New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-04
WOMEN AT THE BIG FAIR.
RESULTS OF THEIR WORK A MANAGERS.
how MRS. PALMER Is RIG AEDED-MABGNG THE
LAST NAIL FOR THE woMAN'S

speech Il cluetcou, and compllmen,ary alus0n to inc
Bond OF Lady Managers. ~ the 'pcecheN were MOI
fully reported tie time, women VIII perhap' bc III
terested 10 read in the following excerpt what Pic'i
dent Palmer said:
The creation Of 50 large Board OF Lady Man
ayers and am glad - Say here that that Board would
have much preferred TIE name Of woman u that %
.lady'i was the Cause Of some adverse comment. The
course IL ;hat Board Ia, justified the action OF the
Commission. II was the first time our Government
had N any such way recognized women The ap
polntment Of 10 two from each state and Territory
and nine from Chicago to cooperate with the COnfis
sion and 10 promote its development will have mani
fold rc.ults. Ii has disniicd woman. response
blty has been placed upon her outside q househoh
cares. il has given weight to her opinions IL haS
opened new avenues to her efforts. Tic plan oi
Woman, Tulding was designed by woman. y
friezc rs beautiful the Parthcnons ana more sis
gestivc and realistic has been designed by woman and
forwarded from California The work Of the Beard
has given her q broader horizon and wider OUTLOOK.
Women who have apparently hitherto known nothlhE
OF e bat the delights OF the promenade, the badiagc
Of The salon. the luxury OF the boudoir, or the dolce
far ncnto of seaside Offerings. have sprung FORTH Ike
Minerva from the brain Of Jove, full panoplled Tor
work, THEY have met their less fortunate sisters on
the common ground OF common purpose. ana the
women of south Carolina. Arkansas. MassachuSett'
and California have established an accord OF sympathy
which must BE- Invaluable in the unifcation OF our
DpgDlP. The reports lHtN carry H'"'' wv '"'''-'~
for good which they exert political factor cannot
lac oyercstimatcd. To those who believe Ia more
,,rjed wor, and better WAGES for women. who dppfeci
ate her art, site taste who believe that the more woman
is dnlfcd the greater the assurance OF worthy SOILS "
be given 10 tine Republic, the action OF the COMMISSION
needs defence
whatever adverse comment was profered when
the Womans Board first Organized anf however
the mistakes Of the Board- it made any-haNe been
criticised il holds. at the present time, most as
unrul- po ton. and ono that Is reco-nl1el i'"'
only in this country but in Europ". Ihii ,' en'""
s,a,n ard hieh ideals Of Mr.. Potter f'i'heF h''o
greatly aided in advancing and cnnoblnS he p"''"o"
Of women in q larger and broader sense 'ndh -
merely concerning the Fair No one VINO mo N'N' any
thought to tie matter VIII DENY.
Mr., LYMAN j. Cage the wife Of the president o inc
First National Bank OF Chicago, whose interest III ''
Exposition is we'll known, spoke OF Mrs Palmer - d
fr,d t,c other DAY In the following manner 81 We
almost worship Mr.. Palmer ia Cnca5o' o. MOI DC
teyc there i, another woman IN the worc VINO 'pu ~
,cc,,nlly occupy the position she holds shc Is ot
only gr,tou- and tactfUl, but she Yields power "N''
boh men women that nobody wishes - "''hs'auu'
Men praise her: women are not Jealous Oh her' '"o
i, indeed a remarkable woman
Their, are. many things connected with the FAR III
which Chicacous have special Interest MI ""S'
ha, given hi, support 10 project io 'aih"s Severn
buudred poor children ,.ng 80 that they can nave
the opening '-fl'i'Nn ~ '~'''
Is ALREADY in progress. and the children are Aeu VII"
enthusiasm at the prospect before them.
