Newspaper Page Text
^L-^1" M. t' i$ &M Almost everybody trooped over to the university armory this afternoon to attend, the reception which the citi zens of Minneapolis gave under the auspices of the Woman's Eelief corps in honor of Mrs. Abbie A. Adams of Superior, Neb., the national president. The number of guests equalled that of an army, for it ran way up into the thousandsbetween 15,000 and 20,000 at the least. The armory was aglow with yellow and white, for Mrs. Mary L. Stark weather and her committee on decora tions had chosen the national color of the W. E. C. The woodland stage set ting served as a background for a camp scene with a tent and stack of guns and even a pot boiling over the embers. In the center of the armory, from a basin sunk in a green mound, a foun tain sent a spray of cool water almost to the ceiling. Distinguished Reception Group. The reception group included the most prominent of the city's guests and the well-known men and women of the state, the people everyone wanted to meet. They were Mrs. Ida K. Martin, the department president of the W. B. C, in a gown of white, Mrs. Abbie A. Adams, the national president, who was dignified and charming in a beautiful gown of white lace, Governor and Mrs. John A. Johnson, Mayor and Mrs. D. P. Jones, Miss Clara Barton, the Misses Tanner, George W. Cook, Mrs. Lodusky J. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Longfel low, Mrs. Ruth Foote, President and Mrs. Cyrus Northrop, Archbishop Ire land, Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen, jSVra. K.a/te Brownlee Sherwood, Mrs. Ell Torrance, Senator and Mrs. Knute Nelson, Sena tor and Mrs. Moses E. Clapp, former Governor and Mrs. S. E. Van Sant, Judge L. W. Collins, General and Mrs. Fred Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Nye, Mr. and Mrs. B. Nelson, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Starkweather, Eev. and Mrs. J. S. Montgomery, Judge and Mrs. John Day Smith, James Walker and the past de partment presidents, Mmes. Nettie M. Norton, Sarah Milham, Lydia George Whitmore, Marv E. Leavens, Adelaide F. Bissell, Marv A. Silloway, Ella G. Gearhart, Flora S. Wilson, Ada E. May, Cora F. Wright, Sophie Camp Fisher, Agnes Whitney Savage, Mary E. Ply mat, Alice Griffin Brennan, Sara E. B. Smith. Commander Tanner had asked to be excused from the reception group, in order to save his strength, and he was represented by his daughters. As the guests approached, Colonel George M. Eddy, who stood beside the flag that marked the head of the re ception line, introduced them to one of the ninety white-robed escorts, who in turn introduced them to the recep tion group, and ket them from yield ing, to the temptation to chat too long with the dearly loved Miss Barton, or to congratulate the Minnesota women on the perfection of their plans. In the hall were fifty assistant hostesses, each-wearing THOUSANDS AT ARMOR FO W. RECEPTIO N Delightful Affair in Honor of the Order's PresidentMiss Clara Barton ThereDaughters of Veterans Also Receive. the big red bow with the button bearing a picture of the de partment president, and everyone doing her best to enable the guests to en.ioy themselves. Frappe tables were' in charge of the groups of the younger women, also in white, with Mrs. Ida Frick as chairman. Daughters of Veterans. After the visitors had greeted the W. R. C. receiving line, they were escorted by the Sons of Veterans to the south wing, where the Daughters of Veterans of Minnesota were receiving in honor of Miss Bertha Martin of Massillon, Ohio, the national president. In her reception group were Mrs. Agnes C. Davis, president of the recently organ ized Mary Starkweather tent of Min neapolis, C. Millie Leighton, Gertrude Solderberg, Clara Hoover, Carrie B. Kilgore, Genevieve G. Hanson, Estelle Herring, Florence M. Parks, Ida E. Warren, all out-of-town Daughters, and Mr. Diistin, past commander of the Bona of Veterans of Dwight. HI. In the north wing Miss Nellie Hope 'a orchestra played a program of patri otic airs. The organization is known as the Woman's Relief Corps orchestra and was organized thru the influence of Mrs. R. M. Newport in St. Paul, when the G. A. E. met in that city in 1896. The soloists were Miss Alma Peterson, soprano, Miss Jessie Williams, alto, i and Miss Georgia Telley, violinist. Bands were stationed on the campus and played popular programs as the guests wandered about. At the close of the reception while the people still thronged the campus, there was a novel little ceremony which interested thousands. Captain Wallace -Foster of Indianapolis arrangedn a pa- V100 shower which sent dow hun dreds of tiny flags as souvenirs. L, ,jf fc. MORE CANDIDATES APPEAR r. Claims of Partizans Are Like Those of