The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-16

the length Of setting up still another
state room, or apartment, down on
the Place de IOpera. 1.
"The remaining large room on this
floor is to be a well appointed slick
ing-up room, two indeed, for men and
women, with all toilet requisites. ITO
be sure, it is for. the public, but we
must discriminate. Would it not be
almost too much to have the thou
sands of Americans within the exhibit
tion gates continually on the run to
this accommodation? No, you had
best say that Americans who happen
to be here, making inquiries, are as
welcome as the flowers in spring to
step in and slick their hair and wash
their hands, but they will not be ex-
pected to make it a pilgrimage"
The third floor Of the pavilion is
given up to the reception rooms and
private Offices of the commissioners
in-chief and the eighteen national
commissioners.
On our way to the women's. room
we passed the Loyal Legion and
the, room given up to the Informa-
ton Bureau Of DR.. Pike. The Loyal
Legion speaks for itself, but the
exact status Of DR.. Pike, after inquiry,
remains as mysterious as ever. Com
missioner Peck assigned the ROOM"
said n official, "and we understand
that DR.. Pike is going to run a bureau
Of general information respecting
matters that. do not come within the
scope of the Chamber Of Commerce,
such as finding an address, a railway
ticket or a particular kind of shop
In the women's room. however,
there was information to throw to the
birds. do not take the ladies too
seriously" I had been warned dis
creetly by an, Official. cit is true they
have their room in the pavilion. and
we hope they will have a good time
in 1t; but it should not be lost sight
of that the American pavilion is not
a women's building" Then he
stopped abruptly, as if struck by re-
morse.
When I saw Mrs. Potter Palmer, at
the Hotel Ritz, the aims and aspira-
/ lions of the women became clearer to
me. There are several women COM
missioners among the eighteen recent
ly appointed by the president. They
can retire from the third floor to the
fourth floor for consultation when
they deem it advisable. For the rest
the women's room in the pavilion
bears an analogy to the Women's
building at Chicago.
"Great interest attached to the fact
that congress authorized a board of
lady managers of the Chicago Expo
sition and gave them a Women's
building" said Mrs. Potter. Palmer.
I repeat it, W was a Travelled
people treateds Sc generously by its
government abroad as the Americans
this year at the exhibition. Norway,
China, South Africa, Japan, England,
Russia. and Italy have not publishers
and correspondents buildings. In
this building, under the awe-struck
gaze of Europeans, two live Ameri-
can newspapers are to be set up and
printed daily. With the Paris Herald,
the Messenger and the American
Register this will make five daily
papers for Americans in Paris during
the exhibition. In the Publishers
and Correspondents building the
European public will admire the splut-
terings Of the typesetting machines.
And, lastly, the impressive spectacle
Of q thousand or more American spe-
cial correspondents, from the repre-
sentative of the Las Vegas Optic to
that of the Newtown Ducks County,