Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-19
WOMEN AND THE WORLDS FAIR.
Mrs. Judge Paul Gives Copious Notes as
toIheir Progress at Chicago.
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The impetus given 10 the work and pro-
press of women by the splendid opportu-
ntt,es Of the Worlds FAIR Is astonishing.
The results as shown In the great EXPOSE
tion will amaze mankind and encourage
and delight womanEind. q
A brief account of what the women OF
sorne 81 the States and Territories are
doing will show how eagerly ana earnest.
ly our countrywomen aVall themselves Oh
this first fair chance to establish iheir
industrial and civic value. The New YORK
CITY School of Industrial Art ana Iechnl.
cal Desipn fo1 women will make a most
;mnortant exhibit. The work is especially
that of women. who are taught the practl-
cal annlication OF the designs to ma
chinerv. No designs are made that cannot
no nj once nut into the hands OF skilled
workmen 10 be woven or printed. Inc
DESIGNS are for carpets, rugs. oil-cloths;
calico and prints. wallpapers, stained
glass. inlaid woodwork. portieres, pooA-
covers. Christmas and Easter cards, ran
mounts, lace, SIX, ana Wlhuo" snauga'
Manufacturers III this country, Canaia'
England, Scotland. France; Germany,
China. and Japan purchase designs from
the women of this school.
The Ohio Woman's Ceramic Assoc atlon
is pleparlng Tor a large and beautiful dls-
play of their artistic wares. New Jersey
has increased her appropriation from
500 900 TO $50. 900 and given the ladies OF
the State liberal share IN that and in the
State building.
In North Carolina the ladies OF the State
BOARD have undertaken to RAISE the funds
to furnish and ornament the State build
ing.
In Georgia. where the Constitution for
bids any appropriation. the lady mana gers
and their alternates are rendering most ell
fcient aid in raising the money necessary
for a creditable exhibit. Mrs. W. II. Eel
ton. at the request OF Governor Northern
has taken very active part;
The women of Illinois Will have model
pharmacy. conducted and managed ell
tirely by women. They will also have a
model hospital in one wing OF the women
building. The women physicians OF the
State and the Illinois Training School Tor
Nurses will manage this. and the State
board has appropriated $1,000 to defray
the expenses.
The Indiana women are preparing yerv
instructive exhibit of kindergarten anu
kitchenCarten methods and work; also,
prison and charitable reforms. They have
| also undertaken the finishing and furnish
| ing Of the apartments IN the Indiana state
| building, set apart for their use.
IN VARIOUS STATES.
The Womaus Board IS in correspondence
with the local secretaries of seventy asso'
Citations and industrial clubs i'll yariou:
| States. There have been applications FOL
| exhibits of model kitchens and homes
Irish villages, Indian villages. showing IL
| these the work of women, and for " emil
| dren's palace" combining all educatlonal
sanitary, and other interests OF children
| with play-room where the youthful oc
cupants may be royalty amused.
COLONIAL DISPLAYS.
| IL may interest Virginia women TO know
! that Mr.. Henry Welcome, OF London, ha
| consented to loan q valuable picture fol
| exhibition in the woman's building. III i
n portrait of Pocahontas painted from LIE
| during the time she lived in England.
| II NAV be mentioned here that while Vir
| ginians, like President Diaz. OF Mexico
| are more interested in showing the re
| sources then the ruins of the state" they
can still contribute largely TO the interest
ing colonial display, which Will De yerl
| interesting feature OF the Exposition
| Mrs. George w. Kidder, of North Carolina
| il the very efficient chairman OF TINS com
mittee. and under her cultured supervisor
| il will doubtless be rendered very attrac
tive.
The president of the Woman's Board ha
recognized the South most literally IN be
committee appointments. This no douo
will add to the interest already felt b,
southern women in the great fair. Mrs
w. II. FELTON,. of Georgia, is chairman o
the Committee on Agriculture Mrs n. u
Fosdick. of Alabama. Niticulture; Mrs. [
II. Olmstead. Georgia. Bee Culture: Mrs
John II. Stone, Mississippi. Manufactures
| Mrs. Z. NJ. Brayton, South Carolina, Eth
nology: Mrs. q. W. kidder. North Caro-
lima. Colonial Display; Mrs: John ;
Wise. Virginia, Electricity; Mrs. III. [
Cantrill, Kentucky. National Flower
On the subcommittee Of the Execut'y
Committee are Mrs. William Reed, c
Maryland Mrs. John Paul. Virginia, AM
Mrs. Rosine Ryan. of Texas.
There have been eight. possibly more
competitors among Virginia women artist
for the prize offered for best design Tor
badge for the Board of Lady Managers
There have been two applications fror
Virginia women TO serve on jurles OF awar
in the departments seVerally OF chin'
| uainting and art-needlework.is
Applications from manufacturers 10 th
| Exposition authorities show that the VIC
| mems Jury representation VIII vary frOl
100 per cent. III lace, silks. cigarettes, COZ
ton goods etc., TO l per cent. IN mine
and mining. Various women in dlferen
sections are strongly recommended 10
these positions. The president OF tn
, Woman's Board has Just asked the COZ
, eressional committee on the COLUMBIA
| EXPOSITION for an additional appropriate
of $4,000 in addition TO the amount pr'
vlded in the appropriations bil! Tor III
use of the board. to be used TO detray e'
, penses of the women Jurors.
WOMEN JOURNALISTS.
2 All press clubs and journalistic associ;
r tions of women will be specially well care
! for by the woman's department at the TAI
/ They Will have commodlous and elegan
. headquarters III the woman's building. an
, every facility for seeing and hearing a
that the big show has worth seeing an
= hearing. The woman journalist Will be
7 privileged and fortunate woman IN 1893
Is strange THAT the many bright women
| Virginia VINO write tor newspapers ana ~
4 | riodlcals have never formed themseF'
into press association. ms Is an exec
a lent time TO inaugurate such movement
At the great international Exposition the
. would meet ON equal terms the orign'e
: feminine literary lights or allth countri'
: | of our planet and We are sure would ai
TO the lustre of the galaxy.
y Valuable as Virginlas representation
4 Chicago may be as an advertisement
/ her magnificent resources. 1t may be safe
e said that its beneficial effects VIII be q
i parent, not only III material evidence
a but in the spirit of her people. whose
a forts make them opponents and sum
4 lanis of her industrial progress. Pernal
!. indeed. its greatest good may be accol
o. plished in this way. for the prosperity
: an American community depends up'
] no trif Of neODlf.