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Hotel Astor

Date
1914-02-28
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
17x11cm folded; 17x22cm open

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 1

TWENTY-FIRST
Annual Dinner
ANCIENT LODGE, 724
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
HOTEL ASTOR
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN

Page 2

JOHN A. DAVIDSON, MASTER.
"HIS TRIBE WERE GOD ALMIGHTY'S GENTLEMEN."
.... GUESTS....
RT. WOR. BRO. CHAS. H. FOX,
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF THE 8TH MASONIC DISTRICT
"DEDUCT ALL YOU CAN AND THERE'S ENOUGH THAT'S RIGHT GOOD IN HIM."
MT. WOR. BRO. CHAS. SMITH.
GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
"THEY MODESTY'S A CANDLE TO THY MERIT."
MT. WOR. BRO. EDWARD M. EHLERS,
GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
"NOT LURED BY ANY CHEAT OF BIRTH, BUT BY HIS CLEAR-GRAINED HUMAN WORTH, AND BRACE OLD WISDOM OF SINCERITY."
RT. WOR. BRO. GEORGE FREIFELD,
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
"WHAT'ER HE DID WAS DONE WITH SO MUCH EASE, IN HIM ALONE 'TWAS NATURAL TO PLEASE."
MT. WOR. BRO. ROBERT KENWORTHY,
PAST GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WHAT FINE NATURAL COURTESY WAS HIS! HIS NOD WAS PLEASURE, AND HIS FULL BOW BLISS."
BRO. LEWIS H. POUNDS,
BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF BROOKLYN.
"HE HAS COMMON SENSE IN A WAY THAT'S UNCOMMON."
RT. WOR. BRO. JOHN LLOYD THOMAS,
PAST. DIST. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF THE 4TH MASONIC DISTRICT.
"HIS EYE BEGETS OCCASION FOR HIS WIT."
RT. WOR. BRO. WM. E. STEVENS,
GRAND CHAPLAIN OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
"AN HONEST MAN, CLOSE-BUTTONED TO THE CHIN, BROADCLOTH WITHOUT, AND A WARM HEART WITHIN."

Page 3

Huitres de Cape Cod
CREME DE TOMATES A LA VOLAILLE OLIVES CELERI RADIS AMANDES SALEES
AIGUILLETTES DE BAR RAYE, JEAN BART
FILETS MIGNON DE BOEUF A LA ASTOR
POMMES DE TERRE RISSOLEES HARICOTS PANNACHES CHOUFLEUR AU GRATIN
Sorbet a l'Orange
PIGEONNEAUX DE PHILADELPHIE ROTI AU CRESSON
SALADE DE SAISON
POUDING DE CHEFFE
PETITS FOURS FRUITS ASSORTIS
Cafe noir
Menu
HE WHICH HATH NO STOMACH TO THIS, LET HIM DEPART
"WIL'T PLEASE YOU, TASTE OF WHAT IS HERE!"
"I CANNOT EAT BUT LITTLE MEAT, MY STOMACH IS NOT GOOD; BUT SURE I THINK THAT I CAN DRINK WITH HIM THAT WEARS A HOOD."
"GOOT WORTS! GOOD CABBAGE."
"WE'LL MEND OUR DINNERS HERE."
"THIS WAS WELL DONE, MY BIRD."
"HOW LUSH AND LUSTY THE GRASS LOOKS! HOW GREEN!"
"HERE WE WANDER IN ILLUSIONS; SOME BLESSED POWER DELIVER US FROM HENCE."
"IN OUR LAP OF WINTER FLINGING TROPIC FRUITS AND SWEETS."
"FOR WE HAVE STOMACHS."
"THIS SORT WAS WELL FISHED FOR."
LONDON CIGARETTES, HERRBET TAREYTON
CIGARS, EL REGALADO ROYAL
Graves superieur
MARGAUX, 1905
Apollinaris
"SUBLIME TOBACCO! WHICH FROM EAST TWO WEST CHEERS THE TAR'S LABOR OR THE TURKMAN'S REST."
A LA CARTE, G.H. MUMM, EXTRA DRY
G.H. Mumm, Selected Brut
"GOOD, YET REMEMBER WHAT THOU HAST ON BOARD."
"THE HOUR'S NOW COME; THE VERY MINUTE BIDS THEE OPE THINE EAR; OBEY AND BE ATTENTIVE."

Page 4

AULD LANG SYNE
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT,
AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIN'?
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT,
AND DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE?
FOR AULD LANG SYNE, MY DEAR,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,

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