The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Advance Guard Arriving to At-
 tend National Body
[, M, ,HAGERTYFIRST TO COME
President Lynch and Secretary Bram- wood Are Expected ThIs After. noon-Women Make Arrange
 ments for Entertainment.

E. M. Hagerty, member of the laws committee of the International Typo graphical Union, arrived in the city yes- terday from his home in Atlanta. MT. Hagerty comes to attend the convention, which convenes In this city on Monday next In Elks' Hall, and Is the first of the officers and committeeman to arrive in the city.
 James Lynch, president, and J. w. Bramwood secretary-treasurer of the In- ternational Union. will arrive in the city this afternoon via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Indianapolis.and will immediately repair to the Morris Ho- tel, where the headquarters of the union will be during the convention. The local arrangement committee will meet every incoming train, beginning tomorrow, and will greet all delegates at the depot.
 The coming convention will be the for ty-seventh held by the International Ty- geographical Union. The past year shows a net gain In membership of 2s43 members.
 Plans of Entertainment.
 The following is brief outline of enter tainment of the delegates and visitors to the convention as arranged by the com mittee on entertainment, the details of which have not yet been perfected
 Sunday-A smoker and informal recep- ton.
 Monday-A trip around the horn. A spe- cial train has been secured for this occa- sion and visit will be made to all of the industries in the district. s'F''
 Tuesday-A barbecue at North Birming- ham Park
 Wednesday-A trip to the steel mills and other industries at Ensley, followed by a supper at Tuxedo Park. stss
 Thursday-A trolley ride over the differ ent lines of the city, and afterwards theatre party and melon feast at East Lake.
 Women Make Plans.
 At a meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Typographical Union No. 14 held yesterday afternoon at the Commercial Club. plans were completed for enter taining the visiting women in attendance upon the approaching convention. @
 Out of several hundred delegates to the convention there will be only one woman delegate but 1t Is expected that many visiting women from all parts of the country will be in attendance, and ar- engagements have been completed to en- certain them..
 The Ladies Auxiliary was organized a few weeks ago for the purpose of as- sisting the local union in its momentous undertaking in entertaining such 8 nota- ply large aggregation of delegates.
 Mrs W. R. Venable, the president, is mittee which includes every member of the organization.
 To Give Reception.
 Among the events arranged in honor of the visiting women will be an informal reception in the parlors of the Florence hotel on Tuesday morning. August 13 at 10 o'clock On Thursday evening the guests of the ladies' auxiliary at an out ing and dance at East Lake Park. where supper will be served.
 On Friday evening, August 16 the vis- iting women will be given view of the furnaces. There will probably be a large opera party given in honor of the visitors, this to conclude the barbecue at Lakeview.
 The ladies auxiliary, while organized to aid in entertaining the delegates and visitors to the convention, will remain a. permanent organization, and after the convention adjourns will hold a meeting to discuss some practical work that is to be undertaken.
 Mrs. Venable. the president, is among the very few women who enjoy the dis tinction of knowing how to set type. She worked for short time in the Age Herald's composing rooms and was with the Birmingham News for several years The other officers of the auxiliary are: Vice president, Mrs. w. s. Lopez; secre- tary and treasurer, Mrs. M D. King; re- cording secretary. Mrs W. c, Gardner; financial secretary. Mrs. J. A. Perry.