The Saint Paul globe., 1897-01-03
POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION PLAN.
THE WOMAN'S G. A. r.. COMMITTEES
ORGANIZE FOR THE SOLDIERS,
MONUMENT FUND.
EITHER IN BRONZE OR IN STONE.
me schubert Club Concert to Aid
the Fund-Old SoId1ers' Post.
to Contribute.

memory of Minnesota's SONS who
Fought in the civil war, il the wonen,a
G A. r. committee can ACCOMPLISH ito
purpose, and nobody doubts the ahili+v
OF the representative and energatic
women comprising the committee ~
carry out any project thew attemnt
1hls committee, which constituted
most valuable adjunct Of the citizan,a
". a r. committee before and dIrino
t'S national encampmenr, has been re-
=! o!sallzed under the title Of the "SoI
ulers Monument Committee r. bas
@neduy held two or three meetings
alIu yesterday afternoon the members
at the commercial club for the
Aurther consideration Of the object in
view. Inc attendance was large and
the HVeIlest interest was manifested ~
the proceedings.
MIS-. X. M. Newport the president or
the committee, first called upon the
chalrmen or the subcommittees and
other officers for reports.
MIS-. II. A. Castle, one Of the vica
presidents. who had promised to r,,r-
HIsh hst or the various organizations
oI all descriptions, from which sub-
scrlptlons might be solicited. read the
llst she mad prepared. 1t was exterr-
S!Ve' the organizations mentioned in
cluulhg many hundred people. Mrs.
CastIe related an interesting experi-
ence with chimney sweep who ham
peHeu 10 De working at her house
asked Wnat organization he belonged
~, the chimney sweep, who was mona
other than Slunkey Norton. replied
lnat there was no local organization oP
chlInney sweeps, but said that. as an
lholVldual, he would gladly give 25
cents toward a soldiers monument
"nlch he then and there did,
MRS. Russell Dorr, chairman oF +ba
music committee, informed the commit
tee that the Schubert club would pj1a
concert on Feb. 25, and devote tbe
proceeds to the soldiers monument
iunu; Inc feature Of the concert would
ne tne appearance Of Max Heinrich
ole ce!epTated singer Mrs Dorr also
assured the committee, that the Sch11-
pert club would be pleased to f,1rnieh
music at all Of the meetings az the
committee = ITO
MRS: j. Q. Adams, the treasurer ~
ported that the sum Of $502 was nov IN
the treasury -
mrs Newport appointed the following
a tauies 70 serve as the committee on
lhance: Mrs. George c. Souires Nrs
henry Hazenwinkle, Mrs. J R Hoxeia
ana MRS. George H. Bridgeman The
president, treasurer and auditor, will
also act with the finance committee
Inc committee then listened ia two
Interesting papers, one by w. S. Har-
WOOD ana the other by Mrs C. d. Par
I AeI. Mr. HarWood advocated the erec-
tloh OF a bronze monument, and strong
ly emphasized the necessity OF i+s ~
ing a work Of art, not a meaningless
pie or stone, or shaft Of granite hII+
sG11lethlng that would bear evidence Of
the artistic thought and hand Of a
sculptor, instead Of representing moth
ing put the work Of the stone mason
and the derrick.
MRS. Parker read a most Interesting
paper on "Bronzes." containing n1,,.5
valuable information
Blshop M. n. Gilbert, being invited
to address the committee pafd an earn
est tribute to the valuable work done
py the women Of st. Paul during the
y. A r. encampment. Bishop GIL
bert rejoiced in the fact that the wo-
men had banded together to work for
such worthy object, an object that
inspired and intensified the virtue OF
patriotism. Such work could not but
rebound to the glory Of St Paul.
Capt. II. A. Castle also spoke briefly
he hoped the ladies would take and
maintain firm stand in behalf OF
~ = eAtiS o. oO4IicIS monument. That
snould be their sole purpose AS to
the need of public library. which had
been proposed as a substitute for a
monument, Capt. Castle said that un-
doubtedly the United States govern
ment would donate to the city the
present post Office building as soon "a
the new federal structure is completed
Ana as to building a memorial hall,
there would be no need Of that az
such an institution would be provided
Tor IN the new state capitol now in
course Of construction. Quarters would
be set aside there for the preservation
and display of all relics of the war
Mrs. Newport read letters from Mai.
John Espy showing that the monu-
ment idea had been considered by the
G. A. r. posts for a year past This
was news to the ladies' Mrs New
port said she was convinced that the
sole purpose in view should be a
soldiers monument in view Of the fact
that provisions would soon be made
for public library and a memorial
hall.
The committee then adjourned to
meet at the home Of Mrs. Fl. A. Castle
on Feb. 13 at 2:30 D. m
AT the conclusion Of the business Sos
sion short musical programme fol-
lowed to which Mrs. II. Fernstrom,
Mrs. j. A. Detzer. Miss Florence Pace
and Miss Louise Reed contributed,
Light refreshments were served by the
Commercial club