The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-23
Club Women Invade Precinct Hitherto
Sacred to Mere Men; All Departments
Of Federation Finds Quarters Il
in Building
SEATING CAPACITY OF
HALL IS OVER 10000
Luncheons Served TO Delegates on Third
Floor and Tea Room is Also Pro-
Mled; Session to Last
Eleven Days
By United Press.

Dy OHlteu IfesS.
New York, May 2S.--No woman
ever was permitted to more than step
in, peek around and hurry out OF tina
mammoth Seventh Regiment arrnory
in this city until 10000 of them from
all over the United States trooped
gayly in and took possession of It this
morning for the biennial national con-
vention of the Federated Women's
| Clubs of America. And they certainly
shooed away that bleak, somber bar
renness that pervades bachelor. club
and business quarters where women
never 60
No Carnegie Hall or other place
which has always been used by both
men and women would do. but only
this place. before quite consecrate to
menl
From today to the second day OF
June the armory is given up to the
biennial, which means that the colo
nel's room this morning is in the pos
session of Mrs Pennypacker. nations
al president. and that the mess-room
| is not nearly large enough for the
luncheon which win be served at noon
and every day. but had to have JOHN
ed with it the bandroom and the Ii.
brary.
There are extra seats in drill hall
for the delegates. and all the gallery
seats are i use.
For eleven days this great block OF
the city. between Lexington and Park
avenues, and 66th and 67th streets. be-
longs to the clubwonsen of the coun-
try.
Each department. OF the Federation
has company room on the second
| floor for headquarters. The civics de-
partment is in the quarters of Com.
pany B; education in Company C's
ROOM and the rooms Of Companies
p. g. F, H, |, A. NJ, and K are given
up, respectively. to public health, civil
service, home economics, industrial
and social conditions, art, conserva-
ton, legislation and music and litera.
ture.
On this same floor the room OF Com
pany G, is restroom; the board OF
directors have for their use the room
of Company NJ, and the wash room is
fixed up for sort OF first-aid or emer-
gency headquarters.
The armory has four stories, the
top one of which contains the upper .
drill hall, seating capacity 1000 peo-
/ pie. The drill hall proper. in which
the convention opened and in which
all sessions will be held, is on the
first floor, and seats 1880 people, not
including the 1920 accommodated in
the gallery.
Drill hall is directly opposite the
lvestibule, as one enters the armory.
/, On the first floor, directly to the lett
is the local bureau of information, in
stalled in the museum room, and be-
yond this the credentials headquar-
ters, in the veterans room.
The board of officers room, on the
right is practically the only one in
the building untouched by things bi.
ennial-the dignity Of the armory shall
be preserved by this, and by the Off
ces of the superintendent and as
sistant superintendent. The local BIZ
ennial board is housed in the N. c. s.
room, and the local committee in the
equipment room, the General Fedora
ton Bureau of Information in the
field and staff room. and the checking
of clothes and valuables is going on in
} two committee rooms thrown togeth-
; er
. Luncheons are being served on the
third floor in the mess room. band
room and library, The kitchen and
} serving room and lift are untampered
J with, Since they fit so we'll into the
plans exactly as they are.
l A tea room has been constructed out