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provision of comfortable arm-cliairs in the 

 lounging rooms. 



Hotel headquarters of the American 

 Association and of several of the affiliating 

 societies have been placed at the Southern 

 Hotel ; others will be at the Planters House, 

 and still others, doubtless, in other down- 

 town hotels— the disposition, apparently, 

 being to centralize hotel headquarters, as 

 the meeting places are centralized, even 

 though but a part of the expected mem- 

 bers can be accommodated in a single hotel 

 at the holiday season when the hotels of a 

 commercial city are most croAvded because 

 of the influx of traveling men who at other 

 times are distributed over the country. 

 The local committee, however, promises am- 

 ple and good accommodations for the larg- 

 est number who can attend the meetings, 

 and have secured reasonable and in most 

 cases reduced rates for the occasion. 



The railroads promise the customary 

 rate of one and one third fare for the 

 round trip, from all parts of the country, 

 on the certificate plan. 



So far as can be judged from the infor- 

 mation now in hand, the sections of the 

 association and of the affiliating societies 

 will have full and attractive programs, so 

 arranged as to prevent the simultaneous 

 presentation of papers interesting to the 

 members of different organizations stand- 

 ing for similar divisions of sciences; and 

 a little conference between the various 

 secretaries and arrangement with the local 

 secretary will readily ensure the entire 

 absence of this disturbing feature of some 

 meetings. 



Sessions for the most part are limited 



to morning and aftei-noon hours, a lunch 

 being provided in the school building by 

 the local committee for every day but 

 Thursday, when, after the noon ad.journ- 

 ment, members will go to the exposition 

 grounds, where they Avill be given a buffet 

 luncheon by the exposition authorities and 

 afterwards, in parties of convenient size, 

 shown through the buildings by the chiefs 

 of departments, under whom the exhibits 

 are in process of installation. Not the 

 least part of the interest in this afternoon 

 will lie in the opportunity to inspect the 

 magnificent new buildings of Washington 

 University, which are to be occupied at the 

 close of the exposition. 



Some unusual degree of care has been 

 taken to prevent a clash of interests in the 

 evenings of the week, Monday evening be- 

 ing reserved for the address of the retiring 

 president. Dr. Remsen, and the other even- 

 ing events, so far as the local committee 

 could adjust them, being placed with this 

 end in view. 



One advantage— or disadvantage — of 

 meeting in convocation week is that the 

 diversions and hospitalities incident to a 

 meeting in the summer vacation are not 

 possible. The local committee, however, 

 has studied to provide for their scientific 

 guests all the opportunities that can be 

 utilized for seeing the interesting features 

 of St. Louis and testing the hospitality of 

 its citizens; and it is probable that the 

 various secretaries will so adjust their 

 programs as to make it possible for mem- 

 bers to see what they care to see of the 

 engineering, chemical, manufacturing and 

 scientific sights of the city. 



