Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-06
WOMEN N A QUARREL.
Lively Row On Among the Board Of
Lady Managers Of The Fair.

Q iatlN AllblHEflS VI Ait j HAi'
Chicago. III, May 2-When the
hoard of lady managers held
their regular meeting today there was
/ n jolig row growing out Of yesterday
dedication ceremonies Many Of nh"
ladies are intensely angry with the cen
cmouies committee on account Of what
they are pleased TO call an unpardon-
/ able slight and unless tie wise heads
prevail the whole matter VIII bc Of
ncully brought before the board in The
form Of a vigorous protest which VIII
probably make trouble
The dissatisfied ladies accuse the Ger
monte. committee and Mrs Mary L.
gan. as well rs the president Of the
board, in particular, with assuming TO
run the WUman's department entirely
fo the exclusion Of The ,lhcr ladies in
tcrcsted. The trouble has been long
brewing ana yesterdays proceedings
developed IT,
The ladies base their complaint On
the fact that none but the favored few
met Duchess Neragua. Not one Of the
other commissioners was presented, 1t
is alleged. and it Is said Mrs. Logan took
il upon herself 70 entertain the distin-
,ulshed guest
The arrangements for the ceremony
were poor, it IS charged, and The blame
is laid on the committee that formulated
The program Another cause Of com
plaint is that the platform was too small
10 accommodate half the guests en-
titled to seats Of honor and no carriages
were provided for them
In fact the disgrtmtled faction con
slider yesterdays ceremonies n fail
urp. They could pass the other com
plants, but the fact that the distin-
guishcd Spanish lady was not permitted
10 make their acquaintance but enter
tanned by few cannot be- easily over
looked and the occurrence is taken as a
personal affront
But the real trouble In the board Of
lady managers dates away back to the
days of Phoebe COuZins The faction
that supported her has grown largely
and is not slow in declaring that Ger.
tain members of the board are doing
all the work while others are taking
an thp honor II is this same element
that desired TO meet the guest Cf the
hour yesterday aud was not afforded an
opportunity.
As q matter Of fact all friction ever
known in the board Of lady managers
can be traced to this source, So the oh
iectlOns TO the order of ne dedication
exercises are not as serious as they
might e.. The complaining ladies are
commissioners from the
west
IL needed no questioning to discover
tint something had gone wrong when
the members of the board entered the
meeting hall at noon. They stood about
I'm groops discussing the trouble. The
whole affair was soundly scored by the
offended women while others stood mp
for Mrs Palmer and the committee on
ceremonies A few had only to COM
plain Of the matter that Mrs. Logan
was sran in the company of The duchess
more than amy other person.
The discussion was animated ana the
ladies said bitter things about each
other
II regret very much that this matter
must he published" said Mrs Palmer
at will all blow over and for that mat f.
ter Is not serious II comes from a
faction in our board which has caused .
trouble before and is nothing more
Than The regular fauluindng that nj .
ways occurs after an event like that of
Yesterday. Il was impossible that all
the Indies could have met the duchess .
Of Vengm mt that time, but they will .
he presented whore there is an oppor-
umity Some one had To entertain
guests Of the day and that duty was
assigned TO the ceremonies committee .
aud In that we took the proceeding of .
the national board Of commissioners
as prec dent
AS for Mrs Logan, She did Just
what any good selfdcnying woman
would under the circumstances She
did not assume any Of the functions
that belonged to others and deserves
credit rather than criticism for the part
she took 10 yesterdays proceedings