The Saint Paul globe., 1903-10-14
3y a Staff Correspondent.

BY a Staff Correspondent.
MANKATO, Mimi, Oct. 13.-Every
train coming into Mankato today
brought club women by the score; to-
night there is not a vacant room in
any of the hotels. and many private
houses are full to overflowing.. The
hospitable Mankato club members met
every train and gave a hearty welcome
to the delegates.
Bright skies and balmy air augur
we'll for weather conditions and SO far
everything is propitious. The club
women are looking forward to a most
interesting and instructive session.
Among the prominent women who have
already arrived and are guests of well
known Mankato women, are Mrs. d. Il.
Denison, of New York, president of the
national federation, who is with Mrs.
L. L. Patterson. as is also the beloved
ex-prcsident of the Minnesota state
federation, Mrs. L. p. Williams, of
Minneapolis.
At her beautiful home on Second
street Mrs. J. w. Andrews is enter
tanning Mrs. LIE Penotiere, president of
the federation, Mrs. A. T. Bigelow, Of
Merriam Park, recording secretary.
and Mrs. W. w. Sykes, of Minneapolis.
corresponding secretary.
The First Presbyterian church. at
which the sessions of the federation are
to be held during the week. is a fine
stone structure, with an interior ar
rangement so commodious and adapt
able TO the needs of a convention that
it makes an ideal place of meeting.
The body of the church is a semi circle
and each seat so placed that no auditor
is located at a disadvantage. The au,
ditorium is beautifully decorated with
palms, asparagus vines and red carna-
tionS.
The Mankato local committee who
have the meeting in charge and who
have so far most ably discharged their
duties are MeSdameS w. L. ComStock,
]. w. Andrews, Rudolph Bierbauer, E.
L. Patterson, l.. P. Hunt. w. A. Funk
and ]. H. James.
The large Sunday school room of the
church and the smaller rooms adjoin-
ing make excellent places for district
and committee meetings.
The st. Paul delegation, which came
down on different morning trains. is at
the Saulpaugh house. and is, with the
Minneapolis delegation, the strongest
body of women present. Among the
Sanity City delegation already arrived
are: Mrs. c. A. Dibble, Mrs Samuel
Joy, Mrs. w. F. Graves, Miss Bailey,
Miss n. A. Hope, Mrs John Wharry
and Miss Wharry, Miss M. K. Clum,
Mrs. ]. w. Edgerton. Mrs. J. w. Strait,
Mrs. r. R. Dorr, Mrs. J. Shaw, Mrs.
John Dale and Mrs. A. T. Bigelow.
The present officers of the state fed
Grafton are:
President Mrs. E. NJ. La Penotieres;
honorary presidents. Miss Margaret J.
Evans, Mrs. Lydia Phillips Williams; vice
president at large, Mrs. William T.
Graves; corresponding secretary Mrs. w.
w. Sykes; recording secretary. Mrs. A. T.
Bigelow; treasurer. Mrs. c. S. Crandall;
auditor, Mrs. II. c. Marshall; historian,
fal
secretary. Mrs M. E. Matthews.
Vice Presidents-First district. Mrs.
Burdette Thayer;' second district, Mrs.
c. E. Conant; third district, Mrs H A
Tomlinson; fourth district, Mrs. G. A.
Dibble; fifth district. Mrs. c. b. Elliot;
sixth district, Mrs. f. ]. Lewis; seventh
district. Mrs, II. NJ. Workman; eighth dis
trict Mrs. Douglas Greeley; ninth district
Mrs G. O. Welch.
Of these the president, corresponding
secretary, recording secretary, auditor
historian and all the vice presidents,
are to be reelected, or others elected
to fill their places, at this convention.
Among other well-known club wom-
en- who have arrived today are: Mrs.
Conant, of Wells; Mrs r. P. Lewis,
OF Minneapolis; Mrs. Woodbridge, Miss
Parier, Miss M. B. Statham, Mrs.
Marble, Mrs. Seymour, of Duluth; Mrs.
Tomlinson, of ST. Peter; Mrs. c. N.
AkerS, of Hamline; Mrs. G. A. CreSsy,
of Newport; Mrs. Mitchell, of st.
Cloud; Mrs. Hubbard, of Lake City;
Mrs. G. o. Welch, of Fergus Falls;
Mrs. Crandall. of Owatonna; Mrs. I'm
derwood, of Lake City.
The council meeting began at one
o'clock in the main body of the church,
Mrs. LIE Penotiere presiding. Last
year at Albert Lea a new ruling was
made in regard to the executive board,
which was materially reduced in size
by eliminating the presidents of clubs
and confirming it to the general officers
and the vice presidents of the several
districts. This has not worked out in
effect as well as the promoters of the
amendment hoped, and a change is to
be voted upon by the delegates tomor-
row, when the informal ballot will be
taken. Much discussion is expected
to result when this matter is agitated.
A slight foreshadowing of the chief
discussions of the delegates shows that
the subject of isolation of refornato-
ries for women will be one, or, indeed,
the main issue of the convention. This
matter was gone into considerably last
year at Albert Lea. and already a warm
discussion is promised for tomorrow,
although clubwomen in general are
thoroughly convinced that it is desir-
able. The elections are consuming
much of the time and thought, and the
presidential candidate from St. Paul,
Mrs. w. f. Bramhall, is gaining sup
porters on every side. Her absence
from the convention so far is a matter
of regret to her friends.
When Mrs. La Penotiere dropped the
gavel at 2:25 p. m. nearly all of the
delegates were in their seats, the
church was full and the ninth annual
convention was declared opened. On
the platform sat Mrs. L. P Williams.
eX-pres1dent of the federation: Mrs.
w. F. Graves, of st. Paul. vice presi-
dent-at-large; Mrs. Fletcher. of Iowa
and Mrs. A. I. Bigelow, recording sec
retary, who sat at the right of the
president, Mrs. La Penotiere. The in
vocation was made by Mrs. J. H.
James, of Mankato, who prayed fer
vently that the deliberations of the
body might be harmonious. to which
every one said a hearty amen.
a very pleasant address of welcome