. Heut those who came into tinMerchants, men • enchother dally “iu i t iieside, they had ,gr. it r part of thThe genius of the architect aud the skill-ful hauil of ltin builder ha* changed the haunts of tae buffalo aud the hunting, grounds of the Indians to tld* cityelm transact din- ti ev ,vw-i m b-no grounds ot the Indiana to this city .,the n -i -it i peaceful and happy homes, that now graces of the cit re ..V bright and sunny spot of Gods best an alley x“ay 10 8Ure “f , creation.The liomcs of Wichita;” Where shall I i i we go to find them more beautiful than in Ibuilders i ____—n ti,.. ..... I-■ win, bull le i different, comparatively .I have office, and even tlio*-ressitii-s of bnilding re.:si ley i lots on th \\ here shall | yjr j je,inure is radically few builders ho do. tbe ne- (t erervwhere' wherevcr t'“ Proud of ,ll« w^r,s thev have done.' i 0|£ -ioxoii jnii it^iw Th-y re monument* that will live after I »legUlatioTbe architec t both weij tll«*ewfr open an nUieut at what may place ..f husinesa upenutrud hiThe architecture, the stvie of our homes. ! aI“s no;r . i, the marvel at tile age. Where in nil our .,land lias such a work been conein so short s ,a time? such harmony in proportion*. “ vliereahontand alTVhe* Tb. _°J 1‘.The builder ni wherever it happen, to lie. and theref. uiuet continue to beau unreliable individ-more unreliable In proportion to the num- ?trc.tun; The wora of the architect and who it is b.-rand b-at ion of hi« various joh;. It t, '“lcr has baeii supplemented by the and d0 the peculi.ir r: ar.tvteris of the building Ibusiness and the builder’s practice which *be bo.me' of, *, 1 \s aptmuke- tl.e coimicu meeting place of many .vVnne .imeetiDg place of manythe ritv of th* adornment, select culturre and m.vi-tnt n.y oi the *..tile buildrrefinement. Music pleases the cultivated ear, art satisfies the refineti , ia,te. and on every hand are tbe evidences ] that the presiding genii are comiielied to ITHE ;joes without saying that the builder *»««. ^(jaradwho must need to see other builders whol, he is himself, finds the most complete 1 » saving of time in tlie rendezvous of ; he ex- .. lou -binge, where he and tb.no whom be ii-c.1,. to pereanailr meet and who need ■. . upon : of Hariyxrth.” The homes of Wichita!—than I dedge of c “rVVrcommnigt‘h'“hisTnd “vet n™' “re ,mor* fnir7lot'« ’'■'T 'he* *s they haa, unreachable with any certainty °L^ *2d pU.i.e '.we; i beiraltar fi^mi^ Uie^flamea of fondest Huekerifollowed by Mr. P. A. Rohr- i wa* Whaugh in reference to the toast The Man ' , ? ‘have the , imc nereona, contrast with him ■ who Does the Work. Mr FA O’Bryan in w'ihon! f have established tit- custom# of being ea,h ] IO the toast “The Plumb and the v-t‘,h. ree and Mr. Arthur tVabody in re- G,“* ln 1Un the ti'W Tin-. xcliAnae at th© rec- .. .... —.ocnlzed “change hour the builder may be i *P°ne to In Olden Times. All werereav.nably sure, on any business day. of | highly entertaining and contained many!‘n ing those men work tnu-t be , noble thoughts. Lack of space and the-ness of tbe hoar at which they were ivered atone prevent their reproductionCOLORED MASS MEETING., they, in c msegaeucc. need to see to talk u, ,.-n. '. . .-n • expert-PM theyW sh to consul? a, to’nr (-.isibliitjr at certain work, or wl- - - cti: .4 they wan*j (or imm.diatc use, - r whom they wish _particnlariy to sec without delay to cor-I . .reot some err-.r make - me change or faor- John F- Moo,» r°r 'rv , -me particular portion, if cue builder ! *• Wi-.lums En1ors-dnecl to ,ee other* for toe. conibiiiat ion and n. The advantages . which accrue* to th iy their being able r • .sborators in a sincie I.our, to a-vhlch by auy other mean:o other* St.il, 1n going on ta without con-n t« resddy ar.ous bntid- ! »*e many ofned. ele.tr: The cler Wichita a poles for aiw be allAn ordh on mot lot railroad e.HULL An or*.Holly .-svto the sire Mr. a::.•ramMarket ta':'. wa« crowded last night wirh s very enthusiastic and earnest crowd of colored citizens who had organized them-m-Ivcs inta a protective league and met to ado; t measure* conducive to their w.lfare. r.-reefce, were made by Wav Orey, W. H.Bettis. I* F. Oliver and other*. M M ore and Williams were unanim.'-usiy very endorsed a, candidates for justice of the »ad Mr wua.d uornpy many hour*, iwriiaps oaya , ;*.ace s*i einatable. and s committee of c-n-.saa' oST,*' »s‘-“no,hrr. '■'»*:,« mr,n'V-fa.°^ St* was appointed to confer with the van- He '•‘..utact with b^*ders,n^vh.we interests are oa* lt;’didares for mayor and council and I in - e directiy catercu ;o bv this dally congr. iv i report its view, as to the proper candidate* get to w. ttoa. IWers in materia! flnJ here th-.r , for the league to support. The follow.ng n ?u!d t very be«t opportnr.ity t.. meet tbe men to ‘ ., the committee: W. A. Hetti^ chairman: A.i.- n hem they wish to sell their goods. In L P. Johnson, G. T. Smith. P. F Oliver, llna-v:.:! i I Th«_me«lt;lKthcntdjrmrned -ariycry day, the mentrade they seek.L be arcnmpitshnient of so much personal interviewing in any other way. and none of the modern convenience* of telephoning czn take Ilis piace cf it. would mean miles upon miles of travel, and hours uunn hours of lt;iisannoiolraent. Inwhose * m**i aE»:a Wednenday evening at the ‘ very into.corner of Oak and Water.The Yonng Peoples' Bible Class of the ] the com Rapt.st church will hold a social in their , cumber class-room tomorrow. | Wednesday) eyea- I iHooe : ins. to which all are invited. 1 the S
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