The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-24
ST. JAMES LADY WRITES STORY
FOR PAPER IN THAT CITY.
Much Pleased With What the Club
Women of This Town Have Ac-
compished for Visitors.

Mrs. Ida Giffen Curtis of ST.
James, wife of the editor of The
Plaindealer of that city, was in Man
kato last Saturday and in a story
of her visit here, refers to the rest
room, as follows:
"The club women of MankatO have
just undertaken splendid and phil
anthropic work-that of maintaining
rest room for women who come to
the city for trade or other purposes.
A committee of one member from
ed to take charge of the enterprise.
The first work of this committee
was to petition the city council to
pay the rent of room for one year.
This they did and obtained the con-
sent of the council to set aside
sum of money sufficient to pay for
the rent of the room. The committee
then secured a large first floor
room in the building just back of
the First National bank This is in
a good central location only half
block off Front street. The comit-
tee then solicited the merchants for
donations in the way of furnishings.
A willing and generous response was
met from nearly every merchant and
donations have also come in from
private sources.
Visited the Room.
"On invitation of member of the
committee | visited the rest room
and was much pleased with it's ap-
pearance. The walls are freshly dec
GRATED in soft brown paper and
the floor freshly painted. One mer-
chant donated fine rug. Another
a library table of mission design,
and still others, chairs, writing
desk and several small tables, pretty
curtains with poles and fixtures for
the windows and the florist half
dozen or more ferns and blooming
plants, which added greatly to the
beauty of the room, toilet room and
a small rest room furnished with
bed, child's iron bed and couches
is partitioned off at the back of
the room.
Mrs. OImstead as Matron.
"A matron, Mrs. w. Olmstead, has
been secured, who will be at the
room every day and until nine
o'clock at night. This rest room
was opened for the first time during
much used and thoroughly appreci-
ated by the ladies in attendance.
"The work of furnishing is still
incomplete. Pictures, chairs and
other things are yet needed and will
in time be added to the present
equipment The various clubs will
furnish copies of current magazines
and papers of interest to women
and so one may pleasantly spend
spare hour or so there if they wish.
convenience for those women from
St. James who often pay a visit to
Mankato."
Rest Room Registrations.
The following are the registrations
at the rest room since Thursday
morning:
March 16--Mrs. Charles TobD,
Kasota; Mariah CATER, F. P. John
son, Mankato; Mrs. Dewey, Comfrey;
Miss Bertha Thrun, Decoria; Mrs. j.
w. Morse. Mankato; Mrs. G. w.
Owens, Lake Crystal Mrs. Lou w.
Geddes, Mrs. l.. u. Smith, city; Mrs.
o. A. Noble, Miss Jewson, Mankato;
Mrs. o. H. Davis, Madelia.
March 17-Mrs. Dollie Nelson, Miss
Addie Romack, Marion Brown, Helen
Crazy, Mrs. G.. c. Johnson, Mrs. NJ.
T. Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Jensen, Mankato;
Mrs. Otto Juliar, Decoria; Mrs. l..
,Doran, Eagle Lake; Mrs. E. III.
Mead, Lake Crystal.
March 1S-To noon: Mrs. l.. p.
Doran, Mrs. e. r. Ady, MankatO;
Hugh r. Jones and Mrs. Hugh r.
Jones, Lake Crystal; Mrs. G. g..
Jones. Lake Crystal; Miss Sadie B.
Wildes, Miss Grace NJ. Wildes, Lake
Washington; Mrs. Ed. Coggeshall,
Mankato, r. r. Z; Mrs. G. E. Ulrich,
Garden City.