The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-03
TINE Wo1r4N,S BOARD.


room after another, writes corre-
spondent of the New York Tribune, to
note the difference between those Of
the woman's board and those OF the
men, The women's apartments have
all the manly appliances in the way of
desks, files for documents, copying ia
bles and typewriting machines but on
the top of each piece OF furniture pre-
senting fiat surface are ranged large
vases and small decorative articles,
curious and otherwise. There is a
air. of bric-a-brac in the at
mosphere of this sacred place, given
up to the goddesses of the citys pres
ent Olympium. Dainty dotted muslin
curtains with fiuted frills are suspend
ed from each window; rocking chairs,
too. tell an unmistakable tale of fem
mime love of comfort.
The representative women of the ex-
position are pronounced to be uni
versally pretty-very pretty. Almost
without exception they are as pretty
together, of the sparkling, dark type,
as a rule, full of graceful cordiality
and kindness and good nature. One
nice thing about an attractive south
ern women is that she is as sweet to
women as to men; which accounts in
large degree for the fascinations Of
these Georgia women. They seem like
one big family and, in point of fact,
they are, for the marriages between
representative families here girdle So
ciety like the links of chain.
The president of the womans board
is Mrs. Joseph Thompson, one of the
most affable women in the fashion
able set of the town. She entertains
lavishly, and sets the pace" for all
the stylish functions of which Allan
tans are so fond. She is handsome
and young, gracefully tall, quite un-
affected and simple in her manners.
Her father, Major Livingston Minis, is
still social leader in Atlanta. White
haired and rotund, he is a more genial
Ward McAllister" than most towns
are blessed with. Mrs Minis is still
a beautiful woman, who is also a
leader in a different way, being the
ardent head of the Society of Christian
oStSAiSAStS III NCOl MIS-. thompson
shows inherent ability for her new du-
ties, and employs no lawyer to coach her
on parliamentary rules.
Mrs. A. B. Steele, the secretary of
the woman's board, pursues the even
tenor of her way regardless of the
storm and stress around her. Aided
by an ardent young stenographer
(pretty, tooD she evolves order out of
chaos with unfailing patience and
good humor. Mrs. Steele is young and
until now has had no experience with
large work of this kind but fortu-.
nately, training for these big things
comes from doing the little things
well. Mrs. Steel has been interested
in local work for a long time and Is
thoroughly identified with the move
ment for the Improvement Of the
status of women in the working world.
Mrs. W. H. FELTON,, the chairman of
the awards committee, is the Madam
Nestor of the whole board, and vet
she Is Just as pretty, in her way, as
the youngest. Her snow-white hair
sets off a most expressive face. full
of wide-awake interest in everything.
She has lived life of usefulness in
her native state. Through her infiu-
ence the women prisoners were sep
arated from the men in the city prison
stockades, and she is always working
hard in the woman cause that lies near
est to her hand, whatever it may be.
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black Is anoth ar
energetic, capable woman. The amount
OF committee work she accomplishes Is
simply marvellous, for she not only has
the most responsible kind Of general du-
ties to carry out, but the special one of
perfecting the arrangements-now all
agreed upon--for am emergency hospital
and day nursery. The entire basement
of the Woman's building is to be given
up to these two very necessary depart
ments. Twelve leading physicians of
Atlanta are to take turns in attendance
at the hospital, with a corps of trained
nurses and ambulance service The day
| nursery is to be operated in the same
| manner as that one at the worlds fair
in Chicago In the wide hall separating
| the hospital and nursery there is to be
one unique feature of which Mrs Black
is very proud. Here will be place pro
vided for those who want remedies for
the common, everyday ills to which
human flesh is heir, attendant upon
over-fatigue, eating imprudently, and
small accidents. The medicines will be
put up and sold in doses, prepared, of
course, by the most reliable druggists.
Mrs. E. C. Peters, whose husbands
family not long since owned some 400
acres of the now famous Peachtree
street, is at the head of the committees
on buildings and Confederate relics. She
has the good judgment, discrimination
and level head required for such vitality
practical work.
Mrs. Noule M. Gordon, the representa-
tive-at-large, has made several visits
to the north in connection with the ex-
position business. When her attractive
personality looms UP in the various cit
les her work speaks for itself. The Of
fee she has could not have been better
filed. She is one of the best known wo-
men Of the south, socially, and a great
favorite with everybody. She has scat
tered invitations broadcast among all