Political Managers. ..Which shall it be, Mrs. Kate Jones of New. YorMk Carrie Sparklin of Sv sMrs. .Mar Oilman of Bos ton? The question of the next na tional president of th*j W. E. C. is as suming larger proportions every minute. Mrs. Ka|e Jones arrived with the New York delegation and held an infor mal reception in the New York head quarters all morning, for even the wo men who were not going to support her claims to the chief executive position wanted to greet her. pion The Ohio delegates held a meeting this morning and formally pledged the"? VS Calendar of Events i 7-8:30 p.m. reception by Massachusetts delegation to G. A. R. and all patriotic people, room 370, West Hotel. WEDNESDAY MORNING 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., reception by Daughters of American Revolution. Daugh- V, S^ff Tues"dav support to Mrs. Jones, which gives her three states. Vermont SLUA Pennsylvania having already promised their votes. It is understood that Kansas leans toward New York. Illinois' Two Candidates. The Illinois delegation brought with it two candidates for national' presi dent, Mrs.. Amanda Brown and Mrs. Julia G. Sine, the present national se nior vicepresident. Mrs. Brown has been an avowed candidate for some time and her claims have been indorsed by the department. It is not expected that Mrs. Brown will be elected, and the presentation of her name is merely preliminary to a vigorous campaign which will be waged next year. Mrs. Sine's nomination is in the nature of a compliment, as her friends feel that her years of service entitle her to re ceive public recognition in this way. Mrs. Sine does not expect for a moment to be elected, nor does she want to, but she cannot fail to be flattered by tte nomination. All is animation at the Missouri headquarters in the Hotel Nicollet, where Mrs. Carrie Sparklin of St. Louis is stationed. Mrs. Sparklin is winning many friends by her charming personality and her supporters feel that her chances of winning in the coming election are very bright. Mrs. Mary Gilman of Boston does not spend much time at the Massachu setts headquarters and the women who want to talk with her before pledging their vote to any candidate must hunt thru the corridors and department headquarters until they find her. In spite of the fact that the Massachu setts women do not have their candi date on exhibition, they declare that she has a greater chance today than she had yesterday of winning the elec tion. Kansas Looks Ahead. The Kansas women are also talking of a candidate for next year, Mrs. Belle C. Harris of Emporia, a past national senior vice president, but this season they are all devoting their energies to aid in the election of Cap tain P. H. Cooney and it is not wise to have the presiding officers of both the G. A. E. and the W. E. C. from one state. W. R. C. Council Meets. Mrs. Abbie C. Adams, national presi dent of the W. E. C. called a meeting of her council this morning at her room at the West hotel and the women spent a busy two hours reviewing the work of the year, discussing matters to be brought before the convention and outlining other plans. The mem bers of the council are the officers and the members of the executive board. W. R. O. AFFAIRS Brief Stories and Pertinent Personali ties of the Auxiliary. Mrs. Eliza Brown Daggett, national chief of staff, has completed the pro gram for the semi-official meeting to morrow evening which will follow the reception which Mrs. Abbie Adams, national president of the W. E. C, will give for Commander Tanner. Mrs. Adams, as chairman, will call the meeting to order and Mrs. Belle C. Hawes will sing the "Banner Songs" before Miss Hannah Maxon delivers the invocation. Mrs. Ida K. Martin will greet the guests from the department of Minnesota, and Mrs. Adams -will respond. Mrs. Agnes Hitt will respond to Wallace G. Nye's wel come for the citizens' committee and Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood to Com mander Tanner's words of welcome. The greeting from the Ladies of the G. A. E. will be responded to by Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller: for*the" Daughters of Veterans, Mrs. Margaret Wickene Association of Army Nurses, Mrs. Har riet J. Bodge the G. A. E. of Nebraska, Mrs. Mary E. Morgan W. E. C. of Nebraska: Mrs. Adams. A male quar tet will sing and the program will close with the singing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" by the audience and "Home, Sweet Home.' The Massachusetts women have on their badge a pretty picture of Provi dence spring at Andersonville, Ga., and the delegates like to tell the story of the origin of the spring. During the terrible days of Andersonville the union prisoners were often denied food and drink. The thirsty