The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-10

and his energy to building up the then
burnt city. Mrs. Palmer and her husband
then went over the situation together and
the result was the Palace hotel and num-
Der of fine business buildings. The Palmer
income has crspt up again and it Is said that
Potter Palmer has about $4,000, O0O in
Chicago real estate. Mrs. Palmer in her adj
ninistration of her duties as president OF the
board of managers, has shown herself pos
sessed of remarkable executive and business
ability. Sh3 is woman Of high culture,
and she has that genius of common sense
and lack of slobbishuess which Is SO often
denied to the little sisters of the rich. Dur
| ing her visit abroad in the interests OF tire
fair SIZE was we'll received by the most noted
people ia Europe, and she tells me that Nine.
| Carnot, the wife of the President of France,
/ is very muca interested in the fair, and that
the Princess Christian and other English
ladies are greatly interested in the advance
| lnent shown by American women. Said
| she:
az feel confident that the result of our
work Is going to surprise the people. The
interior Of the building for the womsn's
! department will be decorated by women.
| ard women will have TO do with the archl-
tectural decorations of this building, which
| is to be a very imposing structure. The
! groups of statuary above the roof line Will
| be executed by women, and the models for
this work are now before the committee.
aud the decision will be based entirely upon
merit We want to have the columns
which uphold the entrance Of
the building carved by wcmsn. and
these columns will be doric in design and
they will be donated by three states. There
will be three granite columns from the
state OF Washington, and there will be an
ONYX column from Missouri The wains-
cotlng in one Of the departments is now be-
ing carved by women, and the paneling OF
the building throughout is to be made OF
| native wood and women will superintend or
give the directions as to how 1t shall be
put into the structure. l took the
| plans which Miss Hayden has made, to
show the beautiful building which has been
| given us and how we propose to I'LL 1t.
Hitb re to Europe and the faor that
| young woman Of 81 was capable OF plan-
ming such q building and OF making the
working drawings was an astoushment TO
our European sisters"
MRS. LOGAN AND THE FAIR.
Mrs. Gen. John A. Logans name is
| household word in connection with numer-
GUS enterprises for the practical advance
ment of women, and her name beads score
of charitable boards and pmlanthroplc
societies. She has done great deal IN CON
nectiou with the worlds fair AID she mas
! her own ideas as to what part woman shoula
| take in it. found her in her home, CaIumeV
place. on the hills overlooking Washington
| the other day and talked with her ABOUT he
exposition. She said:
|. HIn the first place, | would like 10 nave IL
| understood that the lady managers 90 not
! consider that we have a separate exnlpltlon
here for weman's work. The exhibit is by
| No means apart from the general one ana
the LADY managers have gone hand in hana
| and have been shoulder to shoulder Win
the men in every branch Of the various de-
| nnrtments The idea that we have only
70 do with the woman's department.
roroes from the fact that the
ladies applied to the board OF controllers
FOR funds for a building for the display
of industries pertaining to women eAclu-
sively which in the general competlton
might be thrown out, or swallowed up ny
o,her narts of the fair. The controllers ap-
nreciated the Justice Of the demand anu a'
p pnca donated 100000 Of the orlgi-
I fund to Mrs. Palmer for thls
nr,r-ose This building Is to be to large
extent administrative. IL WIN 10 u3 90
largely as Offices and reception I9Oitt' Iii iii
the accommodation of ladies' anu ~ WI
have departments for the display y. ~
articles of manufacture as are "oItuy CO.. or
;ntarest outside Of the general contest t lOa
nriyav Miss Hayden IS, you kho%. :aH
pna who succeeded in getting .'o ~
o ~ the architecture of this nuiia'n aS
Sba ;s reOularly at work overseeing t1e a. e.
-arS,an,ents and she has not only mau9 suo
d-agings but in seeing that the specl.rUa :,
tjons are carried out. She IS a young "ol1N'