Rock Island Argus., 1904-06-11
Woman's Work at the Fair.

| few years ago. Yet Miss Florence
Hayward, the well-knowH writer OF
| st. Louis, who is as well known in
London as she is in her native city,
agreed 10 undertake the delicate mis-
sion. The fact that thousands daily
climb the hill to the group of admin
istratiOn buildings for the purpose of
| inspecting these tokens of loyalty
to the best of all queen mOnarchs is
sufficient evidence of the success of
Miss Hayward's work.
4 In the department of education and
social economy. the great education
| al exhibit in the history of America,
Mr.. Rodgers has been assisted by a
woman whose knowledge of education
nj works. and whose tastes in the ar
rangement of displays, have relieved
him of the most trying details of his
section. The lady is Miss Minnie
Bronson. teacher and writer Of great
experience.
When the Missouri building. the
most important of all the state build
ings. was designed. a place was made
for piece of sculpture that all the
world should see The enormous
-ii'A'' h'lllN ibh~l A't NI'Hi ~
statue embodying the spirit Of Mis-
souri,. The commission was awarded
TO Miss Carrie Wood. who, as child,
had played in Forest park where now
the Missouri building stands.
The int rior decorations of the gov
ernment pavilion. carried out so ef-
fectively in the color and design of the
national flag. were done by Miss Grace
Lincoln Temple. of Washington,
ID. C..
The fine work of the landscape de-
Partmcnt was planned largely by a
woman who has been for several years
Mr.. KcSsler's trusted assistant. The
young lady is Miss Ada y. SutemeiS-
ter. trained landscape architect.
To her fell the task and the oppor-
tunity Of arranging the decorative
planting fer the beautiful cascade
gardens and many of the other orna-
mental landscape decorations. she i
at once a business woman. an artist
and an unfailing Judge Of plants.
The extensive exhibits that made
the long journey from Alaska to St.
Louis. the collection of furs. miner
ais, photographs and all other inter
csting objects from that remote ter
ritory. came under the direction and
management of a capable and much
Travelled woman, Mrs. Mary Il. Hart.
The secretaries of several of the
state commissions are ladies. and the
big Offices in the administration build
ing are filed with women employed i'm
every capacity from that of newspa-
per reporter to custodian of photo
graphs.
In the department of sculpture.
women are conSpicuuusly represent
I'd. Miss Woods Spirit Of Missouri
j. 10y no means the only figure model!
I'd by woman. The beautiful span
drcls over the arches of the north |
and east entrances to the palace of
machinery were done 10y Miss Melva
beatrice Wilson. of New York. An
other New York woman. Miss Edith Il. |
Stevens. modelled the splendid figures
that rccline above the broken pedi- |
ment forming the top Of the center
door within the grand triumphal |
arch that j. the main entrance to the |
palace of liberal arts. These figures, |
because of their position, only a few |
feet above the eyes Of the beholder, |
we're much more important than |
many of the larger groups of rOOfline |
and dome.
Among the Il portrait statues that |
inc the approaches TO the cascade |
gardens. four were the work of wo- |
men These are Daniel Boone. by |
Enid Yandell: George Rogers Clark, |
,v Elsie Ward: James Madison, by |
Janet Scudder, and James Monroe, 10y |
Julia Bracken. And a greater tri- |
lmph for woman than any of those |
hat have been described remains To |
Dc mentioned. Behind the great main |
cascade. and at the center of the ma
iestic colonade of states, stands the |
temple of music and oratOry. |
festival hall. whose mighty dome. tow
aring 200 feet in air. Is larger than |
hat of St Peters of the Pantheon at |
Rome. This dome. that overlooks the |
,ntire exposition grounds. the city. |
and a wide eNpanse of farm land TO |
he west. is crowned by the work of a |