men prayed for water, and as they would pray for their salvation and in answer to their pray ers a terrific thunderstorm left within the stockade a pool of water. When the W. R. C. secured the prison a stone building was erected over the spring as a monument, and it is this monument which the Massachusetts women have placed on their badge. The Woman's club of Rawlins post gave a ride, reception and luncheon for the Woman's club of Columbia post of Chicago today. The ride ended at the residence of Mrs. Alexander Hughes, president of the club, 2101 Franklin avenue, where the officers of the club received the visiting women. The Colorado women have a very pretty view of the far-famed Royal Gorge on their ribbon, and you can tell the New Hampshire delegation by the red badges with the picture of the Old Man of the Mountain. It will soon be almost impossible to tell where a delegate is from for the badge collectors wore busy yesterday and today they wear anvwhere from half a dozen to a dozen pieces of rib bon on their breasts. The Connecticut for the A.R. Women THIS EVENING. Automobile ride for the Ladies of the O. A. E. 7:30 to 8 p.m., reception by Ohio delegation for Ohio friends in the city, west .Hotel. ^olntio and Colonial Dames at Johnson Music hall, Eighth street, between Nicollet and Hennepin avenues. W. R. C. luncheon to the G. A. R., to Commander Tanner and bis staff and 7, to the army nurses. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 3 to 5 p.m., reception for Mrs. Ruth Foote, national president of theJ,adies &, of the G. A. R., Council Chamber, City Hall. g) W '"','i}'A'A-''''' 'Even!nfir.',',:":'':, V"''-.''' Charlotte f. Wright KevHawn Conn ect icut^ Treasurer nutmeg has proved popular and so has the Kansas sunflower and the depart ment headquarters are besieged with re quests for, "Just one badge, please." The delegates' badges to the conven tion were given out vesterday and they are very handsome affairs of'heavy yel low satin with a picture of Commander Tanner in the center. As each dele gate presented her credentials to the committee she received her badge. Mrs. Emma T. Kline of Corvallis, Ore., who is a candidate for national .junior vice president, arrived yesterday from California, where she has been as sisting the 'Bed Cross in caring for the San Francisco sufferers. Mrs. Kline has a winter home in California, which was sadly damaged by the earthquake. She is the president of the Oregon Red Cross and has worked with the organ ization many years. At the time of the departure of the United States soldiers to the Philippines during the Spanish war Mrs. Kline turned her home into a regular factory for com fort for the soldiers. Mrs. Klein is ac companied by her daughter, Miss Hazel R. Klein, a Mills college graduate, who has been studying music in New York. Mrs. Jennie McGhee of Denver has a lot of sympathy for Mrs. Ida K. Mar tin, department president for Minneso ta, for Mrs. McGee was the department president of Colorado last year when the convention was held in Denver and she knows just exactly what it means to entertain some thousands of guests. Colorado is splendidly represented. The delegation includes Mrs. Irene B. Cowie of Boulder, department presi dent Mrs. Sybel Watson, Pueblo, sen ior vice president Mrs. Lily Inman, Pueblo Mrs. Fannie D. W'. Hardin, Denver- Mrs. Eloise Lee Howe, Den ver Mrs. Mary L. Carr, Longmont Mrs. Jennie L. Wilson, Denver Mrs. Bessie French and Mrs. Lu Reid, Pueb lo Mrs. Sarah Ferguson, Greeley Mrs. Luce of Boulder, Mrs. Ruth Dana of Colorado Springs is delegate at large. The Andersonville prison board -will meet tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the na tional headquarters of the West hotel. The national auditing committee met this morning in the national headquar ters and went over the treasurer's re ports. When the W. R. C. convention was held in Minneapolis in 1884, Miss Mary E. Mliott of Somerville. department secretary of Massachusetts, attended her first national convention. She has been at every national gathering ever since and feels as tho Minneapolis had first opened the way to an annual pleasure for her. Mrs. Abbie Adams, national presi dent of the W. R. C, and her staff, the past national presidents, secretaries and treasurers, with the past department presidents, the members of the national executive board and the Andersonville prison board, had an automobile ride yesterday afternoon. There were about seventy-five in the party, and the ride took them about the city to see the decorations. From 3 until 6 o'clock tho same party attended the reception which Mrs. H. H. Kimball gave at her home. The Massachusetts W. R. C. are going to do their share of entertaining and will give a