The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-11

| NA"HS tbiAu SAllliISliHS thdNNss i'AA~ gains, too might be picked up here and there from dealers in glass and jew elry and bric-a-brac who were anxious 1 to lessen their stock before departing but as for ceremonious rites of dismiss sal there were none,
 At the Woman's Building there was an important meeting of the womans board of managers reviewing and dis eussing the success of their depart ment. The report of the board, since made public, makes an excellent show 1 ing
 | This Woman's Building, as perhaps most people know, stands in the center Of the amphitheater 9S2 feet above the sea level, It is classic in design and of exquisite proportions. It's beautiful ! dome is crowned with a statue of inn | mortality, and its pedestals uphold graven symbols of womanly virtues and Sraces. It's architect was. very properly, a woman, Mrs. Elise Mercer. She also secured nearly six thousand dollars worth of materials from deal CTS in builders supplies and manufac- turers of Pennsylvania.
 It was a building admirably adapted to it's use. In it's Assembly Hall many important congresses have been held, and gifted men and women from all parts of our country have discussed the most welghty topics of our time. Near the hall was to be found 8 model libra ry, equipped with all the best of mod ern library appliances, its catalogue showing that the books had been writ ten exclusively by women, and collect- | ed from every state in the Union. Much exquisite needleworN was displayed and gems of ceramic art, and from Mexico and Italy and Russia were exhibits Of Women's beautiful handiwork, Then there was a fine colonial exhibit, full of ' interest and instructiveness. In the l basement of the building excellent food was served to the hungry; a hospital offered rest and assistance to the weary or injured; a model kindergarten held it's sessions, and a day nursery welcom- ed the little ones and cared for them sightseeing. The Kindergarten deserves more than casual mention. Here were taught daily by an experienced and en- thusiastic kindergartner, Miss Mary l Hill of the free kindergartens of Louis- ville Ky. a class of little children from the Atlanta Home for the Friendless. l These children were furnished with 1 free transportation to and from the grounds, and for three months they en- I joyed the best of training, offered with a degree of skill and patience and af- l lection that won the admiration of hun I dreds of visitors. It was a good oppor- tunity to disseminate the doctrines of l Froebel, and Miss Hill made the most 1 Of it.
 l Everybody stopped to peep in the Win dows of the nussery, for unless one had a baby to be checked there was no use in asking admission. It was a pretty sight--the large sunny room, the little white beds, the laughing, cooing, frol- I icking children If one cried It was usually by way of variety. Tired and even sick babies were tenderly cared 1 for. and if the little folks could relate their exposition experiences they would doubtless be found to be very pleasant ones. Eleven hundred and fifteen ba- bies were d,amused, petted and hush ed to sleep. They were from thirty states and territories, with a number of little foreigners thrown in.
 1 In th6 hospital more than two thou sand eases were treated and this with out charge. though money was usually offered. The practical work done iii these lower rooms was in all cAses work that requiled training, skill and pa- tience, and most thoroughly and sue cessfully was 1t all accomplished Add l to all this the fact that the women's l board raised in various ways more than eighteen thousand dollars for their l building, and that they will come out free of debt, and 1t will be seen that their record Is g. most creditable one.
 The rich-toned bells chimed out for the last time from the stately tower. Struck by a woman's hands they had added a. charm of their own to all the 1 pleasures of Piedmont park. All the I dear old songs, national hymns, weird lplantation melodies, strains that were merry or plaintive or sacred, had min 1 gled with the talk and the laughter, the i footballs and the hoof-beats, winning their musical way to the senses even when one did not stop to listen. Then, as the shadows gathered, flashed out l the wonderful illumination. Looking l back upon it all, and 10th to leave it, l letting the magic of it sink into the memory, one could not but be glad that it has been. It was an honor, not to the New South only. but to our whole country.
 As was very fitting, the New Woman in the moon, with face upturned and floating hair, arose, and from her great I golden globe sent glittering shafts of light across the little ripples of the lake. It was her last look, as it was ours, at the beautiful scene.
 'City of grace and of glory
 Columned and trophled and bright;
 City of song and of story
 l Goodnight and goodnight!
 "City of gleams that are breathless,
 Yet potent with life and with light, City of dreams that are deathless- Goodnight and goodnight!"
 So sang the poet of ''The Constitu- tion." They are more eNpressive than any words that can offer.
 HILARY. Atlanta, Ga, Jan. S.