The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-09
OPEN ED.
Continued from Second Page.
The following is a synopsis of Mrs.
Potter Palmer's address:

ottSl dituCl dttilCSe-
The moment OF fruitition has ar.
rived. To-day the exposition opens
Its gates On this occasion the board
OF lady managers is fortunate in
having the honor to welcome distin-
guished officials, Representatives of
many of the foreign committees and
of the state boards, which have so
effectually co-operated with it in ac-
complishing results now disclosed to
the world. Experience in the prepa-
rations for the woman's exhibit has
brought all connected with 1t to an
impressive realization of the unity OF
human interests. All civilized peoples
are studying the same problems OF
all the existing forms of injustice
which the women Of the world are
striving to have righted, there was
none so cruel and inconsistent as the
position in which women were placed
with regard to self maintenance.
The theory that thesphere of woman
is her home, that it is unfeminine, even
monstrous for her to wish to take her
place beside men in lucrative indus
tries tells heavily against her. That
SO many cling to respectable occupa-
lions while starving in following them
and refuse to yield to Encouragement
and despair shows high quality of
steadfastness to principle. These are
the real heroines of lite whose handi-
work we are proud to install in the ex-
position because it has been produced
under adverse conditions and with the
most sublime patience and endurance.
This exhibition is made with the con-
fident hope that it will tend to release
woman from the prejudices which now
initiate against her.
Continuing, Mrs. Palmer reviewed
the work of women in connection with
the fair and the detailed work done
by the women of different countries
represented, and in conclusion said :
1--WE rejoice in this beautiful build
ing in which we meet to-day. The
eloquent president of the commission
last October, dedicated the great ex-
position buildings to humanity; we
now dedicate the wOmen's building to
elevated womanhOOd, knowing that
by 50 doing we shall best serve the
cause of humanity"
LADY ABERDEENs ADDRESS.
Lady Aberdeen said it was "a great
honor to be allowed to take part in
the opening ceremonies in an enter
prise to which the eyes all who take
an interest in work of women and pO-
sitiOn of women throughout the world
are turned with hope and confidence"
1.-The women of the world" she said,
"would never forget the debt of graft
tude under which Mrs. Palmer and
her colleagues had placed them. The
supreme subject of the friendly RI
valy between the women of the world
at the exposition would be
to show how much the women of each
country had served that country"
Taking that as the standard, the
speaker "was proud to represent Scot
land and Ireland" Continuing, Lady
Aberdeen proceeded to relate the pro-
gress made by women of those coun-
tries. She chopped that the efforts of
the women whom she represented and
the products of the minds and hands
now on exhibition here would result
in discovery to women of a new
world more potent in possibilities for
the race than even that wonderful
New World whose discovery was be-
ing celebrated to-day"
MIssorRI's BUILDING.
As stated last week, Missouri to-day
stands first on the installation of her
in the great departmental
white palace, and at the Missouri build
ing, the headquarters for Missourians,
everything is in apple-pie order. The
building is completed, but will not be |
fully furnished until after its dedica-
ton to-day. The putting down of the
furniture has been retarded by the
bad weather. The average Missouri
ian may imagine that the old state has
mad some unreasonable weather, but
t matters not how bad the weather is
IN Kansas City or any portion of Mis-
'ouri, it is always worse in Chicago.
The dedicatory services took place
It 3 o'clock to-day. The programme
vas wholly filled by Missourians. The
music for the interior of the building
vas furnished by the Kansas City
mandolin club and st. Louis glee
Tub. On the outside novel and
triking feature was the st. Louis
Italian Calvary band, consisting of
fifty men on horseback with string in
truments. The Italians furnished
he music free OF charge to the Mis-