to apply to Congress for an appropriation to aid in the
construction of the proposed hall of philanthropy. The
Commission does not wish to be understood as being opposed to
this commendable enterprise, but instead favors the proposition.
The disinclination to appeal to Congress for aid arises from an
understanding with the company and leading members of committees
of Congress, that no further appropriation would be sought from
the General Government in connection with the fair.

After a conference with the president and the secretary of the
Exposition Company, the Commission is gratified to be able to
inform you of the disposition of those officers to consult the
board of lady managers with reference to the appointment of all
persons intended to in any manner represent the board or its
work in the exploitation of the exposition at home or abroad. We
are also able to convey to you the assurance which has been
conveyed to the Commission by President Francis, that it is the
disposition of the Exposition Company to furnish the board of
lady managers adequate and comfortable accommodations upon the
grounds controlled by the company. The president of the company
will communicate with your honorable board with reference to
this and other subjects referred to in the resolutions.

You are informed that, agreeable to an arrangement made nearly
twelve months ago, the accounts of the board of lady managers
will be paid direct by the Exposition Company. It is desirable
that your board should transmit all accounts direct to Mr. W.B.
Stevens, secretary of the Exposition Company, by whom all
settlements will be made.

Yours, very truly,

Thos. H. Carter,
_President._

Mrs. Apolline M. Blair,
_President Board of Lady Managers, St. Louis, Mo._

This meeting adjourned subject to the call of the president.

The next meeting of the board of lady managers was called by the
president, Mrs. Blair, at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York City, N.Y.,
February 16, 1903, at which time a letter was read that had been
received by the president of the board from the Exposition Company, in
which an offer was made to the board, for its exclusive use, of one of
the permanent buildings to be erected for the Washington University (and
subsequently to be used by it as a Hall of Physics), to be known during
the exposition peri