Show AU1 FOll A urn snow SOUTH InN WOMEN WILL MAKR THINGS HUM Talele Iteptrlatsal et the cite Stalee ltapoeltMs Will Silent ttrllt on 51 setThey tvsst In 1505 Sirs 1 eller ralaeea Ilesnt Special Correspondence TNT 18 OO I Inn to hare A great V L International expo yd v Ilion this autumn b beginning on Sept W 1s and ending on Nnw Years Day i tj soul Its biggest fcttiire Is I tow be a if depMarta nnman s department depart-ment which wits created and has been and will be conducted by women The merchants and bankers the railway rail-way manned and cotton kings of the metropolis of Georgia came lo the eon elusion In Jauusry IMI that tbe beat Interest of their community demanded a worlds fair larger than anything before be-fore seen In the south They organ lied raised mare than 1000000 and entered Into utgollitlons with everybody every-body In the fair line lath on this continent I con-tinent and In Knrone After the enterprise < enter-prise Will well uader way the women I pof of Atlanta determined that they should i havo a great department of their own something like he Woman building a t 1I i PRI5SIDBNT THOMPSON in tho Columbian Inhibition at Chicago Chi-cago They wanted to demotiitrnlo what southern wemtnrould do and haVD done lo show louthtrn women what their tiller In other parts of tho coon try were aocompllihtng to Introduce new Induitrlcs for their sex In Ihe south nnd to Increase the attractive liens of the exhibition They met lest cral rebuffs at the start Many of Ibo men said that all the spare money that could be ralKd was required for the exposition as already designed and that It there was any spare money It could bo Instated with better results Inn In-n Midway Plaluace or a Kerrli wheel than In a woman building Then two or three of the men remarked thai a woman department did not amount to shuck that women could l not run n bin how by thciwelvM and that even If they did get an exhibition It would 1 not bo allrivlve enough lo draw ho person n dif The opposition fired the ftmlnlno hear and Iho women of Atlanta agreed to have n womans department n woman building and l the biggest how of III sort lie country hid ever seen even If they ill bad to go without now gowns for a rear The women met formed a temporary tempo-rary organization and picked out the persons they wanted lo run the great mrrlilni The wletted I a board of women managers forlyone In number representing all the great soriil force of the state of Georgia All forty one were women of distinction Some were nQclotr leaders there were wrltom amateur musicians college graduates amateur artists or tho owner of great estates They formed a lilting board of persons per-sons of national fame conilsllag of the wlvea of the President Governor len cral of Canada and the Eorernora of I 2 l TIinASURIIIl THORNTON state They appointed reprs ntatlv i from Iho fortynine trillIdGlur toriesIncluding tbo niitrlet of Columbia Colum-bia choosing as far possible women belonging to Oeorglao families who had prospered In other parts of the Union They also organized committee In the largest cltlM and engaged I speakers and worker from fitly womens organizations organ-izations of the United Slates In this way they virtually enrolled a regular army The general la chlef was Mrs Joseph Thompson of Atlanta Her aldo wero the managers and the executive committee of fourteen members The colonels were the chairmen of twenty eight standing committed each ont tovoted to some occupation or eaniau In which women are Inter nerd or employed r em-ployed The rank and Ole were the member of these committees the ulato rt > r enuil M throughout the country and the state and local committee t In Ibe more populous I communities Clarks utenocripher and typewriters were engaged and he work went on rapidly Tbo wtfmen used their home as office They had lisa an office In the Aragon lintel and another In Iho bull nets quarter of the city flit distribution distribu-tion of work enabled the board of wom ilsys en manager to do many things at tho same lime I While all were railing money one group were arranging for a oman building This was designed by Mls Riles Meretir of Plltsburg who lllttl wan pelttted In the competition of some y thirty archlterti The building was begun Immediately and Is I now com I pletml The architecture raggwts the colonial home of the south with ft large amount of the classical fin lib and ornamentation The women railed the money far tha inlldlng and other purposes but It in alow work The cammltlHw subMrlb much and so did their frlendt and i neighbor They gave teas and lulu soles play and entertainments shows nod exhlbllluns < game and dances This does not stem m try hard la New Yorkers but In the south these li I little spire money Nevetihsltss hey soon got together 0000 llenldM finishing the Oman building they will beautify the grounds around II ° from tho little lake In front up to the Imposing main entrance The purpose la I lo produce the effect of n luxuriant r home In the country surrounded l by lawns and blossoms ferns and shrub herbs a Unlike mot exposition buildings the woman building ha been constructed not to be demolished when the fair li I over but far permanent After the I fair It will bo a school an will as o i museum The collection will chiefly of the kind l used In cabinet of Industrial I Indus-trial schools iclentlflo bills and college See s T col-lege to Illuitrnte lecture on the higher y high-er arts and science In thin manner l the board of woman msnager hole not fi only to male the woman department the greatest feature of the Atlanta exposition ex-position but also to mike It an educations educa-tions Inilltullon for the benefit of thor + women of the south for yean to come tl Most r of Ills I twenty standing I committees com-mittees are devoted to the collection of k 1 exhibit and l ilmllir work The com irj mllto on agriculture and horticulture 1 will bring together flowers anal frtilti r vegetable and savory leaves native fi I flavors and spices reeds and bulbs root and barks In a tecond clan It 1 v will have preparation mad from tliwo raw materlali preserve pickles 0 r jams marmalade jellies dried and III a crystallized I f fruits dairy products In short every article out of which tho farmer the gardener toad he florist earn a living Tho department of bee 1 culture will show the lyilema of ntor a r 1 c tt trl riw l I 1 I nKCRKTARY STULl h > IY lest log and treating honey and wax The colonial I commlltcee promises to be ono of thin mot Important of all Georgia II I rich In colonial relic ai are also Alabama and Mlululppl Tho women 1 of all threo states have offered more relic for exhibition than can be used 1 I The committee will merely pick out t Ibo best and the oddest In order to 4 give a complete Idea of life as It teas In I tho elghtronlh and Ills first half of thin nineteenth century Among these relies ll1 fen aro muskets and long rifle such as I were used In the old Indian war blundcrbuitefl that look like musical Instrument honw plitola almost ni largo ai small cannon swords thai acre I worn by Shadows men saddles and bridles and spurs and hsrniUM that t lr f elr dJ = 1 were fashionable when Washington wn young jackiplt which unfortunate hti 1 dais wero obliged to turn by moans of e mall treadmills by Ibo side of Iho I kitchen chimneys ancient clocks candelabra can-delabra Hint and tinder boxes witcbM that weigh a pound each mho jewelry jew-elry and guinea olll state gold uniform > and bill robes Tbe oxhlblllon will show all Iho features of colonial llfo i from the clumsy leg house of the foreit g lo the mansion of the a t planter Tho committee on confederate relloi will make a fine display of objects II luitratlng the history of the IUlt raute There will be tattered flag and rusty s guns swords and torn uniforms paper y money and queer newspapers ham II n spun garments and homemade nitre i and gunpowder dispatches and document docu-ment books nnd reoordi saved from lire rusty cannon balls flaUsnel rifle bullet bul-let and bent bayonets Tho committee on culinary art and l cooking schools will glvo the people ot r Atlanta an opportunity lo enjoy what 7 the New York public have had for are ear If neither Mrs llerer Prof Cornelia 0 Ilcdford Prof nor Olivia I Tracy clan the snowy cap and apron lone bright southern girl will hold clause In which the raw irtlcrlal will be transmitted Into tootbiome dinner din-ner I |