reception this evening for the G. A. R. and all ,the patriotic people in the department headquarters, 370 West Hotel. The hours will be from 7 to 8:30 o'clock and the rooms will be elaborately decorated. The receiving line will include the department presi dent and Mrs. Mary Gilman, the candi date for the national presidency. The New Hampshire W. R. c. dele gation went out to Minnehaha Falls yesterday as the guests of the Minne sota hostesses. After wandering about .the grounds a delicious picnic luncheoil was served by the hostesses. The New Hampshire women have with them Mrs. Faiiny E. Minot of Concord, who was national president last year. Others in the delegation are the department officers, Mrs. Mary Proctor Howe, president Mrs. Mollie F. McKenna, secretary, and Mrs. Sarah M. Proctor, treasurer, all of Wilton, and Mrs. Mar tha S. Pillsbury, Derry, delegate-at large, with the delegates. Mrs. Luella Warren, Rochester Mrs. Arvilla Wig gins, Manchester Mrs. H. Lizzie Mc Intyre, Concord Mrs. Ellen A. Collins, Rochester Mrs. Emma J. Morrill, Franklin Mrs. Kate L. Perkins of Marlow, past department president. 'Sv.R. 0. DEJ^KJIATES:, -fy_ More News About ArrivalsWhere They Are Staying. f^ Ohio will not send a large repre sentation. Mrs. Ida E. Fletcher of New Philadelphia, the national dele gate, came on in advance of the special car, which brought the, department PPIfif SOCIA AFFAIRS OCCUP THE DAY FO TH E A Rj WOMEN Nrtf. Ida. K.Martin rlin neapoli?, .De.p air Tri "t Pr'e^s'iderxi: president, Mrs. Virginia McLaughlin of Mansfield, Ohio, to the headquarters at the West. At the' Brunswick the delegations have almost all arrived and the host esses have the headquarters decorated and ready for those who are expected this evening. Two Pullmans chartered for the Kansas delegations from Al lamena and Norton arrived yesterday, bringing Mrs. Mary M.' Carson, department president, from Wellington, and Mrs. Nanna B. Swan of Wellington, state secretary, and others. Their headquarters are bright with the state emblem, the sunflower, and a beautiful banner belonging to the corps hangs in the corridor. Kansas has one of the largest corps in the country, with a membership of 7,000, and their delega tion of twenty-five voting members will be a power in the coming elections. A special car from Oregon came into Minneapolis yesterday morning, bring ing the delegates from the coast state, and they are now located at the Bruns wick' hotel. Mrs. Mary C. Hildreth of Grant's Pass, state president, is at their head, and she is accompanied by Miss Helen Packard, delegate, from Portland Mrs. M. P. Cooper, delegate, of McMinville, and Mrs. J. H. Will of Ashland. The Indian Territory and Oklahoma visitors include two national officers, Mrs. Eunice Munger of Oklahoma City, junior national vice president? and Mrs. Lilah Lindsey of Tulsa, Okla., depart ment president and national special aid. Mrs. Minnie Parmle'e of Sapulpa is delegate-at-large from Indian Territory. Tennessee's Delegates. The headquarters for Tennessee aro in charge of Mrs. Josephine Weisel and her committee of hostesses, and they are planning several entertain ments for the southern ladies. The committee represents the only German corps in the state and Friday evening they will hold a reception in their post hall, Fourth street and Twentieth ave nue, for all the Germans in the city, in honor of the visiting Tennessee W. R. C. The department president, Mrs. Mary A. Hopkins, of Nashville, came yesterday, and will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Weisel. From Maryland the delegation in cludes most of the state officers, includ ing Mrs. Barbara Schilling of Cumber* land, department president Mrs. Alex ander M. Briscoe of Baltimore, senior vicepresident Mrs. Ad,am Dietrich, Bal timore, junior vicepresident Miss Hen rietta Briscoe, department treasurer Mrs. Mary Magnus,* delegate-at-large, and Mrs. Annabelle Roberts, delegate, are also from Baltimore and are at headquarters. Mrs. Mary North of Snow Hill, past national junior vice president, andMrs.Jennje Fauth of Bal timore, past department president, are of the party. California has a large delegation sta tioned at the Nicollet hotel. Dakotans Come. Miss Rettie Cooch of Lisbon is de partment president for North Dakota and has in her delegation one of the candidates for a national office, Mrs. Kate Vallandingham of Valley City, who wants to be elected junior vice president. The other state officers in attendance are Mrs. Li2zie A. Josselyn of Wahpeton, department senior vice president Mrs. Mary Johnson of Wah peton, treasurer, and Miss Emma Men denhall of Lisbon, secretary. Other delegates are Mrs. C. G. Black', Harlem Mrs. Cleona1 Woodford, Wahpeton Mrs. Hattie