Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-05
WOMEN AT ATLANTA.
WHAT THEY EXPECT TO DO AT TIE
COMING FAIR.

All Previous Exhibitions of Eeninin Work
to he l:clipsed of Those Who
Have LabOred Most Enthusiastically.
Some of the Exhibitions.
If the women OF Amcric: take us
much interest i'll their own progress as
the men do i'll theirs the city of Atlanta
is going to see this fall gathering of
them SO great that it will astonish the
country. The women managers of the
Cotton States and International exposi-
tion concluded more than u year ago
that they would have the finest exhibi-
tion of wonlen'., work that the world
has ever known, and it looks now us il
they would succeed III this grand re-
solve. There is not field of feminine
endeavor but that has been looked aft
cr by the tireless committees of the
board, and will consequently be repre-
scented i'll first class style.
The board of women managers of the
Atlanta fair propose to clearly demon
stratc the fact that tho American wom-
all i'll the past 80 years has done more
for progress and civilization than two
thirds of the population of tho globe
We had Il faint glimpse of this truth at
Chicago two years ago; we then found
that our modest fellow countrywomen
had gotten ahead i'll astronomy and geol-
ogy, i'll Egyptology and Greek antiqui-
ties, i'll art and architecture, i'll music
and literature, as we'll rs i'll humber
endeavors, but tho story was then only
partially told. The women of Atlanta
have taken the hint, and where Chicago
filled a page they intend to fill {. vol
ume.
1t is impossible to bestow the credit
Of this magnificent undertaking upon
any particular one of tho al superb types
of southern womanhood, who for IS
months, day and night, have lent every
energy to make their departments a world
renowned success There is credit due
to Mrs. Joseph Thompson, tho beautiful
and accomplished chairman of tho
board; to Mrs. Maud Andrews Oil,
poet, litterateur and scholar; to Mrs
Porter King. the elegant and erudite;
to Mrs. A. b. Steele, keen, true and
perfect as the metal of her name; to
Mrs Louie M. Gordon, writer, thinker
and savant; to Mrs. Henry Wilson, the
charming and lovable, to whom agri-
culture, horticulture and Horticulture are
as familiar as the A 3 G is to ordinary
folks; to Mrs. B. II. Wrenn, Il true spec
linen of the ideal southern woman, bril-
liant and intellectual; to. Mrs. Clark
Howell, the worthy wife of the famous
Atlanta editor; to Mrs. William NJ
Dickson, conely, critical, thoughtful
and broad minded; to Mrs. Grant Will
kins, who suggests q Greek statue in re-
pose and the very spirit of American
energy i'll action; to Mrs. Albert Thorn
ton, graceful, gracious and talented, and
to Mrs. William Hemphill, able, indie
fatigable and attractive. Imagine these
enthusiastic and capable women, rc-en-
forced by hundreds of volunteers i'll their
own state, by 200 representatives else
where i'll America, i'll Canada and
abroad, and you have an army which
might move the world.
Like all great armies, it is superbly
v,
silently and effectively. tits impossible
to describe here all that they have ac-
complishd.
There is to be an interesting exhibit
from Great Britain, where much inter.
est is manifested in the Atlanta Worlds
fair, and which will send largo num-
ber Of leading women as visitors across
the ocean next month. Lady Henry Som
erset has promised to attend, and among
others who are expected the Countess
of Carlisle, the Duchess of Bedford.
Hon. Mrs Hereford Russell, Baroness
Burdett- Ooutts and Mrs. Hannah Viii
tall Smith are numbered. The English
end of the fair will be mainly in charge
of Mrs. Anne Morton Lane, u brilliant
American literary woman who has been
long domioiled in London. She is we'll
known to the American reading public,
but is better known in the British capt.
tai, where she is looked up to us one of
the coming writer's Of the land. Mrs.
Lana's plan is very comprehensive
one, and consists in interesting British
manufacturers SO that they will send
over exhibits, especially those which
will be characteristic Of the United
States aud in attracting general atten-
tion to tho exposition in the literary
and fashionable circles of London.
No one is better qualified for this pur-
pose than Mrs. Lane, whose drawing
rooms in Coyent Garden are often filled
with leading literary. musical, dramatic
and political people Of the British capi-
tai She has probably one of the largest
visiting circles Of any one there.
It is possible that there will be
handsome exhibit from a very extraor-
dinary English woman, Miss Charlotte
Robinson Of Manchester. She was left
upon her own resources when mere