That women are making a place for themselves in this department of industry is shown by the Patent Office statistics. The first patents for inventions were granted to men in 1790, but no patent was issued to a woman until May 5, 1809, and the number of inventions granted to them in any one year did not exceed 6 until the year 1862, when 14 were issued. This number was lowered but once, and that was in 1865, when naturally women had responsibilities of a nature that precluded outside interests, but the direction of which is shown in the fact that two of the 13 applications in that year were—one for "Improved table for hospitals," the other for "Improvement in drinking cups for the sick." In 1863 an application was made for "Improvement in ambulances."

It is a significant fact that from the time General Spinner appointed the first woman to be employed under the Government in 1864, her advancement was shown in invention, as well as in all other phases of her existence. At the beginning of the year 1864, fifty-five years after the first patent had been granted to her, she had received but 103 patents. During the next fifteen years, 1,046 patents were granted; during the next ten, 1,428, and during the next five years (from 1889 to 1894), 1,309 patents were issued to women, the number in five years exceeding that granted during the first seventy years. It is to be regretted that the Patent Office records do not show a classification of her work during the past ten years, their list practically ceasing March 1, 1895.

The inventions cover a wide and ambitious range, and include, even among their earliest attempts, "Improved war vessel, the parts applying to other structures for defense;" "Improvement in locomotive wheels;" in "Engraving copper;" "Steam whistles;" "Mechanism for driving sewing machines;" "Improved material for packing journals and bearings;" "Improvement in the mode of preventing the heating of axles and journals;" in "Pyrotechnic night signals;" in "Paper-bag machines;" in "Railway car safety apparatus;" "Conveyors of smoke and cinders for locomotives;" "Sewing machines;" in "Alloys for hardening iron;" in "Alloys to resemble silver;" in "Devices for removing snow from railways;" "Car coupling;" "Attachment for unloading box cars;" "Railroad car," etc.

Department F, Electricity, Prof. W.E. Goldsboro, Chief, Miss Hope Fairfax Loughborough, Department Juror.

This department comprised 5 groups and 24 classes, the group headings being: Machines for generating and using electricity; Electrochemistry; Electric lighting; Telegraphy and telephony; Various applications of electricity.

Miss Loughborough's report is as follows:

The field of electricity has been so long and so peculiarly a man's field that it is not surprising to find that in the 5 groups and 24 classes which the Department of Electricity at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition comprised, only 2 exhibits were made by women, both of whom were Americans.

One of these exhibits was made by Mrs. Alexander Baumgard, of New York City, and showed an automatic advertising figure actuated by an electric motor. The figure was that of a woman standing before a rack on which were a number of signs. The figure stooped, picked up one of the signs, raised it, turned a quarter way around in order to display it to the best advantage, and replaced the sign. The next movement took up the next sign, and so on. The mechanism was actuated by an electric motor, which, by means of a series of cams and gears, caused it to go through the various movements. The value of the device was considered very small, as there are other more effective means of advertising of this kind, and no award was given Mrs. Baumgard.

The other exhibit by a woman was made by Mrs. Blodgett, and consisted of ornamental shades for electric lights, painted by hand. These shades were quite artistic in themselves, and were well installed, so the exhibit was awarded a bronze medal.

In neither of these exhibits was there any invention or process which was original.

In the electrical industry there is practically no machine or apparatus made without the assistance of women or girls, as they are employed in every electrical factory for insulating and winding coils, etc. In the manufacture of these the percentage of women's work is from 3 to 10 per cent. But aside from this purely mechanical work women have contributed little or nothing to the advancement of the application of electricity, either before the Chicago Exposition or during the past eleven years.

Department G, Transportation Exhibits, Mr. W.A. Smith, Chief; Miss Rose Weld, Newport News, Va., Department Juror.

Miss Weld is a graduate of the Boston School of Technology and now in the employ of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company.

This department comprised 6 groups and 33 classes, the group headings being: Carriages and wheelwrights' work; Automobiles and cycles; Saddlery and harness; Railways, yards, stations, freight houses, terminal facilities of all kinds; Material and equipment used in the mercantile marine; Material and equipment of naval services, naval warfare; Aerial navigation.

Miss Weld briefly reports:

As a department juror I saw the papers of every exhibitor, and there were no exhibits by women in this department in any of the 33 classes, but not coming in contact with any of the exhibitors I can give no exact information about the work done by women in the manufacture or construction of the exhibits.

Department H, Agriculture, Mr. Frederic W. Taylor, Chief; Mrs. Richard P. Bland, Lebanon, Mo., Department Juror.

This department comprised 27 groups and 137 classes, the group headings being: Farm equipment—methods of improving lands; Agricultural implements and farm machinery; Fertilizers; Tobacco; Appliances and methods used in agricultural industries; Theory of agriculture—agricultural statistics; Vegetable food products—agricultural seeds; Animal food products; Equipment and methods employed in the preparation of foods; Farinaceous products and their derivatives; Bread and pastry; Preserved meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit; Sugar and confectionery—condiments and relishes; Waters; Wines and brandies; Sirups and liqueurs—distilled spirits commercial alcohol; Fermented beverages; Inedible agricultural products; Insects and their products—plant diseases; Live stock—horses and mules, cattle, sheep, goats, etc.; Swine; Dogs; Cats; Ferrets, etc.; Poultry and birds.

Mrs. Bland reports as a department juror in this department:

Our jury passed upon machinery for making drinks, refrigerators, refrigerating, Sunny Brook Distillery, ice-making plant, beer packers, and packages, etc., bottle washing and cleaning. Bake ovens, candy and chocolate machines also came within our jurisdiction. One special machine of French make was for making ice for families and on the farm; these were small machines and would make from 10 to 300 pounds, and were comparatively cheap and within the reach of many.

There was an interesting and unique exhibit from Germany showing canned stews and other edibles to be used in camp and on hunting and fishing trips. The can had an interlining of tin, and between the two walls of the can was unslacked lime; by making a hole in each end of the can and placing first one end and then the other in cold water for five minutes the stew was warmed and cooked.

Mrs. Bland conducts a large farm, and in a letter states that she was awarded a bronze medal at this exposition for her exhibit of timothy hay and Grimes golden apples.

Mrs. Bland also served on the jury of awards in the women's department of the Charleston Exposition, and it was her opinion that there is a great opening for women in house furnishings, designing wall paper, and photography.

Department J, Horticulture, Mr. Frederic W. Taylor, Chief; Mrs. Ida L. Turner, Fort Worth, Tex., Department Juror.

This department comprised 7 groups and 31 classes, the group headings being: Appliances and methods of pomology, viticulture, floriculture, and arboriculture; Appliances and methods of viticulture; Pomology; Trees, shrubs, ornamental plants and flowers; Plants of the conservatory; Seeds and plants for garden and nurseries; Arboriculture and fruit culture.

Mrs. Turner says:

In reply to your questions in regard to the work of the women jurors at the St. Louis Exposition, will say that I arrived very late at the exposition, after the jury had about finished their duties in the Department of Horticulture, in which I was to serve. For this reason my duties were limited, and I had little opportunity to examine and give an intelligent estimate of the part taken by women in this department.

Department K, Forestry, Mr. Tarleton H. Bean, Chief; Mrs. J.M. Glenn, Baltimore, Md., Department Juror.

This department comprised 3 groups and 14 classes, under the group headings: Appliances and processes used in forestry; Products of the cultivation of forests and of forest industries; Appliances for gathering wild crops and products obtained.

No report.

Department L, Mines and Metallurgy, Mr. J.A. Homes, Chief; Mrs. M.G. Scrutchin, Atlanta, Ga., Department Juror.

This department comprised 5 groups and 43 classes, under the group headings: Working of mines, ore beds, and stone quarries; Minerals and stones, and their utilization; Mine models, maps, photographs; Metallurgy; Literature of mining, metallurgy, etc.

Mrs. Scrutchin reports as follows:

In all our fairy stories, dwarfs and elves live below the earth and deal with mines and their dark belongings; the fairies live above. So none of us are surprised to find few women in this line of exhibitors. My work as a member of the department jury confined me to one room, and to an inspection of lists submitted by the group jurors. So I really had no opportunity for specific examination of the various groups and classes, except where some doubt was expressed as to the validity of an award, when I made it a point to examine that subject with more or less care. Many women placed specimens of clay and ore in their State collections. Several Georgia women, I know, did this—some, though owning and operating mines, and active in submitting specimens, took shelter under the husband's name. This fact also came under my own observation.

