Excerpt from Banquet Tendered the Delegates to the International American Congress, by the Citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A<br><br>The dinner given at the Stillman on Tuesday evening, October 15, 1889, in honor of the delegates from the Three Americas, will long be remem bered by those so' fortunate as to attend. The vast dining room was con verted into a charmed palace - a veritable fairy tale. From the walls and arches the colors of the South American States hung in profuse draperies, intertwined with the stars and stripes. Tropical plants abounded, grouped artistically with the hemlock and fern of a more northern latitude, and the magnolia extended its bell-shaped blossoms beside the modest bud of the Northern favorite - the rose. The tables were seven in number, spark ling with a wealth of silver and cut glass, and loaded down with the choicest viands. Hidden in a plant-covered recess, Professor Faust's Opera House orchestra discoursed the sweetest music, and the soft rays of innumerable incandescent lights in colored globes, reflected from the shimmer of the glass-and silver, combined in making a magnificent effect - one that impressed itself upon the beholder.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.