The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
The Colored Women OF the State
Asked to Take Some
Interest,"
Statistics as to the Self Support
ing Weaker Sex at
Anaconda.
What Some of thu Counties. VIII Likely
Send to the Great Expedition nj
Chicago.

The ladies' department of the state board
of Worlds fair managers has issued an ad-
dross to the colored women OF Montana,
which reads az follows;
Mrs. Mary Aeil Cantrill, chairman.
committee on colored woman exhibit at the
Worlds fair, writes to know IL anything is
being done in your interest In tho state for
the Worlds fair exhibit. We hope you
will at once either join tho various county
organizations. now formed. or organize
yourself in separate organizations, which
ever you prefer. We are very DESTROYS that
you will take part in the woman's exhibit
Of Montana, and any aid that we can rem
der will be cheerfully given. by writing to
this office you can learn what ia expected OF
the ladies' department"
Helen II. Thornton. secretary of the
Deer Lodge association of women, sends
the following statistics of the number of
self-supporting women in Anaconda: Do
mestics 1872, average wages $25; dressmnk-
era "a, average wages $50; nurses 6. average
wages 500; keeping boarders 70, average
wages $50; keeping roomers 81. average
wages $15; teachers Is. average wages $50;
aeamstr esses 6. average wages $50; house
keepers 2. average wages $3.50; laundresses
ID. average wages $50. II is stated that the
women of Anaconda mean to make an OK
hibit for the worlds fair. 1t will probably
consist of an anaconda cut out Of wood and
covered with "copper", with Montana sapph-
Tres for eyes.
While the Montana law concerning the
board of Worlds fair managers has de-
clared that the board shall consist of six
teen male residents, there are only five
women working for Montana on the board
of lady managers. These are Mrs. Clara
McAdow. chairman, Mrs. l.. Il. Howey.
secretary, Mrs. j. E. Richards, Mrs. Marian
ID. Cooper and Mrs. X. b. Harrison. AL
though the women have only been organ
lied and systematically at work since July
~, yet they give great promise OF a credlta-
BILE display. The ladies department as
fixed by the state board is as follows:
ITO consist of five managers. to include
the lady members of the board of man
ages, whose duty it shall be to have charge
of all matters pertaining to dairy products,
pantry products, needle work. plain and
ornamental; Horticulture, native flora Of the
state, named and classified, such OF the
fine arts. plastic and ornamental. as are
the products of woman's hands, and a gen.
eral supervision of woman's work through
out the state in all its branches, both usual
and unusual; also of the various breeds of
poultry"
MsaRher county will lead off with a butter
figure. equal, no doubt, to "Iolanthe" of
Centennial fame. In Horticulture, Madison
county has a woman preparing a wonderful
exhibit that will put DIR. Kelsey on his
mettle to excel. In fine arts. Lewis N
Clarke will doubtless lead, although some
beautiful work done by the women of
Townsend, Sheridan, Butte. Livingston
and Deer Lodge will closely follow the best
leader. In the professional statistics, one
dentist, one lawyer, five physicians are dis
covered so far; all graduates of frst-class
colleges and all excellent in their lines of
work. Under the head of "Books, Journal
ism and Story Writing" q number of
names have been found. Mrs. Barker, of
Townsend. ranks high as a poetess. and
has received words of praise from Sir Edwin
Arnold for her poems, published in the Lon
don papers. Alma Alden, now of San
Francisco. and many others are expected to
contribute. In unusual lines there are
women engaged in sheep aud cattle bust
ness. mines, taxidermy. etc. II is crafty
ing to note the neat. business like letters.
penmanship, logical, clear statements that
are contained in the reports coming to the
office of the state secretary. Worthy of
special mention are the Glendive, Ana
conda and Deer Lodge offices of GORE
spondence. The large number of women
found in Montana with the best of e1ecu-
tive ability, good judgment and business
sense. make one wish the state board had
half or a fourth women in it.