Nearly all these exhibits were in group 116, class 682. One collection of clays and pottery produced in the interest of artistic handicraft came from the Sophie Newcombe Memorial College for the higher education of girls, of New Orleans, La., and was in the same group, but class 690. Many like collections were seen in the Educational Building, but this is the only one given space in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy.

The Woman's Club of Pipestone, Minn., showed specimens of pipestone and jasper belonging to group 116, class 682. In the whole list I find only two foreigners—one from Toronto, Canada, and the other from Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico, both such near neighbors to our own country as hardly to seem foreign. The one making exhibition from Mexico, Esther Lopez, is associated with a man, Hernano, brother or husband, I presume. Group 118 devoted to metallurgy, had only one woman exhibitor, Mrs. Abbie Krebs, San Francisco, Cal., who submitted redwood tanks for an award.

I do not recall any award made to a woman in the Department of Mines and Metallurgy. Many mercantile houses and large corporations were competitors, and, as I said before, many women sent their specimens to their respective State exhibits, and so increased the chances of the State to an award.

The fine Alaskan exhibition in the Alaska Building was collated, I understand, by a woman. I did not see it and did not learn the woman's name, though I made an effort to do so.

From my observation, I think the work of the women would have been better appreciated and the effect more pronounced had they been placed in a separate building. In this Department of Mines, for instance, every woman would have sent to the Woman's Building instead of to the State exhibit, and a greater number would have been on record as exhibitors.

The only two exhibitions, or expositions rather, at all approaching the one in St. Louis that I have attended were the Centennial at Philadelphia, in 1876, and the International Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, in 1895. At the first I do not recall any emphasis on what women had done, except in the lines in which she had always worked—art, needlework, and dairy products. In Atlanta, as at Chicago, there was a Woman's Building, and here were found her work in all lines, and many visitors enjoyed the exhibition.

The recognition of woman as evidenced by her appointment on the juries of the different departments, both group and department, was the most striking development of the recent great expositions.

The list submitted below contains the names of all women whose names appear in the official catalogue of exhibits in the Department of Mines and Metallurgy:

Sophie Newcombe Memorial College for the Higher Education of Girls, of New Orleans, La. Clays and pottery produced in the interest of artistic handicraft. Group 116, class 690. Mrs. Abbie Krebs, San Francisco, Cal. Redwood tanks. Group 118, class 702. Mrs. George Rupp, Bessemer, Mich. Collection of iron ores, needle, grape, kidney, and blackberry ore. Group 116, class 682. Woman's Club, Pipestone, Minn. Pipestone and jasper. Group 116, class 682. Mrs. Helen M. Schneider, Eureka, Nev. Collection of minerals. Group 116, class 682. Mrs. George W. Pritchard, White Oaks, N. Mex., Lincoln County. Ores. Group 116, class 682. Mrs. D.D. Menges, Allentown, Pa. Iron ores. Group 116, class 682. Mrs. C. Robinson, Spokane, S. Dak. Arsenopyrite ore. Group 116, class 682. Mrs. Haliburton, Bridgewood, Bridgewood Company, Ontario, Canada. Minerals. Group 116, class 682. Esther y Hernano Lopez, Taxco, province of Guerrero, Mexico. Silver ores. Group 116, class 682.

Department M, Fish and Game, Mr. Tarleton H. Bean, Chief; Mrs. Mary Stuart Armstrong, Chicago, Ill., Department Juror.

This department comprised 5 groups and 19 classes, the group headings being: Hunting equipment; Products of hunting; Fishing; equipment and products; Products of fisheries; Fish culture.

No report.

Department N, Anthropology, Dr. W.J. McGee, Chief; Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, Cambridge, Mass., Department Juror.

This department comprised 4 groups and 5 classes, under the group headings: Literature; Somatology; Ethnology; Ethnography.

Mrs. Nuttall reports, as group juror, this department.

(Report not on file.)

Department O, Social Economy, Dr. Howard J. Rogers, Chief; Miss Jane Addams, Chicago, Ill., Department Juror.

This department comprised 13 groups and 58 classes, the group headings being: Study and investigation of social and economic conditions; Economic resources and organization; State regulation of industry and labor; Organization of industrial workers; Methods of industrial remuneration; Cooperative institutions; Provident institutions; Housing of the working classes; The liquor question; General betterment movements; Charities and correction; Public health; Municipal improvement.

Miss Addams says in her report as department juror of the above:

The general advance in social betterment has been very marked in the eleven years intervening since the Columbian Exposition, at Chicago, and women have not only shared that advance, but have undoubtedly contributed more than their proportionate share, if tested by the proportionate value of their exhibits at Chicago and at St. Louis. This is also true if tested by the social economy exhibits made in Paris in 1900, where I was a juror in the department of social economy. No separate exhibit was there made of the work of women save that implied in the exhibition of women's philanthropic societies. At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition their separate exhibits were not only larger, but more definite and coherent. The work of women was as much appreciated when placed by the side of men as if it had been installed by itself, and the results would have been no better if separately exhibited. Certainly nothing in the entire department at St. Louis was more successfully installed and attracted more favorable attention than the Twin City Museum, which occupied an entire building upon the Model street and was under the direction of Mrs. Conde Hamlin, of St. Paul, who had also planned it from the beginning and was made commissioner. It was certainly a notable achievement to have one such exhibit as that standing absolutely upon its merits and dealing with the civic and general social conditions as they are constantly developing in our large and growing cities. It had suggestions of activities along a dozen lines which make for amelioration of urban conditions as they bear hardest upon the people of the most crowded quarters. To quote from the report of another on this subject: "It is now a well-established fact that women most effectively supplement the best interests and the furthering of the highest aims of all government by their numberless charitable, reformatory, educational, and other beneficent institutions which she has had the courage and the ideality to establish for the alleviation of suffering, for the correction of many forms of social injustice and neglect, and these institutions exert a strong and steady influence for good, an influence which tends to decrease vice, to make useful citizens of the helpless or depraved, to elevate the standard of morality, and to increase the sum of human happiness."

Department P, Physical Culture, J.E. Sullivan, Chief; Miss Clara Hellwig, Plainfield, N.J., Department Juror.

This department comprised 3 groups and 6 classes, the group headings being: Training of the child and adult-theory and practice; Games and sports for children and adults; Equipment for games and sports.

Unfortunately Miss Hellwig was abroad and did not receive notification in time to reach St. Louis for the jury work.



Superior Jury.

Mrs. Philip N. Moore, of St. Louis, Mo., was appointed to represent the board of lady managers on the superior jury, and in a general resume of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Mrs. Moore says:

If the organization of a world's exposition begins years before its doors open, if public opinion changes in a decade, it may be well, before summing up the work of women at St. Louis, to look first at the record of achievement from Chicago in 1893 through Atlanta, Nashville, Omaha, Paris, and Buffalo, all of which led gradually to the high plane upon which we now stand.

Segregation of the sexes was the limited understanding of most of those in charge of former expositions. Not for a moment would I imply by this statement that there was a desire to give the work of women a lower grade than that of men; rather was it the mistaken idea of drawing attention to it, as something better and apart. By this very means there was often a serious and hurtful comparison, since many women with undoubted ability would not thus place their exhibits. It implied that in the special group, where exhibit was made, woman's mind differed from that of man's to the extent that there was also a difference in the result.

We owe sincere thanks to the progressive men in charge of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, that they listened with intelligent appreciation to the plea from women for equal representation, wherever their work was found worthy.

There is no mistaking the dignified effect of this edict, and only the best in various lines gained admission to the exhibit palaces.

In most exhibits the larger proportion was presented by men; and in similar proportion the awards were assigned. There was, however, no distinction made as to sex; and the members of the various juries, including women, paid as careful attention to the one exhibit as to the other, without reference to name, often the only indication of sex.

There were some art, educational, and economic exhibits, placed entirely by women, showing marvelous adaptability to the limitations of environment, and also skill in artistic and practical setting. Looking closely at the work in the several departments, my opinion is that, while woman has not gained greatly in inventive or constructive arts, she has gained breadth in the applied arts and has grown immeasurably in freedom of execution. This has been obtained partly by the contact with man's work, extending through many centuries in advance, and partly by the very fact that she must now stand only on her own merits.

