The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-24
MONDAY EVENING,

line is as follows: On the first floor the
reception room will be in antique oak
with weathered oak furniture. The walls,
hangings and rugs are in a general color
scheme of brown and yellow. The library,
which Is in the front of the building
across the hall from the reception room,
will have woodwork and furniture of
brown Flemish oak. The draperies will
be IN dark blue and the walls red. The
large fireplace in this room will be an i'm
portant decorative adjunct and the book
cases will be built In. A long seat will
be built In at one side of the fireplace.
The office Of the general secretary will
be an odd but artistic and Frenchy COM
bina ton of green and blue with oak fur
niture. The assembly room. In buff and
gold, will have a very attractive plat
form and will be furnished In antique oak.
The main room on the second floor will
be the dining-room at the back OF the
building. There the woodwork will be
natural birch and the walls tinted yellow.
The furniture will be plain and substan-
tial oak. The rest room. to be furnished
by Mrs. Benton. will be most inviting
spot with it's dozen touches covered with
figured denims and supplied with pillows
to match. There will be screens to sep
arate the occupants of the touches and
easy chairs and tables will be provided
for those who do not desire to lie down.
The cooking school has the other large
the storeroom, pantries, etc. In addition
to the equipment for class work in cook
ing, it will have one end Of the room ar
ranged as dining room, where serving
will be exemplided. -
The Gymnasium.
The gymnasium will occupy a consid-
cradle part of both the third and fourth
floors. being two stories high. with a gal
lery; it will be entirely ceiled with Georgia
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above the gallery, which will be tinted
in terra Gotta. Considerable new appara-
tus will be provided for the gymnas sum-
as the classes this year have greatly In
| creased In size.
The parlor on the fourth floor is to be
| q pretty, home-like and very cornrnodious
room. The color scheme will BIO mahog-
any and green. Here richly colored ori-
| entail rugs will be used and the furniture
| will be In rattan and mahogany stained
birch. This room has fireplace to ado
! to it's good cheer and plano will furnish
| means OF entertainment. Two large and
attractive class rooms furnished In COLDER
oak will open into the parlor and the en-
tire suite can be used for large gatherings
| There will be a number OF small classrooms
in various parts Of the buildings
Growth In Membership.
The efforts of the association to do a.
| muCn as pOSlDle lux IlScAl III OtoippAAAo ~IA>
| new building has greatly strengthened the
organization. Since the reports at the
last annual meeting in midwinter the pale
| membership has increased from ITO tc
| 1853 on Nov. 1. During September, o9s
came in largely on account of the classes
that were just being organized, and ~
| in October. The total class enrolment Il
746, Of whom 1913 are in the gymnasium.
Early last spring, owing to the very
| crowded condition of the lunchroom anc
parlors the free Use Of the lunchroom anc
noon rest was restricted to members; al
| others were given the same privilege or
| the purchase Of 2-cent check each day
| These checks had a stub to be retained
and when fifty were secured they could oe
| turned in and years membership ticke,
secured. In this way many who thought
| they could not pay out a dollar at one time
| for dues became members without realiz-
| ing that there was any appreciate extra
| expense.
| These pay checks were an experiment
| whose result has been very satisfactory
| 1t apparently prevented no one who de-
| sired and needed the privileges from com
! ing for lunch and to rest and 1t gave the
! girls a, realizing sense Of the benefits re-
ceived. Having secured membership tick
ct in this way they understand and appre'
ciate the association as they did not wher
they regarded 1t as mere convenience
and often took the attitude that they were
comforting a. favor by bestoW1ng their
patronage on the association. Already BIZ
new members have been added from the
exchange Of 2-cent stubs.