The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-25
CROWD OF WOMEN
Thousands Of Club Members and
Their Friends
Gather in Boston for the BIZ
ennial Convention.
HALL is TOO SMALL.
Not Room Enough for These
Eager to Take Part.
Visitors Given a Breakfast by
Local Organization.

Boston, June 25.-Thousands of club
women from all parts of the country
are in Boston, all of them on the same
GRAND, to attend the sessions of the
biennial convention of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, and in.
cidehtally to enjoy the receptions. ex-
cursions and outings that have been
planned for the hours when the busi-
ness of the day is not exacting.
Little in the way of decoration was
attempted at Symphony Hall except
on the stage There a garden-lik eff
feet is produced in the old French
style, with a great deal of green and
foliage, but with little color except
such as will be supplied by the daily
bouquet of fresh flowers on the speak
ers' desk. A central aisle reaches from
the wide entrance door at the back of
the stage, to the front of the stage, the
rest Of the floor covering being green
like a carpet of grass. Around the
three sides of the stage a sort of per-
COLA effect is obtained by the use of
columns between which are looped
garlands of green. Behind these col
umns small aisles are laid to the side
doors leading from the stage. A green
foliage background covers the usual
wainscot behind the columns. In front
a low hedge of green takes the place
of the usual footlights The effect Is
fresh and beautiful and as inviting as
any scheme that could possibly have
been evolved. Mrs. Mabel Loomis
Todd is the chairman of the commit
tee on decorations for the biennial,
and the garden plan for the stage is
Mrs. Todd's design.
The various committees had a hard
time of It. They had a faint idea of
what to expect when registration be-
gan. but they had no reason to think
that the women would come in such
swarms. Miss Sarah e. Hunt of
Salem. chairman of the bureau of
local information, had her committee
OF one hundred subdivided and there
were three-hour relays in charge of
the different stations established in
symphony Hall.
Hall Too Small
The foyer of the first balcony
where the committees were stationed
was so thronged that it was found
necessary to get the women in line in
the east stairway and have them de-
part by the west side of the building.
This plan worked admirably, but those
behind the tables were ready to
drop" as they expressed it, when
luncheon time was announced
When the delegates and alternates
returned to the hall after luncheon
they were unable to get in. The man
at the door was subjected to all sorts
OF questions. but he merely remarked
that he was obeying orders. 1t was
easy to understand why the commit
tees felt they must have a little time
to recuperate after the tiresome
hours of the early morning. During
this wait the Massachusetts, avenue
entrance was thronged with women,
nearly every one in white. When they
were again admitted similar scene
was witnessed, and this was con-
tinued until II was time to leave for
the reception arranged by the Massa-
chusetts Federation in the Grund-
mann Studios.
The various state delegations have
made their headquarters at these
places:
Emerson College of Oratory. 239
Hunting avenue-Colorado. Connecti-