asant, Tex.; Miss Lavinia H. Egan, Shreveport, La. Miss
Julia T.E. McBlair, Washington, D.C., hostess of the building of the
board of lady managers.

_Standing committees_.--Executive: Mrs. Daniel Manning, chairman; Mrs.
Holcombe, Miss Egan, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Buchwalter,
Mrs. Moores, Miss Dawes, Mrs. Knott, Mrs. Hanger, Miss Gould.
Entertainment: Mrs. Daniel Manning, chairman; Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Everest,
Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Ernest, Mrs. de Young, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. von
Mayhoff, Mrs. Hunsicker. Foreign Relations: Miss Dawes, chairman; Mrs.
Knott, Miss Gould, Mrs. Holcombe, Mrs. von Mayhoff, Mrs. Montgomery,
Mrs. Moores. Congresses: Mrs. Buchwalter, chairman; Mrs. Hanger, Mrs.
Andrews. Press: Mrs. Knott, chairman; Mrs. Hanger, Miss Egan, Mrs.
Moores. Woman's Work: Mrs. Montgomery, chairman; Mrs. Holcombe, Mrs.
Daly, Miss Gould, Mrs. Buchwalter, Miss Dawes, Mrs. de Young.
Legislative: Mrs. Buchwalter, chairman; Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Coleman.
Awards: Mrs. Hanger, chairman; Mrs. Knott, Miss Egan, Mrs. Porter, Mrs.
Hunsicker. Auditing Committee: Mrs. Andrews, chairman; Mrs. Ernest, Mrs.
Montgomery.

_Special committees_.--Hall of Philanthropy: Miss Helen M. Gould,
chairman. Creche: Miss Helen M. Gould, chairman; Mrs. Everest, Mrs.
Andrews, Mrs. Sullivan. House: Mrs. Ernest, chairman; resident members
of board and members of rotating committee on duty. Model Playground:
Mrs. Holcombe, chairman; Mrs. Hanger, Miss Gould. Editing Minutes: Mrs.
Hanger, chairman; Mrs. Ernest, Miss Dawes. House Furnishing: Mrs. Daniel
Manning, chairman; Mrs. Holcombe, Mrs. Montgomery.

INTRODUCTION

As it was designed that the St. Louis Exposition should afford an
opportunity of demonstrating to other nations the progress that the
United States had made in every branch of manufacture, agriculture, and
art, the enormous field that existed from which to draw the great
variety of material warranted the assumption that a wonderful display
would be made. The sponsorship of our Government, and its invitation to
other nations to participate, vested in the citizens of the United
States, not only as a nation but as individuals, the responsibility of
acceptably placing before the eyes of the world the achievements and
advancement not only of their own but of all civilized and semicivilized
nations.

The importance of the event rendered it a fitting occasion for women
again to exhibit to the world the record of their increasing developm