The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-13
WORK FOR THE EXPOSITION,
Mrs. Meadow and Mrs. HOwey Adj
dress the Women of This City
and County.
. Short Sketcl, OF the Organizations
Which Have Charge of the
Great Work.

f.. HOWey OF the women'S board OF
worlds fair managers arrived in the city
yesterday and in the afternoon they re-
organized the Women's World Fair club
of Cascade county. Last evening a
meeting was held in the district court
room when addresses were made by
Mrs. Howey and Mrs. Meadow. The
former read Mrs. Meadows p on
the Worlds Columbian exposition,
which is an exhaustive and interesting
account of the work already done and
that being done to make the Columbian
exposition the greatest the world ever
saw and a credit to the enterprise and
industry Of the people of the United
States. In referring to the men and
who have charge of this great
work she says:
1. A body of men called, the "World's
Columbian Commission" which consists
of two commissioners from each state
and territory of the United States, APP
pointed by the president, on the nomina-
ton Of the governors of the states and
territories respectively, and eight COM
MISUNDERSTANDING. appointed by the
president. The duties Of this commits
sion relate to exhibits and exhibitors.
They are ito prepare a classification of
exhibits, determine the plan and scope
of the exposition, appoint all judges and
examiners for the exposition, award all
preiums. if any, and generally have
charge of all intercourse with exhibitors
and representatives of foreign nations"
.. Another agent recognized by the
act of congress is the Worlds Columbian
Exposition" a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Illinois.
This corporation has to do. mainly, with
ways and means, the erection Of build
ings, the maintenance. protection and
policing of the same, the granting of
concessions, the collection and disburse-
ment of all its revenues and fixing the
rules governing the exposition. 1t is
composed of upwards OF $4,000 stock
holders, and is controlled by a board of
forty-five directors. These direct
ors have been chosen from
among the active business men
of Chicago, and are. every n of
them, men who have made ar honorable
success of the pursuits which they have
followed in finance, commerce, and a
ufactures, and are giving their time and
their best energies to the success of the
exposition. The board of directors is
divided into thirteen standing commit
tees having jurisdiction over the several
departments of the exposition. The
Jurisdiction of these bodies. e., the
worlds Columbian commission and the
Worlds Columbian Exposition'-has
been settled by a compact between them
and they are working together harmo-
niously and effectively.
Under this compact fifteen grand de-
partments were determined upon, the
heads of which are appointed by the
director general, and all expenses except
the salary of the director general are
paid by the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton company.
A third agent is the board of lady
managers, consisting of 10 women two
from each state and territory and nine
from Chicago, appointed by the govern
ment in the same way as the members of
the worlds Columbian commission" and
ito cooperate with the commission and
to promote the development of the eX.
position"
4. 1.-The Worlds Congress Auxiliary
which has planned a series OF world con-
crosses. to be held in the permanent
Memorial Art Palace. to be erected on the
shores of Lake Michigan, nearly opposite
the Auditorium hotel. This Worlds
Congress Art palace will be occupied ex-
clusively by such congresses during the
whole of the exposition season.
These four bodies are the great nerve
centers of the Worlds Columbian ey-
position They have been brought into
exiftence by the government of the
United States and the state of Illinois,
and into their hands has been commit
| ted the task of celebrating in ii fitting
manner The 400th anniversary Of the dis
covery Of America.
From all the reports that come to us
of plans that have been matured. and of
work that has already been accomplished,
it is safe to say that never before in the
| history of the world has there been SO
large and complete IA worlds fair. nor
one so replete with advantages TO the
men and women of this country as this
one promises to be.
TIE paper then goes on to describe the
exhibits that are being prepared by the
different countries and the various