The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-16


nghtly. Papers must have something r.
I'LL their columns" said She 'sThere was
no war When the name isabella Women,s
:. League appeared; consequently some one
hao tme TO stop and criticize our choice
because Queen Isabella was not in ali
tnlngs wnat woman of to day is. We
CANNOT measure women of the past by orr
own yard stick. Isabella may have
started the lnquisition, may have turned
against Columbus, but the fact still re-
, mains that she sold her crown Jewels tn
start him on his voyage Columbus dis
covered this country-that is all we ask
aDout MN and we never think of following
up ms LIE to see if he did other things we
consider wrong. 1t is the act. moi the
woman. we glorify."
MRS. SENATOR QUAY
l next called upon Mrs. Senator QUAY.
She said: $0"S
Il regard the petition asking Congress-
That women should have some Representa-.
uon on tne board of managers for the
quadrl- centennial. because it seemed TO me
right that they should have l have not
gwen much thought to the subject and
nave not even settled in my mind where 7
think 1t ought to be- but l can easily saw
That woman should have some official rec.
ognltlon, for they will do much of the work
as they dld in the centennial
MRS. SENATOR VANCE.
The southern women have as pronounced
views On the worlds fair as the women of
New England. Mrs. Senator Vance gives
North Carolina view. She said.
am IN favor OF women having much to
90 Win the worlds fair and If a petition to
congress asking for representation on the
poaIu OF management was thought the best
nieehoo, nope 1t will succeed. l signed it
l ~
OF bringing up the subject and making PEG
PIE mink ABOUT | do hope every woman
In the country will be able to 90 throngh
the worlds fair in 1892 without having IN
Iufn away their faces that thew NAV not |
see screen standing here and a fat cnsh-
Ion leaning there" with fine little gestures
OF dlsdaln, ''as representations of Woman,s
work! Woman's work. There is bardit an
industry or trade in which they have mot |
zone well and from them they should be |
We'll represented. When | tbinl, of tho
croctcaeted bobbins blushed over the 1ast
centennial, l become indignant and hone
tnat women will do something In 1909
worthy their marked advancement IF
congress does allow the appointment of
women on the executive boart if will of
course be difficult thing to find the right
woman, but VIII 1t not be equally difficult
TO ind the right man? Rare execntive ond
managerial ability are as hard to find in
men as IN women, although have shadow
oI preludlce that women the oftener pos
sesS IL as they do great deal of quiet man
aging IN thls world. They are trained to
1t. Fairs, charities and such orpanizations
are confessedly much more economicalIv
managed by women than by men and ! do
not see why they should not have sh IRE
Vi the management of the worlds fair
People who can do things in this world
snouio DC called upon to do them and be-
neatn the trivialities the discussion of {
oman aolhty to take part will raise. | :
aerneath it all there is the right, ]
NOW Mrs Vance Is a tiny bit of woman |
Win soIt-oroWn eyes and a winning face c
put she grew tall, her eyes flashed and her
ace became the embodiment of Justice "a
she used the word dare" No man would
nave wanted to dare if he had seen her. for t
ne would have been vanQuished, not by
force, but by principle.
This affair belongs peeuliarlv n j
women" she continued, 'for ip spite of all j
criticism the only one that made Columbus,
llscovery possibility was woman. The
lnestlon Is not raised what else that woman
I'D, but her one act places her above cavil- a
ing Can people who criticize her point t
ut or lind one other woman in the fif S
eenth century who was her equal? If they n
an 1t Will then be time enough to discuss t,
queen Isabella's other characteristics. ), E
MRS. SENATOR FRYE g
One of the brightest women in IVasb,no- IL
IN is Mrs. Senator Frye. the wife of the s,
lame Senator. | asked her for her views. N
he said: C
IA woman made this world and of course B
omen have right to take a part in its m
alr. do not know what else Queen Isa. b.
ella was, but she had good business
cad and started speculation men have
ever equalled. She did put Columbus in
mains but who knows whether it was her pr
lult. Husbands have good deal 10 do in W
us world and he probably made her fee In
BAD over selling all her jewels, that she b
st heart in the enterprise Isabella re
eiped Columbus when he needed help and m
II that reason as well as for others | thinl, ne
lat women should be recognized in the u:
'rthcomlng exposition. II the most feas q.
lie plan Is to have woman upon the ex
'utlVe board woman should be appointed. nv
am not in favor of what one calls Woman,s ~
gifts, although its leaders have done mncb pa
'od, but think this affair is entirely dis &c
net from that and only means the proper ~
cognltlon OF a large share of workers in -,
is country. Since women have done 40 oo
och IN ever division of labor the worlds do
If cannot afford toignore them The fact ;s
at they are peculiarly adapted to the line 70
work that is necessary to make the ex ~
justice to follow its course. A woman -
the centennial modelled butter better SCI
an any man there and in the coming ex
oition they should be allowed to model
tier or model the executive policy if thew
a do 1t better than men, -
Ea
MRS. SENATOR INGALLS,. Ea
Although l cannot take any active part S H,
any organization the ladies devise in aid 0al
the worlds fair'' said Mrs Senator Oof
gals, there are many whose families Ogt
grown and who have few cares. They Mo-
the ones to make the wonlan's part OF f Pal
1alr great success. l hope every So on
ance that is proper will be given them. Sou
no one Will deny that women are trained fo
experience to special aptitude in man Bin
ement. There is much that woman =, il
ID not and should not attempt, but any- LOO To-,
ng Of this nature is her province. IF M al.
ngress should not deem it advisable to =
POINT woman on the executive board =
re should at least be an advisory coun- ~, ~
II such council exists there will o oul
ne times when men will gladly consult it. Dull
prove that 1T is not an ornamental or w:
lIzatlon l will take my own experience S Sole
ne Grand Army fair that was given here -,
first the advisory board OF ladies were , .er'
consulted often but in time the gentle rs
found they could not do without their W. VIZ
ice on subjects which if asked about h on,
Nv corahIa - Is;s: o"oursoisos per, reli
clan,or for q. aruortrn;., *oon hoeu liqu
IN the fair is decided upon they will pu,.
9 the opportunity signed the petition heo,
ause 1t seemed just and proper and one tha
did not infringe in any way on the line 49,, ~
york which m en- will do in the fair and pn;i
xceedingly well.'' a ao,0.
MRS. By. SENATOR HgNDrRsoN for