The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-01
All Stations Are Arranged and
Everything Is in Readiness for
Hospital Collections.
CONTEST FOR ROLL OF HONOR.
Labor of Mercy Promises to De-
velop Friendly Rivalry Among
Solicitors and Managers
of Office Buildings.

| To-day ia Hospital Saturday, the day on
! which the fair half OF ST. Louis society Y
! turns out and works in the interest Of the
| institutions for .i:ing humanity. All ia IN
| readiness fc- the labor O; mercy. Yesterda y
/ the big round glass boxes. designed for the
! reception OF the coins of the charitable
business man. were delivered at the various
! hotels and office buildings. and the furnI-
| ;ure for the Of the fair solicitors ar
ranged.
! In order that due credit will he given for
the good work done in each station, every
box has been carefully numbered. ana q
record kept OF fits location When the count
Is made this evening the committee Will
know ut once which group of ladies' to place
at the head of the roll OF honor. Each box
was accompanied With a package OF sill.
badges for the ladies' and Il large bundle cf
the little round tags. marked with tne Cit-
neva cross, to pin upon the breasts OF con-
t1butors 10 Indicate that they have sub
scribed. Pamphlets and other necessary lit
erature were also sent.
Great interest WAS manifested In the
work, and without exception the men at the
buildings welcomed the messengers IN tho
k!nuest manner ard set To work vigorously
10 prepare for the entertainment OF Ihe
ltulsS. lie IlbStliat sdlLFAaN anu SUNDAY
Association Leaves the detail Of the arrange
Inents at each building In charge OF the
man specially named fur the purpose, rely
iis on his doing all that is necessary for
the ladies comfort.
AS the movement has become better rn-
derstood In the last few years. the p.ep3rd-
tions have become much more elaborate.
SI,d iu some cases the decorations last year
were attractive III the extreme. Judging
from the expressions OF the men at the
various buildings yesterday. the work i'll
this direction Will bs even more generous
to-day than in past years. There VIII lie The
Usual friendly competition between build
irss.
Last year Tire Wainwright building made
IL wonderful gain on the preceding year, and
procured at total of S5s2, which every one
supposed would establish u record. When
thc Security building box was counted
littlc later in the evening. II WIS found
10 contain Soi2, thus again heading All tna
buildings IN the city. The Wainwright buiid-
iug party determined TO take first place
to-day. ami they have already obtained
promises OF very large contributions. Ia
addition to this, they will, as usual. inter
rept all passersby and he equally grateful
toi a nickel as Tor sold piece or check
The Southern and Planters hotels last
year collected the same sum to within %
cents. and it VIII be Interesting to note
which GENES out ahead to-day. Festus j.
Wade. who was appointed a committee or
one to ascertain whether 1t would te practi-
made arrangements yesterday Win j: j.
Coakley whereby box will be placed in
conspicuous position. Mr.. Coakley sent a
requiSiii0n for an extra number of hangers.
and proposes to show the downtown people
that good results can be obtained little
far ther west. -
George l.. Markham. who was appointed
a committee of one to have party of la
dies assigned at the Imperial Theater. Sc
cured the assistance Of Frank Tate and
made = very satisfactory arrangement, aud
one which Is liable to result IN heavy
increase in the days receipts. Miss Graycc
Scott of the stock company will be in
charge OF the box. assisted by other mem
hers of the committee. including the Misses
Maude Odell, Louise Dougl3s, Lucille la
Verne. Grace Estelle Clarke and Marguerite
Crosse.
Several additions were made yesterday to
the lists Of ladies; Miss Matte Walker was
Ghnisa 10 building for ths faTiy
Mrs. George Gambrill, Mrs. Wallace Butler
and Miss Dozier consented to assist Mrs
house, matinee and evening performance
Mrs. Joseph Mutually completed her party
for the l-aclede Hotel from 10 a. N. to 2.
IN. She will he assisted by Mrs. Harry Il. |
and the Misses Mutually. MAJ
glret Sandusky and Marie January. Mrs. |
Silas r. Jones obtained the consent of Mrs.
Il. A. Wilkes TO assist her in the afternoon |
at the odd Fellows building. AT the Union |
Trust building IN the morning Mrs r. X. |
will take the place uf Mrs. |
Al the same building Mrs. Harry L. knight |
has been added TO Mrs. Norris Il. Gress's |
party. |
A corps of workers will be kept In readi- |
ness all day To respond to telephone mes |
saSes from the buildings for further sup
allied and a greater number o. contributors |
appearing than anticipated. Supplies can |
be obtained within 4 few minutes by ring |
Ing up telephone Main 1888 or a 81. Mr.. !
II. y. Davis. chairman OF the Box Commit |
tee or his deputies. will be IN attendance
the entire day.