The first map ever made. IL T. reported. viii be eN-
bni,ed at the Exposition Pope Leo has cohHeh'c'
10 it, loan from tlc Vatican Library II - known ~
the Diego Rlbcrc Map. aud Wa, begun ia lioi hlu
finished in 1919. II (, accompanied by II cohcihpo'
rorv copy 81 the same map containing tue famous
lJsectinc line which Pope Alexander VI ar" across
il 10 settle the claims OF spain and Portugal to Amer
Z btIufaficd by fnIIluhl Bhi-lt
to the Vatican Library. and is ths same which Pope
Iiu, * refused 10 allow the American Government
to have even a copy o. II /, three feet BY seven
and Is In an excellent state Of preservation
Mrs. Roger \. Pryor has presented her 9" Colonial
Exhibit to the Daughters Of the american Ecvolu-
ton and this viii have place In the WOman's Buld-
Ing where the order has space allotted them 1t Is
rumoIed that the old Wcstoycr residence the james
River MAY be selected colonial residence 10 be
reproduced M the Fair The time selected VIII b.
1861 at which time Theodcrick Bland, member u the
Kings Council lived there. lie was a man Of wealth
and high POSITION and gave church, prison. ETC.. 10
the colony. The Wcetoyer7 house owned by william
Byrd was Of later date ThcOdcriok iland was the
ancestor Of William Bland, known The Cato OF the
Revolution also OF Lighthouse Harry Lee. Robert
+. Lee. Judge Randolph Tucker. Judge Roger \.
PIyOr and many Of NirSnia's eminent men. His
tombstone. with the ancient arms Of the family ia
England, D.. of the Interesting relies Of Colonial
Virginia.
Mr. CHARLES Ilcnrotin. viceprc-dent u the
womcn's branch Of the Congress Auxiliary, in IN I'D.
dress recently made in Chicago, made among others
the following remarks:
The formation Of the woman's branch. and the
work outlined by The special committee, emphasizes
movement pcIncatins the entire civilized world
that Of Capitalization and cooperation. The great
Expeditions which have been held In all lands since
S,a have ccmcntcd lohdo OF fraternity the world
which have taken place in the social economics AM
political ideas Of modern nations since 1sjl arc only
realized when congresses such as viii be held n s93
are convened.
Women have undoubtedly more problems TO solve
than men, 10 adapt them,clvc, 10 conditions Of
social and economic life. and avail themselves Of the
new avenues Of employment which they may now
enter. Tie two most important factors of modern
cooperation and Association, and
only avail themselves Of these powerful forces by
learning what has been accomplished by their
In the Industrial world society longer wholly
separate mems work from wOmen's work. and the IT.
titudc taken by the women OF America toward equal
will influence the position which women
can lenccforh claim for themselves all the world over
There Is no principle little recognized among men
and that Of logical cooperation, and the
participation Of women IN these congresses Will
Strengthen that principle. The women of Chicago look
10 the women Of tn, world 70 assist them in realizing
this grand conception In these great National and
universal congresses shall know each Others needs.
The grand truth Of the independence Of men and
women worker and thinker, hand and brain, will be
realized
II i, hoped that among the great musical events
OF the Exposition will be the presentation Of Nine
Augusta Holiness ode frOmphae,' which WIS com
posed in honor OF the French Republic, and produced
at the Ialas de rlnduoric, In Paris. la connection
with the Exposition Of 1eoo. When the French GOV
eminent decided 10 have musical festival celia
bratc the centenary Of 1873. competition was
opened and composers were invited to send In fh,r
score. but nothing was offered that was considered
worthy Of repre- -cntation. Mme. Holmes, woman
Of Irish extraction but OF French education d sym
PATH then resolved 10 compete for the prize. Her
wOrl, accepted and brought out nj cost II
500. 900. all Of which wa spent In scene painting,
costumes electric lighting decorations. etc. Nine.
Holmes j. the author of both words ID music. and
has succeeding in producing work which while mnsi-
cally worthy Of the grand subject " Libcric Egale
Frit"uc"- which j. it, inspiration, /, capable OF
wonderful spectacular effects. and would fail ~
a great sensation il properly brought out here at