Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-04-07
Women at the Centennial.

w netner we regdru tho niiauSiphia
Exposition as illustrating the progress
of the United States during the first cen
fury of their national existence, or as
exhibiting the last results Of the worlds
industry, there can certainly be no
more interesting feature of it than the
Women's Department. 1t will be cur
ious to mark the advance which the wo-
men in America in 1876 have made over
their predecessors of 1776, but Of far
more Importance is Just exhibition of
the general position of women to-day.
For whatever other index of the pro-
gress of civilization may be regarded as
valuable, there is really none so accur-
ate and so instructive az this. In bar
barism women is a slave even in coun-
tries which have certain degree of
refinement without the guiding spirit of
Christianity, like China, Japan and
India, her position is but little better.
1t is only amid true civilization, and in
proportion as it triumphs over the gros-
ser influences of society, that woman is
fully emancipated and comes into the
sphere divinely appointed for her. This
progress is constantly going on, and
essentially moral and intellectual as it
is, it is to large extent reflected in her
industrial achievement. No exhibition,
therefore, of the worlds industry in
these times would be complete without
the fullest representation of woman's
share therein.
We are glad to see that the women of
the Union early determined to take their
part in the Philadelphia Centennial.
The movement was begun in 1873 amid
many discouragements, but twelve states
have contributed to the amount needed
| for the erection of the Womans Pavil-
ion, until few thousand dollars only
are yet wanted, which it is thought can
be raised in New York. The building
is nearly finished, and contributions, We
observe, have already been received from
! the women of Florida, Massachusetts,
| Rhode Island. Connecticut, Maine, New
Jersey, District of Columbia, Ohio,
Kansas and Pennsylvania. Efforts are
making in England, Italy and France
to raise funds to enable the toiling ex-
1 perts of those countries to send speci-
mems Of their skill. Even the Japan,
ese Commission ask for forty four square
feet in which to exhibit the handiwork
of the women of Japan, while applica.
tons for space from other foreign coun.
tries are frequently received.
There is every reason to believe, there
fore, that the women's exhibition will bt
full and of rare interest. To some PEG
pie it will seem rather singular that NJ
contributions Of women's clothing in any
of its branches will be received, but th'
discrimination leaves room for the fine
kinds of needle-work, lace work, etc.
! and for larger display in the usefu
arts. Among other things volume o
! American cookery will be compiled, thu
/ women of each state contributing no
+ more than twenty nor less than six re
a cipes. This ought to be a choice an,
5 authoritative production, sufficient to ban
ish dyspepsia from the land hencefortl
!, There will also be published collectio
2 . Of short biographical sketches of EN-
: nent women of the United States; an,
the whole spirit of the exhibition will
e as far as possible, be directed towar
!, stimulating women of America towar
: selfculture and selfsupporting industr.
4 From this brief view of the enterprise
{. will be seen how meritorious it is, an
y how worthy of the support and encou
agement of the public. Boston Journd
a - They now speak of Pendleton {
the gentleman who was "killed in di
II astrous accident on the Kentucky Gel
trail Railroad, at Belknap Marsh, throug
d. the carelessness of the engineer, Heist
Clymer."
a. - Jimmie Blanchard alias Charl
" Ross of Milford, has again been journe
h ing. He left his home few days sine
g, visiting Nashua, but being recognise
I'd was taken in charge of the police, Ike
tn over night and returned the next day.
IN Nothing is more important than tn
lg the candidates to be nominated by {
in next national convention shall be M
y, whose names are already watchwords
.e. reform. whose capacity and courage f
he the work are matter of record rath
81 than of promise. REFORM address
~ the Republicans Of Massachusetts,
&c. "There is but one practical meth
,ut by which distrust can be allayed, cor
all dence restored and national success
We sured, and that is by insisting upon t
~ nomination Of such men only as, wi
vn out the aid of the rhetoric of platforr
it'll embody in themselves the popular
IA mand for honesty and independence. A."