The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

PARIS, June 30-That~ the appointment
of three American women on the Interna-
tiOnal Exposition jury is due a most sole ,
to continued efforts of Mrs. Potter Palmer,
one of the United States commissioners,
IS no secret. at least to anybody here.
When Prof. Gore. another of the United
States commissioners, was asked If to
Mrs. Palmer should not be given the en-
tire credit of the women appointees he
smiled significantly and said: wen, 1
should say So"
Those who have followed the course Of
affairs at the American commission found
no difficulty in reading in Prof. Cores
smile tribute to the perseverance and
energy of this plucky American woman,
who came 10 Paris determined TO tilt
right royalty for her sex. and to accom-
plish what she had started out to DO The
United States is the only nation besides
France which has appointed women jur-
ors, and. although France has six times
as many jurors as has the United States,
the number of women-three-fTom both
countries is the same.
These three women as has already been
announced, are Miss Jane Adams, of
Hull house fame. one OF Mrs. Palmer's
D6Sl di4ttS IN HyIAStk HOTh III OI4lCdSOs
Mrs Henrietta c. Oidberg, of Minnesota.
who Will act in the department OF textile
goods and Miss Annie Tolman Smith, in
the department of education. 1t Is true
that Mrs. Palmer hoped to secure the APP
pointment of much larger number Of
women, and arrived in Paris armed with
a list of twelve names to propose to
those having authority in the matter.
But it was a discouraging task. Nobody
the slightest interest in the matter or
seemed TO have time to offer Mrs. Palmer
any encOuragemea st. She found her great
est allies in the campaign to be one or
tsTo enthusiastic Frenchmen. Through
their help the matter was brought to the
attention of Commissioner General Pie
ard. Just what NJ Picard did, of course,
cannot be known, but when the list Of
American jurors was submitted for the
approval of the French administration the
names Of the women mentioned above
were sanctioned.
These appointments" said Mrs. Palm
er to a Newspaper representative, really
END my active work here. l had little
hope of passing all my twelve names, and
should have felt repaid If only one rep
resentative American woman had secured
a place on the jury. 1t seemed to me of
the greatest Importance that women
should be recognized on this jury. This
exposition is the greatest and most truly
International that has occurred, and it
comes just before the dawn of a century
in which woman are to take a new place
in the Industrial and economic world. I
am particularly pleased at the appoint
ment of Mrs. Oldberg IN the textile de-
partment, for while 1t might be expected
that women should be chosen to decide
on philanthropic and educational work,
this aDDOi1tment is significant as Outlin-
ing a more practical role fer the talents
and judgment of women"
Though Mrs. Palmers work in regard
to the jury has come to a successful end.
she is interested deeply In various sides
of exposition work In association with
Mrs Susan Gale Cook, she has been in
fluential in securing space for q large
number of exhibits OF textiles and other
industrial arts which represent the work
Of women, and at the moment both these
women are trying to get accommodations
for an exhibition of the work CT Miss
CARROTS school for deaf children at In
dianapolis.
A further subject IN which Mrs. Palmer
has taken considerable interest is the re-
ported misunderstanding among the
womens clubs of France and the United
States in regard TO the convention in the
Palais de la Femme. The refusal or in
ability of the Federation of Women's
Clubs of America to be officially present
has been differently construed on differ
ent sides of the Atlantic. The French
clubwomen have fancied that the Amer
lean women felt they had little to gain
by such a womens congress, that Ameri-
can women had stepped so far beyond the
French in their struggle for recognition
that the former had little to learn from
the latter.