After the general hand-shaking and cheering at the grand stand had been concluded, the ladies were escorted to the carriages and departed at once for the Omaha Club, where a formal luncheon had been prepared in anticipation of the presence of Mrs. McKinley. Unfortunately she had been detained at their home at Canton, Omaha, but the wives of members of his cabinet and of other officials made up the party who, with the ladies of the Bureau of Entertainment, were served at the Club. This luncheon was one of unusual elegance. The rooms of the Club were filled with roses. The tables in the dining-room were arranged in the form of a hollow square. The luncheon card was printed on white satin ribbon attached to heavy cardboard, and ornamented with handpainted sketches. The menu was as follows:
Grape Fruit
Consomme
Frogs' Legs a la Paulette
Breast of Chicken
Current Jelly
Waldorf Salad
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Assorted Cake
Small Coffee
Mrs. Clement Chase, chairman of the bureau of entertainment, presided. At her right sat the wife of the Chinese Minister. At her left the wife of the Corean Minister. Next in order at her right sat Mrs. H. T. Clark and Mrs. Lyman Gage. Next to the wife of the Corean Minister sat Mrs. Wattles and Mrs. Charles Emory Smith. Seated at the other tables were the following ladies:
Mrs. Kirkendall, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Manderson, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Babcock, Miss Miles, Mrs. Cowin, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Mandelken, Mrs. A. Rosewater, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Dandy, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Kountze, Miss Greeley, Mrs. W. A. Mercer, Mrs. E. Rosewater, Mrs. Bills, Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Redick, Mrs. W. V. Allen, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. Greeley, Mrs. Lyman, Mrs. Heistand, Mrs. Joslyn, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Holcomb, Mrs. McCord, Mrs. Trumbull, Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Bidwell, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Creighton, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Yates, Miss Carr, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Lininger, Miss Pierce, Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. McKelway, Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Wakefield, Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Shiverick, Mrs. W. F. Allen, Mrs. Colpetzer, Mrs. Offutt, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. George Mercer, Mrs. Remington, Mrs. Wharton, Mrs. Connell, Mrs. Broatch, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Charlton, Mrs. Bierbower, Mrs. Wilhelm, Mrs. Brandeis, Mrs. Poppleton, Mrs. Dietz, Mrs. Baum, Mrs. Squires, Mrs. Rogers.
The gentlemen of the party retired to the Markel Cafe, where a formal luncheon was served to them. At this luncheon no toasts were given except that the health of the president was pledged by all present.
The dinner at the Cafe had been planned with great care and to it had been invited all of the officers of the exposition, the executive commission, and the full board of directors. Also members of the government exposition commission, members of the state commissions and numerous prominent citizens. The long tables entirely filled the north cafe, and were beautifully decorated with flowers. The menu was one of special elegance in design. A reproduction of the Government Building appeared on the first page. On the second page was lithographed
PEACE JUBILEE DINNER
in honor of
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Trans-Mississippi
and International Exposition,
Omaha.
Wednesday, October twelfth, 1898.
"Our Country", St. Clair McKelway, Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. "From War to Peace", General Nelson A. Miles. "Humanity", Senator John M. Thurston. "The Exposition", General Charles F. Manderson. "The New West", Governor Alva Adams of Colorado.
