The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-16
WOMAN AT THE FAIR.
The Exhibit to Be Made BY
Washington's Fair Ones.
FEMALE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Heughtes Outlines Plans and De.
Osnt-The Art Display.

MIS- ALICE dOugnt00, o. 6pOK3n0, WoS In
the city Tuesday and returned to her
home In the evening. Mrs. Houghton 10
member of the national board of lady
managers of the Worlds fair from East
ern Washington and superintendent of the
woman's department OF the state of Wash
ington exhibit, and came over from Ia
coma with Mrs. S. c. Slaughter. superin-
tendent Of the art department, to make
arrangements to meet the women of Sc
attic next week. She will be at the Raj
nier Thursday, the sd, at p. m, and
will remain over perhaps Friday and
Saturday. The purpose of her visit will
be to learn from the women Of Seattle
what they are doing in the way Of pre-
pairing an exhibit for the woman's depart
ment in the Washington building at the
fair. They will also arrange for . room
with an attendant to receive exhibits and
also arrange for their being insured at full
value. The purpose of this arrangement
10 to take the utmost care Of tho articles
loaned for this purpose and to secure
every person against loss or damage to his
treasures. Mrs. Houghton said to Posi-
1NTELLIGENCER reporter:
The exhibit Of each city will be separate, and
Seattle. being the largest, wsalthiest and best
known OF Washington cities, should be credit.
ably represented. Last Thursday the LADY man
ayers from this state and their alternates, Mrs.
Nicholas Owings, of Olympia, and myself. and
Mn. C. W. Griggs. Of Tacoma. and Mrs. Jose
phine Ettinger, of Palouse City, met in Olympia
and organised BY choosing me president, Mrs.
Owings vice president, Mrs. Griggs secretary
and Samuel Collyer treasurer. The legislature
appropriated 5000 exclusively for the use of
the women's department of the state exhibit,
and v~Stk% IL 49,
able exhibit OF the character and culture Of the
women In Washington.
The women's department, the educational de-
partment and the art department will occupy
the entire north wing OF the state building at
the fair. They will be divided by handsome
hangings, and the whole arrangements OF the
women's department will be In the hands of q
professional artist, so that it will make q strik-
Ing ana effective picture q q whole aud best
bring out the merits of the exhibit In detail.
great many people In the East have the idea
that because We are pioneers living in q new
state We are somewhat deficient in culture and
in appreciation of the fine arta 1t will be our
task to dissipate such an ill-founded notion SO
tar Is We can. Now, one way OF doing this is
to have some OF our singers participate In the
World's fair musical congress, which meets
some time in September, believe. For this
purpose have suggested that advisory boards
OF three ladies each be appointed In Seattle. Ia.
coma and Spokane. Each Of these boards should
select singer from ito city, and the woman's
department will defray their expenses to and
from Chicago, where they will have to pass Al
examination at the hands of experts selected by
the national board. They will also have to be
Endorsed by the lady managers from this state.
think we have some vocal talent in this state
which will surprise the people from the East
and foreign countriea On my visit here next
week shall organize the advisory board for
this city
The ladies OF Spokane and Tacoma have been
very active and have taken . great interest in
this work. / have secured . rine case of Ger.
amics and want to get more, As well a. every.
thing In the line Of artistic needlework, hand
made laces, etc. The standard must be high
and everything must be Of the best We don't
want very much. It il better to have q small
but very choice exhibit than . large one of in
ferior grade Everything will be artistically
arranged by professional artists. They will al!
DO placed In glass cabinets beautifully lined.
Among the material already collected for the
exhibit are a cabinet of curios and another OF
curios and relics Mrs. G. w. Bacon, of this
city, has promised me . number of fine engrav.
ings over 200 years old and many other rare and
beautiful things. Several pieces of elegant
statuary have been promised us. have secured
in Spokane eighty OF the 100 wooden panels for
the interior decoration of the state building and
these are now being painted by ladies in Spo-
kane. They are all OF Eastern Washington
wooda Mrs. Dr.. Brown, of Spokane, 10 also
carving In cherry a hop cluster design to be
presented to the woman's international build
ing. Mrs w. II. Crane. of the same city, il re-.
producing 500 specimens of the wild flowers of
tho state on silk boiling cloth. They will be
arustically arranged and mounted and occupy
Q case by the mselvea
have promised six large urns from this state
for the woman's international building, and the
Spokane ladies have donated two ana may per.
hsps give another. The ladies OF Tacoma are
getting up another, and they are also preparing
another for the state building. which is in
tended to contain the state flower. At the foot
OF each urn will be an inscription showing by
whom it Is presented. think the Seattle ladies
could easily furnish one OF these urns And, by
the way, should like to know what the ladies
OF this city are going to do about representing
the state flower for the Worlds fair. The choice
OF the rhododendron was made almost wholly
by the votes OF the ladies OF this city, and now
they should do something to represent their
fAvorite.
Another thing, We will maintain q reception
committee of perhaps Eve aides throughout the
entire exposition. Their expenses will be paid
to and from the fair and while in attendance
We propose to change the membership of this
committee every courle OF weeks, so that large
number OF ladies from the state can grace the
exhibit by becoming part of it themselves.
can thus make engagements ahead with ladies
to be present at certain times to serve for a
couple OF weeks or n month, and then step aside
ana let other ladies take their places. Now,
these ladies must be the very best people, and
while / want to make these appoin tments repre-
sentative OF every section Of the state, OF course
those sections which do nothing to make the
exhibit success cannot expect a very largo
representation on this committee. There ig one
requirement, however. which all ladies on this
reception committee must meet, and that is
that they must speak fiueutly at least one for
eigu language and be familiar with foreign
manners and customs.
CONNOLLY AND STRUBLE.