New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-08
NEWS OF FESTIVAL.
MRS. DoRE LYON DELIGHTED WITH ITS
sUCCEss-CLosE VOTING CONTESTS.

MRS. DORE LYON DELIGHTED WITH ITS
sUCCEss-CLosE VOTING CONTESTS.
Mrs Dore Lyon. who has been in charge OF the
festival from the beginning and who has assumed
all the responsibility for It's financial success, is
greatly pleased with the way things are going 7
yesterday 70 a Tribune reporter. y am more than
Women have supporIed this movement Nothing
could have been done without their cooperation,
ana on account Of It We. have been able TO have
city
Inc central feature OF the Federation Festival at
the WaldorfAstoria yesterday. its second day. was
the reception given in the afternoon by Sorosis in
the Astor Gallery. In the receiving line were Mrs.
c. H. Denison president of the General Federation:
Mrs. Charlotte F. Wilbur. eX-prssident OF Soross.
and Mrs. Ella Ditz Glynes. OF London, ex-presi-
dent OF Sorosis After several hundred cluowomen
I Women iH f,tfe speech and introduced Mrs
Gynes. who said it had been her good fortune 70
6Tst meeting OF the State Federation. and 20 have
also BEEN present at the first meeting of The So
cety Of American Women IN London; , Sh 20 I'm I'm
the coon. Incidental to the reception was music
Japsnese costume and there was vocal music by
quartet composed Of Mrs F. w syvesJNesr H I q.
4 ] NcIEf1Iev vas al the piano The music was
music for soross.
The various contests progressed merrily. The
beautiful Louis XVI coll offered by the New Cen
tlrv Study Circle for the most popular ehildrens
institution will go to the Home for Crippled Chl'-
dren unless some candidate should forge ahead
unexpectedly. Mayor Low was ahead on the
Roosevelt cane contest and the 9TH Regiment stood
at the head Of the sword voting list while La
favette Post and the Old Guard were not far be
hind As for the gavel offered by Post Parliament
Tor the most popular club president that Will &c -
MS a NJ Palmer unless the voting is greauy
ohaaged to-day. Miss Anne Rhodes is second
Mrs bore Lyon is away ahead on the Empire desk
PaimeT president OF the Rainy Day Club,
nonnced her wish TO step out OF the desk contest
had given such one OF the other contestants
as ne coLnttire ,Ge bosom of the chairwoman
Miss Helen n. Gould Is far down on the list. and
unless devoted hremen come TO the rescue to-day
she will lose the desk
A reception for the officers and executive board
OF the State Federation will take place this after
noon. Mrs Charles NJ. Dow. Of jamestown the
first vice-president, was confined TO her bed yes
it is expected that she win be present
over I'VE thousand persons had visited the fes
tival up TO O'Clock yesterday. To-day bids fair
10 be the most brilliant day. The third OF Nine
Won Klenner's matinee musicals will be given The
vaudeville show, which has made such hit. will
be repeated afternoon and evening. and during the
afternoon the Scotch Kiltie Club will perform IN
the large ballroom The wireless telegraph which
last night began 70 send the voting contests from
a machine in the orange grove 10 the gallery, will
keep on recording and senu.ng messages at 10 cents
? m pe; the bank will continue its worthy mis-
Sion of finding change for the women who pay for
D cent vase with tWenty-Qoiar bill; the trained
and doctor will De on duty to oandage cut
thumbs ard anoint hammered hnGers the sweet
little girls in white muslin who went on the moor
yesterday TO sell flowers wlll continue 70 PRONE.
made the corridors with their trays OF fragrant
wares-n short the great Federation Festival val, Tor
trade school for girls will reach It's climax
and apogee to-day.