The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
CHILDREN'S DAY
FOR POST CARD
WORK FOR FAIR
Board of Education Agrees to
Give Pupils Time for ADJ
dressing Missives
CIubwOmen Will Meet at CnaT-
Der of Commerce TO Plan
for Campaign

Charles de Young Of the postcard
committee of the Panama-Pacihc ex-
position company appeared before the
hoard Of education yesterday morning
and secured the cooperation of that
BODY in arranging a school Children's
day" during postcard week-a plan by
which more than 10000 postals adver-
worlds fair are to be distributed
throughout the United States by the
San Francisco school children alone.
The plan is to suspend lessons for an
hour in the morning OF one of the days
during postcard week. October 10 TO II,
for the purpose of addressing and send
ing the cards.
REQUESTS ON POSTCARDS
The official postsls, bearing the red
seal Of the exposition and a request to
write 10 2 congressman asking his vote
for San Francisco at the December ses-
sion. viii be distributed by the exposi-
tion authorities TO the principals OF the
schools, who will, in turn, distribute
them TO the scholars during the recess.
The children viii be instructed TO
bring at least three addresses Of per-
sons in the east who will be likely to
use some influence either directly or
Indirectly on the congressman, and they
VIII I'll these in and address them.
Each teacher VIII then collect the cards
and return them to the principals, who
viii place them in the hands OF the
postcard committee Of the exposition.
The committee will see that these are
mailed.
INQUIRIES FROM CAPITAL
A l. Crane and Mr. c. B. Wilmarth
- @ T0nSrr1rG week
mittee made a special trip to San
Francisco TO confer with the postcard
and publicity committees as TO the
best means of cooperating with them
in ma king postcard week a big success
IN Sacramento.
When Frank L. Brown. the chairman.
told the clubwomen invited to the St
Francis hotel Wednesday 10 meet the
postcard committee that il the exposi-
ton were brought here they would be
the means Of bringing II he uttered no
idle words. The women present imme-
diately organized into a committee,
electing Mrs. Lowell White chairman
and making the others directors. Mrs.
Peter Martin and baroness Won Schroe-
der, who were not present, have since
been added TO the list
The clubwomen Immediately made
things hum. The exposition company
placed at their service a corps of
StenOg grSpnerS. and at 10 O'Clock
Wednesday evening they sent from the
exposition headquarters nearly 100 let
ters. reaching out 70 every womans
organization the address of which could
be found
WOMEN'S MEETING TODAY
TIE purpose Of these letters was to
invite the president or head of each
organization either to attend or send
representative TO the meeting to be
held at 10 o'clock this morning in the
directors room of the chamber Of com
merce- It is the earnest wish of the
committee that every woman's society
benevolent. social. literary or fraternal.
viii send a representative to the meet
ing.
Mrs. Lowell White, president of the
California club and chairman of the
women's post card committee, said
that this was the first time San Fran
cisco business men had asked women
10 a business luncheon and they mean
10 merit the opinion which prompted
the action. Several members of the
committee met yesterday morning in
the red room Of the st. Francis hotel
10 oil the wheels Of progress
A telegram from San Diego states
that Colonel d. c. Collier has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the San Diego
committee
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT STATE
Los Angeles. Santa Barbara, San
Diego, Modesto. Marysville, Orov1lle.
Los Gatos. Santa Clara, Palo Alto. San