Women from foreign lands entered into competition in the departments of art, education, and liberal arts to a very slight extent, with some investigation in science, but in all a very small proportion. This was natural, on account of the great distance, and may be applied equally to the number of exhibitors from across the water, whether men or women.

American women were found in nearly every field open to competition, though it was the apparently proud statement of the director of Mines and Metallurgy that there were no women on his juries, which meant, of course, no exhibit. (NOTE.—Mrs. M.G. Scrutchin was evidently appointed after this statement.)

The congresses were open to women, who appeared on the same programmes with men, were paid the compliment of as large audiences, were listened to with interest, and their opinions in discussions answered with freedom. This occurred also in the various associations, where men and women work side by side.

In the work of the superior jury, where for the first time the right of membership was given to a representative of women, the application of deliberation and judgment was made to the work of men and women alike. Courtesy and the hand of fellowship were extended to all. Exhibits were not specially investigated, unless appeals from former jury awards were sent in. In such case most careful and detailed investigation was made by the special boards, to which were assigned certain departments. There was no distinction of sex mentioned in the jury room; and the time has evidently arrived when no less will be expected from women—no more from men—than the quality of work merits.



FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF AWARDS.

The chairman of the committee of awards of the board of lady managers begs leave to present the story and the report of that committee to your honorable board.

We will not begin by saying "once upon a time," for this is no fairy story, but we will hark back to that time when we, as a board, were not, that we may refer to the vital words of the act of Congress of March 3, 1901, which act provided for the creation of a board of lady managers, gave the excuse for its existence, and named specifically one duty it would be called upon to perform, to wit: "To appoint one member of all committees authorized to award prizes for such exhibits as shall have been produced in whole or in part by female labor."

This phase of woman's work at the World's Fair formed the principal topic of talk at the informal conference held in New York, December 5, 1901, between the National Commission and the members of the board of lady managers that had been appointed up to that time.

The committee of awards was one of the last of the standing committees to be appointed, but was the first committee appointed by Mrs. Daniel Manning after her election to the presidency of the board of lady managers in December, 1903, and was as follows: Mrs. Frederick Hanger, chairman, Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Richard W. Knott, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Lavinia H. Egan, Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Fannie Lowry Porter, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Helen Boice-Hunsicker, Hoboken, N.J.

From the organization of the board its influence had been sought and besought by women wishing positions connected with the exposition work. The appointing of the committee of awards acted like a wireless-telegraphy message throughout the country and brought applications from "would be" jurors or recommendations from friends of "would be" jurors until the files of the board room were filled to the limit, and the colored postman of the free-delivery postal service in the southern home of the chairman thought he had relapsed into a "previous condition of servitude."

The rules regulating the system of awards, enacted by the Exposition Company, stated that the nomination for jurors must be in the hands of the director of exhibits thirty days before the opening of the exposition, for the approval of the Exposition Company and the National Commission.

The division of exhibits had issued a list of all exhibits that could be entered at the exposition, dividing them into 144 groups.

As woman's work is never done, and as she has worked her way into almost every industrial avenue, to find out the "woman" in the work of exhibits required more light than the act of Congress or the rules of the Exposition Company gave on the subject.

The chairman of the committee of awards made a special journey to St. Louis, a month after the committee was appointed, and in company with Miss Egan, a member of the committee, waited upon the director of exhibits and asked that the World's Fair light, for femininity, might be thrown on the 144 groups of exhibits, that woman's work, "in whole or in part," might have a juror appointed by the board of lady managers to judge of its merits.

The director of exhibits, with much genial graciousness, threw up his official hands and said he was helpless, that not until the exhibits were placed could the groups that would admit of women jurors be determined, and that there would be women jurors appointed by the Exposition Company as well as by the board of lady managers. He suggested that we look carefully through the 144 groups and use our "judgment" as to which groups would call for women jurors.

We asked the advisability of conferring with the heads of the different departments, and were told that the information must come through the director of exhibits. We were told to remember that the list of women jurors must be limited to keep down the expense of the jury work.

From this time until the 25th of July the board waited for the classified list.

By correspondence among the members of the committee of awards, by meeting of the same, and by suggestions from the entire board, a long list of names of women eminent for intellectual, artistic, material, and practical achievements was obtained from which to choose women jurors. It seemed impossible for the committee to make a report to present to the board for acceptance until information in regard to the classified list had been obtained.

Partial tentative reports were read at the March meeting, to report progress and secure suggestions.

At a meeting of the board held April 29 a list of 83 names for women jurors and their alternates was submitted by the committee and accepted by the board. A motion carried to the effect that power to act was left with the committee, as the classified list had not been received from the Exposition Company and the committee's use of "judgment" might be tempered with the blue pencil of the Exposition Company.

The confirmation of names for jurors was made very comprehensive, as the board at that time did not expect to meet until after the jurors had served.

The president of the board was untiring in her efforts in behalf of the jury work of the board. The chairman of the committee was called to St. Louis twice on the special work of the jury list, and the members of the board and committee by consultation with members of the National Commission, officials of the Exposition Company, and heads of departments, held out for what they considered the full rights of the nominating power of the board, with the hope of bringing American womanhood in touch, as near as possible, with the work of the exposition.



The following communications indicate the progress made:

ST. Louis, July 22, 1904.

DEAR SIR: In regard to the appointment of women jurors the board of lady managers begs leave to state that names of women jurors for 83 groups have been approved by the board. We have been informed that the classified list of groups is in your hands, and we would be glad to receive it at the earliest possible date.

Very respectfully, M. MARGARETTA MANNING, President.

Hon. DAVID R. FRANCIS, President Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Exposition Grounds, St. Louis, Mo.



St. Louis, July 25, 1904.

MADAM PRESIDENT: The Exposition Company, through the executive committee, has approved the accompanying report of the director of exhibits, and hereby certifies to the board of lady managers the number of groups in which the exhibits have been produced in whole or in part by female labor.

This is in response to your letter addressed to the president under date of July 22, and this day submitted to the executive committee.

The groups so certified are as follows:

Education.—Group 1, Elementary education. Group 2, Secondary education. Group 3, Higher education. Group 4, Special education in fine arts. Group 7, Education of defectives.

Fine arts.—Group 9, Paintings and drawings. Group 11, Sculpture. Group 12, Architecture. Group 14, Original objects in art workmanship.

Liberal arts.—Group 16, Photography. Group 17, Books and publications—Bookbinding. Group 18, Maps and apparatus for geography, cosmography, topography.

Manufactures.—Group 37, Decoration and fixed furniture of buildings and dwellings. Group 45, Ceramics. Group 52, Equipment and processes used in bleaching, dyeing, printing, and finishing textiles in their various stages. Group 53, Equipment and processes used in sewing and making wearing apparel. Group 58, Laces, embroidery, and trimmings. Group 59, Industries, producing wearing apparel for men, women, and children. Group 61, Various industries connected with clothing.

Machinery.—None.

Electricity.—None.

Transportation.—None.

Agriculture.—Group 78, Farm equipment—Methods of improving land. Group 84, Vegetable food products—Agricultural seeds. Group 88, Bread and pastry. Group 89, Preserved meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit. Group 90, Sugar and confectionery—Condiments and relishes. Group 92, Wines and brandies.

Live stock.—None.

Horticulture.—Group 107, Pomology.

Forestry.—None.

Mines and metallurgy.—None.

Fish and game.—None.

Anthropology.—None.

Social economy.—Group 129, Study and investigation of social and economic conditions. Group 133, Methods of industrial remuneration. Group 136, Housing of the working classes. Group 137, The liquor question. Group 139, Charities and corrections. Group 141, Municipal improvement.

Physical culture.—None

Very respectfully, DAVID R. FRANCIS, President.

MRS. DANIEL MANNING, President Board of Lady Managers.



St. Louis, Mo., July 30, 1904.

DEAR SIR: The accompanying list of 83 women jurors, to serve on the committee of awards of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, has been made by the board of lady managers and is hereby submitted for approval to the Exposition Company and to the National Commission.

This list has been made according to the authorization granted to the board in section 6 of the acts of Congress approved March 3, 1901, to wit, "To nominate one member of all committees authorized to award prizes for such exhibits as shall have been produced in whole or in part by female labor."

Yours, truly, M. MARGARETTA MANNING, President.

FRANCES MARION HANGER, Chairman Committee of Awards.

Hon. DAVID R. FRANCIS, President Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Administration Building.



