only $20,000, or about
four-fifths of the appropriation.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION HOSTESS' ASSOCIATION.

In obedience to the call of Mrs. Parks Fisher, hostess of the Maryland
Building, the hostesses of the various State and Territorial buildings
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition assembled at the Maryland Building
on the morning of June 16, 1904, for the purpose of forming an
organization, the object being mutual improvement and the bringing into
closer social relationship the members thereof.

Preliminaries were discussed and the meeting adjourned to assemble on
June 30 at the Alaska Building, on which occasion the organization was
perfected and the following officers were elected:

President, Mrs. Parks Fisher, Maryland; vice-presidents, Mrs. Mary E.
Hart, Alaska, Mrs. C.C. Monson, Connecticut, Mrs. Floyd Walton,
Mississippi, Mrs. Sallie Douglas, New Mexico, Miss Esther Wehrung,
Oregon; recording secretary, Mrs. Dore Lyon, New York; assistant
recording secretary, Mrs. G.L. Hall, New Jersey; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. W.N. Strother, Virginia; assistant corresponding
secretary, Miss Elizabeth Cage, Arkansas; treasurer, Mrs. Belle Hall
Small, Missouri; press representative, Mrs. Mary E. Hart, Alaska.

Many pleasant social functions took place under the auspices of this
popular organization, and its business and social meetings were
characterized by the greatest harmony. The organization is a permanent
one and is to be represented at all future expositions. Its officers are
to be elected annually, the next election to be held at the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oreg.

The full list of membership is as follows:

Mrs. Parks Fisher, Maryland; Mrs. Mary E. Hart, Alaska; Miss Jessie
Drais, Arizona; Miss Elizabeth Cage, Arkansas; Mrs. Frank Wiggins,
California; Mrs. J.A. Filcher, California; Mrs. Josiah Hughes,
Colorado; Mrs. C.C. Monson, Connecticut; Mrs. John W. Hughes, Georgia;
Miss Anne Sonna, Idaho; Mrs. Floyd Walton, Mississippi; Mrs. Belle Hall
Small, Missouri; Mrs. Emma D. Nuckols, Missouri; Mrs. Addie McDowell,
Montana; Mrs. H.E. Freudenthal, Nevada; Mrs. G.L. Wall, New Jersey;
Mrs. Sallie Douglas, New Mexico; Mrs. Dore Lyon, New York; Mrs. E.B.
Marchant, Oklahoma; Miss Ethel Wehrung, Oregon.

APPENDIX 5.

REPORT OF BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION
COMMISSION.

AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS MARCH 3, 1901.

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