Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-15
NOW in GOOD SHAPE.
o, ana MATURING FOR viR0iNIA'S ex'
Hlelr At THE WORLDS FAIR
A. o.t,,ne Of the work Done % tine
Roanoke Meeting = To ksprsduss
Nj. vernsn-New Ofncsrs.

- tha World's-Fair bill to have en- Auxili-
arv Board. constituted from membership
that represents every county, city, ana
,own in the State. and it was the happiest
mart of the happy thought that took one
half of this membership from the iadies
of Virginia.
nh. .pnointment of these Virginia wo-
,,,ar has hsen well considered, and II one
viii look over the list which Governor
Mckinney has commissioned he VIII nno
inch an array of talent. energy, PATRIOTISM,
and old Virginia blue blood as can scarGeay
once insures the success of the great un-
Had that success been doubtful before
Tho meeting at Roanoke last week when
This Auxiliary Board was organized All ap,
nrehension would have been dissipated
when one saw the enthusiasm OF the pa
t,iot women and the determination OF the
trne State-proud Virginia men who met
there from every section ana vowed py
their bright eyes or swore by their beards
that Virginia should be in the front line
when her sister States paraded with tne
nations of the world at the worlds greatest
gathering In 1893.
PROM ALL SECTIONS
In Roanoke there were met men and
women from the mining regions. noun
tains, and grass-lands OF Southwest vir-
ginia. from the rich Shenandoah valley,
from the wealthy counties OF the NORTH
west. from the tobacco region OF the south
and east, from grand old TIdewater, ana
even from away on the Eastern onole,
where the Atlantic and the Chesapeake.
Bay are trying to make an island Oh two OIL
the best counties in the State. 1t was
representative gathering that meant busi-
ness and made good start towards DONG
n. and the encouragement given to the
Board of Management, with their own de-
Termination to move, has gwen an Impulse
in one week that the undertaking has not
been able TO acquire in any month before.
The selection of Colonel Carter NJ. Brax-
ton as president of the Auxiliary Board
was wise one. He is wise. public-splrit-
ed. and successful. and rs already in line
with the World's-Far movement. having
secured large space there for the manu-
featured articles of the great Newport
News shops and ship.yards. Mrs. Anne :.
Gum, the vice-president, Caipeper edi-
tor. is brimful of intelligent zeal IN the
matter and will help III more ways than
one.
Mr.. II. Z. Bow yer, young real-estate
man of Lynchburg, is energetic, progress
siye, and aspiring, and will make go
from his office.
A GOOD BUILDING SCHEME.
The most popular and the smartest thing
that was done at Roanoke was the CON-
initial of the building scheme to the
ladies of Virginia.
Bv this action of the Board of Managers
it was done:
Resolred, That to the lady assistant Of
the Board of World's-Fair Managers OF VIZ
pinia. with Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Wise,
United States lady managers, and to the
lady members of the Auxiliary Board, be
delegated the patriotic duty of raising a
fund to duplicate at Chicago Mt. Vernon,
the home of Washington, as the Virginia
building, and that an appeal be made to
the women of Virginia to render every as
sistance to this laudable undertaking.
And further be ii resolred, That this board
authorize a certificate of membership III
our association to be entitled The
Mt. Vernon Columbian Memorial Assocla-
ton of Virginia" SAID certificate to be
issued to all VINO contribute not less than
81 to said State building fund.
These certificates of membership will be
handsomely engraved with an accurate
representation of Mount Vernon and the
tomb OF Washington on them, and
Messrs. Buford and Morton, the president
anu secretary VI lllt DOulhs hVW hN6D-
tiatlng with Hoen d Co.. in this city. to do
the work.
The certificates will make handsome
soupe1iir of the great occasion, and will be
sold in large numbers Tor any SUN from
81 UP to 800, according to the limit OF the
ladies' selling powers and the llberallty OF
endurance of the proposed purchaser.
WILL HAVE FEAsTs AND FAIRS.
The ladies will also by means of straw.
berry feasts, ice-cream. and oyster suppers
in season, amateur performances, concerts
and thousand other pleasant ways FOL
beguiling close-fisted men. raise this money
by the littles till many of them will make
muckle"-a $4,000 muckle-which Il
the amount aimed at. And when one
recollecis that $50 from each county IN the
State. to say nothing of the cities. will dc
il he thinks he sees the bit. Vernon build
iDgs already up.
AN IDEA THAT TAKES.
The idea takes, and it is credit to its
originator, DR.. Brockenbrough, OF the
Eastern Shore, the handsomest man OF the
board. As soon rs /. was preached Mrs
Wise said, "pll get $1,000 on 1T in New
York. When Captain McAllister. from
vayback-in-the-mo county OF Bath
was iestingly asked If he could raise S2OC
out there among his hills he said: Yes
and more" The first man TO whom il
was mentioned outside of the room
where the scheme was hatched said
Splendid ideal Let me be the
first subscriber; and forthwith drew
his bank-note. He was the past-grant
master of Masons from the good city OF
Staunton. Thousands of others will re
spond lust this same way, and this money
will come and Mt. Vernon the second vii
90 up, and from her broad piazza and he
| quaint old parlor and library oil through
| the SIX months of this great show thes
pretty souvenirs will bring in constan
| flow of dollars to help Mrs. Beall-a Pres
| ton by birth, Botetourter by residence
| and queen in grace and courage-to dis
| pense the old-time Virginia hospitality a
| that Virginia home in Chicago that ha
| come to be proverb all over the world.
| CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS.
| The board adopted plan to secure ar
preparations from county supervisors an
| city councils.
DR.. John 8. Apperson, of Marion
who was elected the business CON
| missioner, is the very man for thu
place and the only one besides the secre
| tary and lady assistant VINO receives an
| on,npapeation from this economical bOarC