The morning call., 1892-05-12
THEY WANT MONEY, TOO.
An Appropriation Requested by tn
Board of Lady Managers.

An Appropriation Requested by the
Board of Lady Managers.
The California Worlds Fair Commits
sioners had conference yesterday morn
ing with the members Of the Board Of Lady
Managers. Those present were: Commits
sioners Phelan, Ferguson, McMurray, Hatch
and Rose and Mrs. e. o. Smith, Mrs Mar
cellus, Mrs Bradley and Mrs. Olive Cole.
The ladies have number of schemes on
hand, among others the erection of an
adobe house, TO contain specimens Of
women's work, and the maintenance of
daily banquets to distinguished people dur
ing the exposition. The banduetS would
cost 500 per day. The ladies' asked for an
appropriation to carry out these schemes.
The commission is aYerse to granting any
sum to the ladies for their direct eXpend-
diture, hut have set aside $1,000 TO be APP
piled TO the fu therance OF such plans as
meet with the approval OF the commits
sioners.
With the apparent idea Of avoiding criti-
cism, the afternoon session OF the cOmmls-
sion was executive. although there was
nothing secret in the business under con-
sideraiion.
At the request Of the lady managers A.
Page Brown was instructed TO prepare
plans for building 16x20, to be made of
Jelly and to be placed in the California
-
and Hatch, with Secretary Thompson. were
appointed a special committee to ascertain
the probable cost Of the proposed c0ntinu-
Gus banquet.
1t was resolved TO offer an award of So
| for the best design OF a badge TO be used as
a California souvenir at the fair.
Willard johnson Of the United States
Geological Survey was authorized to pre-
pare q relief map of the State on the scale
Of four miles 10 the inch.
The commission then adjourned for the
month. having attained minimum amour;
of progress.
There has been a great deal said about
the tsh exhibit and about Mr.. la Motto and
Latin for tOmcod. The facts Of the case
are IS follows; Mr.. la Motto was spoken to
| by a newspaper man on the subject OF pre-
pairing the exhibit for the fair. Among
other things, Mr.. la Motto advanced the
very sensible idea of marking each jar con-
tanning fish with the commercial name Of
tile fish instead Of using the technicalname,
which only a few ichthyologists ever learned
and can remember and said that the scien-
tfc or technical name would be given In a
catalogue. In taking note of the language
spoken by NJ. Ia Motto, the newspaper man
did not put down the Latin name used by
the speaker. but when he wrote up his re-
port he supplied the deficiency by using the
Latin name given by Webster in that part
of his unabridged dictionary Ia which
| he describes the tOmcod, he being
under tho impression that Webster
was good authority. When Professor
David Starr Jordan saw the name used
/ in the article, he discovered that it did not
agree with what he claims is the Latin
name for the tomc0d. and without making
| the least inquiry in relation TO the matter he
wrote an eight-page letter 10 tell the Worlds
| Fair Commissioners that Mr.. la Motto did
not know the name of the tomcod in Latin,
and for that reason was not the proper person
| TO have charge Of the fish exhibit Mr.. la
Motto was thus made tie innocent victim
of, according to Professor David Starr
jordan, WebsteI's ignorance Of the Latin
name for tomc0d. Mr. Ia Motto has had 30
years experience in the fish line and it will
be very difficult to find any one who knows
more about fish. and particularly California
fish, than be does. Mr. la Motto now
proposes to get up FISH exhibit and il i:
possible that the State University will aid
him in making a display that will outTiya
that to be gotten I'D by PalO Alto.