Durfey, Fargo. Mrs. Jennie B. Hill, Fargo Mrs. Wansbrough, Fargo Mw. Pora Kurt :#efltQwa Mn. THE MINNEAPOLISP 5 JOURNAL. Aurasl^^iooe ****^"*^1' itt Indianapolis Indiana Counts elo:r Mary E. Lane, Wahpeton Mrs. J. M. McNaughton Stevens, Towner, and Miss Maud Rosecrans, Towner. Mrs. Clara A. Lukens of Mitchell, past department president, has charge of the South Dakota headquarters in the absence of the state department president, Mrs. Laura S. Harmon of Parker, who is detained at home by illness. It is hoped that she will be able to join her delegates in a day or two. Miss Ella Kingery of Parker, state secretary, and Mrs. Edith Will sie, state treasurer, are in the large delegation. Everyone of the fifty-one corps of the state is represented by one or more delegates. CLARTBISTON ON RELIEF WORK Continued From First Page. by keeping accounts in an office. Such work is done by going about with sleeves rolled up and with the imme diate situation always in mind. "If you are placed in charge of some great work, if you are supposed to see that the hungry are fed and that all supplies on hand are given to those who are in need, I should think the people so commissioned would have the ability, ingenuity and executive ability to use these supplies as long as the people needed them. "When the Johnstown flood swept hundreds to their death and left thou sands destitute, the first thing the- peo- ple of Pittsburg did was to load their wagons high with bread, send them thru the water under care of police men to the starving people of Johns town and scatter the loaves among them as pebbles might be thrown. "You didn't hear the people curse the Red Cross as it passed them in those days. If there .were groans, it was not at the Re Cross, but because people were suffering, and the people of the Bed Cross went to the relief of these suffering people. We stayed on the Johnstown field until there was no more want and no more suffering, and the Red Cross left no beggars behind. Johnstown is today a much more pros perous and happy city than it was even before the days of the flood. The same thing is true of Galveston. Form and System. "When a commuity has met with a great disaster, it is not' a question of form and system and a waiting until 'there is need' so much as it is a labor of love and a giving to those who need. If, as the days pass by,-it is possible to 'sift the really needy from those who only simulate need, it is well and good that such a system should be installed, but when there are thousands on the field who are actually hungry, ingenui ty, initiative and ability prompt the really active charitable work toward the building of ovens, the mixing of risings, .water and flour, and the bak ing of bread for free distribution. Bread is the staff of life, and it is that to which the hungry and stricken first turn. In the old days of the Red CrosSj the hungry were fed, and, if after all the work was finished, there remained something of the food supply, that food i to some other field where need predom inated. f'The dispensing of charity upon the field of calamity is essentially a labor of love, and it is that which distin guished the work of the Red Cross for many years and in many lands, and it is to the successful accomplishment of this work that Minneapolis flour has so frequently contributed. Giving away food in times of need does not neces sarily encourage pauperism in any com munity." Journal Auto Tours. Cars leave the Journal building every hour this week. A most enjoyable way of seeing Minneapolis. Seats $1 each. Praise for Organization. J. T. Phelps, superintendent of the Union station, praised the station Red Cross men and the official guides un stintedly. Mr. Phelps has been a rail road man for forty years or more, but ho pronounced the svstem the best he had ever seen. "lam glad I have lived to see the workings of this system," said Mr. Phelps today. "These Red Cross men from the Sons of Veterans and the guides are a very good thing in the general encampment plan.- In fact they are very essential. They have been of ^reat assistance. I want to say this their praise. They are en titled to the commendation.'