| Show FAIR II 11 mav ladies of world s A MEETING they mean Business The comans womans will be a success CHICAGO beat 2 there iraa an air of unusual beatle and activity around the headquarters of the ex position in the rand atnally building early this morning the members of the national of the board of lady managers were arriving from all parts of the country for the purpose cf and taking bubli action for tha further promotion of the enterprise as may be found casary at this tin c over one hundred fine looking lauts were gathered in the main hall ot the art institute building at noon when mrs potter palmer called to order the meeting of the board of lady managers in welcoming delegates palmar said that the most important b binesa 01 the meeting would be tha formulation of ih state work the wo men had fought for and gained recognition and the time had arrived when it would ba necessary for them to commence work in earnest they would also have to determine what should go into the women guilding Duil ding something that haid only been vaguely hinted at hither to it was decided that the election of a secretary of the ladies board to succeed miss phoebe couzin of sat louig who was deposed bome weeks ago should ba made a special order for this session it is believed that mra susan gala cooke will be unanimously choden misa courina had not put in an appearance at tha morning session but it is understood that aha will file a formal protest the action of the officer in de g her the board will also adopt an official teal for ita documents several competitive sketches have been received the fortunata fortuna td competitor will a prize of 50 the seal it to bear the depend board of lady managers of the columbian commission created bv actina congress V S A 1890 the ladies appear to be lull of business and propose to transact it with greater dispatch dia patch than on the occasion occa cion of their previous which was the first many of them had eyer known of legislative work the fall lessious of the national com was billed to order inthe coan cil chy H by hon thomas W palmer chief executive at 10 this mornine A number of important import adt questions are to ba considered among these is the matter of a bureau of awards it is the opinion of leading members of th commission that congress should pay these awards and should alao ibe money for the tho amount required will be anywhere from to the matter of classification will also b put nta final shape at the present meeting and an elaborate report will bo pre dented from the committee who baa had it under consideration in his opening address reviewing the of the year president palmer aard that they had made marked progress and an immense advance and ha d d not see how have none better the foreign commissioners also had dona great work tha exhibit for the last fiscal year of the expenses of the national Nati commission will chow a total tare in tho organization of against an of the expanses of the year from july apt have been against an appropriation of bince july lat the lady managers have but out of the total appropriation ct curtailment will have to be necessary as the board ie now spending bonev at the rate of a year and hae but thith which to pay the billa the present meeting of the national will involve an expenditure expend itura of and a meeting of the ladia board additional after atia meeting of the board of lady managers 1 ad been celled to it waa announced ahat phoebe was again a candidate for the secretary ship tha candidacy of mrs y S alien one of the lady managers for iowa was alao annun ed mrs C oke however nt acting has a majority 0 the matacera maj acera some interesting sketches were received and placed OB file in the for the official abal the first design received waa aiom a woman Il linola a on a deft alith little abia in the to reground be tween two rocks an evanston on aa a pretty design asarine of isabella of in the distance are the three rhioa of columbua up a the water and under the head tha motto let her praise her in the gates from covington ky cobre one presenting a woman in flow robes girdled about the waist ahe by a and in one band the distaff die taff while with the other ehe shades her yes and looka into the distance beneath is the motto the future hopes shining gate A chicago lady who has mure artistic artia tic conception than execution sends a design bowing columbia standing in a gate aund her are kneeling women bear jg to the right is the ea where appears a figure standing with either foot upon a promontory from wisconsin a pen and ink sketch of Is underneath the head is the motto she parted with her to give the world columbia A really beautiful design comes from a washington woman it is a wreath of bay inclosing inc loBing the motto fides et luetitia Jue titia from florida a woman writes ending her design which is simple beyond it represents columbus landing on the coast for the reverse of the seal ehe a ballroom ball room acena the design bear the motto 1 I pledged my jewels to raib the lioney another woman fram ag a design a five pointed star bearing within its cointa lh mott god and humanity encircling tha star is th inscription comans womans Wo mans heart brain and hand combine to faid mn kind ly love parity and common sense |
