ul result of their work is given by the
chairman of that committee in her final report.

At the meeting of the board of lady managers, held at its rooms in the
Administration Building, March 1, 1904, before the regular order of
business was taken up, Mrs. Andrews asked for and obtained unanimous
consent to speak to the members of the board, and said:

In view of what has transpired at Washington since our last
meeting, the extent of which only members of our legislative
committee realize--for almost to a man the lower House was
opposed to the appropriation, and it was only by arduous,
strenuous, and noble work of our president and the members of
that committee that the results were attained--I offer the
following resolution:

_Resolved_, That the thanks of the board are due, and are hereby
tendered, to the members of the legislative committee for
securing an appropriation to defray our necessary expenses and
thereby achieving the honorable emancipation of the board.

_Resolved_, That the board extend a vote of thanks to itself for
the wisdom manifested in the selection of Mrs. Daniel Manning as
its president, who has so fully enlisted the best efforts of all
the members of the board and who has begun her work by showing
that deeds rather than words are of special value.

The resolution was adopted by unanimous rising vote.

On the following day President Francis addressed the board as follows:

I am very glad to have this opportunity to talk to you. I desire
to congratulate you upon your getting the appropriation from
Congress for $100,000. I was very willing, indeed, as all the
members of the executive committee were, to do what we could
toward securing the money. After your worthy president waited
upon the executive committee and was informed of our plan to ask
a loan of $4,500,000 from the Treasury, she in turn informed us
that the board of lady managers had decided to ask for $100,000
for their own use, we very readily came to an agreement to the
effect that we would join forces and see what we could
accomplish with Congress. As you are aware, it is a very
difficult matter to get money out of Congress at best, and when
the Government had already spent about $1,250,000 for its own
exhibit, and when we had promised that we would not apply to
Congress or appeal for any additional aid, the