The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-05-03
AUXILIARY BOARD.


A meeting was held at the CONNER
cial Club rooms on Monday, for the
purpose Of organizing q county COM
mission of the members of the Ladies'
Worlds Fair auxiliary board for the
state Of Missouri. Mrs. Patti Moore,
the president of the state board, was
present, and in al informal talk told
the ladies what she hoped for from
them and what she expected them to
do. She stated that in the state
appropriations for the Worlds Fair
there had been no provision made for
the furnishing Of the special women's
department. and that unless the
ladies took hold of this matter
it would necessarily be neglea ted.
There was Of course an equal division
of the space allotted to men in such
Industrial pursuits by women as
chicken or bee exhibits, but a special
room for each county would have to
be fitted up by the ladies themselves.
Mrs. Moore off-red, as a suggestion
merely, the fact that in some instances
the work of Especial proteges would be
acceptt d, and that might ais, be done
in this county, this would, however,
be optional with the ladies, and the
main idea is to arrange for committees
which would enable Missouris re-
sources to be placed in q pr, per light.
To the end Of getting foundation
upon which to make substantial be-
ginning, Mrs. Moore thought it would
be . good idea to ask the county to
make an apprOp iation. 1t was
also urged upon the ladies' present
that they get the ladies of the entire
county interested, and above all things
to endeasor to work in harmony. The
outlook, Mrs. Moore stated, for . fine
representation Of woman's work from
this state was excellent, and as the
gentlemen composing the WORLDS fair
commission of this county, with its
president. N. H. Gentry, is giving all
The encouragement and aid in its pow
er, there is no doubt but Missouri will
rank in this respect with any state in
the union
Mrs Moore is . refined and lore
ly little lady. and her talk was
given much attention by the twenty.
five or thirty ladies present.
The meeting was adjourned to meet
this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Ia
dies again met ut the club rooms and
were again addressed by Mrs. Moore
in clear statement of what 10 expect
ed of the Pettis county ladies IS an
swered and outlined by questions put
to the national president-of the Wo-
mans World Fair Commission, Mrs.
Potter Palmer of Chicago.
Mrs. L. N. Guild was then selected
for the temporary chairman of the
meeting; Mrs. H. A. Pratt, tempo
rary secretary. The meeting was then
called to order and with one voice
Mrs. Sarah E. Gotten was chosen as
president Of the Pettis county organ
IL alton, Mrs. H. l. Psf, secretary.
The following chairmen Of commit
tees we're appointed:
Literature-Mrs. Fl. G. Demuth.
Art and decorative art = Mrs. Will
Latour and Mrs. Fortaine Merri-
wether.
Press-Roee Pearle.
Music- Mrs. N. H. Gentry.
Textile Fabric-Mrs. Bette Gen
try.
Agriculture Mrs. G. E. Dugau.
Inventions Benton Ingram.
Industrial-Mns Kate Huffman.
Church Work-Mrs. George Lord.
Curios-Mrs. NJ. Bixby.
Domestic Economy-Mn. John
Montgomery.
Natural Floral-Mrs. E. Lamy.
Temperance-Mrs. l.. N. Guild.
Mrs. Moore stated that the chair.
man of these committees would be al.
lowed to select their own assistants,
and they were requested to meet her
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for
further instructions.
The meeting closed with compre-
hensive, able and eloquent address
relative to womanis work as connect
ed with the worlds fair by Mrs. s.
P. Sparks. Of Wsrrensburg.
Mrs. Moore will be here several
days in the interest of The work she
and no doubt will 90 clear.
ly give her instructions that the ladies
Of Pettis county will be enabled to
acquit themselves nobly.
The chairmen of the committees
yesterday to serve on the
Pettis County Auxiliary board of the