Arizona republican., 1913-09-25
It Will Be Made a Farewell Affair on October 3 on Eve of the Departure of the Colonel for South America
ANOTHER PURPOSE
 WILL BE SERVED
It Will Also Celebrate the Entrance of the Progress sive National Service into National Affairs - Who Will Be There
Especial to The Republican,

1 WASHiNGTON. Sept. 24-The pro- grcssive national service and the pro- ] gressive service of the state of New 1 York will be hosts at dinner of i farewell to Colonel Roosevelt on Oct ober 3. the night before his departure 1 for South America The dinner will ! be held at the New York Roof Gar den. which is the restaurant having the largest accommodations of any in New York city. The committee in charge of arrangements for the din ner includes d hundred and forty per sons. among whom are such well known names as Mrs. Hamilton Fish. Jr.. Mrs. Arthur Scribner Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs. Ralph Sanger. Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge. Mrs. Oscar Straus. NIT. Custom Borglum. the sculptor. Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott. of Newport, Mrs. Gouverneur Morris. Mrs. Amos Pin chot and Gen. N. WinslaW Williams. of Baltimore.
 The progressive national service is a department of the progressive party
 dedicated to placing accurate infor- nation on the principles outlined in
 the progressive party platform at the
 dsposal of the people at large. its
 business fs to maintain a living tie
 between politics and every day. life.
 Its aim is to insure the democracy of
 the progressive party. The active eX-
 ecutive departments of the service
 are under the direction of Miss Fran
 res A. Kellor New York. chief of
 service: Donald E Richberg Illinois, director of the legislative reference
 bureau: Paston Hibben. Indiana. di-
 r,F .fIr ffy.y1
 Miss Jane Addams. Illinois; Clifford Pjnchot, Pennsylvania; George l.. Re cord. New Jersey. and Robert C.
 Valentine. Massachusetts. directors. respectively, of the platofrm depart
 ments of social and industrial justice conservation. popular government and
 cost of living and corporation con- trol. The active administrative de- partnents are under the direction of William FelIowes Morgan. New York Raymond Robins, Illinois, and William F Cochran. of Maryland Among those prominent in state service work are Charles J Bonaparte of Mary land. Mrs. Charles $. Bird. of Massa- chusetts, and Alfred R. Baker. of Illinois.
 The national service works through state services, of which the New York state service, under the pres- dency of Regis II. Post, is one Tn conjunction with the national service it has charge of the farewell dinner 1 to Colonel Roosevelt. R. k. Forsyth is chief of the New York state ser vice. and Richard S Childs is the head of the progressive education bu- Ieau in New York
 The dinner has a twofold purpose: to bid Colonel Roosevelt Godspeed on | his journey, and to celebrate the de- tut of the progressive national ser vice in national affairs. The speech l es of the evening will be devoted to explaining the purpose and scope of | the work of the progressive national
 service. Booklets describing this work | have been prepared for distribution at the dinner Albert J Beveridge, Raymond Robins of Chicago. and Col 1 onel Roosevelt will be the principal speakers. Raymond Robins will speak on The Progressive Service ex- l plaining that it's purpose is to bring | into politics the courage of idealists. 1 the counsel of trained thinkers and | the patriotic impulses of average men and women Colonel Roosevelt will also speak of the progressive service work but his principal address will 1 be general in character. EX-Senator l Beveridge, as spokesman of the rank I and file of the progressive party, will l pay an eloquent tribute to Colonel | Roosevelt. in bidding him farewell in the name of those present at the dinner and will deliver a stirring call | to the colors addressed to the prog
 ressives over the entire country Cliff ord Pinchot will preside at the dinner. 1 The idea of the progressive service Twill dominate the arrangements. For 1 this reason, a rule has been adopted l by the committee in charge of ar engagements that no one, save the l guest of the evening, shall be except ed from the payment of q ticket. The | dinner has been arranged at the pop ular price of three dollars per person. l to enable the rank and file of the party to attend. The seating, save at the principal table, will be at smulI tables for eight persons each
 [ Eminent public men from all parts 1 of the country have signified their Intention to attend. Every provision
 has been made for the accommo modation
 of delegations from other states and