St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-19
KATE FIELD IN 1T.
She Endorses the Big Harvest Fes-
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The attractive feature of yesterdays
meeting of the harvest festival commit
tee was an address by Miss Kate
Field, the well-known editor of
Kate Fields Washington. She came to
the meeting in company with Thomas
Lowry, whose family she is visiting,
and who, at the request of Chairman
Bracket, introduced her to the meet
ing. Miss Field spoke somewhat as
follows:
Gentlemen: l am here to see and to learn.
l want 10 learn everything l possibly can
about this great Northwest. am surprised
and delighted at the manner in which YOU
gentlemen dispatch your business. l have
never seen anything like 1t in the East in my
life am finding out that we can't teach
you anything. Gentlemen want to say in
the language of Sam Weller, II never saw
such knock down Of intelligence before"
seriously, gentlemen. | am surprised. | am
Delighted at the manner IN which you
do things here in this great Northwest
l Was not SO surprised to learn of the extent
OF your milling interests, but when / learn
that you are manufacturing pianos here
why, gentlemen, il shows me the West as |
never saw 1t before. | want to get every par
ucle OF information | can about your manu-
featuring and industrial life to make use of
in my paper Gentlemen, listening to the
manner i'll which you have conducted your
business this morning, if brevity is the soul
of wit you must be the wittiest people on the
face of the earth.
Miss Fields remarks were received
with hearty applause, and the routine
business of the meeting was resumed.
Mayor Winston announced that his
proclamation declaring the 23d hOli-
day would appear to-day.
1t was announced that the street rail-
way company would have large float,
on which would be placed the first bob
tall car that was run In the city on Hen
nepln avenue, along with one of the
finest coaches joined to it.
MIR. Marchant announced that the COM
mlttee on decoration wanted it under
stood that they could not devote the ma
terial which was furnished them to pri-
vate parties free. 1t would, however,
be given at cost.
1t was voted to engage two stem
ographers and two photographers to take
III the parade. A stenographer will
stand on one side with some one to die
tate the description of each float, with
a photographer to take the floats, while
the other photographer and stem
ographer will take in the parade from
the other side of the street. 1t is the
Intention of the committee to prepare
lot of material in this way. and those
having floats and wishing photographs
will thus be able to secure them, while
the completed work will be of immense
value TO all who will want to secure in
formation about the great event.
A list of the entries for the parade so
far was read, which shows concluSively
that in matter of length the Willard par
ade of fourteen miles will be surpassed.
One of the novel features of the festival
will be the religious services, which are
being arranged by committee consist
irg of James r. Thorpe, w. NJ. Tenny,
G. NJ. Loring, w. w. Folwell and j. r.
Kingman. There will be several selec-
tons by chorus of 100 voices, and the
boys choir of Gethsemane church will
also sing under the leadership of Prof.
o. B. Bass.
One hundred dollars reward is offered
by the management of the Grand opera
house and Lyceum theater for the hand
soonest four young ladies in the state
to ride on the Grand opera house float
in the harvest festival parade.
Such is the copy of bills that are be-
ing circulated about the state by the
management of the above places of
amusement. The general IDEA or de-
sign of the float to be presented by this
enterprising firm has not as yet been
mentioned, but certainly something de-
cidedly novel is expected The places
of amusement are a perpetual spring
for novel ideas, and there is much spec
ulation as to the character of their
float. Suffice it to say it will undoubt-
eddy be feature of the parade.