The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16
WOMAN IS ORATOR
At IOWA EXERCISES
Mrs. L. ". Swain, Fresh From an
Eight Years Trip Abroad,
Praises Her State.
FEW I0WANs AS JURORS.
President Larrabee Says That
State Should Be All the More
Proud of Whatever
Awards 1t Gets.

For the first time at any State or city
day celebration at the Worlds Fair a
feature of the programme was an address
by a woman. the innovation being made
at the exercises at the Iowa building yes
terday morning.
Mrs. F. W. Swain. wife of Colonel Al
beEt ". Swain. Consul for the United
States at Southampton, England. was the
woman who appeared in the role OF an
orator at the Iowa exercises yesterday.
Mrs. Swain has Just returned from an
eight years tour abroad. and she took
occasion to speak of her joy at being
home again. She expressed herself as be-
ing greatly impressed at the wonder of
the Exposition. and especially proud of the
showing which her native State had made.
Former Governor William Larrabee, the
executive of the commission. presided at
the exercises, which were attended by so
or Go Iowans and their friends. Governor
Larrabee stated that Iowa had reason TO
feel proud OF whatever awards were
made TO the State. because out of the hun-
dreds of jurors only five were residents
of Iowa h is especially the case with
respect to the educational exhibits. for the
State had no juror in this department.
President Francis spoke of the cordial
relations which have existed between the
Iowa Commission and the Exposition
agement, Il thanked the citizens for
their liberal patronage of the Fair. 9th
ers who spoke were Colonel Swain. who
took for his subject, Iowa Across the
Water; J. B. Harsh. Creston. Iowa and
iowa and the Nation" The exercises
were interspeEsed with musical selections
by Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Keller and Morton
Mccartney OF Des Moines., E. F. Peck Of
g I 1,,s. aud lJacOr SHADE tha rerrJlar
organist Of the building.
The regular Sunday afternoon song
service at the Iowa building will be held
at 4 o'clock to-day. c. VI. Keller Of Min
.neapolis. Mimi. will conduct the serv-
ices. Mr.. and Mrs. Keller and E +; PecK
of st. Louis Will sing. Mason Slade will
be the organist
Mrs. Parks Fisher, the Commissioner
and hostess OF Maryland, will give her
regular Sunday tea az 5 o'clock this after
noon. Mrs. Fisher will be assisted this
afternoon by Mrs. Frederick A Belts,
wife Of National Commissioner Frederick
A Belts Of Connecticut; Miss Stella Mon
son, assistant hostess at the Connecticut
House: Mrs. Dore Lyon. hostess OF the
New York State building. and MISS Grace
Parker Lyon or New York
Mrs. George C. C%roIius, the hostess Of
the New York City building. has been pre-
scented by Commissioner T. ". Hynes with
an elegant gold badge. The badge has
three bars. from which Is suspended by
a white silk ribbon a medallion. bearing
the seal of the city OF New York. It ts
one Of the handsomest of the badges seen
at the Exposition
Mrs. William f. Robertson OF Austin.
Tex, closed her very successful term As
hostess at the Texas building at the
Worlds Fair yesterday afternoon with a
recital BY Miss Irene Critchfield Of st:
Louis. Miss Critchfeld is the soprano OF
the Lindell Avenue Methodist Church.
She sang "Protestation." by Hardee;
"-Japancse Love Song" by Clayton. and
waltz song from Romeo and Juliet"
Mrs. T. B. Sessions OF Timpson, Tex,
will be the next hostess at the Texas
building.
The Illinois Commission has issued invi-
tations to a reception IN honor Of the
Illinois State Bankers Association. at the
building Monday evening. Admit
ance will be by card.