St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-07
A WOMAN OF THE WEST
INTERESTING CHAT WITH MRS. H0UcH-
TON, or WASHING TON.
aUARRELs OFF THE WOMEN.

n OilinpSe at the INSTRUCTIVE Feat
ures of the Midway PIaisance
Customs OF the World Pict-
ured by the People -. No
Chance OF the Exposition Hold
ing Over. nE
Esd
Mrs. 4 lice Honghton has proven to
the effete East that the Western states
are full OF talent. enterprise and spirit.
She is the member OF the worlds fair
board of lady managers for the state of
Washington, and Saturday was guest
of the Merchants hotel. As she eX-
planned to GLOBE reporter. she stopped
off in st. Paul for little rest before
continuing her Journey former home IN
Spokane. 1t is her expectation to re-
turn 10 her active field of work in Chi
cago in something like ten days. Mean
while Mrs. Houghton will attend to i'm
portant private business that has been
awaiting her personal attention. and
that has summoned her to her home in
Spokane.
Mrs. Houghton is delightful CONVEX
sationalist and an Interesting lady, with
every indication of the inherent bust
ness tact that leads long way on the
road to success. She is also a iadv of
prepoSsessing appearance, and this is no
fiattery, whose bright, dark eyes reflect
intelligence. 1T is my Intention" said
Mrs. HoughtOn, pleasantly, Ito return
to my duties in Chicago i'll about ten
days. Private business calls me home
Of ic I +, ],
i'll Chicago until a settlement of the
momentouS questions that are just
now exciting the board of lady man.
ayers to expressions that are vehement
and bitter. do not wish to criticise
my lady confreres, but am frank to
confess that some of US do commit
errors.
what is my advice to those W no are
about to visit the fair? 1t is to make a
study OF the lessons that are presented
Ill panorama at the Midway Plaisance.
1t is all object lesson that cannot fail to
furnish information that will be of the
greatest value in after life. 1t will
prove to be history lesson. Let me
say, it is the most picturesque spot in
the whole exhibition. There is found
the people, the characteristics, the per-
sonalities of all the countries, and all
the nations of the globe. One can
imagine that he is in the verlest
Oriental city, for there are all the
customs. the manneriSms, the COM
forts, luXurIes or discOmforts and
unpleasant things, according to the
tastes and habits of the visitor, of any
city or country in the East OF the West
All the world is panorama, and in the
Midway Plaisance it is photographed.
But there are things seen at the .Plais-
ance that are not as refined as they
might be. Still, this phase presents the
contrast that may be made good use of
by the philosopher and the philanthro-
pIst. Every element is portrayed, and
they must be accepted according to the
nature. the culture, and the instinct of
the visitor" c3o E.
Mrs. Houghton drew graphic ipict-
ure of the scenes and incidents at tile
Midway Plaisance, to which nothing
short of a stenOgraphic report could do
justice. She talked OH in charming
way about the difficulties i'll which the
board of lady managers is just NOW in
volyed, and she takes the broad and
liberal gro und that the representation
upon the board or judges should not be
confined to the so-calied elite of the
East, but that, so far as possible, all the
states of the nation should be represent
ed; and this is bone of contention,
and probably will be for some time to
come.
Mrs. Houghton has given the question
of permanent, or rather continuous,
session no little thought and conSidera-
ton, and has come to the conclusion
that continuous session would be in
eXpedient and unwise. She has been
named as the chairman of a committee
of five to consider the problem and sub
nit solution. She has found that
continuous session would not ouly eX-
hauSt the appropriation, but it would
likely plunge the board in debt in the
approximate sum of $4,000. The
cost of the thirty days SEES
sion was S723,7 $50. In addition
that the labors which will be entailed
in four months session will be too try
ing and too wearing for the lady man
ayers to pass the ordeal. Mrs. Hough-
ton chatted very interestingly upon
that phase of the troubles that have
arisen in the board, and about which so
much publicity has been given, and
while she did not take an active part in
the iHternecine struggles, she can
argue SO eloquently, that had she seen
fit she must have won Jealous friends to
her side of the questions that have agi-
tated the board.
AafA ~, 4
day opening" SAID the lady represent
ing Washington, ''but was SO upon the
hypothesis that the people who are un-
fortunate enough in the lottery of life
to be compelled to labor six days in the
week without the possibility of recrea.
ton or advertisement, should be given
the opportunity to visit the fair on the
Sabbath, and that the employees of the
fair should be relieved from service
either upon that day or upon some other
of the six days IN the week. | was and
am still opposed to working the EN-
ployes of the fair seven DAYS in The
week, and l want to add that in nv
Judgment the directors had best close
the gates On the Sabbath at once if they
do.not make such arrangements as to
give every empioye of the fair a rest
day once in the seven. Financially Sun
day opening Is not success. That has
been demonstrated, but the point is, can
we accommodate the poorer classes who
cannot visit the fair upon ordinary work
days? That is the problem that con
fronts us, aud that is what must be
worked out.
There Is one other thing that |
would like. to speak about" pursued
the eloquent advocate of liberal rights.
1.-The fair will not be continued over an
other year, and this was really one of
the most interesting phases of the in
terview, for there is certainly a preya-
lent impression that the fair will con
tinue over the next season and that all
the sights can be witnessed then.
This is an error" said Mrs. Houghton,
as the reporter suggested what has lust
been remarked. The buildings have
not been constructed for durability.
They are temporary affairs. and the
winter will surely play havoc with
them Again, there are thousands Of ex-
hibitors that will never consentto have
their property now on exhibition remain