St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-08

chief achievement. She is not to be
represented by books, by poems. by art
or science. Woman has been the ili-
spiration of ali man has ever done"
After continuing in this eulogiStlc
strain, he repeated, ''Woman herself is
the chief resultant of the SEX" Re
ferring to Numa PompiliuS and his
guidance by the nymph Egeria, DR..
Smith said that every man had been in
spired by nymph. woman will not
be represented by the wOman'S build
ing, but by all the buildings, ali the
books, all the machinery, for they are in
o great part hers. Be merciful, you
women. You are the rulers. and are
yet to be the rulers in higher and
stronger sense. Use your leisure and
your powers wisely and we'll"
Bishop Gilbert explained the object of
she present meeting. 1t was not gen.
eral state meeting. but merely a pre-
Ilminary to such an organization. Com
mltteeS were to be appointed. and Sug-
gestIonS relating to the work of the
woman'S board would be gladly re-
ceiVed.
Mrs. P. B. Winston. of Minneapolis,
who is Mrs. Clarke's alternate, moved
vote of thanks to Mrs. Clarke for her
able, interesting and lucid address.
L. III, Severance moved a vote of thanks
TO the Peep 'e's church and to DR.. Smith
for his kind cooperation. This motion
also was carried.
Opportunity for women
Miss Howe. on being called on by
Mrs. Clarke, said she had been moved to
speak by Dr.. Smiths eulogistie remarks.
She added:
s.'Tbara pop ha I, ouastio,, hr+ +t,o+ ,boro
Is an enormous opportunity before us in the
worlds fair. Men haze fer centuries been
eager TO tell us what we are. There has ever
been great respect and admiration for what
we are. In The last fifty years we have put
forth new claims for respect for what we are
doing. Our efforts have received cordial
recognition. Now we shall have a chance
to show the world what we are doing The
women of the world will be there in Chicago
to show what they have achieved"
Miss Howe then spoke of what Mrs.
Porter Palmer had ACCOMPLISHED while
abroad, and of Mrs. Palmer'S great aDil-
lty TO lead and direct. The women of
England and France, Miss eHowe said.
are especially interested in the fair, and
will be well represented. In speaking
OF the difficulty of representing the
work of the leisure class in philanthropy
ical and charitable enterprises. Miss
Howe spoke of the plan of Partisan
nOulCH 1OI HdNil9 lldDS Oh IdflS pre-
pared, showing the number and location
of houses of refuge, homes for women,
orphan asylums and institutions of the
like carried on by women. Miss Howe
urged the necessity of immediate action.
There is no time" she said. Ito be
lost. Minnesota must be we'll repre-
sented or we will be diSgraced. The
exhibits of the foreign women will be
fine, and we must not fall behind
them"
Mrs. Backus. after speaking of the
benefit to the world at large the fair will
be. moved that Mrs. Clarke's paper be
published and sent all over the state
for distribution.
Mrs. Clarke mentioned the committees
to be appointed. The committees are:
On classification, on philanthropy. on
education, on decorative art, on art and
on scholarship. Mrs John jackson
read part of Miss Ford's working plan
for the board of lady managers rela-
tive to the worlds fair Scholarships.
which will be awarded by various
women's societies, and will include
TRANSFORMATION to Chicago and expenses
for one week. She advised the issuing
OF circulars to all sorts of salaried