Show MRS THATCHERS ADDRESS mus MRS SOLOMON THATCHED JR JB of chicago a member of the executive committee of the world a fair has baa been while in thle this city the guest of presiding bishop Pr presto oston 0 the rest real dent lady managers mrs margaret blaine salisbury and miss keogh were very anxious that she should address the people upon women is work in the fair mrs thatcher kindly consented the tabernacle authorities courteously tendered to the lady managers the use of that building and the mutual improvement conference Rb abridged ridged their gramme pro to mak the opportunity for the distinguished lady from sunday evening on the platform with mrs thatcher were mrs alesbury M mrs nick mrs W B preston mrs lula thatcher mrs lottie lettie thatcher mrs nettie Y snell mrs bathsheba smith mrs zina D young and others ron hon muses moses thatcher before the speaker was introduced to the large au alence made a few preliminary remarks ex of of the circumstances which led to the ladys kindly consenting to deliver an address she was then introduced trod to the people by miss keogh A brief synopsis of the address appeared in yesterdays issue it has awakened such a wide public interest that we now present it in full WORK IN THE WORLDS FAIR indies and gentlemen of utah and salt lake city I 1 wish to assure you that I 1 appreciate very much the compliment of this invitation vi to be present and speak to you of a matter that lies very near to my heart I 1 am exceedingly interested iu in the association that is holding its grand meeting in this tabernacle for the last few daye it if there is anything that ts to better for young people than another thing after religion it is the love of education and culture I 1 am glad to know that these theme young m men on and women women are systematically pursuing a course of education and growth education is the great lever that shall lift the world from vice and degre degradation dation education is the great key that shall unlock the storehouse of nature DR ture and shall put into your hands bands as willing slaves the great powers of nature education is the sunlight that shall drive away the mists and miasmas miasmal of ignorance vice and superstition sti tion education is the sunlight that shall hall show to you the face of your adt god and lead you to know his love for you I 1 should hesitate eto to occupy your time and my ability to interest you did I 1 not net feel that every man and woman should be interested in everything that tends to show gods goodness to qs that tends to elevate manhood and womanhood we are approaching pro aching a great epoch in the history of civilization already the great nations of the earth and the islands of thesel the sea are collecting their treasures and bringing them up to show as a thank offering to god for his goodness goodu ees and mercy to all al already upon the shores of lake michigan a few miles from the hum and the noise of a million and a half of people a city is approaching comple completion til a city or of buildings of proportions por co of great architectural beauty uty these palaces laces are to be the storehouses in which shall be placed the offe ilip of men the products of the brain of the be heart and ancl of the hand of mao man products of the sea and of the sol soil and of the mine already the plowshare has bas turned the soil that shall produce exposition grat 0 alread already v the forge and sir sm elting furnace are smelling exposition ore already the choicest products of your quarries are being worked by skilful men inen to show to the world your marbles your granites goranites gra and your precious already the spinners are weaving their beautiful fabrics to delight your eyes no money has been amirel in this undertaking the president of the directory told me j u 4 before I 1 left home that it would be very difficult to obtain in all the world enough insurance to cover the value of the wonderful products that shall be on exhibition at this exposition 67 countries have already accepted invitations invitation sto to participate japan that far away country in asia has appropriated with which to show the value of her pro ducts the state of illinois has bas appropriated with which to properly set forth her resources I 1 should be glad to talk to you longer and tell you of the general work of the fair but I 1 want to talk to you of what the women are doing in the fair some little time after Oon congress gress had decided to celebrate the quad ri centennial of the discovery of america and had appointed a commission of gentlemen who formed their plans on a comprehensive scale a large party sti mulat ed no doubts doubt by a patriotic woman introduced trod a bill asking for the appointment of a board of women to serve on all departments of the board where women Is work was ex and in the per performance performs forma n ce of other work this was a great step in advance for women and it is the first time in the history of our country that women have been invited to participate in a department of our count rys governa government ent this was the result of the sensible ideas of women the members of the commission as soon as this board was appointed vied with each other in their desires to give us great opportunities and full scope they put it aito to our hands