The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

yer Cleveland. He passed through
here after nightfall and his stay
was of brief duration-probaby
twenty minutes.
From Mondays Daily.
After having been represented at
the state fair for thirteen years, al
ways having had the Institute build
ing all week, the Minnesota FEEDER
alton of Women's clubs has with
drawn entirely from the fair this
year on account of refusal of the
state fair management to grant the
club women space except on Mon
day and Saturday, days on which
they assert there are few women
visitors at the fair.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press says:
Early this month the state fair COM
mittee of the federation, of which
Mrs. William Liggett of st. Paul is
chairman, went before the state fair
board, presented it's case and told of
it's plans for fair week, expecting
and hoping to receive the privileges
formerly accorded.
Simpson Sends Letter.
This week the committee received
the following letter from the Min
nesota State Agricultural society,
signed by j. C. Simpson, secretary:
81 beg to advise you of the action
taken by the board at their meeting
Thursday, August II, with reference
to the use of the Institute hall at
the fair grounds during the period
of the coming state fair, and the
appropriation granted to the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs to assist
toward paying the expenses of
speakers, ETC., which they may de-
sire to secure for their various pro-
grams during the week.
"The following motions were Of
fered and adopted by the board:
ut was moved that the Farmers
club be given the use of Institute
hall on Wednesday afternoon of fair
week; that the Federation county
fairs of the state be given the use
of Institute hall on Tuesday after
noon; that the Territorial Pioneers
be given the use of Institute hall
on Thursday afternoon, and that the
old settlers be given the use OF the
hall all day Friday, and for the bal
ance of the week the Federation OF
WOmen's clubs be given the use OF
Institute hall.
1t was moved that a sum not eX-
ceeding 500 be set aside for the
Federation of Womens clubs to be
expended by them in securing speak
ers, maid, postage and stationery;
all bills to be submitted to Robert
Crickmore, the superintendent of In
stitute hall"
Has Had Daily Programs.
The federation always has regard
ed Institute hall as it's own during
fair week and has heretofore had
daily programs all during the week,
giving one afternoon week to the
Territorial Pioneers, who really have
their own building. This taking of
the hall away from the clubs except
for Saturday and Monday complete
the women for the week, which was
to be an exceedingly interesting one
and replete with programs of inter.
est and value to rural women.
The federation committee has been
active in obtaining special speakers
from rural districts to come to the
! fair and the committee has person
ally made many trips through the
state procuring speakers and en-.
deavoring to find out what would
best please the farmers wives on
their state fair visit.
Talks That Had Been Planned.
| Mrs. Mary Nugent of Artichoke
Lake was to deliver an address on
"How to Feed Threshers Easily and
WE'LL" Mrs. Eva Waterman OF Elk
River prepared talk on "The
Farmers Wife in Legislation" Mrs
Ella Simmons of Hastings was
scheduled to speak on "How to
Glorify Drudgery;" Miss Gertrude
Norris of Hastings was to talk on
Can a Woman Manage a Farm
Successfully" and the committee
planned to have several superintend
ents of county school boards from
outlying districts talk on different
days on How to Make the Rural
School Social Center"
1t was planned to make the
/ weeks programs of special interest
to women from rural communities
and to make them much more com
prehensive and of more real value
than any state fair programs of for
mer years. But the committee
through it's chairman, believes it i'm
possible to do anything adequate or
Monday and Saturday and decided
reluctantly to withdraw entirely
from the fair.
Letter of Mrs. liegett.
Mrs. Liggett has sent the follow
ing letter to the state fair manage
ment:
81 am in receipt of your commu
nication with copy of the resolu
tons passed by the board relative
to the use of Institute hall for the
fair of 1911 and the memoranda o
the time allotted to the Federation
of Women's clubs and the variou!
organizations of women represented
; through them.
!. after consultation we have de
cided that it would be impossible,
in the time allotted (inasmuch as il
accordance with our communication
to you the mornings of each da.
, have been given to the state boart
of health for their campaign agains
tuberculosis) to present the worl
of woman in a manner creditabl,
, either to the state fair management