The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-07

n,ho ho,,a ,islted Il and who have been
under HE faithful services. These Column
bian guides do not work for pay, nor do
they seek tips nor seem TO want them
They are college students selected from all
the princiual colleges of the country, and
they have been on training on the Fair
Grounds since April 18th, so as TO know
everything there is TO be known. The
Fair paws them a small salary. just sufil-
cient for expenses, but. as the Fair cata-
locue nafvelv remarks, 1.-THE smallness
of pay is amply atoned for by the privi-
lege Of meeting so many people, and the
opportunity 10 get acquainted with the
manners and customs Of the whole
world"
Lady Plowden and his Grace Lord
Plowden arrived a few days before the
Fair. with seven trunks and twenty
seven small pieces. Her ladyships maid
carried a pillow for her ladyship's back
and a camp stool for her ladyship's feet.
Lord Plowden managed a big travelling
rug and a couple Of grips while a valet
and porters did the rest. That Is the
way wealthy English tourists are travel
ing. But IT IS on record, already that
many Of them have placed their trunks
in storage, have combined the neccessa-
ries Of the score Of odd boxes and satch-
els into one capaclOus grip and are en-
joying the beauties Of sightseeing IN
burdened instead Of wearing themselves
out looking after luggage.
The most independent Of all In the
vast crowds that are at the Fair to-day,
is the woman who has come with n shaW
strap and a short travelling dress, and
whose hat stays on without the aid OF
veil 10 hold II in place, ana whose
gloves, belt and shoes are OF the kind
known as easy and warranted to give.
But IL is really wonderful tie way
baggage Is managed here. All this week,
there has poured i'm Chicago an average
of 90 600 people a day. and 1t is safe 10
calculate one piece Of baggage for each
person. Up 10 date not one piece OF bag
gage has gone astray and no one mas
had to wait more than twenty-four hours
for delivery.
People who visited the centennial at
Philadelphia. seventeen years ago. and
have the centennial experience fresh I'm
their minds wonder greatly at this. In
Philadelphia, IN 1876, you could go to the
Centennial Exposition and stay two
weeks and come home without ever hav-
ing the pleasure Of seeing the trunks
which were checked when you bought
your ticket for Philadelphia.
At the centennial If you were separated
from your friends you stood no chance
OF finding them again until you met at
home around your own hearth stone a
week or a month late If a woman be-
came separated from her husband in the
crowd, she might easily look for him
during her entire stay, making all pos
sible efforts 10 find him, and yet be UNI
successful But here that is impossible
IL you make your wants known. The
system for reunting separated sightseers
is nearly perfect
In one part OF the Fair Grounds there
IS a woman who has a mending booth
She sews on buttons, mends burst
gloves, takes a stitch here and there and
fixes up the ends that have become loosen
ed by jostling with the crowd.
In another part of the Fair there is a
woman who has little remedies for minor
ills. She sells cough drops. She gives you
a little camphor for a sore throat or am
monia for a headache. She suggests
what to eat and cures you Of the little
troubles that may be distressing you.
In another part of the Fair there is 2
woman who manages a little informa
ton booth. You can ask her questions
and she answers you for five cents Sh'
will tell you where to get cheap anC
good lunch She will check your satche
for you. She will buy gloves for you OF
get anything else you want. And hel
highest charge is % cents.
And that is the way with the womer
| and the womans work throughout tn
| Fair II may be on a very large, eX
pensive and pretentious scale. or upoi
| a lovlv one. but IL is nevertheless dis
tinctively women's work and would b'
left undone were it not for women.
II is the women who have put the fin
fishing touches upon the buildings il
the way Of delicate frescoes and charm
| inaly designed statuary II is the womel
who have invented the thousand and ont
dishwashers, carpet sweepers, wrngers
baby Jumpers. and the like, essential e
life and comfort, yet undersigned were (
not for woman. 1t is the women wht
| have planned the arrangements for IN
| extension Of hospitality. And it is tn
women who have suggested the comforta
| Bile seats, the resting rooms the filtered
water tanks, and the numberless thing
that make the Fair the success that i
is. And without which it would as desc
! late as the bowling wilderness Of bibii
cal fame.
1t is women who have planned 1t all
| all that is comfortable and delightful a
the Fair. 1t is women who have put OF
the decorative and finishing touches.
The men recognize this, and instead
| Of opposing the great work which th
women are doing, they honor and en-
courage it, They say that I'm the rrea
| Worlds Fair Exhibit. the women of tn
world have taken their place in tn
line Just where nature intended the,
should be. And that they are dom,
their work with the men in the gran,
dual way planned by the great God.
AUGUSTA PRESCOT