AUGUST 4, 1904.

MY DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT: Responding to your communication of July 30, transmitting a list of women jurors and alternate jurors, that you recommend for appointment, and which you submit for approval by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, I beg to state that under the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, approved by the National Commission, the board of lady managers may appoint 32 women jurors and women alternate jurors.

As the number of names submitted by you greatly exceeds the number you are permitted to nominate under the rules and regulations above referred to, the list is herewith returned for revision. If the names you have submitted for appointment upon the groups for which the board of lady managers are entitled to make nominations are the ones you desire in these particular groups, they will be entertained for confirmation, but it may be you will desire to readjust your list.

Very respectfully,

D.R. FRANCIS, President.

MRS. DANIEL MANNING, President Board Lady Managers.



AUGUST 9, 1904.

DEAR SIR: In response to your letter received August 8, in relist of nominations for the women jurors made by the board of lady managers, I beg leave to state that said list was made under what the board believed to be the interpretation of section 6 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1901, which would seem to provide for the appointment of "one member of all committees authorized to award prizes for such exhibits as may have been produced in whole or in part by female labor."

We regret exceedingly that "in the discretion of said commission and corporation" referred to in said act, the list of groups has been reduced from 83 to 32.

We respectfully ask, however, that a favorable consideration may be given to four additional groups, viz: No. 125, Literature; No. 126, Somatology; No. 127, Ethnology, and No. 128, Ethnography. These groups have been specially designated by the chief of the Department of Anthropology, the names of nominees submitted are those approved by him, and it is most desirable that this request be granted.

We herewith hand you revised list, readjusted as per your instructions.

Respectfully submitted.

FRANCES MARION HANGER, Chairman on Committee of Awards.

Hon. DAVID R. FRANCIS, President Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.

EDUCATION (DEPARTMENT A).

Number and title of group. Principals. Alternates. Group 1, Elementary education Miss Anna Tolman Smith, Miss Clara Hellwig, Washington, D.C. Plainfield, N.J. Group 2, Secondary education Miss Anna G. MacDougal, Miss Mary Boyce Temple, Chicago, Ill. Knoxville, Tenn. Group 3, Higher education Miss Caroline Hazzard, Mrs. Charles Perkins, Wellesley College, Knoxville, Tenn. Wellesley, Mass. Group 4, Fine arts Mrs. E.A. Thayer, Denver, Mrs. Charles Cary, Delaware Colo. avenue, Buffalo, N.Y. Group 7, State institutions Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, Mrs. George Noyes, Denver, Colo. Milwaukee, Wis. Group 9, Painting and Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, Miss Mary Solari, drawing Boston, Mass. Memphis, Tenn.

ART (DEPARTMENT B).

Group 11, Sculpture Mrs. Elizabeth St. John Miss Enid Yandell, Matthews, New York, N.Y. Louisville, Ky. Group 12, Architecture Miss Rose Weld, Newport Miss Susan N. Ketcham, News. Va. Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Group 14, Art workmanship Mrs. Eugene Field, Buena Miss Alice Barber Stevens, Park, Ill. Philadelphia, Pa.

LIBERAL ARTS (DEPARTMENT C).

Group 16, Photography Miss Francis B. Johnston, Mrs. Charles Ladd, Washington, D.C. Portland, Oreg. Group 17, Publishing and Mrs. Horace S. Smith, Miss Bulkley, Hillside, bookbinding. Chicago, Ill. Mo. Group 18, Maps, apparatus for Mrs. Fannie Hicks Woolwine, Mrs. M.G. Scrutchin, geography. Nashville, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.

MANUFACTURES (DEPARTMENT D).

Number and title of group. Principals. Alternates. Group 37, Furniture and Mrs. Candace Wheeler, New Mrs. R.A. Edgerton, household decoration. York, N.Y. Berwyn, Ill. Group 45, Ceramics Mrs. Isaac Boyd, Atlanta, Miss Henrietta Ord Jones, Ga. New York City. Group 52, Bleaching and Miss Madolin Wynn, Mrs. W.S. Major, dyeing, etc. Deerfield, Mass. Shelbyville, Ind. Group 53, Equipment and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, sr., Mrs. Frederick Nathan, processes used in making Providence, R.I. New York City. clothes. Group 58, Lace trimming and Mrs. E.D. Wood, Mrs. Noble Prentiss, embroidery. Indianapolis, Ind. Leavenworth, Kans. Group 59, Industries Miss Margaret Summers, producing wearing apparel. Louisville, Ky. Group 61, Industries Mrs. F.K. Bowes, Chicago, Miss Runley, Clinton, connected with clothing. Ill. N.Y.

AGRICULTURE (DEPARTMENT H).

Group 78, Agriculture Mrs. W.H. Felton, Miss Myra Dock, Methods of improving lands. Cartersville, Ga. Harrisburg, Pa. Group 84, Vegetable products Mrs. Christine Terhune Mrs. E.W. Williams, Herrick, Haworth, N.Y. Winona, Minn. Group 88, Bread and pastry Mrs. F.H. Pugh, Bellevue, Mrs. John B. Henderson, Nebr. Washington, D.C. Group 89, Preserved meats, Mrs. E.L. Lamb, Jackson, Mrs. Minnie H. Lawton, fish, vegetables, and fruit. Miss. Omaha, Nebr. Group 90, Sugar and Miss Carolyn Hempstead, Mrs. R.P. Bland, Lebanon, confectionery Condiments Little Rock, Ark. Mo. and relishes. Group 92, Wines and brandies. Miss Cruse, Helena, Mont. Mrs. W.C. Ralston, San Francisco, Cal.

HORTICULTURE (DEPARTMENT J).

Group 107, Pomology Mrs. M.B.R. Day, Frankfort, Mrs. Robert Fulton, Ky. Buffalo, N.Y.

ANTHROPOLOGY (DEPARTMENT N).

Group 125, Literature Miss Grace King, New Miss Annie Scoville, Orleans, La. Stamford, Conn. Group 126, Somatology Miss Alice Fletcher, Mrs. Nelson H. Doubleday, Washington, D.C. New York, N.Y. Group 127, Ethnology Mrs. Alice P. Henderson, Miss Matilda Coxe Tacoma Wash. Stevenson, Washington, D.C. Group 128, Ethnography Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, Miss Cora Peters, Cambridge, Mass. Washington, D.C. (United States Indian Bureau).

SOCIAL ECONOMY (DEPARTMENT 0).

Group 129, Study and Miss Caroline Greisheimer, Mrs. J.M. Glenn, Baltimore, investigation of social and Washington, D.C. Baltimore, Md. economic conditions. Group 135, Provident Mrs. Eliza Eads How, St. Miss Margaret Wade, institutions. Louis, Mo. Washington, D.C. Group 136, Housing of the Miss Jane Addams, Chicago, Mrs. H.G.R. Wright, working classes. Ill. Denver, Colo. Group 137, The liquor Countess of Aberdeen Mrs. Ralph Trautman, question New York, N.Y. Group 139, Charities and Miss Mary E. Perry, St. Miss Josephine Woodward, correction. Louis, Mo. Cincinnati Ohio. Group 141, Municipal Mrs. E.P. Turner, Dallas, Mrs. Conde Hamlin, improvement. Tex. St. Paul, Minn.



The foregoing list was confirmed by the Exposition Company and the National Commission (August 21).

The group jurors were notified at the earliest possible moment of their appointment.

The time that most of the jurors began to serve was September 1.

The list of jurors who served under appointment from the board of lady managers was as follows:

List of Group Jurors—Board of Lady Managers.

Education: Group 1, Miss Anna Tolman Smith, Washington, D.C. Group 2, Miss Anna G. MacDougal, Chicago, Ill. Group 3, Miss Mary Boyce Temple, Knoxville, Tenn. Group 4, Mrs. E.A. Thayer, Denver, Colo. Group 7, Miss Hope Loughborough, Cleveland, Ohio.

Art: Group 9, Miss Mary Solari, Memphis, Tenn. Group 11, Mrs. Elizabeth St. John Matthews, New York. Group 12, Miss Rose Weld, Newport News, Va. Group 14, Mrs. Eugene Field, Buena Park, Ill.

Liberal Arts: Group 16, Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington, D.C. Group 17, Mrs. Horace S. Smith, Chicago, Ill. Group 18, Mrs. W.M. Woolwine, Nashville, Tenn.

