Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-12
TO THE WOMEN OF TEXAS.
Mrs. Tobin, President of the Texas CO.
lumbar Exposition Association, Asks
for Earnest Work for the State
Special to the Gazette.

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. ITO the delegates
composing the various boards of lady mana
| gers of the Texas Columbian exhibit asso-
| citation: You have selected me to be your
| president. Deeply sensible of this high
honor, feel it my duty, Us well as pleasure,
to return to you my heartfelt thanks for the
very flattering testimonial of your friend
ship for me. and confidence in my ability;
and through you to extend to those noble
women of Texas whom you represented at
the Dallas convention, my cordial and hearty
greetings, not only as their president, but
also as co-labOrer with them in the great
and glorious work in which they are en-
gagged. My election, coming as it did, the
unsolicited, spontaneous expression of
confidence and trust entirely unexpected by
me, is, for that reason, the more highly
priced. l could have wished that you had
chosen an ADLER leader, but trust that, en-
Outraged. by your kind indulgence, and
aided by your generous help and assistance,
l shall De able to meet the reasonable ex-
pectations of our people
If this great state is to make creditable
exhibit at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, it must largely depend on the action
and energetic cooperation of the women Of
Texas. We need not now inquire why the
original promoters of this great enterprise
deliberately shared with US the response
bility OF an undertaking fraught with such
important results to our beloved state.
the fact that the women are to share,
throughout, the responsibility of the sue
cess of the great Worlds fair" We have
willingly assumed the duty assigned US,
and the path of duty is clearly outlined.
We have only to go ahead and do our duty,
as becomes the wives and daughters of men
ambitious for the honor and glory of Texas,
and do it in q way that Will not only justify
the confidence repoSed in US, but will be-
alike creditable 10 ourselves and honorable
to our state.
Our most important task-by no means q
difficult One-iS the raising of certain sum
of money, thing that most women have a
rare faculty of doing when the need arises.
Let it not be said of US that we have lost
our cunning in that direction, or that we
are unequal to the occasion, for such is not
the case. The sum that is to be raised is
for grand purpose, and IS but pittance
compared with what Texas can supply
when fully aroused to the eXigencies of the
occasion. 1t is only necessary to awaken
the patriotic people of Texas to a sense OF
the responsibility resting upon them in
order to secure their earnest sympathy and
active cooperation.
Do that much, women Of Texas, and you
have done all; accomplish that, and you
will have opened the purses of thousands,
now apparently insensible to or forgetful
of their duties. The great good which will
result to our state from the establishment
ana Oh d0 adequate eXGLOlU
the Columbian fair is well known TO our
association, and | deem it unnecessary to
enlarge upon it at this time l will say,
however, that upon our exertionS will de-
pend, in a great measure, the enjoyment OF
those feelings of pride and elation which
thousands of Texans visiting the great fair
will experience when they enter the great
structure dedicated to the honor and glory
of Texas, and decorated with the manifold
products of her fields, mills, mines and
looms.
1 will Immediately appoint the executive
board-one member from each senatorial
district, as provided for by our constitu-
ton; and upon consultation with them, hav-
ing familiarized ourselves with the rules
and methods governing the workings of the
association, hope to offer such suggestions
of practical nature as will aid the various
county and municipal boards of lady mana
gers in organizing for, and performing The
work assigned them. To this end / earn
estlv request the officers of each local board
to furnish me their names and address at
earliest convenience.
Realizing fully the responsibility of the
office and pledging myself to a faithful per-
Torrance of its duties, thank you one and
all for the distinguished honor you have
conferred upon me. Very respectfully,
Mrs. w. H. ToBIN,
Presi6 emit I. G. E. a.