Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-26

| 10 De an exhlDltlon OF their works rs an ob1ec
| lesson TO show their progress during the cen
turtles. We wish the history of the fail TO be
| golden page in the records of woman's ad
vance. Mrs. Palmer extended hearty invita-
| ton to the council to hold its next meeting il
| Chicago.
| VIRGINIA c. MEREDITH.
! Virginia c. Meredith Of the board was intro
duced by Mrs. Potter to speak on the industrial
side of the question. She prophesied at tn,
outset that the worlds fair would be one Of tn,
masterful forces in bringing about tn,
millennium. The real place Of women in mod
ern life is to consecrate money to its proper
uses. The members of the board are practica
women who are familiar with the interests of tn,
wage earners. The opportunity to assist womer
| IN their work comes in from the article in thu
act that bids the board of lady managers Civ,
prizes for articles wholly or in part the produc
| of women. All the entry blanks for exhibits a.
tine fair contain the question as to whether the
article is wholly or partly the work Of womer
and out OF the hundreds of thousands Of entries
being received at the Chicago Office the ques
ton is answered almost always.
| PLAN OF THE woMAN's BUILDING.
"We shall try to provide in the woman'i
building for all possible wants of women, hav.
ing in view bureau Of information, with in.
terpreters and guides for strangers, parlors and
bale mics where ladies may rest and chat an
exhibitors club room, a model kitchen where
demonstration lessons may be given, we hope
| without: charge, a loan exhibit of colonial, old
| Dutch, Scandinavian and other relics. recalling
| the early history of onr country and the
various nationalities from which we are sprung,
and also of objects developed in the home BY
the taste Of wonau. One wing of the building
will possibly be devoted to showing the reform
and charitable organizations organized and car
ried OH by women, and the other to the exhibit
which will be sent by our auxiliary associations
formed through the fundamentally of our
foreign ministers in the countries 20 which
they are accredited, and by means Of which we
shall be enabled to indicate the condition and
attachments of women in every part of the
world. We shall also have an administration
room. committee rooms and an assembly room
Tor all lectures congresses and assemblies which
may be desired by women. In the main gallery
there will be probably shown some of the most
brilliant achievements of woman's hand and
brain. These will doubtless be. in many cases,
duplicates OF objects entered for competition
in the general exhibit under the regular CLASH
tication, the duplicates being placed in our
building to emphasize the fact that they are
the work Of women.
I'm reading list Of the organizations repre-
sented here 1t occurred to me that we might
obtain also most unusual exhibit from the
missionary stations in the inaccessible and I'M
frequented parts OF the earth. and / beg the
ladies representing missionary societies to re-
alize that they may aid both themselves and us
by showing the life and work of women in
heathen countries. II o child widow. tor in
stance, from Zenanna could be brought with
her native dress and surroundings and the suf-
fering and inhumanity to which she is SUBJ
jected shown it would arouse such an interest
in the subject as years of talk would not pro-
duce. The native weaving, pottery, ornaments.
costumes, household utensils, &c, from these
countries would also be Of the greatest interest
and value.
ASK NOTHING but COOPERATION.
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present our plans and to ask nothing from the
ladies but their sympathetic cooperation and
an expression of their views as to how the cause
OF women may best be served, our building and
its facilities being offered free OF charge to all
the women of the country.
For the first time in our history the mothers,
wives and daughters of America have been per-
United to assist in the management Of an i'm
pOrtant national enterprise, and have been
allowed the high but demoralizing privilege
OF slipping their fingers into the national purse
in Urde- that they might prepare an object
lesson showing the progress of woman during
the Century in which educational and other
privileges have been accorded her. We wish
to show that with the enlargement Of her OPP
pOrtuhltles her sphere has extended and broad
ened until she now works successfully in almost
every neld heretofore given up exclusively to
man, that she can do many things and do them
all well. and that there are no intellectual
heights she cannot scale. Hers are essentially
the arts Of peace and progress, and her best
work is shown in the reforms she has had the
courage and the ideality 20 inaugurate against
time honored wrongs, both legislative and
social, and in the gradual elevation Of the
standard of morality.
I'VE feel the necessity Of showing this beauti-
ful influence and the advance which it has
caused, but are handicapped by the fact that
the most valuable part is spiritual. and that it
Is dincult to show progress in abstract things
except by mass of statistics, which become
significant only when intelligently and sympa-
thetically read. Will you not aid us with your
experience and thought to show woman's work
as beautiful whole, with its animating spirit,
and not as mere mass Of material? We wish
the worlds fair.Of 1898 to be memorable as a
great exhibition, greater than any which ever
preceded It, but we also wish its history to be a
golden page in the annals of woman's advance
ment.
SUGGESTIONS INVITED.
1--WE urgently request, therefore, that each or
ganization represented here appoint committee
of five of its most able women to consider the
work we are trying to do for our sex at the
fair and to present to us ut an early day their
suggestions and advice to how we may best
| accomplish the great end we have in view, and
to inform us In what manner their associations
will be able to cooperate with our board in its
work, and We ask that they send their sugges-
ton. applications for space, &C., to our head
quarters in Chicago, where they will be gladly
received and most carefully considered and
| acted upon. The board of lady managers in
reciprocation of the hospitality and fraternal
| feeling shown it, has great pleasure in asking
that when the members of this distinguished
body and the many associations here repre-
sen:ed visit the coming exposition, as, of
course, they will, they at once make themselves
known TO the representatives of our board,
who will be glad to receive and welcome them
i'll the womans building. where every con-
! venience and facility for their comfort will be
provided. The board also most cordially and
pressingiy invites this council to hold its inter-
| national meeting in Chicago at the time of the
Columbian exposition, when it will place at the
| service of the ladies the assembly room in the
woman's building, and should it not prove large
enough, through our congress auxiliary, the
| magnificent Auditorium can be secured for the
meeting of the international council of women y
iApplause.l
MRS. CHARLES N. HENRorIN.
Mrs. Charles VI. Henrotin gave an encourag.
ing account of the meetings of congresses, con-
ferences and other organizations to be held in
Chicago during the exposition, with the view
that the great minds OF the world may be
brought in contact with the great workers. She
explained the methods followed in making all
| arrangements and outlined the duties of thu
! various committees and subcommittee in charge
of this part of the immense work necessary in
preparing Tor the exposition.
| ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER.
''The Queen Isabella Association was the
4 theme of a little talk nv ssOuaap Tsahalls