Evening star., 1925-04-18

| wide roof of the American Exhibition
Palace representation of all manner
| of activities and interests. with special
| reference to the part that women play.
| There will be Pueblo Indian woman
| making and displaying the character.
| istic wares and weaves OF her people.
| and not far away, l am assured, Mrs.
| Mccormick will be found, ersonally
conducting the feeding, care and milk
| ing of the prize cow that she herself
| bred and raised.
| "The work of women in the profes-
4 sions, in the most amazing variety of
businesses and occupations, will be
demonstrated. A model school, a cor
rect hospital, the works of settlement
communities, of charity and benev-
! olence-all will be displayed. The Ma
| tional Government has been so far i'm
pressed with the value of these efforts
! that its various departments and ac-
| tivities will be represented, with Spe-
| cial reference to the large and fast
expanding participation of women and
| their interests in the business of gov
! ernment.
But while I am not competent to
| tell what the fair will be and will
show, / stumbled upon one feature
| which / cannot refrain from descrip-
ing. because it makes particular ap-
peal to me.
Budget Policy Praised.
1T appears that when this fair was
first thought of, the capital behind it
consisted entirely of the idea. But
having a sound conception of pro-
cedure. the ladies started by establish
ing budget. Having so definite an
understanding of what they were go
ing to do, 1t was easier to ra ise the
necessary capital. AS a strictly bust
ness proposition, 1t was sold, so effec-
lively and widely, that when the doors
are opened every dollar OF expense
VIII have been met, and there will be
comfortable balance in bank TO guar
antee a greater and more impressive
fair next year.
Ihe business management where
by such result was made possible
deserves more serious consideration
than am able to give in the few min
utes l have to speak. 1t is enough to
say that this financial accomplish
ment presents a striking contrast to
the average project of like character,
supported in easy fashion out of pub
lie funds. If the people, in the daily
management of their modest domestic
AFFAIRS, note that the great interests
or their governments and of their
semf-public institutions are dealt with
carelessness, they find little inspira-
ton to apply better methods in the
management of their own concerns.
The great business operations
which are constantly under the public
eye, ought to be handled so as to make
them an example in sound procedure
For managing this fair in exactly that
manner, the women in control deserve
measure of recognition which /
gladly accord.
Rigid Economy Stressed.
THE Importance of sound business
methods was never so great as it is to.
day. 1t is particularly true that Gov
ernment business should be placed on
basis of rigid economy
In our modern society, public and
private savings are quickly trans
muted into capital available for more
production. The increas sed production
makes goods more plentiful and there
tore cheaper; and at the lower price
level the people can afford to consume
more. The real disaster to a modern
community comes when easy and i'll
considered consumption prevents the
storing away of new capital to meet
the ever-increasing demands.
But while we are extolling the ex-
ample of sound business methods that
AAeio bCCiI IClc tAIllDlleu ana DTdlSl1R
the opportunity to secure a fuller
knowledge of what women have accom-
plished let us not forget the deep un-
derlyfng purpose of it all. Our country
wants its arts and science, it's com
merce and agriculture, it's production
and transportation. it's education and
invention, not merely that they may
be used in the market place, the fac
tory and the field, but that they may
all be translated into the home.
"All of these efforts are for broaden
ing the outlook on life, for making
better men and women: they all have
the purpose to become effective forces
at the fireside. For long ages past,
men have gone forth into the world:
more recently they have been follow
ed by women. Each is endowed with
the same desire, each attempting to
contribute to the satisfaction of the
universal longing of the human race
to bring something better home. BY
the contribution that it can make to
that high purpose, the success of this
fair viii be measured"
70 FIELDS REPRESENTED.