board the work which may be done by the board of lady
managers, following in many instances the Commission's
suggestions verbatim.

This committee desires to return their thanks for the courteous
manner in which they were received by the local executive
committee, and for the assurance of aid in any work which they
might undertake. They also desire to thank the National
Commission for its kind reception, advice, and suggestions on
the plan of woman's work.

The board of lady managers, pursuant to a call, met in the city
of St. Louis, April 28, 1903, and, as has already been stated,
the chairman read before the board the report from which the
above extracts are taken, on the work of the committee on
woman's work performed in St. Louis. The president of the board
of lady managers at this April meeting created several new
committees, viz, an executive committee, an entertainment
committee, a legislative committee, and a committee for a day
nursery or creche. The creating of these committees practically
took from the hands of the committee on woman's work all special
work.

A meeting of the board of lady managers was called in St. Louis
on December 15, 1903; at this meeting it became necessary to
elect a new president of the board, and conditions had so
changed that it became necessary to add several new committees
to those already formed, one being the committee on awards, to
further develop the work of the board of lady managers.

The only money the board of lady managers had ever received to
conduct their work was an appropriation of $3,000 from the
treasurer of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, part of which
had been expended, so that all work of the board of lady
managers was absolutely suspended for the want of funds. It
became necessary for the legislative committee to proceed to
Washington to secure money to carry out their plans. The result
of the labors of the legislative committee has been ably told in
the report of the chairman of that committee, Mrs. Edward L.
Buchwalter.

During the December meeting, and after the adjournment of the
board, the work which seemed of the most vital interest, and the
one which lay nearest to the hearts of every member of the board
of lady managers, was the construction, equipment, and
management of a creche or day