£60 A HEAD DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 2

£60 A HEAD DINNER.

j; NOHTH:pOLE BANQUET iri tiro and a half, h'oure the' win-' : -.■"' . a ter" garden. of;'the:'Savoy Hotel; ■ London,','-.-:' was convertcdlintoa'realistio represents-',.;,,". ~. tion. of ' the",North..'Pole,.;aru'id ,the/.ie<£■'» "■■'. )r ; bergs.;,of which Mr../ Georg e; A/'Kessler"-.."'.!' „.. entertained;.his'."guests, I ,', English.'.and',',"•', . Aniorican, to,a.banquet'riyallinghis goiy : ...' -> dola dinner. of four.years ago. ( :. .'; :..';;'r.; : i-: ; The cost of the.banquet -was, stated '& '. : ; . 3. bb.over d£2ooo, or \nearly!i£6o;;a;head..'- ; .., : When Mr.. Kessler gave.his gondola ban-'." ..' quet, tho winter; garden of :the^.Savoy;'-^ ; 3 Hotel was'turned into, a-lagoon,'.and hia-V.' ! .-.. rose-embowered' gondola; '~.'■, On /this .occasion' the, winter garden ;be-.;v .'-.- came the'homeof taow and.ice./5/ ; : :h.;./ ' In; the' centre, was .'the Pole, itself; all ':'■■:■ whito/and glistening''and';surrounded by.',-, it. icebergs, of. silver';tissues-arid : fields. of.,' • iy- plaster', snow.-,;. Peary , aid/Cook.; were '■' ' : .;, .there,;-striving.' to.reach .the ; Pole/;from '.-;-.:■ y- "opposit«'sides. .Covers for tho! 34jguests',' ''.. ~f were • laid, on the.' table of imitation' snow;' ; '.■'.. which girdled" the Pole. : ' r Plaster snow -.'■.■' ,; carpeted- the floor,'.and .beautiful:snow-- v.; .>' 'white, chysanthemums ,in af trellis-wort.'.\\ '■ bf, greenery, covered' every; inoh : of, : -; the.--.-. , walls. A couple of thousand .blooms wpre>.;/ ■■■ required. Little snow men held, the.riame>/r'. ■ cards,'.white chairs v;ero placed for.jthe ?„• '/ ; guests,-and .the menu, w.ith.' the 'rßig - f Nail": through it. floated over: the; Pole.'/ , - Several of ■ the dishes bore Polar.name& ; ',.>';•'/ .': 11. Turpin,,of:London'aud i a hundred workmen,, was responsible for.i;.;. . the 6Conic decorations. Mr. '. Keeslci',' bad. : ', brought from; Paris between, 800, arid 400,' ... Christmos presents; ,200 of-which'liedis-': .. tributed to his guests, amoig. theni„be-'.., ■ ing, artiotes;of jewellery costing ■ -£100 ■ : a-piccc, .while,tho remainder, arrayed- on.',v; four large Christmas./.trees','..hurigKwith: ;'■ silver icicles, were to be 6ent. to.the.Homo:.; ; for Crippled Children. , .-•!.::■ '• : /'. 1 :, .; / ;..