The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-18
WOMAN AT THE CENTENNIAL
Buckeye Brains Found In Feminine
Bodies.
Arta and Professions Represented Organ
iHition OF an Ohio WomAn'A Council.
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spaces or the department. building hft
represented tweety'seyen branches OF
wOmans industry, Literature art, acl'
ence, invention, manufactured, Jour
naliam, Medicine, atenography, telegra
ply, wood carving, pottery, ceramlf y,
decorative work In all It's phases, pho,
Biography, oil painting, pastel, pencil
drawings, plastic work, and numerous
other fields now open TO w0man'B actiy.
ity, are fully cOyefed besides the usual
complement Of patchwork, crazy work,
sofa pillows, lace work and the other
exhibits, over which women have gone
daft and blind ever since the world be-
gan,
II Is true that some Of these indus.
tries are scarcely seen, except upon the
secretary's books, but they ARE there all
the same, and point 10 the time when
tatting and crochet shall not be the
chief resources OF a large portion OF the
irrepressible sex,
The cooking school, At the head OF
which iB the accomplished MISS Cul'
bertsOn, daughter Of DR., Culbertson OF
GAINESVILLE, N an object lesson In prnc'
tlcal cookery. In beautifully lighted
dining room, on tables laid with snowy
linen and dainty dishes, q dinner IL
served daily 10 thirty-liye persons, the
proceeds being used TO defray the ex.
penses Of the day In raw material and
salaries. Miss Culbertson and her as
Sistants, attired In pretty trim coa.
tunes, including white caps and aprons,
prepare and serve the meals IN the
presence of the assembled ylsltors,
emerging from the process without q
spot on their garments, or 30 much hs u
speck OF sooty sweat In the dimples OF
their placid faces. High art In cookery
requires the utmost neatnea8 and calm
,iupoBure upon the part OF those who
repare the food.
The success OF the Womans Depart
ment Is the more remarkable when II
Ia considered that IL is purely the result
Of voluntary labor upon the part OF
those organizing and carrying II on,
The pluck and push Of the Ohio woman
Is richly exemplilied In the enterprise,
Mrs. Della Williams, prominent edu'
Gator Of Delaware, was made chairman
OF the W0man's Department by the
Centennial Commission, but she was re-
quired TO do her work, II done NJ all,
without money or credit She had to
pay even her own postage and travelling
bills, and up to date all the women In
charge have had to pay their own ex'
penses, and even advance the money
for the little printing done for their de
partment This compels me to ask n
conundrum that has long been pressing
upon my mind,
Why Is woman like her CreatorY
Because she can make oil things out
Of nothing. Mrs. Williams has been
most fortunate In summoning energetic
workers TO her assistance Az the head
Of the Literary Bureau Is Mrs, Sarah
II. Bierce OF the editorial staff Of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, assisted by Miss
Ida Rose McCabe, Of Columbus, u
young woman who has made name
for herself as u contributor TO leading
newspapers and magazines, and the
writer so widely quoted as "Mr," l.. II,
McCabe after her "Reminiscences OF
w. ID. Howells,' appeared In the Cen
tury These ladies have discovered
that there are over 300 Ohio women en-
gagged In book or newspaper work some
writing anonymously, Others over their
own signatures, as correspondents;
some as reporters, Others doing depart
ment work for which they have person.
al credit, except In bank remittances,
Their work as authors covers every
fleld of literature, temperance, Sunday
school, fiction, history, biography, trav
els, poetry, art, patural history. Edith
Thomas, Constance Fennimore Wool.
son, Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, s. M,
B. Platt, are examples of those who
have attained National celebrity
through their pens.
Mrs. Helen 0lmsted, OF Cleveland,
an artist of established repute, has
charge Of the art department, assisted
by her daughter, q most charming girl,
and herself an artist. Their profession.
al taste and skill Is fully exhibited IN
the arrangement Of the articles in their
charge. Caroline Ransom is among
the exhibitors, whose works are best
known. Her portrait of Grandma
Garfield" Is a most excellent likeness OF
this pioneer Ohio motheri Both Mrs.
Olmsted and daughter have been
~ arded first premiums. They leave
for Europe shortly TO perfect their
studies, and Ohio will yet be proud Of
their achievements.
ONO woMAN's COUNCIL.
On Thursday an important step was
taken in uuifying Ohio women workers
in grand State association, to be
known as the Ohio Woman's Council.
This is to be to Ohio what the great
National Council Of Women, which
met for the first time, at Washington
last winter representing ilfty-three Ma
tional Associations of Women, Is to the
United States. 1t is an alliance of wo-
men to assemble annually, compare
notes. exchange ideas, and together ad-
wise and counsel concerning all matters
of interest to women, individually and
collectively, to the end that we shall
have better homes, better health bet
ter lives and better laws. II might
be called the Normal School
Of Woman's Development,
Twelve associations of women, or
branches Of women's work, were repre-
sented at the formation Of the Ohio
Womans Council, including the Ohio
Woman's Press Association, The Wo
mans Suffrage Association, The Wo.
mans Christian Temperance Union,
The W0man's Relief Corps, The Labor
Union and medical, legal, art education
al and philanthropic exponents. Rev.
Anna X. Shaw, Of Cranston, ILL.,, and
Susan Is. Anthony, of Rochester, N. Y,
were present to define the aims and OBJ.
jects of the Woman's National Council,
Of which the Ohio Woman's Council is
m outgrowth.
IL is u significant fact that Ohio In
her Centennial year should be the first
State to form n State Council. The
pioneer mothers hundred years ago
rolled logs with their hands to rear the
structures in which their daughters
wer, porn. These daughters now pro-
pose TO continue the log rolling bust
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