The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
EVERY DETAIL IN
APPLE.PIE ORDER
WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS ANTICI-
PATE EVERY EMERGENCY.
Last Meeting of General Committee
Shows that Not a Possible Want of
Visiting Women Has Been Over
Notwithstanding Will Be Doing
All the Time.

The last meeting, yesterday, the gen.
eral committee of the w. R. G.. will
hold before the convention showed that
the preparations for the entertainment
Of the veterans and the women Of the
The women were enthusiastic as they
listened to the reports of the different
committees yesterday in the mayor g
reception room, for nothing seems to
be left undone that will contribute to
the comfort or the pleasure OF the y1s-
3tors.
No organization or RESTAURANT in the
citv. will serve more people next week
than the W. R. c., for, in addition to
the 10000 veterans who will be served
on the day of the parade. the corps
will have, luncheon for Gommander- ni
Adams and her staff on the reviewing
stand, and as if that were not enough
for even so energetic body as the
w, R. c., 500 women will be served
at luncheon both days of the conven,
tion in Wesley church. These are all
free lunches, for even at the churcn
nothing will be for sale but postage
stamps, and they will be found In the
corner allotted to the committee on
small conveniences.
Pins and Needles.
There will be no excuse for the Wis
itors who have torn braids on their
skirts or buttons off their waists, for
this committee on small convenlences
will be provided with buttons, hooks
and eyes, pins, needles and thread ana
any other trife which will enable
woman to make herself as .sp1ck ana
span as she should be. This commit
tee will be at Wesley church the TWO
DAYS of the convention.
The badges for the delegates nave
been received and are most attracIlVe'
The oxidized silver emblem hangs from
O yellow ribbon, for yellow is the color
of the w. R. c., and the ribbon IS at
tached to a silver bar. The badges ipr
the hostesses committee were dlstrlb-
uted esterday They are of white satin
and are accompanied by a narrow red
satin ribbon bearing the word Host
es5,'' There will be 1000 badges with
the name of Minnesota for distribution,
So that every woman may cOnnoehtly
count on haying at least one tiutter1ng
ribbon on her breast.
Carriages in Demand.
There will be a demand for carriages
next week that will keep the livery
men planning. Mrs. Ida K: Martin en-
phasized the demand when she re-
marked that when she had ordered
carriage to take her to the reception
her that he had had seventeen more
orders than he could fill, and the story
is the same at all. of the stables. The
committee on carriages announced that
arrangements had been made to provide
q carriage for Mrs. Adams, the national
president, for the week.
Mrs. Martin made little speech IN
which she said that Minnesota, as the
hostess department, would remain neu-
tral in regard to the election OF the ma
tlonal officers. The women of the state
have not indorsed any candidate and II
they follow Mrs. Martin s wish they
will not, but will give each an equal
chance as far as Minnesota is concerned
The delegates will not have any time
in which to become homesick for when
they are not being entertained at. some
reception or meeting, the hostesses' com
mittae will whisk them away on some
outing, to the Soldiers Home, Lake
Harriet or Lake Como. The street rail
way company will give the chairman OF
each hostesses' committee four tickets
for each delegate and the outings will
be arranged to suit the convenience Of
the different departments.
"Just Ask Me-
The information committee Will have
members at the railroad stations, thf
West hotel and the courthouse to an
swer questions. The chairman of tht
telephone committee, Mrs. Babcock, viii
have. corps OfsmeSsengerS to aid her II
calling people to the telephones, which
have been installed in Wesley churcl
by the telephone companies. There will
also be postoffice at the church, ant
the lost and found committee will have
a room in which to look after stray ar
ticles.
Considerable interest was shown il
the description of the decorations fol
the "U' armory for the big reception
Never in the history of the university
have more elaborate decorations beer
planned. A. w. Guild says so, and hi
ought to know. The women who have
charge of the reception had a meeting
everything was discussed at length.
Comfort for Everybody.
The meeting Of the hostesses com
mittee preceded that of the genera
committee. Every department will hav
a group of Minneapolis women who viii
look especially after the comfort of it
headquarters will be elaborately deco
rated with flags and bunting in the ns
tional and corps colors.
One Of the departments will bring it
own decorations and many of them wi
come supplied with souvenirs to leav
: behind. One of the Minneapolis won
en-, whose committee is largely made u
of women from the country corps, hs
provided the souvenirs for her W.
C. guests herself. From three to fol-
women will be at the different hea
quarters thruout the week and as tt
guests arrive they will be welcome
and cared for.
There will be outings and entertai
= ments galore for every delegate. TT
women from the country corps wi
are on the local committees will arri1
Monday and will begin work at one
Mrs. Nettie M. Norton, chairman of tt
hostesses' committee, has returne
from a summers absence and preside
yesterday.
NURSES TO BE HONORED q