The Mankato free press., 1912-09-27
band led this division and was, fol-
lowed by the delegations from Sleepy

The fifth division formed on Main
street above Fifth and was - charge
of John Herr. The st. Peter, Rapi-
dan and KernS bands were in the
division and with them marched the
representatives from st. Peter, st.
Michael's, lie Sueur, lie Sueur Cen
ter Madison Lake and Madelia
! Michael Weiskopf of st. Paul was
chief marshal.
/ Chief Marshal.
i At half past two o'clock a gun
was fired and the parade started over
the course mapped out.
! When the parade broke up the
bands gave a concert on Fifth street,
near the club house.
/ Meeting at LoyoIa Club.
At the conclusion of the parade,
a meeting was held at the Loyola
club hall, where the visitors were
heartily welcomed to the city, and
other addresses given. The hall was
packed. 1t was beautifully decorated
for the convention, the sessions of
which are being held there. Over
! the stage appear in large letters the
! words, Harmony and Love-" and
Religion and Morality" in German,
and over this the portrait of George
Washington, surrounded by Ameri-
can flags. On the right of the hall
are the words, Truth, Liberty and
Right" on the left obedience to
Church and Country" Across the
rear are portraits of Windhorst, a
German statesman and d. Kettler,
bishop of Mayence, with the words,
! "Our Good Fighters in Our Faith" "
The words are all in German, and
the translations are free. At the
right and left of the stage are por-
traits of Pope Plus X and Bishop
Heffron. Around the walls are hung
the emblems of the Central society,
the Minnesota society, the Knights of
Columbus, the Catholic Order of For
esters, the Society of the Holy Fam
lily, and the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans. There are also American
flags and bunting, and the colors of
Germany and Austria, and also the
colors of the pope-yellOw and white.
Address of Welcome.
The afternoons program opened
with an address of welcome by Rev.
Father Hartmann, S. j., who cordially
welcomed the. visitors to the city and
hoped that their deliberations would
prove pleasant and profitable.
Mayor Charles r. Taylor followed
, in similar strain and presented to
: the representatives of the societies
a large key of the city, and bade
them take the freedom of the city
that it represented
| Bishop Heffron of Winona was the
next speaker, and he invited the dele
! gates to designate Winona as the
next meeting place of the state con-
vention. He said that Winona had a
factory that made much larger keys
than Mayor Taylor had presented.
| He said that he knew that the Ger
mans were good Catholics, good
farmers, good citizens and good So
ciety men.
! Presented Claims of st. Cloud
! When Bishop Trobec of st. Cloud
followed Bishop Heffron itsdeveloped
that there was to be contest for
the holding of the next meeting
place. He presented the claims of
st. Cloud for the next annual con-
/ vention, and gave an interesting talk.
| Rev. Father Joseph Wentker of ST.
I Charles, Mo-, talked at some length
on Social Reform" and directed his
remarks particularly to the needs of
the labOring class. He thought that
reforms must come through the
church and the societies, and recon-
Jnended the formation of more soci-
eties among the 7 10 lg men.
/ George Stelcle CT Minneapolis, or
ganizer for Minnesota of the insur-
! ance society, told of tho society's re.
tn hn nh, JAEp 5o
duties of a good society member He
! said that the good member will be
willing to bear his share of the bur-
dens and work rather than stand Off
and criticize
! Joseph Frey of New York, presi-
dent of the d. r. X. Central verein
of America, told of the national con.
vention ;at Toledo, Ohio, which he had
just cor1e from. He said that the
Germans had been slow to give
rights to women, but that a step in
advance had been taken at the To,
ledo convention and hereafter women
delegates from the auXiliaries will be
admitted to the meetings. He said
that women do things and why should
they not have something to say? He
also told of the organization of young
mems societies. Referring to the
key incident, he said that in New
York a big key is not wanted. What
is needed there is a small key, to fiji
| the back doors.
J "White Horse Tavern"
Last evening the dramatic section
of the Loyola club presented the
plHy white Horse Tavern" which
has been twice before successfully
put on. The hall was filed, and
it is estimated that one thousand peo
| pie witnessed the play
| The ladies of the church served
' dinner and supper yesterday to
nearly 5000 people, and estimated
that they would have served several
hundred more had not the lights
played out last evening. About 15O
ladies helped with this work, under
the direction of a committee consist.
ing of Mrs. G. Kruse, Mrs. Mary Web
Der and Mrs. l.. Kieffe Three kit
chens and eight dining rooms were
carried on in the school building, the
seats being removed. The tables
were nicely decorated and covered
with linen, and the service was ex
cellent, and fifty-cent meals were
served for thirty-five cents Miss
Martha Hodapp, president of the
Young Ladies' Sodality had charge
of the walters
From three to four hundred dele