Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-11
WOMEN, THE FAIR
Talks with Women interested
in the Exposition.
wHAl They SAY OF THE SHOW
Mrs. PzlmeA - An Ex>eutos-She Talks Of
the Wonderful wofnaa's Building
How Designed and Built.

q generals daughter who does lot ex-
pee: 70 vislt il. ana uho Is not anxious
that her state should asve . good rep
resent2sier In t. There Is no diversity
Of opinion as to the part that woman
should take in It, and the fair win
probably have better exhibit of wom-
ans work than any national exposition
has bad In the past II was from
Washington that the movement was
started which gave women . repre-
sanitation on the board Of managers,
and there Is in existence here society
called the Isabella Memorial League.
This is named after Queen Isabella Of
Spain. the woman who furnished the
funds which enabled Columbus 10 dis
cover America. and who. mere than any
man in the world. 10 entitled To the
credit for the opening up OF our CONT
neat II il felt here that the Pkiladel-
phia centennial gave no adequate idea
of what the women. of the United
States are, and Of what they can do.
and no effor: will DO spared in the CON-
ing exposition to show how women are
now managing oil kinds Of business in
the United States, including steamboat
Lies and street cars, AID how they arc
engaged In every industry and trade.
from tyPcwritir2 10 medicine. and
from ths law to the raising Of Gne
stock. A part Of the exposition viii
show the inventive genius of women,
and IL will demonstrate ssat some Ct
the best patents in tho United States
have been taken OF. By her. and the
whole exhibit Of the woman's depart
ment will pct the American woman 1T
tho head OF her sisters all the world
over. The work of organizing wcrcan's
exhibits is rapidly going on. ard tho
lady managers, q lumber Of whom
have interviewed this week, give mo
most encouraging stories OF thcir
progress.
CHAT WITH MRS. POTTER PALMER
met Mrs Palmer at the Arlington
hotel during her recent visit to WASH
ington. She is one of the brightest
women Of the Cri.ed States and one Of
the most beautiful. Born in Louisville.
KY, she YVES educated here a. Washing
ton, and IL was in 1871 that she married
the noted Chicago millionaire who at
that time had mado . fortune In dry
goods and had retired TO enjoy his
wealth.
During her visit abroad In tho
interests Of the fair, she was well re-
ceived by the most noted people in Eu-
rope. and she tells me that Mime. Carnot.
the wife Of the president Of France, Is
very much Interested ia the fair, and
that the Princess Christian and other
English ladies are greatly interested in
the advancement shown by American
women. Said she:
II feel confident that tho result Of
our work Is going TO surprise the peo-
pie. The interior Of the building fol
the woman's department will Be decor.
ated by women. and women will have
to do with the architectural decorations
of this building. which is to 30 . very
imposing structure. The groups oi
stasuary above the root line viii be OK
ecused by women. and the models 70,
this work are now before the commit
tee and the decision will be based en-
tirely upon merit We want to have
tho columns which uphold the entrance
of the building carved by women. and
these columns will be Doric In design
and they will bc donated by three
states. There will DO threo granite
columns from tho state OF Washington,
and there will be an Onyx column from
Missouri Tho wainscoting in one OF
tho departments II now baing carved
by women, aud tho parcling of the build.
ing throughout Is TO be made Of native
wood. and women win superintend OF
give the directions as TO how it shall be
put into the structure took The plans
which Miss Hayden has made, to show
the beautiful building which has beer
gwen us and kow we propose To All IL,
with me to Europe and the fact that q
young woman OF twenty-orc was cap
able Of planning such a building and o.
making the working drawings, was az
establishment to our European sisters.
WHAT MRs. LOGAN SAYS ABOUT I'm
FAIR.
Mrs. Gen John A. Logan's name
IL household word in connection with
numerous enterprises for the practice
advancement Of women. and her uazps
heads . score Of charitable boards and