Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-19
THE WoMAN-MAkAGERs' CAUSE.
Il Has Received "a Terrible Blow in Chi
cagO at the Fair.


The Worlds Fair Board Of LADY Man.
ayers" adjourned sine die on Saturday.
Only four voted against it, but the num-
Der would have been ten times greater had
il not been for the gentle but irresistible
u essue brought to bear on the members
by their president and the Treasury OFF,
Gals ut Washington. Otherwise the board
OF ladies' would have stayed here at SC per
diem until every cent of the appropriation
was consumed and would have felt that
the board was false TO Its duty IL IL ad-
iourned "a day sooner.
IL IS evident that for some time Mr.. Car
Isle, the Secretary of the Treasury, has
been watching with astonishment ana
alarm the proceedings of the board.
Having old-fashioned notions about femi-
nine decorum, he was shocked by the i'm
mense lack of observance, not merely OF
parliamentary law, but OF the courtesies
of life which marked so many of the lady
managers meetings. When he saw tho
methods OF a Democratic city nominating
convention being copied so faithfully by the
lady managers ne began to fear that CHI
cago air was too stimulating for session
prolonged till November. Besides. that,
he did not see that the board was dong
any good for the Worlds Exposltion-that
II was doing anything except eating mp
several hundred dollars OF government
money day. Therefore he felt 1t hls duty
TO stop the supplies and send ColOnel
phd-be Couzlns and her c0n|reres oaek
home whore they came from.
Had the members of the Lady Board
been mon he would have told them blunt
ly to quit and be gone. Being ladies, he
adopted more diplomatic methods Tor
their Dispersal. Instead of assuming the
responsibility directly himself he put IT
on his assistant secretaries, AUDITORS ana
comptrollers. and set them to entroatlng.
begging, and threatening; 50 that the
suaded TO move on and go
home. :. These subordinate officials on
whom their superior devolyed ms
own unpleasant duty have been at work
for some time, but II is doubtful whether
they could have persuaded Colonel
CouAns and the board away from an I'M
consumed APPROPRIATION bad 1t not been
for the suave frmneSs ana the managing
skill of the talented president. Mrs. Palmer.
She il was who exturted from reluctant
majority Sine-die vote OF adjournment.
she was drawer than Mr. Carlisle. she
did more 10 save the government money
than he did, aud did II IN better form.
The lady managers had strong reasons
for staying. They got SO per day. which
was more than then expenses ana iett
something over for shopping. They got
free passage to the fair for themselves ana
had some ID. II. tickets to give away to
friends. All the side-shows on the Plat
sance were open to them. They rode free on
launches and eondolas. They wore con-
spicuous badges. which set them apart
from the women OF Chicago, on whom
they looked down with undisguised or
laboriousy .coucealed contempt. Further,
more. they had patronage. They had
the selection of certain number
Of Jurors. And strange and para
doxical as II NAV teemn to those
who believe that the new MISSION OF
women is to purify and elevate politics."
il is nevertheless true that those ladies
vrangled over their patronage with more
,ahemence and bitterness than men poll
ticlans would have displayed. During
their discussions IS TO who should have
these little Offices they. too, Often resort
Cd TO the use Of language not altogether
shifted for the kitchen aud quite out OF
place 10 the parlor.
Mat Of tina lAds politicians hated to