Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-01

being alive. But however produced, it
is there So real is it that one catches
ones self treading lightly for fear of
waking these enormous creatures that
are all about one.''
In concluding his letter Mr.. Stephen
son says: THE men who conceived
this building must have had qualities
which it perpetuates, sweetness, nobil-
ity, loftiness, calmness, strength. There
was Tennyson's ideal of
THAT gentleness
That when it WEEDS with Manhood makes
man.
"And looking at all this, at what the
Parthenon signifies as well as what it
embodies, captivated by the matchless
serenity of its charm, realizing its con-
trast to the Nineteenth century, one
asks again: To what result is all this
pageant of American material progress
going forward?'
"And one turns hastily away lest one
look too long upon the unattaina bic and
lose heart and despair of his genera
ton
The great Remenyi apparently thinks
in the same lines as Mr.. Stephenson.
They are both painters, artists of high
renown, only one paints in music and
the other in words. Both are poets, one
with concord of sweet sounds, and the
other with the rhythm of words
Remenyi says, as he stands trembhngly
before the replica of the Parthenon:
Whose idea was this?" and when told
that the idea originated with Maj. f.
G. Lewis, the director-general, he said:
Where is hep
The women who have made the wom-
ans department an accomplished fact
11c
They have labored like heroes for near
ly two years, and have spared neither
time, money or eXertion, to make their
work a success of international char
acter. The president of the woman's
board is Mrs. Van Leer Kirl1man, a
lady especially gifted for the office.
Mrs J. n. Brooks is chairman of the
sales department, Mrs. James p. Drou-
lizard is vice president of the board,
Miss Ada Scott Rice is secretary, and
Mrs. NJ. B. Pitcher is chairman of space
and classification. The architect of the
Woman's building is Mrs. Sara Ward
Conley, artist, architect and art critic,
who is a native of Nashville. Mrs. G.
II. Ratterman, chairman of the patents
committee; Mrs. j. Hunter Orr, chair
man decorative and applied art; Mrs.
Ann Snyder, member of the general
committee; Mrs. Paul Mcclure, chair
man of the ways and means committee.
The women's congresses will be a fea-
ture of the centennial. The congresses,
while general, are already classified, so
that those interested in a particular
subject can attend a course without
consuming much time. In the depart
ments there are education, music, art,
home and literature. The lectures will
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thropc in character. They are also
intended to serve another purpose. They
will afford a fitting theater in which a
thinking public can see and listen to
the eminent women of the state. OF
those there are scores who through pa
thence, industry and ability have at
| tanned distinction and who are entitled
to be known and loved by the nation as
we'll as by the commonwealth in whose
interest they have served so long and
well.
The meeting of the railway passen-
! ger men at Nashville. the other day, was
watched with great interest, for it was
| known that the object of the meeting
was to decide upon the rates to the
! Tennessee Centennial exposition.
1t was one of the most harmonious
NEE tings ever held by that body, fol-
| they each knew that the motives that
had prompted the enterprise were di-
rected for the general good, and not fol
the benefit or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of any
individual or corporation.
The members of the passenger asso
| citation, with the liberality that has al
| ways characterized their movements
when the interests of the general public
! are concerned, determined to aid the
Exposition association in their great
work, and the consequence is that the
rates are more advantageous, from
every standpoint, than any that have
ever been offered before. In fact, tine
fares have been placed at such low
figure that the Tennessee Centennia
exposition, the national event of the cur
rent year, can be visited by everyone
for all obstacles have been removed.
1t was agreed that the railway fare
to the exposition should be placed on
sliding scale, and regulated by zones o
from 25 to so miles each.
In the first zone of so miles the rat
for the round trip will be cents
mile.