Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-20
INFORMATION FURNISHED.
The Ladies' Bureau of Information Doing
Excellent Work.

Excellent Work.
No. 1909 F street. where the ladies bureau
of information is located. has a festive appear
ance with quantities of bunting in the windows
and line of handsome palms and tall vases,
filled with golden rod. Mrs. Davis, the flower
committee chairman, came in early and ar
ranged all the dainty surroundings. The bureau
was in active operation all day yesterday.
Miss Curry on hand with a relay OF clerks
and was kept busy AL day ending strangers to
quarters. Mrs. NJ. r. EamDson. who is in
charge. came on duty for the event g and WAS
obliged to remain all night. At day dawn this
morning there were applicants for information
as to lodgings. &c. and all tine ladies who came
in to help were kept busy as bccs. Nearly
every applicant wants accommodations. not
having applied for them previously. The clerks
nave cards, with price. location. &c, and are
ready to direct people or there are messenger
boys to go with them.
BIG REGISTER.
There is big register near the door where
many pages are already taken up with sigma
lures and addresses. Miss Ross is in front of
this desk and able to answer pretty much any
sort of n query that visitors make her. If
she cant satisfy them she refers them back to
the subcommittee, nearly all of whom have
desks along both sides of the room.
THE POST OFFICE.
The post Office is under the direction Of Miss
T. L. Hamilton assisted by Mr.. L. L. Buck. 1t
is in the far corner of the big room. and while
the arrangements were quickly made, is none
the less effective for the carving on OF this
branch OF Uncle Sans business. The teie-
phone and telegraph facilities also in this
corner.
PUBLIC COMFORT.
The public comfort committee under Mrs
Spencer has number of young ladies who are
ready to do her bidding.
The presence of az many of the ladies' COM
lnttee and their asst tants possible is desired
by the bureau every day and evening this week
Zach committee Is in possession of such in
form .tlon as no one can give well as them
selves.
HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANTS.
Mrs. DIR. Baker, Miss Johnston, Miss Ross,
Miss SIcken, with half dozen of the Young
ladies of the High Sch Dol, are all assisting Mrs
Hampson i'll the work Of the bureau.
The resting and reception rooms upstairs in
The bureau we're constantly occupied all day.
there are ample accommodations for reading.
letter writing and competent servants to wait
on callers.
CURIOUS INFORMATION.
The bureau yesterday played the singular
part of giving lady information about herself
She had just arrived. nervous and worn out. AID
for tho lie o. her colld not remember
where she was located nor even where she came
from. When asked to tell her name she had
forgotten that also. First of all Miss Curry
gave her n Chance to rest and collect her scat
tered senses. TLen she began re LEA ing the
names OF states and W. r. c. organizations and
In a few minutes the bewidered lady got some
thing 20 hold to and was able to tell all about
herself. She was then sent TO her destination
the register played big par. III the days
events Sso. man came in from Arkansas
VINO wanted 20 know where his sister from
Ohio Was located. Luckily the sister had
registered. and inside an hour the two had met
much to their joy. The bureau viii therefore
be the rendezvous for he lost and found
whether tia: applies TO humanity or articles
likely to get of the usual track