The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-19
AMrk P. A Meadow Addresses q
Meeting It the Board Of
Trade
0ho Urges Them to Take Part in
the Worlds Fair
Work


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full Of ladies and several gentlemen lss
night At ths Board of Trade. Among tn
gentlemen present were Gov. Toole. Col. 5
d. Ramsey, and DR.. A. H. Mitchell, of Dee
Lodge, Of tho Montana Worlds fair boar
81 managers. Mrs. Meadow ia suterinI
from ho%arsonesa and her paper was reaa b.
Mrs. IL T.. Howey. In the first part OF he
address Mrs. Meadow explained she par
which the women are 10 take under tn
management Of the board of lady mana
Cers. consisting of 115 women. two IRON
each state and territory, and nine from
Chicago, appointed by the government II
the samo way a. the members OF
the Worlds Columbian commission, tc
promote tho development of the EXPOSE
ton. The Columbian exposition also
stands apart from any other fair tho world
has ever seen, in that. in practice. as we'll q
in theory, it acoords to women her rlghtful
place as tho equal and helpmeet OF man.
To the board of lady managers has been
given the same rights and privileges. and 1t
stands before the country upon the same
footing az the members Of the Worlds
Columbian commission. Women have also
been appointed on all state boards and
county committees. Mrs. Meadow said the
Columbian exposition recognized women
AZ q worker in the world. Every exhibitor
must record What part women have had In
the manufacture Of the article exhibited,
and in proportion to the share women have
had in predicting the article. in just that
proportion will women experts be placed on
the iuries that are to award the prizes.
Women are entering new lines of effort
and are developing talent in new
Of employment. Helen Campbell tells us
that zoe, 600 women work at 100 different
trades in New York city, and of that num-
Der, she adds, "a, 900 support their husbands.
In Holland the railroads are employing
women to take the place of s%witchmen.
The National bank and the Landsman bank
OF Denmark employ women as tellers.
Mrs. Stevens, Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, is
president of one bank, and OWNS and con-
trolls two banks. Mrs. Mary E. Coons. of
Harlem, Conn.,, is a licensed captain of the
ship of which her husband ls chief en-
gineer.
Does the fact that women have received
official recognition for the first time in the
history OF this country have any political
Specification for herr To Mrs. Meadow it
seemed most significant. h could not
help thinking that the Columbian exposi-
tion is q very important factor in the evolu-
ton Of the industrial and political emanci-
patton of one-half of the human race on
this western continent. The organization
OF the woman's department in the Worlds
Columbian exposition has quickened and
advanced her work as a century of theories
could not have done. From far distant
countries. from remote and almost I'M
known Islands of the seas, come interesting
letters, asking about the women's building
and the exhibition Of her work. President
Palmer, in an address before the board of
lady managers, says: Hitherto nothing
had been conceded to women save a right to
promote philanthropic and sentimental en-
terprises. This is the FIRST time in the his
tory Of our government that woman has
been fully recognized in the administration
of a great public trust. and the action of
congress in passing the bill with this fea-
ture has met the general approval of the
people"
In England Mrs. Jacob Bright. Lady
and many other noble women are
eager to help in the work of women at the
Worlds Co!umbian exposition. Princess
Christian, daughter Of Queen Victoria,
who for years has been at the head of many
industrial movements in England, has re
Gently accepted tho craftsmanship of the
committee on woman's work for the
Worlds fair to aid them in England,
The board offers a strong appeal to in
4ustrial women all over this country. and
also to manufactured employing women.
the former to exercise their
skill and taste, and asking employers that
every opportunity be given them for so
dong. 1t was interesting to note, said
congresses is. mot things. but mcn." The
motto of the women's congresses is Not
matter, but mind"
Mrs. Meadow said that although the
time ia very short, the Chicago members of
the board of lady managers have taken up
the work with great ardor, and letters are
being sent from the general Office to the
member all over the country, requesting
their cooperation and asking if they will
undertake to raise tho funds which have been
apportioned to each state and TERRITORY.
She suggests that the various schools of
Montana contribute one nickel for each
teacher and scholar. which will be ample for
Montana's part of the fund.
The women's dormitory association has
been formed under the auspices of the
board OF lady managers. Its object is to
furnish cheap. comfortable and safe quar-
ters during the exposition to women visi-
tors. 1t will accommodate 1900 women
plainly and neatly furnished. These dor
mitories will be presided over BY refined.
motherly women who will have a wstchfui !
care over unprotected girls, who may come
singly or in groups.
The women of California are going TO
Ou'iu d JelIy palace dt Inc falr. In the
decoration of this novel palace there will
be used 4.66e glasses of assorted sizes.
The board wish to make known what the
hands. hearts and brains of American
women are doing for America, from the
Atlsntlo to the Pacific, from the northern
lakes to the tropIc gulf, at home, in the
factory, IN the Office, III the hospital, in the
college, III the cooking Of food, in the train |
ing of children, in the pantry and the
dairy, III needle work, in poultry and stock
raising. IN fish and bee culture. in tu,j-
dermy. in farming. fluit growing and Hori-
culture, III photography, drawing, painting
u designing. IN POTTERY. wood and iyorv
sculpture and metal work, in trade
in medicine, in law, in theology, in iour,
nalism. IN invention, in architecture. in
musical and dramatic art, and in the man
Rgemen OF organizations and institutions.
industrial and benevolent.
After the reading of the address Mrs. Nc |
Adow urged the women of Helena to form
clubs for their own advancement and spoke
OF the excellent work which has been done
by these associations throughoutthe United
States. She told how the federation Of
woInen's clubs of the United States met n,
Chicago last May and took possession of
the Palmer house. IN her own town. De-
troit. there il a large club house one half of
which ia used by the ladies' and the othcr
half by the men. On occasions of public
the two are thrown into one. Sh,
also urged az many to go to the Womau,s
congress at Memphis next November IA en-,
possibly spare the time.
Mrs. Meadow is very enthusiastic in lsr
work. She intends to visit every County,
seat in Montana and arouse interest a,uonn
the women In their work at the Worlds