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Show 81 V ) A LADY TO BUILD IT. ZXIs Farlior Is thn Drtj-nnr of ttio Qntea Ivubrllii l'uvlllon. Tlio only woman architect practicing In l'hllndclphln lias ncblovcd Ilia distinction distinc-tion of being selected ns designer of tho Queen Isnbclhi pavilion In connection with thu world's fair at Olilcigo. Miss Minerva l'urkcr Is thn fortunnlo young ' artist. Sho la nbout 33 years of age, nnd wns bom In Clilrnpo. Sho went to Philadelphia In 1870 She iniido n special study of Industrial nrt moileliug, and she has been lu nctlvo practice two. jours. g miss MiNF.ttVA r-Amcrrt Tho young specialist comes from good) old New Kngland stock. Hor grandfather, grand-father, Setn A. Doanc. was a -well-known ship designer nnd architect In Boston, nnd in 1831 ho weut west and purchased property on tlio shoroof Lnko Michigan where Chlrago now sUuds. Ucr father wns n lawyer, and wns killed nt tho bend of his rogiment whllo fight-inc fight-inc brnvely In the civil wnr. Miss Parkor lives with her molhcrnml brothers at Phllndolphln, nnd nltboueh young In her profession bIio hns nltnincd considerable success. Homo mid domestic domes-tic architecture Is her spcclnlty. Tho designs for Chlcngo which Miss Parker bus been commissioned lo draft aro for H an international club-houo, with a con- U press ball, in connection with the pro- posed social hendqunrters for women H In tho fair grounds. Mrs. John A. Logan Is one of tho managers. It is to (B, bo called the Queen Isabella pavilion jH in honor of the consort of King Fcr- m dtnnndof Spain. History slittca that this queen pawned her jewels to raise funds for Columbus' journey to discover Amerlcn. H Misi Parker has only one lady rival In W her profession, and alio is Mrs. Louisa S Uclhuno of Rochester, N. Y.. who was I highly commended for a set of school plans exhibited at the lsrt Paris cxposl- (E tion. 9 |