* i.i'M&J Li J. Journal Auto Tours^" Cars leave the Journal building every hour this week. A most enjoyable way of eeeinjr Minneapolis. ti*aa M4m0 past and present, the presidents of tho departments, the delegates and other members a council session at 11 'clock,. and a trolley ride during the afternoon given for about two hundred was today's program, for that organi-, zation. Early in the morning the members of the order assembled in the statuary hall of the West Hotel to greet Mrs. Ruth E. Foote, the national president, and her staff. At the council session the books were audited and the reports were informally presented and discussed. Thev will come before the convention Thursday morning. Just before the meeting the Iowa Memorial University quartet ser enaded Mrs. Foote with a delightful program Of musical selections. Mrs. Marv Hager, the national coun selor, was hostess at the trolley ride to the Minneapolis suburbs and around the surrounding lakes this afternoon. Her guests were the members of the na tional staff of officers, the appointed officers and all the women who served under her during her administration. New Association Formed. Tonight the women will attend the eampfire in a body. The event of tomorrow will be the reception in honor of Mrs. Ruth E. Foote in the council chambers at the courthouse. The hours are to be from 3 to 5. A New Candidate. The latest sensation for the Ladies of the G. A. R. comes from the Maine department quarters, where it is an nounced that Mrs. Clara Sawyer of Portland, Me., is to be a candidate for senior vicepresident. The announcement meets with much favor, as it is conceded that the "far To Purchase Historic House. One of the matters which will be brought before the convention of the ladies for their indorsement will be the proposition of the purchase of the Mc Lean house where Lee surrendered to Grant at~ Appomattox. The matter will be presented before the convention by Mrs. Christine W. Dunlap of Wash ington, secretary of the Appomattox Surrender House assoeiation of Vir- inia.- The site will be purchased and resented to Uncle Sam for a lasting memorial by the patriotic women of America. General John King, past commander in-chief of the G. A. R., is president of the association Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey of Washington, D. C, of the D. A. R7 is the senior vicepresident Mrs. Christine W. Dunlap is the secre tary Captain William H. Norton of Washington, D. C, is the treasurer. On the board of trustees are General John. King, Major Frank A. Butts, chief of staff Mrs. Mussey Mrs. Nellie Un derwood, national press correspondent, Chicago, and Henry D. Rood of Ap pomattox, Va. The advisory board in cludes fifteen prominent men and women of the G. A. R., the W. R. C, the L. of G. A. R., the D. of V. and L. of the A. R. L. of G. A. R. Notes. Mrs. Ruth Foote, national president, has appointed a special press commit tee, which is composed of Mrs. A. T. Anderson, national senior vicepresi dent Mrs. Flora M. Davey, past na tional president, and Mrs. Nellie Un derwood of Chicago, national press cor respondent. Pennsylvania women are in head quarters at the West hotel, but the quarters will not be formally opened until tomorrow morning. Mrs. Ella S. Jones of Allegheny, the national treas: urer, is with her delegation. Iowa arrived last evening and is now comfortably located in her quar ters at the Hyser hotel. Mrs. Anna Weaver, president of the department of ow a supply was either stored against the Weaver is also the national chaplain, coming of another famine or moved on heads the delegation. Mrs. ---i-^- Mrs. Charlotte Maguire, past depart ment president the delegate-at-large, Mrs. Frances Bell Mrs. Lilli Born- &**-*<* LADIES OF THE A. R. SPEND PLEASANT DAY Business and Social Affairs of the Order Delightfully MingledMrs. Hager Honored. Political Developments. Form 8 until 10 o'clock a.m. an in- I holdt, Mrs. Marv Blanchard, Mrs. formal at home'' for the LadieB of I Rhoila Woodruff and Mrs. F. F. Davis the G. A. B., including all the officers, are the other delegates. Mrs. Maude The Mary T. Hager Staff association is one of the organizations which the women of the staff formed in compli ment to Mrs. Hager, who was verv pop ular during her administration. Mrs. Hager is the president of the staff, and her daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Longfield. is the secretary. The association has purchased o,400 square feet of ground in Elmwood cemetery, Illinois, at the cost of $600 and on the ground a monu ment nas been \milt at the cost of $1,500. This has been presented to Uncle Sam from the patriotic body of Ladies of the G. A. R. to be used as a burial lot for indigent members of the Ladies of the G. A. R. and of the G. A. R. W. O. Keefe, department secretary, is also with the Iowa delegation. Iowa has a body of eight representative voters, and Iowa is being courted. Mrs. Julia E. F. Lobdell, candidate for national president of the L. of G. A. R., will* speak at the reunion of i the First Wisconsin Cavalry association at the courthouse at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Mary T. Hager, national coun selor, of Chicago, 111., will extend greetings from the Ladies of the G. A. R. at the eampfire tomorrow evening. DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS