The morning call., 1893-05-25
NOW THEY COME.
Crowds Swarm in the
White City
AND CHICAGO FEELS BETTER.
The Nations of the World Have
Found Out That the Great Ex-
position Is Open.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

CHICAGO, May 24.-People outside of
Chicago are apparently beginning to ZEAL
| iZe that the Worlds Fair is really open,
and business at the ticket Office is begin
ming 10 fairly boom. The hotel pro-
pretors. too. are realizing the fact, as their
rooms are rapidly filling up. Since the
opening day almost three-quarters of a
million people have paid for admission to
the "White City," and the attendance
seems on the steady increase.
The first of the European excursions to
the fair arrived to-day-one French and
one German party-and the managers say
| more will come each week.
An effort was made at meeting of the
National Commission to have the Sunday
opening question brought up again. Com
missioner Huudley claimed that when
the commission substituted the minority
report of the judiciary committee for the
majlrity report and then declined to adopt
the recommendation of the minority report
on certain amendments to the directory's
Sunday-opening rule the majority report
must come up for action. heated dis
cussion followed. and the matter was m ade
special order for tomorrow.
Immediately on the assembling of the
National Worlds Fair Commission to-day
Commissioner Massey of Delaware ten
dered his resignation as a member of the
judiciary committee.
The cause of the resignation was the re-
lection of the majority report of the COM
mittee or Sunday closing by the national
commission yesterday. After long dis
euSsion the commission postponed action
on Mas>ey'S resignation till tomorrow.
One of the features of the day was the
dedication of the Maine State buildng.
Hon. II. c. Bpreigh, president of the
Maine board of managers, made an ad-
dress, delivering the building Co the State,
and Governor Clesves accepted it. in turn
dedlcating II To the uses of the people.
One OF the mast Interesting of the series
If women's press congresses. owing TO the
fact that IL brought together a numb of
women doing the lines of journalistic
work psHally done by men, began at 10
o'clock this morning.
The presiding officer, Martha Howe
Davidson of Chicago. is Thoroughly
posted writer on architecture Mrs. Ida
Tins Kocker of Independence, Iowa. is
an authority on tIotters, who has reported
every race on the famous track at Inde-
PNhNShNO' obS itdu p6p6I uH woman
as Race Reporter" Miss Cornelia T.
Crosby of Maine, better known to the
lovers of angling under her press name of
Fly Rod.p and one of the most expert
anglers in the country, read paper on
Women as Authority on Troutng."
There were other papers showing women
in unusual lines OF work for her. woman
as Business Manager of Newspaper" was
read by Barbara y. Galpin of Massachu-
setts; and woman as a Washington
Correspondent" by Mrs. Ruth Kimball
Gardiner, the first woman admitted to the
press gallery of the House of Representa-
tiyes, and Mrs. Emily L. Sherwood, also
congressional reporter. Papers were also
read by the veteran 81 Jenny june on
Editorial and Department Work." Mrs.
Adele Cretian of California on "The Diff
culties of a Dramatic and Musical Critic"
and Miss Annie w. Saaborn Of Minnesota
on "Reportorial VS.. Editorial Work"
There was but one meeting Of the Press
Congress this evening. Among the speak
ers were: John Bris ben Walker of the
COSMOPOLITAN Magazine of New York, on
''fhe Distinctive Ethics of Journalism"
Murat Halstead on "The Limitations of
journalism and Sallie Joy White of
Massachusetts, on "The Women's Page"