The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
|HoSteSSeS of
the Worlds Fair
BY the Countess de Montaigu.

EVER at any previous exposition
have the social features been so
widely exploited as at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. Early in the day
Tue management recognized the poten-
cy of the social function. When the
board of lady managers was created
lt was understood that it was to Gull
tivate the social life at the fair.
The board has had every opportunity
afforded of fulfilling its mission. 1t
mas been given an appropriation of
100000 and quarters in building of
It's own, which is sumptuously deco
rated and furnished. Mrs. Manning
makes an ideal hostess, and she and
her collaborators extend a generous
hospitality to visiting organizations of
women. Miss Julia McBIaor. of
Washington, is the resident hostess.
The New York building is a palatial
structure of noble proportions and of
that exquisite creamy white which
blends so admirably with the green of
forest trees and the emerald of the
grass. 1t is superbly furnished and is
enlinently adapted for great entertain
ments. Mrs. Norman E. Mack is the
commissioner and, as she served on
the board of lady managers at the
Ean-American, has had an exceptional
experience. Mrs Mack has planned
the social life of the building and viii
act as its hostess. She is a handsome
woman, with a winning personality
which makes her hosts of friends. She
is brilliant conversationalist and al
|. ways exquisitely gowned.
The assistant secretary. Mrs. Dore
Lyon. assists Mrs. Mack in entertain
Ing, and is q noble coadjutor. Mrs.
Lyon is well known club woman and
is besides a writer of note. She con-
ducts the Clubwoman, which is the or
gan of women's clubs.
In the handsome Minnesota building
Miss Adelaide j. Murphy is the presid-
ing genius. She is a graceful and tact
full woman Mrs. Emma j. Walsh, of
Baraboo, Mich, is the hostess of the
quaint Queen Anne. structure erected
by Michigan. She has had a previous
experience in Buffalo, and is graceful
and charming.
Connecticut. with It's rooms of spa
cious proportions and old-time fur
nishing, has for its hostess Mrs.
Charles E. Monson, a distinguished
woman belonging to an old and aris-
tocratic family in the Constitution
state. 1t was this lady who loaned
many Of the bits of antique furniture
and who seems at home in the midst
The Blue Grass state is a synonym
for hospitality, and in the New Ken
lucky Home" the dispenser of social
obligations is Mrs. Bertha NJ Smith,
of Richmond, well known throughout
the state.
Miss Lizzie Cage, Of Helena. the
lady manager, plays the role of hostess
in the ornate Arkansas building.
In West Virginia Mrs. Agnes Brown,
of Wheeling, entertains delightfully."-.
In the charming little bungalow
which shelters the Nevada commission
Mrs. H. E. Prudential, the wife of the
senator of that name, diSpenses a
genial hospitality. Mr.. ). A Yerring-
ton seconds her most ably. This gen
tleman is well up in social usages.
In Arizona Miss Jessie Drais enter
tains with tact and true Western hos
pitality.
Mrs. Oracle Walton, well known
throughout the state, is the hostess of
Beauvoir, the Mississippi building.
There is but one woman on the
Alaska commission, and she unites the
hostess. She is. Mrs. Mary E. Hart. Of
Nome. She is prospector, a club
woman and a journalist. She organ
lied and was president of the Aurora
club, of Nome, the most northerly So
ciety OF women in the world. She is
also the secretary of the Academy or
Sciences of Alaska. No one better
than Mrs. Hart knows the mineral and
agricultural resources of the state and
it's educational development.
Almost all of the hostesses reside in
their buildings, and with the women
commissioners form a delightful col
ony. Women from all quarters of the
United States meet and. forget Sec
tionaI prejudices, and over fragrant
cups of tea chat and discuss the news
of the day. At certain ceremoniouS
functions everyone belonging to the
settlement is welcomed, and there is
much making and returning of calls.
A pleasant rivalry exists between
these ladies. who endeavor to make
their own state buildings as attractive
as possible.