The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-04
c. A. R. LUNCHEON
PROBLEM GROWS
Committee Fails to Meet With
Response That Had
Been Expected. .
REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET
OF ORGANIZATION
REPORT PROGRESS.

Unless the members of the refresh
ment committee having in charge the
luncheon for the G. A. r. on the day of
the big parade meet with better sue
cess in the next few weeks than they
have in the past, the old soldiers viii
not have as an elaborate spread as the
women expected to give them. Their
efforts to secure assistance from outside
towns in this matter have proved with
out result in many respects, several OF
the towns refusing to donate any food
whatever. Some of the towns have con-
scented to give the amount asked for by
the women of the committee. but the
quantity now pledged is far from sufti-
cient to supply the demands Of the day.
Miss Lucy Van Colt is chairman of
this committee, and she made this re-
port at a meeting of the general COM
mittee held yesterday afternoon. On
account of the failure of the outside
towns 10 respond, meeting will be held
with the executive committee next
Tuesday at which time means for pro-
viding the lunch will be considered.
Plenty of Flowers.
Eight subcommittee made their re-
ports to the general wOmen's committee
of the G. A. r. yesterday, and were in
most part favorable. The flower COM
mittee reported that while it would be
unable to secure as many flowers as was
expected from the seeds sent out, yet
there would be plenty. Mrs Elizabeth
Cohen said that Mrs Clark of Garland
has promised to send to Salt Lake 1900
punches of flowers, and also that Miss
Willard of Pennington would send
large number.
The souvenir committee said its af-
fairs were in good shape, and that the
sSigns for the sou -enirs to be given to
the women delegates lad been adopted,
but would not be made public for some
time. The badge committee has selected
a design which will be the prettiest ever
given out at any G. A. r. encampment
The top bar will be of gold. The center
piece will be made of silver and in the
form of a sego lily. The lower portion
Of the medal will be copper, and will
bear a likeness of President Abraham
Lincoln.
The Living Flag.
Professor WetzeH addressed the COM
mittee and made known his plans for
the living fag. He said that only about
so per cent of the children who had
promised to take part had attended the
drills. and he urged the women to have
as many children as possible present at
the meeting to be held Tuesday morn
ing at the High school.
Sleeping accommodations for 5000
people have been secured by the com
mittee having this work in charge, but
this is far below the requirements, The
committee has been asked to secure
sleeping accommodations for $4,000 peo
pie outside of the hotels and roOming
houses. The larger part of the rooms
secured have already been assigned.
Mrs Frank McGanney said that she had
made provisions for securing the Judge
Miners home, and had arranged to have
the building furnished with cots, beds
and bedding. No charge will be made
for quarters in this building. An invi-
tatiOn committee was appointed with
Mrs. Allan T. Sanford as chairman.
The women have arranged for the es-
tablishment of rest rooms at the Lion
house, OdeOn dancing academy and at
the Eighth ward meeting house. There
will be, in addition to these three, five
or six rest rooms in the business sec |
ton of the city where the weary may
sit down and supply themselves with re
fTeshments. Several cafes viii be es-
tablished in the business section of the
city and a restaurant with a seating
capacity of 1,500 will be installed at the
Auditorium on Richards street.