The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-14
THOUSANDS AT ARMORY
FOR w. r. c. RECEPTION
Delightful Affair in Honor of the Orders PresidentMss
Clara Barton There-Daughters of Veterans
Also Receive

Almost everybody trooped over to
the university armory this afternoon
to attend the reception which the citi-
I zens of Minneapolis gave under the
auspices of the Woman's s Relief corps
in honor of Mrs. Abbie A. Adams of
Superior, Neb., the national president.
The number Of guests equalled that
of an army, for it ran way up into
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT $4,000 and
10000 at the least.
The armory was aglow with yellow
and white, for Mrs. Mary L. Stark
weather and her committee on decora
tions had chosen the national color of
the w. R. C. The woodland stage set
ting served as background for camp
scene with tent and stack Of guns and
III the center Of the armory, from a
tain sent spray of cool water almost
to the ceiling.
Distinguished Reception Group.
The reception group included the
most prominent of the city's guests and
the well-known men and women of the
state, the people everyone wanted to
meet. They were Mrs. Ida K. Martin,
the department president Of the w. R..
c., in gown Of white, Mrs. Abbie A..
Adams, the national president, who was
dlgnlfed and charming in a beautiful
gown of white lace, Governor and Mrs.
John A. Johnson, Mayor and Mrs. D.
P. Jones, Miss Clara Barton, the Misses
J. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Longfel-
low, Mrs. Ruth Foote, President and
land, Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen, Ms Kate
L Brownlee Sherwood, Mrs. Ell Torrance,
Senator and Mrs. knute Nelson, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Moses E. Clapp, former
Governor and Mrs. S. R. Van SAINT,
Judge l.: W. Collins, General and Mrs.
Fred Salisbury, Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.
and Mrs. H. H. Kimball, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. B. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Starkweather, Rev. and Mrs. J. S.
Montgomery, Judge and Mrs. John Day
Smith, James Walker and the past de-
partment presidents, Mines. Nettie NJ
Norton, Sarah Milham, Lydia George
Whitmore, Mary E. Leavens, Adelaide
i. Bissell, Mary A. Silloway, Ella G.
Gearhsrt, Flora S. Wilson, Ada E. May,
Agnes Whitney Savage, Mary E. Ply
mat, Alice Griffin Brennan, Sara E. B.
Smith
Commander Tanner had asked to be
excused from the reception group, in
order to save his strength, and he was
represented by his daughters
AS the guests approached, Colonel
George NJ. Eddy, who stood beside the
flag that marked the head of the re-
ceptlon line, introduced them to one
of the ninety white-robed escorts, who
in turn introduced them to the recep-
tion group, and kept them from yield
Ing. to the temptation to chat too long
with the dearly loved Miss Barton, or
to congratulate the Minnesota women
on the perfection Of their plans In
the hall were fifty assistant hostesses,
each wearing the big red bow with the
button bearing picture of the de-
her best to enable the guests to enjoy
themselves. Frappe ia bles were in
charge of the groups of the younger
women, also in white, with Mrs. Ida
Frick as chairman.
Daughters Of Veterans.
After the visitors had greeted the W.
K, Z; receiving line, they were escorted
wing. where the Daughters of Veterans
OF Minnesota We're receiving in honor
of Miss Bertha Martin of Massillon,
Ohio, the national president. In hel
reception group were Mrs. Agnes c.
Davis, president of the recently organ
lied Mary Starkweather tent of Min
neapolis, G. Mile Leighton, Gertrude
Solderberg, Clara Hoover, Carrie B
Kilgore, Genevieve G. Hanson, Estelle
Herring, Florence M. Parks, Ida E.
W. Warren, all out-of- town Daughters, and
Sons of Veterans Of Dwight. Ill.
In the north wing Miss Nellie Hope
orchestra played a. program of patri
otto airs The organization is knowr
as the Woman 8 Relief Corps orchestra
and was organized thru the influence OF
Mrs. R. M. Newport in st. Paul, wher
the G. A. R. met in that city in 1896
The soloists were Miss Alma Peterson
soprano, Miss Jessie Williams, alto
and Miss Georgia Telley, violinist
Bands were stationed on the campus
and played popular programs as the
guests wandered about.
At the close of the reception while
the people still thronged the campus
there was a novel little ceremony which
interested thousands. Captain Wallace
Foster Of Indianapolis arranged pa
triotic shower which sent down hun
dreds of tiny flags as souvenirs.