The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-17
woMAN's WORK AT
THE WORLDS FAIR.
(By Emily Grant Hutchings.)

(By Emily Grant Hutchings)
st. Louis, Mo-, June 16.-The inn
portant place OF woman liz the worlds
economy is fully set forth at the Louis
lana Purchase exposition In every
department of this greatest OF all ex.
positions, her influence and taste are
demonstrated. from the dome OF
Festival hall to the remotest corner
OF grounds where floral decorations
lend their charm, woman's handiworE
is 10 be found
That women are able to cope with
men in almost all fields Of human ac.
tiyity has been proved within the past
decade The Worlds fair visitors
whose exposition standards are based
upon what they saw at the Chicago
fair, eleven years ago, are apt to ask.
after tour of the grounds. Where
is your women's building? Is there no
pavilion where the work OF women is
displayed, Are women ignored alto
gether at your great worlds fair?"
Then the mind wanders back to the
beautiful Woman's building at Chi
caso. where paintings, statuary. laces
and embroidery were on exhibition.
where the entire building was mon
umeht to womGa's skill and ability.
and there is a feeling Of regret that
the commissioners should have for
gotten or ignored their sisters and
wives thei rdaughters and sweet
hearts. Yet the women were not for
gotten. The shy, tinhd creature VINO
could be overlooked or relegated to
tho background has but remote con-
nection with the American worlan Of
today. she is a creature Of the past,
and in her place has come the strong,
capable enlightened woman Of the
twentieth century. who does not force
herself to the front, but who taxes her
place there by reason Of what she IS
and what she can accomplish.
We no longer hear Of the "poetess,
the "docress, the "authoress." but
We have more womer poets, doctors
and authors than ever before And so
It were a confession Of infedority and
weakness 20 huddle the products q
selves, as VI women were afraid OF a
woman's hands in a building by them
comparison with men. as If their
work could have no possible chance
for award wien brought into compe-
tiuon with the work OF men.
rhe act OF congress that made the
Louisiana Purchase exposition pos
sibility outlined the work of the board
of lady managers in sucn terms as to
preclude the possibility Of any sepa-
ration IN the work OF men and women.
In every department the sex distinc-
tion is eliminated, the work Of men
and women being admitted on exact-
ly the same basis. The fact that there
Is to be a woman ON each jury OF
award that is TO pass Judgment on the
work Of women is a concession, not to
women but to the men ON the jury, who
arc much less likely 10 know about
The things made exclusively by wo-
men than Is the modern woman, with
her msatiahle thirst for knowledge, to
know about the work OF men the work
In which She has not yet taken a hand.
In the adm illustrative departments
Of the exposition, much of the most
important work has been intrusted to
women. and theiI compensation Is the
same as that paid to men holding sini'
liar positions. In a few instances,
women nave performed missions and
accomplished tasks that would have
resulted in failure haa they been in.
trusted TO mon.
When the federal government was
askel for a loan Of four and onehalf
millions OF dollars. it was a woman,
Mrs Daniel Manping president Of the
board Of lady managers, who vent 70
Naskingtop and lobbled for the bin