Children and Grandchildren of Old Sol diers Are Here. The Daughters of Veterans have their headquarters at the West hotel and their national president. Mips Bertha Martin, of Massillon, Ohio, is in atten dance. With her is the national senior vice president. Miss Clara Hoover of Chicago the junior vice. Miss MilH? Leighton, of Clinton. Mass.: the treas urer. Miss Carrie Kilgore, of 'Swarth more, Pa. the secretary, Miss Estelle Bering, Massillon, Ohio: Mrs. Gertrude Soderburg of Chicago. Miss Rose Kirsch of Buffalo. Mrs. Minnie Guittard of Al liance. Ohio, and Miss Fannie K. Kil gore of Philadelphia. The Daughters will hold their con vention toniorro-R, and if Thev follow precedent, there will be no contest over the election of national president. The order has grown remarkaWv in tv.e, last .year and the effort will be to find the best woman to put at the head, rega^tless of politics:. Miss Bertha Mar tin will speak this evening at the camp fire on the work and aims of this or ganization, which is made up of the daughters, granddaughters and great granddaughters of the veterans of tht civil war. down east" is entitled to a chance year finds some of these women missing at the office. Mrs. Sawyer' is a very when the roll is called, prominent woman in Ladies of the G. I The nurses are staying in different A. R. circles. She organized the first places, with general headquarters in the women's organization of the G. A. R. Y. W. C. A. They have nearly all ar- in the country, and is now the depart- rived in the city now and it was aa ment president of Maine. Maine is interesting and touching sight to lis- one of the younger departments, and ten to the greetings. if she receives the election it will carry out the spirit of the very conservative G. A. R. women, who believe in^giving all small departments an opportunity to take a leading part in governing the affairs of the order and thus en courage them. GRAND ARMY NURSES. Probably no women of the various Grand Army organizations will receive a heartier welcome from the old sol diers t^.n the members of ihe Associa tion of Army Nurses. Everv soldier has a warm place in his heart for these women, who so bravely and nobly cared for them, many of them going out into the battlefield among the shot and shell to nu^e the injured and dving. Every When one old lady arrived, bent and feeble, there was a chorus of exclam ations. "Why, Aunt Beckie, we heard that you had died." Aunt Beckie'' replied briskly, No indeed, not just yet. I have been sick, but I determined to come to the en camrK'-cnt once more and see the boys and girls She is Mrs. Beckie Young of Iowa. The nurses had a meeting late this afternoon. It will be followed by a banquet at the Commercial club. It is expected that Mrs. Clarissa F. Dver, the senior vice president, will be elected the next national president of the association. Just who the other officers will be it is too earlv to tell. A Hospital Benefit Lunch. The Woman's auxiliary of St. Bar nabas hospital will serve lunch in St. Mark's parish house for the benefit of the hospital during the entire week, from 11:30 to 2 o'clock, with the ex ception of Wednesday, when, on ac count of the parade, it will be served from 5 to 7 o'clock. GIRLS FROM COLORADO. The fourth section of the western train of the Omaha road came in early carrying the Colorado delegation headed by George W. Cook of Denver, senior vice commander, who is mentioned for grand commander. L.C. Dana, department commander Mrs. Ruth Foote of Denver, national presi dent of the L. of the G. A. R., and her secretary, Mrs. Ross, were on the train. With the Colorado delegation is the famous Cook Drum corps and band of eighty pieces, and the Girls Zouave Drill squad of twenty-three girls. The band and drill squard were the signal for an enthusiastic outburst of ap plause as they marched into the West hotel lobby. The drill squad in natty red and white zouave cos tume marched ahead under the command of Lieutenant Mabel Wallick, and formed a long line across the lobby standing at attention as the band and drum corps under the command of Cip tain Wavne Abbott followed. The .veterans cheered and clapped their hands and the Denver aggregation, was allowed to go only after it had*played a number of stirring airs. The band will appear in concerts dur ing the encampment and the drill squid will give exhibition drills every day. The girls are well drilled and are most attractive and fetching in the striking costumes. They have a permanent or ganization and are under the command of Captain Abbott who is also drum major of the band. TWO PROMINENT "LADIES" MARY A. JAMESON. MARINE CITY, ANNA HALL' Candidate for National President, L. ofP.st National PrMldantT 1~' of #r*v i