San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-10-01
OCTOBER 1885, NJ t.

The North, Central and Ssuth American
Exposition:
To AMERICAN WoMKN:-
The Management Of the North,
Central and South American Exposi-
ton, seeing everywhere evidence OF
woman's steady Advancement earnest
ly desire to promote her further pro-
gress and to show their confidence IN
her ability, not only to maintain the
high ground she gained during the
Worlds Exposition, but to give con-
tinuous evidence Of her ability to
cope with man in inventive, artistic,
literary, scientific and industrial exhi :
bits. It has been decided to display
Womans Work in the spaces set aside
for State Exhibits, and to govern her
industries by identically the same
regulations that control other displays.
It is thought that this.irule will not
only confirm the equality OF woman,
but will produce a generous rivalry
between the sexes resulting in good
to both. The products Of woman's
skill and ingenuity will stand in bold
relief against the noble background
of a State g Industrial and Agricultural
Exhibits.
The greatest work accomplished by
the Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition was the bring
ing together Of people who needed
q little acquaintance for truer ap-
probation of their mutual excellences.
The last wishes and recent death of a
deathless hero have further cemented
the North and the South. Women
of the North can best advance the era
of peace and good will by showing
their Southern sisters how the world
has progressed while the South was
passing through her period Of resusci-
tation, and by holding out to them
the olive branch of good work from
the many departments in which
Northern women have learned to ex-
eel. Western women, with their tire
less energy will not be content with
any form of inferiority. While wo-
men of the South, realizing the disad-
vantages under which they have hith-
erto labored, will put forth every
effort to show that they lack in moth
ing save opportunity.
To these ends the Management
have framed the following:
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION FOR woMAN's
WORK.
The Board of Management, after,
carefully and fully considering the
subject, have determined upon the
plan of organization for Woman's
Work in the American Exposition as
follows:
l. There shall be no Department Of
Woman's Work proper, but the work
of woman shall pc placed on the same
footing as that of men.
2. The Governor of each State and
Territory shall be requested to ap-
point lady of high social standing
in her State to represent the Work Of
the State or Territory.
8. The lady commissioners thus ap-
pointed may, in cooperation with the
State commissioners, install the exhi-
bit OF Woman's Work from their res
pective States or Territories, as
part Of the collective State exhibit, in
the space allotted to said States and
Territories, or they may apply direct
to the Management for sach space as
they require.
A. The spaces thus allotted to all
lady commissioners outside Of the
spaces occupied by the various States
and Territories will be grouped to-
gether.
8. The Women Of Louisiana extend
to he Women of all States not repre-
sented by commissioners acordial in
vitation to exhibit their work with the
Woman's Work OF Louisiana.
6. The exhibitors OF Womap's Work
will be subject to the same rules and
regulations as the other exhibitors.
The immediate aud cordial cooper
alton Of woman from every State and
Territory is earnestly urged
Apply for explicit information TO
the State commissioner.
The women Of any State not rep
resented at the Amencan Exposition
by q collective display, and who de
sire 10 present their work in tbs form
Of a collective display, viii be assign
ed special and suitable space for that
purpose on receipt Of application To
those whose States are neither rep /
resented by q State exhibit por ky |
An independszt collective display Of
Work. And who may desire
individual exhibits Of tbeir