The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
WILL ADD IT'S TRIBUTE TO THE
SOLDIERS MONUMENT
FUND.
LECTURE ABOUT VENEZUELA
ALSO ONE OF THE FRACTIONS
FOR THE COMING
SEASON.
COMMITTEE is VERY HOPEFUL.
All Indications Point to tho ReoIf
zatiOn of "a Handsome Fund
Very shortly.

The interested ladies in St. Paul feel
much gratified at the manner in which
the work for the proposed G. A. r..
movement is being advanced. and they
have made definite plans for a series
Of entertainments for the purpose OF
raising funds for this purpose. This
series promises to be as successful as il
will be unique, and, although there are
details yet to be arranged, several of
the earlier affairs are already being
advertised
The opening entertainment will be the
annual inspection at the armory OF
Capt. Beams crack company D. of the
First Regiment NJ N. G. The COM
mander Of this organization has never
before allowed an admission to be
charged for seeing his company drill,
but, recognizing the appropriateness Cf
aiding in the task of providing a suit
able reminder Of the Minnesota war
heroes, he has consented to have an
admission fee charged, which will be
given to the committee. The inspection
will be held next Thursday, when lot
Of representative st. Paul people will
turn out and witness the evolutions
Of the company which has reflected
credit upon Minnesota on many occa-
sions in the past Music will be fur
nished during the evening by the Twin
City Mandolin orchestra.
The evening of Friday, May Z, and
the afternoon Of Saturday, s. A,
Thompson, of Duluth better known
as Deep Waterways" Thompson, will
deliver an Illustrated lecture or Vene-
zuela, where he has been for the past
ten months.
Mr.. Thompson, by the aid of stere-
Opticon views, will illustrate his re-
marks on some of the strange scenes
and marvellous vegetation of this trop-
ical country, and it is expected that
the talk will be especially interesting
on account of the recent controversy
over the boundary which will attract
the attention of adults and school chill
dren with equal force. The lecture on
this land of perpetual summer gives
the result of observation and expert
ence during trip made in 1896 by Mr-
Thompson, during which he penetrated
into hitherto uneXplOred spots and
gained much interesting information.
The illustrations are said to be excel
lent, even giving, in some cases, the
natural color Of the vegetation and
flora Indigenous to the country Tho
committee has arranged to have the lee
lures given at the Auditorium and re-
duced rates will be made to teachers
and pupils that as many Of them az
possible may avail themselves of tha
up-to-date knowledge which Mr..
Thompson has acquired.
The monument committee has been
studying the matter of monuments, and
at it's next meeting will hear a paper
by Mrs. Brooks, of Hanline, about the
obelisks and pyramids Of Egypt. This
paper will be discussed by the men,
berS.
Mrs. Newport, who has bent her eff
forts 50 faithfully in this monument
project, seen yesterday, said that it
was the intention throughout the series
of entertainments to so arrange mat
ters that the monument would be q
peoples monument for the peoples he
roes. Many, rather than large, contri-
buttons were desired, and, when tha
monument was at last reared in posi-
ton, Mrs. Newport thought it should
be the feeling that the masses Of tho
people had a direct interest in it and
what it stood for.
Several other entertainments are be-
ing planned, but, as nothing definite
has been decided upon, the above men
toned only have been made public at
this time