all the inter ests of women all ovier over the world they bave made us the official channel through which all women and organ izat ions of women may come into connection with the fair this opportunity we seized upon to bring out everything that would elevate and show the value of women in the world we are making great efforts to have have in the competition exhibition ever every 1 thing that women have ever done it will be a great surprise to these gentle mento menoto find how generally women have occupied all positions dons if I 1 men tion to you that we have discovered women blacksmiths women Wago neris and one of the best beat ranches in california is owned and run by a woman behave we have found women shoemakers and in fact the women nowadays are doing about everything they pie please sise we are not satisfied in showing simply what the women in this part of the world are doing but we hive have invited our sisters from allover all over the world to bin in this great enter enterprise prim mrs Pa palmer laxer our president iss Is a lady corn coin bining every characteristic that Is ie beautiful and delightful she is beau ticul winsome in her manner dis dia playing those qualities of mind and heart which should win everyone mrs palmer our I 1 resident la in hoc her visit abroad last aum merby her personal acquaintance has been able to interest some of the noblest men and women of europe in the fair in england the princess christian a lady of great ability and daughter of queen victoria is head of the worlds pair fair commission board of women in france madam carnot and others ut 0 prominence are greatly interested Int inter ersted aked in the department of the fair the french nation has appointed a commission of women and ana has ampro a sum of money to pay all ail the expenses attendant upon their exhibits germany ermany russia scandinavia and in fact most of the european cou countries n have appointed commissions ot 01 women also mexico and most of the great ad advanced danced south american states have appointed woman commissions also last summer a lady from china went to india empowered to confer with a princess of that country a woman of most humane disposition who has taken a great inter st at in the poor child widows ol 01 that land providing them with schools school homec etc chis princess we hope will be able to induce the government of india to appoint a commissi of wo en for the worlds fair a most unheard of thin fr fir winita are arc looked loolie dupon upon aa a little better than nothing ati X e we have a homans womans building at the fair which was given us ua by the gentlemen it is most beautifully Ica 1 bated ted and I 1 want you to remember that this buildt g ia 18 yours women 01 utah it belongs to all the women ot oi the world As I 1 said it is most beautifully located commanding a fine view of the grounds at the right is the great horticultural build ing at the left the state building of illinois Illino iB while in front stretches out a noble view of the best buildings of the fair on the root roof of this structure is a garden with fountains where the weary visitor may sit and rest in quietness quiet nebs and view the magnificent scene oene from the lower flour floor will be steps leading down to the lagoon launches laun chee etc will convey visitors to other parts of the grounds or if they prefer land tra transportation deportation an electric road will furnish cupid transit on the lower floor of this building we intend to display all the benedo lences lances of women we shall have offices headquarters reading anu and writing rooms etc also a large assembly room for women and organ of women to assemble to organizations or listen to lectures we shall have on this floor a library with books written only by women and they have written some very good ones we shall have also a model hospital with trained physicians etc we shall shaji have a model kitchen with all modern labor saving machinery useful in such a place here distinguished teachers will civo lessons in the best methods tf obtaining the most nutriment with the least possible expense we abial also have a colonial exhibit which will show you the methods of life and thoughts of the people in the early part of the history of our country we have hare an ex hibit showing the advance of women we expect to show that thai women have always veen been a great factor though unsuspected in the history of the world for cycles and ages agee great planetary systems rolled through space without clash and noise luminous bodies came and went and great comets would terrey at times with their peculiar flights for ages no one suspected the great laws which held them thein in space and told them when to come and when to ceburn but after a series of cycles a d ages men discovered that god was bauk back of all chist this diat he had originated the plan and the purpose and the law by which all these were governed and that even the dying comet was subject to his own law so in the dominion of men we intend to show that there has been a quiet but irresistible force governing the decrees of meu men and softening their harsh features this free has been women prof putnam of yale Cel college lege anil and head bead of the bureau of ethnology has had in mexico quite a number ot oi scientists