The record-union., 1893-09-04

men who are actually indignant at every
advance women make along business and
professional lines.
Ills keeps women on the defensive.
When the VI orld's Fair was being dis
cIssed it was with a feeling OF pardouable
pride that the women proposed q
wOman's exhibit. | was in the East at
that time and l know that some OF the
directory smiled and thought it would
not amount to much. But they humored
| the women in their request. as gentlemen
are apt to do. But they do not smile at
| the fine building of which the architect
was woman. Nor do they smile at the
/ exhibits.
! think there are excellent reasons why
there should be a womans exhibit at the
/ Worlds Fair. One reason the above sug-
| gests. The products of woman's hand
! and brain are shown in finest art and in
/ 1900 publications. Statistics concerning
| women OF all classes and conditions are
| found there.
| No less prominent is the display of
| Christian educational and philanthropic
enterprises originated and otticered by
! women.
We learn from another display the
| great work women have accomplished IN
! prison reform and in reform schools.
Very conspicuous is the exhibit of the
! hospital department. Numerous inven-
]
the relief of the sick. Indeed, we might
call these Christian and philanthrOpic dis
plays an exhibition of Woman's heart. If
these had taken a place with other eX-
hibits, regardless of the sex Of the pro-
ducer," The producer wouldlnot have been
known. Men have SO long been accus-
toned to reaping the benefits and accept
ing the credit of woman's work that the
whole fair would have been regarded as a
''nen's exhibit" The men do not mean
to be selfish, perhaps. This is just the
result of their training until within COM
! paratively few years"
| The cooking schoolroom is very large
one, and is filled with women who are
there to learn of better methods of cook
! ing while they rest. 1 have no doubt
nine-tenths of them thought. as they
! looked upon the model kitchen, II be-
/ lieve / could cook with more ease and
/ pleasure if had a model Kitchen"
Other exhibits might be mentioned if |
/ had space, but enough has been men
| toned to furnish abundant proof that
artistic and intellectual attachments do
not decrease the tender, loving, womanly
/ instincts which every true wife and
mother must have. l admit there are
some women who are not domestic in
their tastes, but l believe that such would
have been no more domestic if they had
not had high literary attainments. True
noblest in man or woman.
l regard the woman's exhibit at the
| Worlds Fair as a great object lesson OF
what Christianity has done for woman.
All these attainments and organizations
are the result directly and indirectly OF
''the liberty wherewith Christ hath made
us free" | know that some who read
this will question and dispute this state
ment. Stop and think. Compare your
condition with that of women in lands
without the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
There are thousands of women land
men) who are enjoying The benefits of our
Christian civilization who ignore Him to
whom they owe it all.
This woman's display will bea bless
! ing to women Of other countries in that
visitors will see in this more than in any
other display tho benefits to women
coming from advanced Christian civiliza-
tion. If the mothers of land are lifted
up the children are lifted, and so finally
the nation is lifted.
was in the woman's building several
times, and it was always thronged with
| visitors. 1t was noticeable that large
proportion Of these were men. No doubt
many of these were the husbands and