The San Francisco call., 1910-10-11
POSTCARD WEEK
Opens With RUSH
Mail Carriers Are Swamped by
Flood of Exposition Boost
ing Pasteboards
Women District City and Com
pIete Plans for Strenuous
Work on Friday

Panama Pacific postcard week is on
in earnest At the opening Of the doors
of exposition headquarters yesterday
waiting applicants secured thousands
of the postcards and the stream kept
ND continuously all day long. Half a
million -postals sent through the mails
Yesterday was a conservative estimate.
The mail boxes throughout the city
were crammed at every collection and
the long suffering mail carrier looks
with alarm upon a whole week Of the
strenuous labor he experienced yes
terday.
In the meantime the demand for post
cards from other parts of the state in
creased. Los Angeles has called for a
second supply of 100000 cards. Frank
Widgins, secretary of the chamber OF
commerce in the southern city. who is
managing the postcard campaign there,
has arranged for a children's day SINH
lar to the one here today and has
planned other novel methods of 'distri-
button
WOMEN ARE READY
The final meeting of the woman's
postcard committee OF the Panama
Pacific exposition was held in the board
room of the exposition headquarters
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Lowell White. the chairman, an
nounced that there are now "A districts.
each with a captain in charge of head
quarters and with lieutenant and
workers to carry on the campaign. Mrs
White is most enthusiastic and believes
that at least a million cards will be
sold by the women next Friday. The
women announced their determination
TO work from early morning until late
at night and their confidence is un-
bounded.
It was announced that Raphael We'll
& Co would furnish stamps for the
cards sent out of that establishment.
Mrs. Wallace r. Pond. the captain in
charge of one Of the important down
: town shopping districts, announced that
she had secured as branch distribut-
ing points in charge of lientenants,
; Schonwasser's, 'O'Connor, Moffat's,
Frederick's, Charles PIum's, Sloan &
Co. and Spring Valley water company s
stores and offices. In many cases
! private residences have ben offered as
headquarters.
The women will be supplied with
badges of authority on women's day.
In most cases they are to begin at
once TO arrange their distributing de-
pots, and viii lay in their supply of
cards now.
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DAY
This is San Francisco schol chill
dren's day of Panama-Pacific postcard
week
In the public schools of San Fran
cisco alone, at 1880 O'Clock today, 40, 1000
scholars will suspend lessons and at
tend 10 the business of addressing
postcards which are 70 be sent all over
the east asking the support of friends
TO secure the influence of their con-
gressmen at the December session.
This is my first visit TO the Pacific
coast and ] am impressed with its won
derful civilization. which is of q unique
character. the native talent and breezi-
ness Of the west, showing the influence
Of contact with the culture of the east, "
said William c. CornwelI, editor of the
Bache Review and associated with J. S.
Bache & Co, bankers OF New York city,
at the St Francis yesterday.
The result is an atmosphere or
broad, intelligent optimism, which has
made possible the marvellous growth Of
this part Of the country.
There is no question in my mind as
to the wisdom Of making this the expo
sition city for the Panama celebration
i would be pity not TO take advan-
tage OF this opportunity to show thou
sands from the east, north and south
and Europe this charming and beauti-
ful city, so different from any other in
the world"
The grand encampment Of the Inde-
pendent order Of odd Fellows at its
annual session at Santa Ana October
unanimously adopted the following
resolution indorsing the Panama Pa
ciic exposition at San Francisco in
1915:
Resolved. that the grand encamp-
ment heartily indorses and approves
the holding of the Panama-Pacific
exposition in California in 1915
and requests its members, individ-
ually and collectively. to use their
best efforts and influence in local,
state and national matters that
shall eliminate in assembling not
only the people Of our own repub-
lie. but the nations of the world In
our golden state at the completion
of this great enterprise.
The farmers Of California are en-
thusiastic supporters of the Panama
Pacific exposition to be held in San
Francisco in 1915 and they are prac-
tically unanimous in favor of the prop
osition TO tax the state and bond San
Francisco to add s10,000.O00 to the
fund. as shown by the resolution
passed by the California state grange
at its meeting in Napa October 6.
Trausbay Women Working