The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-12-12
Tells of Many Banquets in
Chicago Visit, Large
Firms Are Hosts

Much banqueted and declaring
she never saw so much or learned
so much in one week in all her life,
Miss Ruth Wheaton, Redwood
Falls All club girl, this week re-
viewed her trip to the national
All club congress at Chicago for
The Gazette.
In all 1850 club members from
az states and Canada enjoyed the
trip which began Sunday of last
week, registration day, with head
quarters at the Congress hotel
which is connected with the audi
forum where meetings were held
by an underground tunnel.
Twenty buses took the visitors
on a so mile sightseeing trip
through the city with seven police
escorts and all traffic halted as
the troupe went by. The loop, the
Wrigley building, Lincoln park,
the University of Chicago, Field
museum, planetarium, the Sums,
the Negro district, Chinatown and
the Jewish and Italian quarters
were among the places visited.
Sunday Shopping
Chinese script on the windows
of stores intrigued the youthful
visitors while it was surprise to
find the streets of the Jewish
quarters active with people shop
ping and persons selling vege-
tables and clothing although it
was Sunday.
Seven banquets kept the All
club members well fed during
their trip. Highlights were a trip
TO the Palmer House for luncheon
and a program as guests of Sears
Roebuck, Thomas E. Wilson night
with a program from a to $3.50 p.
m. in which the group sang over
the radio, a luncheon in the Mar
inc dining room of the Edgewater
Beach hotel for the girls as guests
of Montgomery Wards while the
boys were guests of Swift and Ar
mours packing firms.
Tuesday evening the group
marched to the Stevens hotel, lar
gest in the world, where the All
banquet was held and a play writ
ten especially for the occasion was
given. Wednesday was manufac-
turers' day, the group visiting the
Mccormick factory and being
guests of international Harvester
company q, luncheon where radio
stars such as the Mills brothers
furnished entertainment.
Visited Planetarium
A style revue was staged at the
Goodman theatre where 1888
clothing was contrasted with that
of 1860. The girls were breakfast
guests of the Chicago Mail Order
house and visited it's plant.
The Field museum and Adler
planetarium were of particular
interest as the latter is surrouns7
ded by Lake MirhigaH and lis
reached BY bridge :'E:is R..donae
shaped building with seats facing
the center where: machinery aeM!-
onstrates: the: pdsitaop of. the PLAN
cts and stars at any time of any
year.
Also interesting was the board
of trade building with tower 524
feet above the street from which
four states can be seen on clear
days.
But the most interesting part OF
the trip, Miss Wheaton says, was
meeting club members from all
carts of the country, the south
erners being easily distinguished
by their drawl. Texas sent 80 boys
to the meet, each wearing large
Texas hats and giving cowboys
wells whenever called upon for a
song or cheer. Each visitor got a
tam with the name of her state
upon it.
A dinner and party on the ninth
floor of the Auditorium closed the
session, Minnesota receiving sill
yer cup for grand champion in
potatoes besides being in the red
ribbon group in the style revue
and clothing project and blue rib
bon in room furnishing. Minneso-
tans had to rush away from the
! final party to catch their train