Manufactures: Group 37, Mrs. R.A. Edgerton, Milwaukee, Wis. Group 45, Mrs. Isaac Boyd, Atlanta, Ga. Groups 53 and 61, Mrs. F.K. Bowes, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. A.G. Harrow, Ottumwa, Iowa. Groups 58 and 59, Mrs. E.D. Wood, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Margaret Summers, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. W.S. Major, Shelbyville, Ind.

Agriculture: Group 78, Mrs. W.H. Felton, Cartersville, Ga. Group 88, Mrs. F.H. Pugh, Bellevue, Nebr. Group 89, Mrs. E.L. Lamb, Jackson, Miss. Group 90, Miss Carolyn Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark.

Horticulture: Group 107, Mrs. M.B.R. Day, Frankfort, Ky.

Anthropology: Group 125, Miss Alice C. Fletcher, Washington, D.C. Group 126, Mrs. Alice Palmer Henderson, Washington, D.C. Group 127, Miss Cora Peters, Washington, D.C. Group 128, Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, Cambridge, Mass.

Social Economy: Group 129, Miss Caroline Greisheimer, Washington, D.C. Group 135, Miss Margaret Wade, Washington, D.C. Group 136, Miss Jane Addams, Chicago, Ill. Group 139, Miss Mary Perry, St. Louis, Mo. Group 141, Mrs. E.P. Turner, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Conde Hamlin, St. Paul, Minn.

The appointment of the departmental jurors had been provided for in the extensive jury list approved April 29, but at the request of three of the members of the National Commission the list of departmental jurors was further confirmed by a meeting of the board called for that purpose on September 20, and these jurors began their work almost immediately.

The following list of department jurors was sent to the Exposition Company and the National Commission:

Department A, Education: Mrs. W.E. Fischel (principal), 3841 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. Miss Anna Tolman Smith (alternate), care Mr. Howard J. Rogers, chief department of education.

Department B, Art: Mrs. Montgomery Sears (principal), Boston, Mass. Miss Cecelia Beaux (alternate), South Washington square, New York City.

Department C, Liberal Arts: Miss Olive Seward (principal), 1725 Nineteenth street, Washington, D.C. Mrs. H.A. Langford (alternate), 5817 Rosalie court, Chicago, Ill.

Department D, Manufactures: Miss Thekla M. Bernays (principal), St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. W.H. Clapp (alternate), 28 West Eighth street, New York City.

Department E, Machinery: Miss Kate Gleason (principal), care The Gleason Works, Rochester, N.Y. Miss Edith J. Griswold (alternate), St. Paul Building, New York City.

Department F, Electricity: Miss Hope Loughborough (principal), Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Madolin Wynn (alternate), Deerfield, Mass.

Department G, Transportation exhibits: Miss Rose Weld (principal), care Mrs. Dimmock, Newport News, Va. Mrs. Robert Fulton (alternate), care Mrs. J.M. Horton, Buffalo, N.Y.

Department H, Agriculture: Mrs. Martha Shute (principal), secretary State board agriculture, Denver, Colo. Mrs. Edward Gilchrist Low (alternate), Lothrop, Groton, Mass.

Department J, Horticulture: Mrs. Ida L. Turner (principal), Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs. M.B.R. Day (alternate), Frankfort, Ky.

Department K, Forestry: Miss Myra Dock (principal), State forestry restoration commissioner, Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. J.M. Glenn (alternate), 617 Columbia avenue, Baltimore, Md.

Department L, Mines and Metallurgy: Mrs. M.G. Scrutchin (principal), 96 East Linden street, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. E.L. Lamb (alternate), Jackson, Miss.

Department M, Fish and Game: Miss Mary Stuart Armstrong (principal), editor Elite, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. C.E. Hatch (alternate), Kentland, Ind.

Department N, Anthropology: Mrs. Zelia Nuttall (principal), care Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Emily Cook (alternate), Bureau Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Department O, Social Economy: Miss Jane Addams (principal), Hull House, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Lilian Cantrell Bay (alternate), 5904 Clemens avenue, St. Louis, Mo.

Department P, Physical Culture: Miss Clara S. Helwig (principal), Plainfield, N.J. Miss Margaret Wade (alternate), 912 Nineteenth street, Washington, D.C.

It was found, upon communicating with the above named, that very many could not serve, and no provision having been made for alternates many changes became necessary. The following list was subsequently transmitted to the Exposition Company and National Commission, two of even these, however, failing to serve:

Department A, Education, Mrs. W.E. Fischel, 3341 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo.

Department B, Art, Miss Mary Bullock, Hillside, Mo.

Department C, Liberal Arts, Mrs. H.A. Langford, Chicago, Ill.

Department D, Manufactures, Miss Thekla M. Bernays, St. Louis, Mo.

Department E, Machinery, Miss Edith J. Griswold, New York City.

Department F, Electricity, Miss Hope Loughborough, Cleveland, Ohio.

Department G, Transportation exhibits, Miss Rose Weld, Newport News, Va.

Department H, Agriculture, Mrs. Richard P. Bland, Lebanon, Mo.

Department J, Horticulture, Mrs. Ida L. Turner, Fort Worth, Tex.

Department K, Forestry, Mrs. J.M. Glenn, Baltimore, Md.

Department L, Mines and Metallurgy, Mrs. M.G. Scrutchin, Atlanta, Ga.

Department M, Fish and Game, Miss Mary Stuart Armstrong, Chicago, Ill.

Department N, Anthropology, Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, Cambridge, Mass.

Department O, Social Economy, Miss Jane Addams, Chicago, Ill.

The committee of awards regrets that the discretionary power of the Exposition Company restricted the appointive power of the board, and that the late hour of the appointments prevented a number of the jurors from accepting.

It was a great pleasure to the members of the board and the committee to meet and to entertain the clever and attractive women jurors, who served with distinction in their work and who in every possible way showed their appreciation of the honor conferred upon them by the board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Respectfully submitted.

FRANCES MARION HANGER, Chairman. JENNIE GILMORE KNOTT. LAVINIA H. EGAN. FANNIE LOWRY PORTER. HELEN BOICE-HUNSICKER.

Madam PRESIDENT, Board of Lady Managers.

The tenth meeting of the board was called on November 9, 1904. Many matters in connection with the closing of the work of the board in St. Louis were disposed of, and the following resolution passed concerning the preparation of its final report:

I move that the president of this board be requested to make a final report of the work of this board.

On December 2 the last session of the board was held in the building which it had occupied during all the months of the exposition, and it was with a feeling of genuine regret that the members separated, never to meet again in the house which had been the scene of many interesting gatherings.

On the day following the official closing of the exposition the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company sent their representative to make an inventory of the contents of the building, preparatory to the dismantling of the house which was thereafter to be known as the Physics Building and be occupied by students of the Washington University. On December 13 formal and final surrender was made by the president on behalf of the board of lady managers to the Exposition Company.

The following is the final report of the house committee for the exposition period:

On the 30th day of April, 1904, at the opening of the greatest exposition the world has ever known, and commemorating one of the most important events in the history of our country, the board of lady managers, created by act of Congress and appointed by the National Commission, designed by the wisdom and forethought of one of our most dearly beloved Chief Executives, to represent the women of America in setting forth to the world woman's part, not only in the making of the exposition but in the real expansion and development of our great nation, found itself, by a combination of circumstances fortuitous or otherwise, resolved into a committee on entertainment, with a commodious and elegantly appointed home to call its own and the appropriation of $100,000 to spend on furnishing, entertaining, and necessary expenses of the board. It is therefore the pleasure of this your house committee to report for the entire exposition period beginning April 30, 1904, and ending December 1, 1905, the house in order each day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the reception of the public and for a series of entertainments, which, by reason of the number of distinguished men and women thus brought together, were international in character, and of a nature and brilliancy in the highest degree pleasing to the board itself. During this time some 25,000 guests were entertained by the board at the special functions and the informal afternoon teas, the latter having been made a most attractive and interesting feature, dispensing the board's hospitality toward the close of the Fair. For every month, save August, a number of formal affairs were given, including luncheons, receptions, and dinners.

It was particularly fitting that the initial feast spread by the board of lady managers in its exposition home should have been given in honor of the National Commission, the Government's representative in the great World's Fair. To this dinner, given on the evening of the 30th of April, under the trying circumstances attendant upon a day strenuous with opening exercises and the disadvantages of the rapid adjustment of household arrangements, 100 guests were bidden, among them Secretary Taft, who represented the President of the United States in the opening events, members of the Senate and House committees, and governors of States. President Carter of the National Commission was toastmaster on this occasion, and toasts were given by President David R. Francis, Senator Daniel, Congressman Tawney, and Hon. M.H. de Young.

