A Right Royal Occasion

Last evening's banquet of tlie Women's Auxiliary of tlie Y. M. C. A. to the sustaining members of the association was at once enjoyable and profitable. It was profitable to tlie extent of $1,000, according to tlie announcement of Col. Henry S. Dean, in the course of his speech. He said that a particularly modest gentleman, who was present, had promised to be on hand with $1,000 when a Y. M. C. A. building was begun. The occasion was enjoyable both from an epicurean, a speech-making, and of course from a financial point of view, although the latter point had not purposely been put into the program. There were between 135 and 150 seats occupied when Toastmaster C. W. Wagner invited the guests to begin on tlie viands. The ladies had laid a most tempting spread and t'or three-quarters of an hour the bounties of the table were thoroughly enjoyed, under the kind niinistrations of the ladies, who kept everyone well supplied with tempting edibles. The toastmaster gaye plenty of time for the satisfaction of all degrees of appetite represented, and then proceeded to the program of toasts. Mr. Frank Taylor, of Detroit, of the firm of Taylor, AVolfenden & Co., was the first speaker, having for his subject, "Ann Arbor'sWealth." Hecongratulated the association on its success during its short existence, and upon the pleasant quarters now occupied. He knew Ann Arbor was possessed of no small material wealth of all forms, but he thought its greatest wealth was wrapped up in the moral and relgious elements of the city. And second to the Christian church, he believed that the Y. M. C. A. was doing the most for those two elements in the life of the American cities. Mr. E. W. Gibson, of Detroit, chairman of the boy's branch of the Detroit association, was the second speaker. His subject was "Investments." He thought the best investment that could be made was not in bonds, stocks or mortgages, but in a boy. (Loud "Amen" from Toastmaster Wagner.) The best way to invest in a boy was to get him on the right track in life and keep him right. The fathers, he thought did not know half enough about their boys. The reason so many went astray was because the fathers didn't know anything about them half the time. While the mothers knew every minute of the day where the girls were, the fathers could not for the life of them teil for flfteen minutes what their sons were up to. He made a strong plea for more attention to the boys. G. Frank Allmendinger spoke of "Citizenship" insuch a marnier as to win many words of applause for his toast. He made an eloquent plea for better citizenship, for the kind of citizens that the Y. M. C. A. was trying to develop in its way. State Secretary Clarke spoke on the subject "Our Neighors." He said he was probably the biggest gossip in the state and of course he knew all about what all the neighbors were doing. He told of what some of the associations of the state were doing, showing something of the material prosperity of the various associations and the increase in numbers. H. G. Van Tuyl, of Detroit, followed the state secretary with a neat compliment to "Our Entertainers." The women were ahvays behind every good thing, he said. They were certainly in evidence in the Ann Arbor association. Their iniluence was indispensable. They were "lovable, loving andloved." J. A. C. Hildner spoke of "The Work," telling what the local association was doing,, in a spiritual and in an educationiü way. They were trying to spread the feast of Christ's gospel in such a way that the young men of Ann Arbor would be attracted to the table. Col. Henry S. Dean closed the regular program of toasts by speaking of "The Homes of Ann Arbor." He thought Ann Arbor had some prety good homes as the precediog speaker[had taken occasion to say. In fact almost every preceding speaker liad so trespassed apon his territory tliat tliero was little left for hirn to say. He won the applause of the evening when he announced an additiou of $1,000 to the building fund. Mr. Wagner called upon a few others for impromptu toasts, J. E. Beal and Dr. W. P. Breakey responding. Eev. Gelston, when called upon, said he would make the speech tliat all clergymen could make and one tliat was appropriate to close with. lie simply said, "Amen." All rose and joined in singing "Blest be the Tie tliat Binds," and the banquet was over.