Arizona republican., 1893-07-06
Special Worlds Fair Letter.


 r,, columbian exposition marks an
 in thr history of women. Never
 "I "i,r, have women received such sig
 r,rrrnition. Never was such an
 '"",,rtrnitv offered, not merely for
 I,Lmrr to show what they have done
 worufacture, art, literature, but to
 E,c. what they can do in engineering
 ,r,,t enterprise, such as they have IEnc in erecting the Woman's build
 ., congress created the board of ,,Ir managers April 25, 1890. It was
 b. first official recognition ever given ,, women. Around the Woman's t,HIiur has centered the active in ,.r,,t and thought of the members of ,bis board
 While the exterior of the building ,,. not received it's last coat of paint, . ,rhiIe the windows are in an incom- .,tprondition and the beautiful bronze 5,ors. with the paintings that will .3orn the panels at each side, have not been hung, while scaffolding, un- o,c,rd boxes and few bare rafters ore visible here and there in the Gal ,srv of IIonor," still this "Woman's Temple" as a whole is in a condition to interest and evoke the admiration of an who may visit it. In the "IIall ,fIIouor." with its chaste decoration dwhitc and gold, is a most beautiful 3splav of women's work of all ages in ,r,, science and industry.
 ,,.t11 h., .x, ,b;, department. Great care is exer- t.rd in the selections because of linn fed space.
 The paintings in the tympana were syecutrd ny two American artists liv-
 in, in Paris. Mrs. MacMonnies, whose nfc,urr k in the north end of the loHding k the wife of the celebrated urlptor who designed the fountain for ,be exposition. The artist prepared over forty designs for her picture be- lore she was satisfied.
 N last it was decided that beauty notation to follow after the behold sr, admiration had been awakened.
 The scene is laid in a forest in France
 with here and there amidst it's lcafy
 shade the glimmer of a silvery
 lake It is called young Earth, and
 oop!ed with symbolic womanhood,
 yrouped under three eheads-women,th the
 bearer, of children. toilers of the earth
 and ,rrvants of men. Mrs. MacMon-
 1it,r,urned from Paris and Superin-
 Fl.rI the hanging of her picture,
 Vt,a ,ac has called Primitive WOin-
 rl. a1t as the last section was fitted
 1,op,tion she turned to her friends
 aliS II am satisfied" At the south
 ed lc main hall is Miss Cassett's
 urelr pf Modern Woman" In or
 &fa 3aint this picture Miss Cassett a ted a large glass rOofCd build lgald to avoid working on a scaffold
 l!l device by which the canvas could
 sowcred as she worked. On the four
 zzo panels above the loggias leading
 t0l the east and west doors. are the pl,ngs of Mrs. Rosina Emmett Sher- Tooi. Mrs. Amanda Brewster Sewell, Ms, Fairchild and Miss Lydia Emmet, al the work of American artists. Below the balcony hang the paint ngs of women artists of England, Trance Germany and America, all ar 1nged in sections to show the style of each country. With but one excep- lion the departments of foreign exhib- jtOrs are ail located on the main floor. To the British nursing exhibit has been assigned a room on the balcony floor adjoining the library room which N furnished by the women of New York. The apartment devoted to the display of scientific nursing is in charge ot Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, a bright, lit Nr English woman who is devoted to 'ae advancement of this profession, and her room is entirely completed. h the exhibit are cases filled with lol.> dressed in costumes worn by lur>er in the great hospitals of Eng ald; model houses in which the best method, of ventilation and sanitary plumbing are indicated, hospital beds, aHagrs. splints, surgeons instru- ara'N and pOrtsaits of those who have @lnd fame in the profession of nurs- 'tNA lllt SllBlt tNCtpllOn UT Hrat Britain, the foreign nations have -' i"unI home in the south end of o...ng English women are in the D"f'h section of the building, and for "1r time have carried an air of tri- .n3a ,pocially over their American sisters. in having a completed exhibit, '4" being ready to invite the world to ~g their well-filled cases of embroid- s'.rN. their wcll-bound books and spec l1oh> of decorative art.
 "He case alone is the joy of their hearts for it contains few pieces of work which were actually done by the -Ie"'> of their queen.
 "frcly in front of the south en- Ls4eo is the pavilion of Spain. The .'|e""rk has been completed for ,'"g tune, but the last pieces of staff ."A which are to give it a Moorish ,i, ,'c. are just being put on. To the ,.,oi spain are the booths of Norway -' sweden, which are finished and r'Pea with the needlework of their '~eh, and contain many rare curiOsi- aNes in which will be placed | displays of Siamese women, and | sAt with paint and gliding, are "'auy arranped for 'the exhibits. |