A reception in honor of Mrs. David R. Francis followed on May 9, to which 500 guests were invited.

On May 17 a brilliant company of 500 was entertained at an afternoon reception in honor of the representatives of the Army and Navy in and near St. Louis. Ladies of the Army and Navy assisted in receiving, and many distinguished persons were present.

On May 19, immediately following the Louisiana Purchase Day exercises of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a luncheon was given by the board of lady managers in honor of the delegates to the General Federation.

Miss Alice Roosevelt was the honoree of a luncheon given on May 31, to which 600 guests were bidden. The affair was most charming and successful.

Having thus during the opening month announced itself, the board of lady managers continued during the exposition to contribute its quota to the social life of the great fair.

The distinguished foreigners whom it was the privilege of the board to especially honor were the representatives of foreign governments, with a reception on June 17; Prince Pu Lun, to whom a dinner of 52 covers was given on July 10, and Prince Fushimi, for whom a reception was held on November 22. Receptions to the Interparliamentary Union on September 12 and to the Congress of Arts and Sciences on September 20 were also international in character, a number of distinguished foreigners being present.

Among the special functions given, none was more successful or more brilliant than the dinner in honor of President David R. Francis, on November 12, to which 140 guests were invited.

The building of the board of lady managers, with the changes made by the board, was, both in its appointments and location, admirably adapted for the purpose for which it was set aside, and in itself was a tribute to the necessity and advantage of cooperation on the part of the board.

The whole lower floor of the building was beautifully fitted up for the reception and entertainment of guests and the upper floor was reserved for the private use of the board, being divided into board room, secretary's room, reception room, apartments for the president of the board, and quarters for all members of the board who wished to avail themselves of the hospitality of the home while in the city.

The house was conducted as any well-organized household under the direction of the rotating committee, composed of the resident members in St. Louis, and the members rotating each month. They were ably assisted by a very capable hostess.

The house committee are greatly indebted to Miss Julia McBlair, for the gracious manner in which she served the board as hostess during the period of the exposition.

The work of the house committee is so closely allied to that of the committee on ceremonies that it is somewhat difficult to draw a line between the duties of the two or to set forth in a formal report the differences.

For details of the work of house committee preliminary to entertainments, reference is made to report of entertainment and ceremonies committees, and for details of house furnishings reference is made to house furnishing committee.

Without wishing to discriminate in the least, thanks are especially due to Weil's band, of St. Louis, Mo., for their never-failing courtesy in supplying music for the entertainments of the board whenever it was possible for their engagements to permit, and to the leader, Mr. William Weil, for his personal interest.

To the commissioner from Ceylon, Mr. Stanley Bois, the board would especially express their thanks for the tea from his commission, which was used and enjoyed by the members of the board and their guests, and also to the representatives of the Japanese commission, who presented the chests of tea from which, together with that sent by the commissioner from Ceylon, all afternoon teas and receptions and luncheons of the board were supplied, to the great pleasure and enjoyment of their tea-drinking friends. Department of Horticulture for their gifts of choice fruit, and the California commission for beautiful basket of fruit on "California Day." To the agent who, through Messrs. Nicholson & Co., of St. Louis, presented two cases of champagne; and Colorado horticulture for baskets of fruit.

The house committee particularly appreciated the courtesy extended to the board of lady managers by Lieutenant-Colonel Kingsbury and Lieutenant-Colonel Fountain and officers of the Jefferson Guards for constantly providing a guard for their building.

SALENA V. ERNEST, Chairman.

Immediately upon the adjournment of the board the president began to collect material for the report, and pursuant to the power given her by the resolution at the last session, held in St. Louis, a special meeting was called on June 9, 1905, at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, to pass upon the final report.

There were present: Mrs. Daniel Manning, president, presiding, and Mrs. Buchwalter; Mrs. Hanger, acting secretary; Mrs. Knott, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Holcombe, Mrs. Ernest, Mrs. Coleman, Miss Dawes, Mrs. Hunsicker, Mrs. Moores, and Miss Egan.

The report was to be transmitted to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, whose final meeting was called at Portland, Oreg., for June 15. It was, therefore, necessary that the report of the board should be in the hands of the Commission by that time, and it was most fortunate that immediate action could be taken upon the copy and forwarded to the Commission.

Among the reports made by special committees was that of the committee to edit minutes, which showed that a resolution adopted, at the meeting of the board on November 14, 1904, provided for the editing the minutes of the board and had named the following committee: Mrs. Frederick Hanger, chairman; Mrs. Finis P. Ernest, and Miss Anna L. Dawes. At the meeting of the board on June 10 the chairman of the committee reported that the stenographic reports of the proceedings of the ten meetings of the board, covering about 700 typewritten pages, had been carefully edited; that all motions and resolutions had been retained inviolate; that these, with roll call, time and place of meeting, and in some instances limited discussion, made up the subject-matter of the minutes, the same covering some 240 typewritten pages. The report of the editing committee was adopted, the minutes accepted and ordered placed on file with the archives of the board.

A committee on resolutions, consisting of Mrs. Edward Buchwalter and Mrs. Richard W. Knott, presented as one of the finalities of the eleventh meeting of the board the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:

Whereas the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by authority vested in it by an act of Congress appointed the members of the board of lady managers; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition expresses its appreciation of the high honor conferred on its members by their appointment; and

Be it further resolved, That the thanks of the board of lady managers be extended to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission for the privileges and pleasures it enjoyed as a board.

The members of the board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition wish to express their appreciation of the courtesy and kindness shown them by the Exposition Company during the exposition period.

The board of lady managers express their appreciation to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company for the commemorative diplomas and medals conferred upon them by the Exposition Company.

The board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition wishes to express its appreciation of its officers for their services not only in their official work but in all the duties that devolved upon them as members of the board.

Mrs. William H. Coleman was elected treasurer of the board of lady managers at its first formal meeting, held on October 1, 1902.

The first appropriation received was from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and was for the sum of $3,000 for incidental expenses. On February 18, 1904, the appropriation of $100,000 for the use of the board was made by Congress, at which time the real responsibilities of the treasurer began.

Her duties were fully defined in rule 6 of the rules and regulations adopted by the board, and the custody of all funds was placed in her hands to be disbursed "only upon order of the board and the approval of its president."

Regular itemized statements were rendered to the board at each regular meeting showing receipts and expenditures. These accounts were each time fully set forth and always found to be absolutely correct and clearly rendered.

At the meeting called for June 9, 1905, Mrs. Coleman read her last report, the following being the final summary of all funds received and disbursed on behalf of the board of lady managers:



REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION FROM MARCH 17, 1903, TO JUNE 10, 1905.

Receipts: Received from Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, by appropriation of February 16, 1903 ................................... $3,000.00 Received from appropriation of Congress, by act of February 18, 1904 .................................................... 100,000.00 Received interest on $100,000 account .................................. 1,502.29 ——————— 104,502.29 Disbursements: Tinting walls, staining floors, heating apparatus, wiring for bells, awnings, screens, and plumbing— From $100,000 ............................ $2,263.32 From $3,000 .............................. 64.30 —————- $2,327.62 Furniture, china, linen, freight, and packing charges— From $100,000 ............................ 11,692.65 From $3,000 .............................. 652.25 —————- 12,344.90 Mileage and per diem, board meetings and rotating committees, paid from all sources ..................... 30,272.76 Entertainment, all sources .............................. 10,672.85 Stationery, engraving, and printing ..................... 5,906.15 Postage and telegrams ................................... 1,196.94 Telephones .............................................. 281.24 Clerical and household force expenses ................... 5,096.17 Office incidentals ...................................... 274.14 House incidentals ....................................... 1,007.84 Other incidentals ....................................... 2,255.77 Model playground ........................................ 5,100.00 Miscellaneous expenses, resolution June 10, 1905, in payment ............................................... 2,000.00 —————- Total disbursements ................................... 78,736.38 Less returned from incidental account ................... 900.75 —————- Grand total of all disbursements to June 10, 1905 ..... 77,835.63 Balance in hands of treasurer June 10, 1905 ............... 26,666.66 —————- 104,502.29 =========== Amount brought forward from the treasurer's report as balance in hands of treasurer June 10, 1905, which is the amount to be returned to the Exposition Company by the board of lady managers, from all funds ......................................................... 26,666.66 To the above amount to be returned to the Exposition Company by the board of lady managers, as a credit, is to be added the sum paid to the company in cash on December 14, 1904, for furniture and articles purchased by the members of the board, amounting to ....... 2,150.00 —————- Making the total amount returned to the Exposition Company from all sources ................................................... 28,816.66

Mrs. WILLIAM H. COLEMAN, Treasurer.