and has been making researches in regard to the habits anti ano manner of ife I 1 fe of prehistoric pre historic man mad we expect to show you some very great things from his investigations he has already found in that auntry 0 many of the utensils etc and even eved some fiume of the remains of this people themselves wrapped in the mummy bands in which their bodies wore were buried professor putnam tells us UH that the condition of women at the earliest time was pitiable ladee that she was pursued as you have seen the hawk pursue the gentle dov that she was captured and slain or forced to submit to terrible indignities liter on her faub faith and her intelligence and her gentle influence male ma le for her a better place in the economy of the times and she became the home bome maker in those early days the women did all the work while the men followed the chase or lolled in lu indolent dolent ease and a curious fact has been developed by these excavations it has been discovered that in those days the men wore all the jewelry the bracelets and the false hair and jtb other er things now usually women tt it is an astounding ding ft rt reflection that thai the women were the first farat inventors they manufactured the household utensils from various materials even using molded clay and baking it in the sun they viere were aba first took the coarse vegetable fiber and twisted it Ure carefully fully for their clothes or from the wool and hair of animals animal anif and the down of birds made warm fabrics fabric they were the first basket makers maker and some of those early baskets have never been surpassed for beauty and durability they were also febe be first dybro dying their articles with juices of plants I 1 have endeavored to give you some idea of what the women of the world have done and are doing tho the baard b ird of lady managers has also taken another step at first no provision was made for the very ones we love the best nothing had been done for the childre the children should have a building and the lady managers have decided to put up a building for them it will cost coat and it will take another to lortin run it 1 this we expect to erect and we want the young ladies to give entertainments entertain mento concerts etc ands and raise the money to carry on ahlo abl building here mothers can bring their babies and put them in the care of competent nurs nure so es while they go and enjoy the fair we shall check th the babies just as you would check bag f gage and you can go away with your ybur check and know that the little ones onea will be safe then we intend to have a kindergan kin dergar denand we shall also have a cooba where your children will be instructed j in regard to the peoples of various lands their habits modes of life and peculiarities of dres and competent 1 ladies will take these children in charge it is a wish very near tho the heart of the board of lady managers that as many women as pow possible ible may enjoy this occasion and have the benefit ot the growth and culture attendant upon a visit to the fair consequently an association of the board of lady managers is endeavoring to construct a number of dormitories in which women may take lodgings lod ginga with perfectly respectable surroundings at the slight cost of probably a day we want to make it posa sible for every woman that can leave home to come we do not wish at ai y ephey consideration to hinder binder them to help them to attend we shall have five dormitories capable of accommodating one thousand people each there will also be appointed another corps of lady man managers there are aso teachers in the united states and if anyone ought to have the advantage of this growth anil and culture it is the teacher who cares caree for our children who instructs them heliy and shows them the way of life we must broaden and ennoble their lives livee we have been working and laboring with the boards of education in chicago and ana they have almost promise I 1 to grant us the use of twenty of their largest and most beautiful school house enear the fair with fifteen rooms each of thirty by sixty feet these rooms we intend to fit up as dormitories for visiting teachers where the teachers can have a cheap but respectable lodging under the care of the lady managers are to make it possible for you to come men and women of utah you have a glorious heritage you breathe a higher and purer air than most moat of your brethren your eyes constantly rest reat upon one of the most glorious land with which god has ever bit ned the vision of man your soil evil yields most abundant growth you are environed by mountains with hearts of gold eold and veins of silver and sinews af of iron you have magnificent resources it remains for you to take advantage of this opportunity to show to the world the wealth and the grandeur that god has given you you must unite yourselves together there must be no par parties tiep there must be no aft sectarian tartan division you must aid als and sisters of utah you must work fur for your own land you must bring to the great fair your pru products ducts and your glorious things you have a most mort beautiful site at the fair you have as large an amount of space as montana nevada and idaho and the day set apart for fat your cele ration kation to is the |