The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-26
BOYS AND GIRLS VIE WITH EACH
OTHER IN THEIR PA
TRIOTISM
THOUSAND BADGES PER DAY
SUCH IS THE RECORD OF THE
NUMBER SOLD SO FAR FOR
THE PAST FIVE DAYS
FUNDS ARE COMING FREELY


Blk Thousand Dollars VIII Have
Been ReaIized-New COMMITTEES
Appointed as Sort of Advisory
Board-The Work Doesn't show
Signs of Lagging.
No more inspiring or beautiful sight
coulo De imagined than the one presented
at che commercial club rooms yesterday
III the presence Of small army of girls
ana boys who had caught the all-pre-
Vadlng spirit of patriotism which prompt
ed the movement to bring home the BOYS
OF the Thirteenth regiment, free of cost
ana who We'd with each other in their
easerness to procure badges. THROUGH
out the day the rooms were filed with
the bright little ones, and by nigbtfau
several hundred children had been SIN.
Piled with the precious bits Of silken
ribbons.
Ih1s part Of the work is in charge Of
Mrs. Chester Bradford and the Misses
Aate Wanzer and Mabel B. Horn. the
girls badge, which costs 25 cents. beine.
OF pink ribbon with a picture of a mem
Der OF the regiment, and the Inscription.
we are helping the Thirteenth. too,'
while the boys badge is bIue with .
miniature soldier carrying a knapsack
and canteen.
Nearly 1000 badges a DAY sold for the
hve days they have been on sale is the
splendid record thus far made, and Sec
retary Stine, of the Commercial club. said
last night that it was expected that by
the close of business tonight the sum OF
FO'9Cc will have been realized.
WORK IS MORE SYSTEMATIC.
The work yesterday was conducted
with renewed zeal, and the efforts both
in the city and the outside towns, is be-
coming more systematic, so that the
field viii! be thoroughly covered, the re-
sponses from the outside being especially
gratifying.
AT meeting held at noon yesterday
by the general citizens committee in
rooms Of the Commercial club the fol-
lowing gentlemen, among others, were
present.: Conde Haulline, c. 2. Slime.
Mayor Kiefer, Ique Lederer, George r.
Finch, Theodore Schurmeier, D. More
land, George Hallberg, Jesse Gregg. c. j.
Whellams, Edw. Feldhauser, H. P. Hall.
L. j. Lee, George F. jackson. f. w.
Bergmeier, S. L. Haas, p. ]. schaub.
Mayor kiefer presided and G. p. Stine
acted as secretary.
Mr.. Hamlin made the following state.
pent:
The sale of badges SO far has aver
aged $l,0c0 per day since beginning of
sale last Monday. We should have 5000
at lowest and most conservative esti-
mate practically in hand by Saturday
evening. With a little extra effort this
highly gratifying result can be accom-
plished. The field has been by no means
exhausted. There is still plenty of work
to be done in some of the large office
buildings, in the breweries, railroad
shops, among the street railway en-
ployes and among the citizens and chill
dren. The work next week will be even
moro thoroughly organized. The cut
side towns and villages are responding
nobly, and the whole state is interested
in the good work. Particularly crafty
ing is the interest that the various labor
organizations are displaying
Mr.. Lederer was appointed chairman
and Mr.. T. B. Neuhausen secretary of a
special committee, whose duty H. shall
be to look over the field already COW
cred by the energetic citizens who are
conducting the sale of badges in special
localities and buildings. The chairman
Of this committee was empowered to
designate a sufficient number of citizens
to carry out this plan and to adopt such
measures as may be best adapted to fur
ther the work. The members of the spe~
ciaI committee already appointed are the
following:
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Conde Hamlin. c. P. stine. D. Moreland,
w G. Strickland, ]. ]. Parker, Edward
Feldhauser. G. B. Bowlby, F. c. Schlff-
Frederick Yerxa, L. L. May. George 2.
Hallberg, Ben Knauft, John Caulfeld, T.
NJ. Wheeler. Howard Wheeler, D. Reese.
Jesse A. Gregg, P. Bigue, Adam Heck, J.
F. Selb, Eli Warner, J. H. Beck, G. G.
Townsend, Renville Chinook Gustave
Scholle, Robert Seng, w. r. Johnson, John
WAGNER, D: A. Cudworth. ]. H. Stout,
j. f. Kelly, E. Zimmerman, Louis Nash,
W. P. JeWett, P. ]. Schaub, j. G. Jensen,
Ben Ellison, John SchulZe, H B. Farwel,
tensen, G. H. Bronson, G. A. Roach, 7. L.
Blood, Joseph Ehrmanntraut
A meeting OF the special and general
committees will be held at the CONNER
Cldl ClQD aJ Qd1I-p6SC L. o CLOCK IOudy
to consider further plans, and all citizens
who are interested are invited to at
tend. 1t is also the intention to hold
meetings at the same hour each day
next week, when the work of the sew
eral committees will be reviewed and
plans outlined for the further conduct Of
the work.
LABOR UNIONS INTERESTED.
The labor unions OF the city have
shown a commendable interest in the
sale of badges. and 1t is expected that
the members will call for at least 1000
badges, which will be worn in the Labor
day parade this forming a unique feat
ure of the celebration.
Yesterday several outside towns were
heard from, among others being the fol-
lowing:
S. M Sivertson, Atwater, Mimi
Enclosed please find check for $25 for
Thirteenth regiment badges left with me
to dispose Of by your Mr.. Clinton. Our
citizens were glad of the opportunity to
contribute to the good cause"
B. K. Salverson, editor OF the Appleton
Tribune:
Send us twenty-five badges and we
will attempt to sell them here and report
promptly the amount received: This COM
munity has also a few boys in the Thir-
teenth."
E. C. Baird writes from Graceville: