The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29

-. 49,. .,o went 10 work. Not. be
II said. alone, for there were 49,
man sneroetic. clever and fuii Oh c,
thusiasn 10 aid her IN her WORK o,,,
ove-vhodv needs a leader, anc that '"''
voung woman. wealthy, 1nuuis'''
customed to consult her own ~ .s.,,s,
and TO choose her own me- iaS sn,ad
her powers OF leadership cahho. NC 80 Of
Mrs. Potter Palmer atooo a.. .s,,,,o,s af
the women's department WIZ" ,ad az,
,,,,,h nor work. in the same direction WIN
ne snrs.v OF only ten thousand do'i~
promised by the mems board, PROVIDED
the women raised that much more iot e'S
purpose of erecting a building. she pesan
her task AZ a period when times Weie
terribly hard. and she accompiisheu u
not through securing Of large uoiauo.'S'
but through the persistent gath'ii"e
yether OF odd shekels from h'tie u"ue
talxings. The strain OF WORK anu 49,
she has stood with marvellous ior'', ~,
and so have all the women VINO n"'s
been her assistants.
AyrAR OF PLANNING
The yvomen,s building to-day represents
one year of persistent LABOR anu p',s ',"rs
IN the board of forty women nlaiaselS
ard Tho committees they represent I"eh-
80 Thousand dollars was added 70 the
ton tbousand for this building, which 10
rerrnanent and fre-proof ana WI s'"i'1
as q monument 10 their great ciloi -.
an illustration of what women can w -
architecture and interior decoration' VIZ
its contents represent every phase VI
feminine accomplishment. ,r.,
THE press room opens into Mrs lhonlp-
sons office. and from what .ne a.,
1...l n
tors are doing there now II ioonS %
II was going TO be an cNceeu.hsls 80
tive office. furnished In oriei'Ni 80,
The library is next 70 this' an 80, 49,. -,
,ha sbelves and asserting many volumes
ali of them written By women. inc rOol'
onnossto across the hall from the I'D. a's
- tho columbus Ca, room, anu N-e,
- bandsone woman who seems 10 &c ave
IN make everyone do her Diuuihs -
rar,fnc beautiful exhibit; the furnish
s,,.,g and walls are all in the East inl'c :,
s,,ie and there are many wohue't -
o,,rios IN the shape OF East Indla l"ols,
shazylg and other textile inpIl, -. co,h
Nv women Next 10 this is inc - CohI,
room. a place devoted to the Luz -. -.
schooi y ,yoil-lSnown Georgia seminary
which So fortunate IN the py9,eh a.
some fine paintings when Delo"s -. -
Ccor,o serev tho millionaire, VINO ma,
&c. 81 them To tho school, anu WIZ
- oleo a chapel called the Seney-
S.o,.au chanel the latter name IN hono'
- ia, n-ettv Young school girl whose iee
ter Induced Mr. Scney TO make ina sii''
.vrRGrSI, TIA ROOM
.,.,s,or ~ handsome and dignined VII
. -,,s,roos are busylng themselves u
B ,ho Virginia tea room, where the oe'et
80 mar cheers IS 70 be served upon 20
/ i,s,ed Chippendale tables in the presenc'
/ % orcestraI dirnltaries on canF@s am
quaint coquettish ladies' on porcelain.
T,,o arst thing brought into the women
,,,,idsr,- was n cradle and chlld's bed
and thew were taken TO the oaseih.n'
s'.t,1cb a. ftted up as a complete acciden
ward and children's play room WIN ua''
/ "a nurses and all the furnishings rcqu-le
in q modern hospital
These are the departments OF TIE w
mons building given in genera way
F The practical workings thcreoi oI'..Os, -
/ corrse be fully described as yet but ina
90, room will have its individual inter
oe+ ard charm with a meaning or prac
+ ,fcol accomplishment is just as sure a
tbo nroven practlcability Of the oeautllu
ma bfrhlv ornamental figure that STAND
at its head. ,..,.,., q.
.tet us have everything beautiful Z
look at" she said at the beginning
is so much easier 10 interest people IN IN
solld achievements Of our sex by present
tng them artistically.'
The building did not prove iarg
enough to contain every exhibit there
fore an annex was added and Creol
kitchen. while number OF EXHIBITS wer
turned over TO the state buildings uhde
the auspices of the women's department
The most interesting feature IN TIE an
mex VIII be the model eiectric A'e l'.
- a cooking lesson is glen ever
Sov 70 visitors. and the Creole kitchel
, vii IN all needs Of people who 1unse
! after gumbo and thirst for genuine r rehC
cofree.-Maude Andrews, IN NasAihs'o
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