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Show Big Time Planned for Members of "40 and 8" Spicy and full of pep will be the program which awaits the 25,000 members mem-bers of La Societe des Quarante Homines et Huit Chevaux, practically every one of whom Is expected to attend at-tend the national convention held In connection with the American Legion at St. Paul, from September 15 to 19. The boxcar society will live up to Its reputation as the playground of the Legion, it Is said. Convention affairs will culminate for the Forty and Eighters on Thursday. Thurs-day. That afternoon will witness the election of national officers and in the evening will be staged the great promenade prom-enade at the Minnesota state fair grounds, where some 300 men will be Initiated. Proceedings will be enlivened in true Forty and Eight fashion by 15 Mommes-Chevaux bands. .They will take part in the great convention parage pa-rage Tuesday afternoon and will play the Forty and Eighters on their way to the depot to entrain for the doings at the fair grounds. Sessions will be held at Junior Pioneer Pio-neer hall in the afternoon, so as not to interfere with the sessions of the Legion convention proper, it was announced. an-nounced. Open hours will be the order of the day a: all St. Paul clubs and social organizations for the annual convention conven-tion cof the American Legion, it has been announced. Special arrangements arrange-ments for housing, parries, athletic and sijuatic sports and other courtesy cour-tesy privileges have been made by the Y. M. C. A. and the K. of O. for the boys fney served in 1917 and 191S. Shr'tiers. In addition to extending the fucilities of their building, will conduct a series of automobile tours to points of historic, scenic and Industrial Indus-trial Interest in and about St. Paul for the various days of the convention conven-tion Distinguished guests ami olii-ciaH olii-ciaH of the Legion will he housed at the Athletic and Minnesota clubs, whre St. Paul people will be given 0 Ohance to meet t';em. At the Elks' club, the White Per Yacht club, the Auto club and other civic organizations organiza-tions every effort will he made for the entertainment of the convention crowds. |