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and approved by the local company, has been forwarded to the
board. You know that you have the right to appoint one member to
every jury of awards that passes upon work wholly or partly made
by women. I do not know what provision the law makes, if any,
for your duties, but this exposition, comprehensive as its scope
may be, can not be a success without the hearty cooperation of
the ladies, and that is what we wish.

I do not know what plans you have about a Woman's Building. I
wish to say that any suggestions you have to make us we will
take under serious consideration. A great deal has been said
about permanent structures. We have no objections to permanent
structures, we rather court them, provided always some means are
furnished for the maintenance of those buildings after the
exposition is over. There is another condition that must be
observed, and that is in regard to the permission of the city
for these buildings to remain. You, of course, understand that
the exposition proper does not own any of the ground within the
site. We have 1,200 acres, which is much larger than any
exposition ever held, about 688 acres being the property of the
city. About 112 acres of the site is the property of the
Washington University, for which we pay it a specific rental;
that makes a total of 780 acres. In addition to that we have 410
acres which we have leased from private owners. That property
must be returned to them free of all incumbrances. Therefore, if
a permanent structure be contemplated it must be erected on city
property.

Ladies, I will be very glad to answer any questions you may
desire to ask in connection with the exposition, and, as I said,
any suggestions of yours I shall submit to our local company,
executive committee, and board of directors, and Senator Carter
will submit the same, I have no doubt, to the National
Commission.

At a meeting of the Commission held the same day (September 30) the
resignation of Mrs. John A. McCall from the board of lady managers was
read and accepted by the Commission.

The statements of Senator Carter, as well as those of President Francis,
stimulated the interest of the members of the board; they comprehended
anew that it involved not only a heavy responsibility, but constituted a
national trust to represent the women who to-day stand upon the a