, 1875-07-16
AID FOR THE CENTENNIAL.
Meeting Of Ladies of Chicago to Detor'
mine How They Will Assist.
Voted, to Join the Men, III This
Work mt I.cnst.
Committee Appointed to Further State
Organization,

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An teefo"ps " 'no eat ~ n''' ~ noful-
tugo, lHrEo h'ttnbhr OF lhdlea hehembiod IN tho
First Afollodist Church. cornor Of CLARK and
washington strcotn, Yesterday morning. TO dIs.
,,,,s ,.ttcra r,1nt;~n /, t,,a 1t,do,rht. y,,tnu-
.,'"e '."sss ~. W wv 4sA' ,'' ~,
"'.cn'eAA'' "'''' VIZ t"4' ~ os oo'no ~ 4'''-
Mrs. Doycrslge occupied tho chair, and Mrs.
Lizvio Boyntot, Herbert was elected SECRETARY.
Tho Irer!aent then explained tllo ob}oci Of
'no usps''ns' nj "'soa"J p1ol7acu III s"o cali
Which recently appeared In Tf!F IRiHtSE
Tho Iadina Of Illinois had been requested to faiHc
Il. 600 10 bc devoted to a sou.rn,o bnilt1tne al
'ho sra''a Exposition, IT, tho entire cost Of The
htsnotnro 10 10 s3',"ou' ai'o a,a not know
whether sho ladies Of Illinois wonId rrefer
70 wunx ALONE UT r., COOPERATE
to,,nna,a - s' wi.ao,,, ."a ,r,,r,, s,,o 'h Inh
,ol'o"Ia ~ "'seooD" "'u n''.'' siu n"o
learned. "oa'd hlso DO Adoptoa III hltchiGHh.
l,uss'les, sho wAA nut Hurc whclher tho ladies of
lint wen,, hconma ,,cymo,,cnt nroprr,v In ,ne
,%s, -, 1,,.,1.,1a1,,,,,s na ~. ,.,,nt, an,asa
e"y VI Ah.aae'P'i'a, a'" N"ct ii''sat enoos"
10 consider What would 10 done with said rroF-
esiy ait0r the use to which, it was first destined
lad bner mnds nf II. Tlo Ntecpusin lad;ea
ILL ,,.,i- ,,.,. f.,,r,, ,,a ,,,,idoI j., ~
"'', .'e1l n,"o .'u"'s. nau "e..uo" ~ '"ne
atock Ill the cohtehtllal ton'pnns' "no "heh she
affair was over. TO deyoto the proceeds to The
erection Of large bfonze fountain III tEo City
Of MiWankeb. wAfel't beatues beng hset0l aud
ornamental, wotld nlao
sEnsE As sltnE*to
OF tle Con4otihial of l77G. She Htonld lIko to
sa. isss ''' opinions ladies' present 0p'n 'A' ''''
INNS. MARCY
Thought the project deserving one. but con-
fesaed That sl.o did not quito uiler4sana how IL
VA goink t9 10 operasea. Until! sho DID 70 M.
give any Iucd opiuun on The question.
Mn.. EMILY uuSr1So7s'S MILLER
decidedly favored the WISCONSIN plan of uniting
with tho gentlemen. Tho iadies alone would
not bo ablo to accomplish NIL Tint WAS re-
guitcd for tho honor OF tho state at the Cen.
tonn.al although, sl.o admitted their CO.
operation would DO a powerful eneiuo
nsrswh 1 to "nss tho ro, hot
bounty OF rhla4e!ph!n. sl,o thought It better
to iuvest in stock. which could aiterward DO
turned 10 good account tor Illinois,. rhiladol-
pl.ia needed no gratui.,cs, and would DO content
tho Centennial celebration, which, bclny a ma
tionnl affair, was the property of evety Amoti-
can State county. or municipality. Quo s!,u,iId
take az 1,,,cl, prilo In tho Centennial ~ thd
'''''' 1 rsE nErisiso s isi III huEseEs @ '''''1 al
that could be brought to bear upnti It, and sha
loped that tho art proIoet. ahasspscd in tho call
OF Mrs. Ddveridge. woud meet With hearty mp
rroyaA aud tlat tho bcst energies If tho Ia,.cs
ol Illinois would be cxertcd fur its sl,ccoss.
Mrs. roao,
4 lady who has had Erent experience in tho lima
Of sanitary iairs aid other benevolent onter-
ps;scs, nniti tLlat tho meeting had 10 consider
iwo projects Que was to organ
izo a Wa,nan'a state Centennial Aaso-
cintjou, which would be auxiliary to tbd
Ceulrni Association at phltadolphia. aud tho
other was to form central club composed OF
both ladies and Roptemon, which, ahe tlouEht,
,.+,rt, Tho to}tar ntn,
rhilat!olrha casne nobly to- tho roscuo Of their
city when both the Natloaaf and Htato dovern-
mcnts nccortlod them but little assistance iu 4
ptculIiarg line, Then SUCCESS lad been 30 uu.
auallfiod that it WA resolved to orect 4 separate
building especially as tho managers OF tho min
Exposition fad warned them Of the ntter impos-
sibllity Of accommodating them there, M IL
would BIO .ctouaod oy the united
Mrs. Gillespie, who wns President Of tho pli!a-
dclphia LaJiea' ComMittce TO propoap q sona-
ratio building to coat a3O0OU, tho quota Of ILL.,
nois to be about orc-Bixth ol that amount. Al
though tho Etate had appropriated +i1,U 100 Tor
tho bcnoflt Of tho Centennial. the !alicB must
remember ttat they could not touch that nouoy,
and should 80 to work on their own account, and
TINS without delay. shc thought that tho 'nd!os
Ito Efeai object iu WOW. Each would
bo insparod to stimulate the other to more
effort. About investing In stock, she was not
enthusiastic in tho belief that IT could ba largely
tGal1zeu from, pus enough ulEHt COMO DAek 1ot
tho building Of fountains in tho public parks or
somo such substantial sou .onlr for tho people
! SAo then t,utla a strong appeal for union-tu
forget tho blood mud tho n,aico, but not TIC
lerolc sacrifices aud struggles Of tho past, aid
| to hlna all sections Of thu country tn lasting
bond OF love and universal charity. [Applauae.]
| Mrs. MA.tuY
waa rather nervous on tue subject Of paying in-
ycAtmentH. Bhe did uot bclleye that mucE
tuono3 wnuld coma back to the State.
E1rB. Iioag aghln said that she was not bver-
sauEu,ne although numerous busi.uHa mon had
auid thero could be no doubt Of large profits.
| Mrs. nKyEn1pIs
Was convinced that tho Centennial would be
Auccess worthy Of tile American nation In the
ffk cbutiry Ut itA independence. She hoped
that nobody would bo discouraged becauHs
tho Vienna Exposition had not como ut
| to tho standard expected. Tint WI
bwing 10 two very serious ol,Atactcs-thb ctoler1
| nnd tie financial naulo bn tho Coutlneuk Of Ed
| rope.
| TIE sEcAETAn1
snid that ZONE very enthusiastic femase-snffrag.
advocates had protested against participation il
thn Cbntcnnial by American ladies'. becauao tl.'