The record-union., 1899-08-24
PREPARING FOR THE SHOW.
CITIZENS FAIR COMMITTEE rs
AT WORK.
General Progress is Reported and
Many Ladies VIII Aid the
Social Features.

Al d IIlSSllUS Ol llAC A1ACSNSAFN I'm
mittee of the Citizens State Fair Club,
at the Golden Eagle last night, 1t was
determined to have the sub committees
of the Financial Committee make
vigorous canvass for funds between
now and Saturday.
The matter of closing a contract with
A. Menke for exhibiting ten or more
ostriches was left with H. 1. Seymour.
Mr. Menke values his large birds at
$500 each, and he wants the committee
to stand responsible for their loss or
injury. 1t was the sense of the COM
mittee that Mr.. Menke be paid a fiat
sum to make the exhibit. enough to
cover risk and cost.
w. f. Purnell, of the Reception Com
mittee reported that twenty eight or
ganiZationS of ladies would probably
take part in the reception on Ladies
Night, which is September 4th. The
committee decided to offer a prize Of
500 for the largest attendance more
than 100 in any one club, and $25 for
the largest percentage of attendance In
any club having more than % members.
The following is a copy of the letter
which the Reception Committee issued
TO members of ladies' clubs yesterday:
Sacramento, August %, 1899.
Dear Madam: The opening night of
the State Fair september 4th) has
been set apart as Ladies Night, and it
is the earnest desire Of the Citizens
State Fair Club that the ladies of Sac
ramento make a special effort to attend
that night.
Make it a general "At Home" night
and receive all your friends at the Pa
vilion. A special program has been
prepared and the night promises to be
one long to be remembered in the his
tory of the State Fair
We specially request that you use
your personal efforts to make it a sue
cess and make special effort to see that
all the members of your club" attend
The committee desires to send invita-
tions to all the ladies of the city and
would respectfully request that you
send or deliver to go ] street, at your
earliest convenience, a list of all the
members of your society.
If you can use more of the inclosed
invitations for friends either in or out
of the city. additional copies will be
supplied on application to the Reception
Committee, 60 street. Respectfully,
w. F. PURNELL,
Chairman Reception Committee, Citi-
zens' State Fair Club.
In this connection the offer of the
Tuesday Literary Club was received,
wherein a committee from that organiz-
alton agreed to provide society feat
ures.
Herman Fisher was given authority
to hire Japanese from the Mission TO
cir
other racial amusement features.
The question of advertising the Fair
in San Francisco was, after much de-
sultory discussion. left to Frank L.
Gray, OF the Committee of Publicity.
1t is the intention of the committee
to try to induce merchants and others
to decorate their houses with flags and
bunting during Fair week.
The following report of President En-
right of the Citizens State Fair Club
was read and adopted:
sacramento, August 23, 1899
"The Committee on Reception report
ed on the 10th that at a meeting of la
dies representing various societies and
clubs, a resolution was adopted declar-
ing 1t to be the sense of the meeting,
that the various ladies' organizations
take part and provide society features
for every night not already assigned.
Il recommend that the offer be ac-
cepted and that the thanks of this Ex-
ecutive Committee be rendered to va
rious ladies' clubs.
I recommend that the ladies of the
Tuesday Literary Club be invited to
take charge of the reception features
for Tuesday night, September 9th, and
that Ladies of Relief Corps, G. A r,
be invited to take charge on Wednes-
day night, September 9th. The ladies
of the Saturday Musical Club and of
the Choral Society be invited to take
charge on Monday night, September
11th. The Ladies of the Caledonians
be invited to take charge Wednesday
night, September 18th. The ladies of
the Club of 90 be invited to take charge
on Thursday night, September 14th,
and that the Kingsly Art Club Friday,
September 10th.
L recommend that your Committee
on Receptions, W. F. Purnen, Chair
man, be authorized to arrange with
c. T. Barton (who has the refreshment
privilege at the Pavilion) for light re-
freshments for the use of each of the
clubs: also for the Daughters of Re
bekah for Thursday, September 7th, for
the ladies of Commercial Club Friday,
September Sth; Native Daughters, Sat
urday, September 9th, and for the La
dies of the Grange Tuesday, September
10Th. Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS L. ENRIGHT."
MISSING HUBERT HOWARD.