The auditing committee, composed of Mrs. William E. Andrews, chairman, Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery, and Mrs. Finis P. Ernest, was elected by the board of lady managers March 4, 1904, for the purpose of examining and auditing the accounts of the treasurer, Mrs. William H. Coleman.

The committee met at stated intervals and examined the vouchers and checks numbered 1 to 253, inclusive, and reported that these were found to be correct, and accounted fully for all moneys received by the treasurer to that date, and this report was accepted.

The exposition closed on December 1, and the auditing committee was not again called until the time for rendering a final account of the funds of the board. At this time the absence of the chairman, Mrs. Andrews, and Mrs. Montgomery necessitated the appointment of two other members to fill said vacancies, in order to audit the bills contracted by the board from November 1, 1904, to June 10, 1905. Mrs. Hanger and Mrs. Knott were thereupon elected. Mrs. Montgomery arriving later, Mrs. Hanger withdrew from the committee, leaving the membership—Mrs. Ernest, chairman, Mrs. Montgomery, and Mrs. Knott—all present.

On June 12 and subsequently this committee met and examined the vouchers and checks from November 1, 1904, to June 10, 1905, inclusive, and found the accounts between the above-mentioned dates to be correct.

Total receipts: From Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company ..................... $3,000.00 From appropriation by Congress ................................. 100,000.00 Total interest received on above $100,000 account .............. 1,502.29 —————- 104,502.29 Total expended from $3,000 ............................ $3,000.00 Total expended from $100,000 .......................... 74,146.83 Total amount interest expended as per resolution of June 10 ............................................. 688.80 —————- Total expenditures ............................... 77,835.63 Balance on hand from interest .............. $813.49 Balance on hand from $100,000 appropriation 25,853.17 —————- 26,666.66 Balance on hand from all sources ................................... 104,502.29

A certified public accountant has been engaged to prepare a classified summary of all receipts and disbursements, and we refer to the figures of his report for details and totals, which we hereby approve and accept as final.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 17th day of June, 1905.

SALENA V. ERNEST, MARY PHELPS MONTGOMERY, JENNIE GILLMORE KNOTT, Members Auditing Committee.



NEW YORK, June 16, 1905.

In accordance with your instructions, I have made an examination of your treasurer's accounts from March 17, 1903, to June 10, 1905, and herewith submit to you my report thereon.

All vouchers covering the disbursements from the appropriation made by Congress of $100,000 are in due form and properly approved and attested, vouchers being on file for all amounts paid, each voucher containing a "paid" check signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the president, excepting a few, which, in the ordinary course of business, have not as yet been presented at bank for payment.

All disbursements from the $3,000 received from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and from the interest received from banks have been made by treasurer's check and all have been approved by the president of the board. The total disbursements and receipts to June 10 are as follows:

Total amount received by the treasurer to June 10, 1905: From Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company ........................ $3,000.00 From Congress ..................................................... 100,000.00 Interest received from banks ...................................... 1,502.29 —————- Total received from all sources to June 10, 1905 ................ 104,502.29 =========== Total amount disbursed by treasurer to June 10, 1905: From the $3,000 received from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company ......................................................... 3,000.00 From the appropriation from Congress .............................. 74,146.83 From the interest received from banks ............................. 688.80 —————- Total disbursed from all sources to June 10, 1905 ............... 77,835.63 =========== Balance in hands of treasurer on June 10, 1905: From the $100.000 appropriation from Congress ..................... 25,853.17 From interest received from banks ................................. 813.49 —————- Balance in hands of treasurer June 10, 1905 ..................... 26,666.66

Respectfully submitted. JOHN PROUD, Certified Public Accountant.

The PRESIDENT AND AUDITING COMMITTEE, Board of Lady Managers, Louisiana Purchase Exposition.



It has been said that "an exposition should be as broad and comprehensive as the efforts of mankind." In all human activities in recent years advancement has been so marvelously rapid that important expositions might be held from time to time in which would be included nothing but inventions, discoveries, and accomplishments that belong to the intervening epoch-making periods.

That all nations take a deep interest in world's fairs is made manifest by the large attendance of people from all parts of the globe. It is self-evident that they appreciate the fact that most beneficial results may be derived by all, not only by means of the practical and tangible demonstration and comparison of objects assembled, but through the opportunity afforded for interchange of thought so conspicuously made available to advanced thinkers and workers. And it is hoped and believed that in its own time and in its own way each exposition will accomplish much for the good of both men and women of every country.

It would seem from the division of work as shown at the exposition by the Filipinos and the Indian tribes that women have not only, from the remotest times of which we have record, originated and practiced most of the industrial arts, but, among primitive nations, they still continue to ply the same occupations. The exhibits showed that the work of the men was still that of the hunter and trapper, while the Filipino woman who sat on the floor making cotton cloth, would indicate that it had fallen to the share of women not only to fashion garments, but the material from which they were made. And was not the stick which she so deftly handled, upon which she wound her thread to carry the woof to and fro transversely across the warp of her hand-woven fabric, the forerunner of the swiftly moving shuttle of today? And if the primitive woman still makes garments from the skins which the hunter brings home, and cooks the game which he shoots or traps, and has originated the method of cooking other articles of food, has she not earned for herself the right to be termed the first "home maker?" It is true the home originally had to be maintained by force of arms, but when this necessity no longer existed, and man, "the protector," had time to examine this woman-made home, he put his ingenuity to work to aid in the increased demands large households made upon women and invented and applied machinery to do the heavy tasks that had theretofore been done by them. He found it a vastly remunerative occupation, and promptly removed her work of spinning, weaving, dyeing, and even the making of every kind of garment, and the preparation of foods, to his factories.

Women did not take kindly to the innovation at first—their occupations were gone—but, with their usual adaptability, they immediately invented new ones. They now had time and opportunity to acquire education, enter the professions, and prepare themselves to take their equal place by the side of men.

President Francis, in his address on opening day, said of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition:

So thoroughly does it represent the world's civilization that if all man's other works were, by some unspeakable catastrophe, blotted out the records here established by the assembled nations would afford all necessary standards for the rebuilding of our entire civilization.

And at this great exposition, by the elimination of the special woman's department, the exhibits of woman's work for the first time in this country stood solely and independently by the side of the exhibits by men, and the industrial equality and the value of the contributions to the industries, sciences, and arts of both were judged by the same standards. Let no concern, therefore, be felt as to the future advancement of women. Their strength and powers have been tested, and the new era upon which they entered but a few years ago under the leadership of the women of America is now so far advanced for the women of all nations in every country that their undeniable right to education and training is being acknowledged, their consequent recognition as a factor for increased usefulness is being accorded, and their development is swift, their progress sure.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition is passing into the realm wherein lies forgetfulness; its beauties are even now fading from the memories of its millions of visitors. The buildings have been razed, and the broad acres it covered have been laid waste; the labor of years, the result of thought, perseverance, patience, energy, and untiring application on the part of hundreds of its promoters and workers, already seems as intangible as a dream. But the things for which those buildings stood, the intellectual, moral, and material prosperity which they expressed are real, lasting, and glorious. These are permanently recorded in history. And forming an important part of these records is the work of woman.

The board of lady managers of this vast world's fair earnestly hopes that at every future exposition woman may be accorded that dignified position that she has so splendidly earned by her own endeavors, and that each time a resume of her work achieved is recorded new fields of usefulness may be found added thereto. No fear need be entertained that she will not always demonstrate that she does contribute her full share toward the progress and prosperity of nations and the uplifting of humanity.



APPENDIX 6.

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION COMMISSION

FROM APRIL 23, 1901, TO JUNE 30, 1905.

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Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from April 23, 1901, to June 30, 1901, inclusive.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

APRIL.

