The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-02-25
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From Mondays Daily.
The Midwinter Breakfast.

Inc hiuWlutcI OlCdhldSt.
Minneapolis Journal: When the
first plans for the midwinter breakfast
of the Minnesota Federation of Wom-
ems clubs were made, the word was
given out, $500 and not a soul more
shall be served" and it is a 60, Tor
after the fifth hundred ticket of ad-
mission has been sold the sale will be
at an end. and be it club woman, Of
iicer or past president, that limit VIII
not be overstepped.
The breakfast is to be served in the
Junior Pioneer building. st. Paul, which
has facilities for taking care OF 500
guests easily, but it's just as hard 10
draw the line at 500 IA at 500, and
so not more than 500 there will be.
Mrs. r.. r. Dorr, the chairman OF the
general committee, who is also vice
president of the fourth district, and
her assistants. Mines. w. NJ. Todd, i.
i. Van Kirk, f. A. Defel, z. j. Haw-
kins. are busy with the arrangements
for the breakfast. which will be one of
the most entertaining affairs the club
has enjoyed for many day. The
building is i'm all its beauty of new
ness, with handsome parlors and re-
ception rooms, and the banquet hall
will be enhanced by appropriate and
patriotic decorations.
The council meeting will be held at
9:3O a. m. and there will be the gen
eral reception at IL 80, when Mrs. A.
O. Eberhart, the wife OF the governor;
Mrs. c. G.. IIigbee, her staff or state
federation officers, the former presi-
dents and the vice presidents of the
nine districts will he in the receiving
line. At the meeting of the council in
the morning there will be the reports
from the various departments of the
club. such as the committee on fores-
try. the reports of the individual chair
man Of the committee on charities and
corrections, which include the child
labor committee, the white slave in
vestigation committee, and many other
committees. OF the committee on
charities and correction Mrs. a. T.
Hale and Mrs. T. F. Kinney will be
the speakers. also Mrs. w. B. Mitchell,
St. Paul; Mrs. L. W. Rosing, Merriam
Park; Miss Vera Bean, Minneapolis:
Mrs. T. C. Collins. Window; Miss Jean
Poirier, Duluth; Mrs. Russell r. Door,
st. Paul: Mrs. A. B. Stevenson, Crook
ston, and Mrs. c. c. Ilinckley, Glare.
mont.
The program which will follow the
banquet in the afternoon will Dave the
following as speakers: Mrs. NJ. b.
Lewis, Mrs. c. G. Higbee, Mrs. Russell
r. Door, Mrs. Anne B. Underwood,
Lake City; Mrs. Graham Munich,
Crookston; Miss Mary Morgan New
port, ST. Paul; DR.. Alice Mott, of the
University of Minnesota; Miss Jean
Poirier. Duluth Mrs. Mary f. Stark
weather, Minneapolis Each speaker
will be given ten minutes.
Mrs. Russell r. Dorr, president OF
the fourth district. has asked all wom-
en- who 60 to the breakfast TO take
their visiting cards and have them at
tached to their gowns so that the in
rtdoucing hosts and guests may he
inauguarated at the federation break
fast in Minneapolis last year.
4 few directions az to how to reach
the Junior Pioneer building will not
he amiss, so the committee announces
that strangers travelling on the Selby-
Lake ears get oil ut Exchange street,
then turn TO the left and go TO Ninth
leads to the st. Joseph hospital and
and Exchange streets. As one road
the Junior Pioneer building. and the
former has greater prestige as to ac'
quaintanccship inquiry for the hos.
pital will be helpful as it is directly
opposite the Junior Pioneer building
Travellers on the lnterurban car vii
leave the car at the old capitol and
turn TO the right.