Scarritt Comstock Furniture Company, furniture ............ $71.00 Miller & Spalding Stationery Company, stationery .......... 32.90 Broadway Furniture Company, rug ........................... 19.00 Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, one typewriter .......... 99.00 Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, letter heads ......... 31.50 William Corcoran, stenographer, eight days at $8.33-1/3 per day ................................................. 66.67 ——————— $320.07

MAY.

Imperial Building Company, rent of office ................. 25.00 Joseph Flory, advanced for stamps ......................... 15.00 Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, envelopes ............ 22.75 Miller & Spalding Stationery Company, stationery .......... 7.80 Joseph Flory, express charges ............................. .55 Gould Directory Company, city directory ................... 7.00 William Corcoran, stenographer, four days at $8.33-1/3 per day ................................................. 33.33 F.A. Burrelle, press clippings ............................ 10.00 St. Louis Toilet Supply Company, towels for office ........ .75 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary, twenty-five days, $75 62.90 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.02 ——————— 186.10

JUNE.

Miller & Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ............ .50 William H. Corcoran, stenographer, copying minutes ........ 25.00 Imperial Building Company, rent of office ................. 25.00 St. Louis Toilet Supply Company, towels ................... .75 St. Louis Express Company, moving office furniture ........ 2.50 F.A. Burrelle, press bureau, press clippings .............. 10.00 Claude Hough, official stenographer, salary ............... 75.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 19.55 Do ..................................................... 2.08 ——————— 160.38 —————- Total to June 30, 1901 ............................... 666.55



Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902, inclusive.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, envelopes ............ $6.75 Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Company, one safe ................ 85.00 Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, desk ................. 52.00 National Railway Publishing Company, railway guide one year .................................................... 5.00 Miller & Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ............ 5.55 Bell Telephone Company, rent telephone for quarter ........ 22.23 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 75.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Wilfred A. Simpson, messenger, salary ..................... 30.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 7.21 ——————- $398.74

AUGUST.

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, supplies ............. 12.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 1.40 Southern Hotel Company, rent office rooms ................. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 75.00 Wilfred A. Simpson, messenger, salary ..................... 30.00 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. 6.80 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 28.46 ——————- 263.66

SEPTEMBER.

Southern Hotel Company, rent office rooms ................. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 75.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. 2.50 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 4.04 ——————- 221.54

OCTOBER.

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, envelopes and letter heads ..................................................... 16.25 Southern Hotel Company, rent office rooms ................. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 75.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Miss Gertrude Jenkins, stenographer, copying rules ........ 15.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 7.45 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. 2.25 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 9.74 ——————- 265.69

NOVEMBER.

United Typewriter and Supplies Company, stationery ........ 5.49 Library Bureau, one file case, complete ................... 65.75 F.W. Baumhoff, postmaster, to stamps ...................... 5.00 Higgins Map Company, 20 maps of St. Louis ................. 5.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent office rooms ................. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, letter heads ......... 4.75 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. 3.25 F.A. Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings ............... 10.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 22.13 ——————- 351.37

DECEMBER.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... $5.35 Skinner & Kennedy, Eureka bath and supplies ............... 5.60 Library Bureau, two sets file guides ...................... 1.50 Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone, long-distance charges ................................................. 35.35 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 13.88 ——————- $301.68

JANUARY.

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, supplies ............. 7.50 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 7.45 Burrelle Press Bureau, press clippings .................... 10.00 Remington Typewriter Company, two machines ................ 180.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 17.70 ——————- 452.65

FEBRUARY.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.25 ——————- 332.25

MARCH.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 20.60 Superintendent of Documents, Revised Statutes ............. 7.90 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone, long-distance charges ................................................. 50.95 Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Hon. Thomas H. Carter, expense typewriting ................ 7.30 ——————- 416.75

APRIL.

Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads ............ 333.00 Skinner & Kennedy, supplies ............................... 9.10 Gould Directory, one city directory ....................... 6.00 A.C. McDonald, one Webster's Dictionary ................... 10.00 Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 109.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 14.84 ——————- 702.94

MAY.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. $100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 John H. Grosse, messenger, salary ......................... 30.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 4.40 ——————- $334.40

JUNE.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone, long-distance charges ................................................. 31.55 Miss Minnie Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ....................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 8.62 ——————- 420.17 ——————- Total .................................................................. 4,461.84



Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903, inclusive.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

National Railway Publishing Company, railway guide one year .................................................... $8.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 10.40 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00 Densmore Typewriter Company, desk and chair ............... 32.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.60 ——————- $382.00

AUGUST.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Smith Premier Typewriter Company, repairs machine ......... 2.00 Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.97 ——————- 334.97

SEPTEMBER.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 7.40 Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone for quarter ..... 31.25 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 6.40 ——————- 375.05

OCTOBER.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. $31.10 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 J. Kennard & Sons, four Wilton rugs ....................... 72.75 Mrs. M.E. Schuerman, stenographer services, board of lady managers ................................................ 66.10 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 14.70 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Fidelity Storage and Moving Company, moving office ........ 25.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.28 ——————- $441.93

NOVEMBER.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Southern Hotel, rent of meeting rooms ..................... 35.00 Miss Minnie Moran, clerk F.A. Betts, July to November ..... 50.00 A.S. Aloe Company, hauling McKinley portrait .............. 5.00 Miss M. McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter .................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. .91 Miss Minnie Moran, clerk F.A. Betts, November ............. 25.00 ——————- 345.91

DECEMBER.

Linze Electrical Supply Company, call bell ................ 2.45 John R. Parson, two silk flags, one 15-foot flag .......... 18.00 Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, stationery .............. 355.00 J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Company, matting and pillow ...... 83.01 Miss Blanch Barth, clerk John F. Miller, six months ....... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Jos. A. Carlin, messenger, salary ......................... 40.00 Spalding Stationery Company, stationery and supplies ...... 9.45 Bell Telephone Company, rent and long distance ............ 34.80 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 J.J. Ferguson, to 10 photographs of commissioners, framed.. 110.00 Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, office furniture ..... 349.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 5.91 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 ——————- 1,282.62

JANUARY.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Jos. Carlin, messenger, salary ............................ 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Henry O'Flynn, insurance agent, insuring McKinley photograph .............................................. 20.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 6.60 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 ———————- 316.60

FEBRUARY.

Lambert-Deacon & Hull Printing Company, supplies .......... $20.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 J. Kennard & Sons, three Smyrna rugs ...................... 18.90 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 8.43 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 10.00 ——————- $322.32

MARCH.

Skinner & Kennedy Stationery Company, supplies ............ 3.00 Postal Telegraph Company, service ......................... 1.93 Miss Lulu R. Colvin, stenographer, extra service .......... 5.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone long distance service ................................................. 34.72 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 10.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 7.45 Southern Hotel Company, rent meeting rooms ................ 177.15 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 39.50 ——————- 543.75

APRIL.

St. Louis Express Company, moving office records .......... 2.50 Mermod & Jaccard Company, engraving cards, dedication ..... 37.50 John R. Parson, one large flag ............................ 15.00 The Postal Telegraph Company, service ..................... 1.66 Mesker & Bro., steel flag pole ............................ 63.00 Mook Brothers, painting office of Commission .............. 50.00 Chas. Rippe Tent Company, one streamer for flag pole ...... 15.50 Wm. E. Barclay Printing Company, printing minutes ......... 91.50 Wand Livery Company, carriages furnished dedication ....... 45.00 Steiner Engraving and Badge Company, badges for Commissioners ........................................... 15.00 E.C. Giltner, clerk George W. McBride, six months ......... 100.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 21.70 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 ——————- 823.36

MAY.

Wand Livery Company, carriages for dedication ............. 90.00 Southern Hotel Company, rent of meeting rooms ............. 358.85 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 9.80 Edward M. Gould, city directory ........................... $6.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 10.26 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 ——————- $814.91

JUNE.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M .............................. 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 W.C. Tyler, expert accountant, auditing accounts .......... 178.75 W.E. Andrews, per diem allowance while auditing ........... 60.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., expert accountants, to May 31 ........ 1,250.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent and long-distance charges .... 14.54 Southern Hotel Company, rent of meeting rooms ............. 17.55 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. .75 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Pullman Sleeping-Car Company, accommodations W.E. Andrews . 10.00 Baltimore and Ohio Railway, transportation W.E. Andrews, W.C. Tyler .............................................. 82.50 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 8.29 ——————- 2,012.38 ——————- Total to June 30,1903...................................... 7,995.81