102 New Yoek at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



In addition there were innumerable private dinners and receptions, 

 and, under the management of the Board of Women Managers, informal 

 teas were given every afternoon at five o'clock throughout the season, 

 except when interrupted for a time by the death of Senator 

 McJSTaughton. 



Of the functions directly under the control of the Board of General 

 Managers perhaps the most elaborate and successful w«re New Yark 

 Day reception, Manhattan Day reception. Army and Navy banquet 

 and ball, West Point cadets ball, Japanese evening, and the Benefit 

 Concert in behalf of the sufferers by the fire on the exposition grounds. 

 At this concert such eminent artists as Max Bendix, Senora Cervantes, 

 Bicknell Young and Emma Thursby kindly offered their services. 

 About $500 was added to the firemen's fund from the proceeds. 



The banquets and receptions of the various societies, such as the 

 Odd Fellows, Scottish assembly, Typothetae. etc., were naturally of a 

 more restricted character, and in charge of the society officers. The 

 Board of General Managers uniformly tendered every courtesy and con- 

 venience possible to the visiting societies, and the following extract 

 from the minutes of the Chicago Typothetae, November 2, 1893, is a 

 fair example of the many acknowledgments made in return : 



Whbkkas, the Chicago Typothetae being under- oblig-atipns to the com- 

 missioners of the State of New York to -the' World's Columbian Exposi- 

 tion for many favors extended them during the session of the National 

 Typothetae of America in this city ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, that the Chicago Typothetae, speaking as well for the 

 National Typothetae of America, express to the commissioners of the State 

 of New York their hearty appreciation of the graceful courtesy that 

 placed the New York State Building at their disposal on the night of Sep- 

 tember 22, 1893. Its magnificent banquet hall, typical of the richness of 

 the Empire State, nobly housed our guests, while the kindly interest of 

 Mr. Louis Meredith Rowland, commissioner in charge, and his able and 

 genial assistants, made us all, gathered from many States, feel that we 

 were sons of the Knickerbockers, welcomed to our own. 



Governor Flower's Visit. 



On June first Governor Eoswell P. Flower visited the exposition, and 

 remained about ten days. It was not an official visit, and the Governor 

 devoted nearly all of his time, in company with Chief Executive Officer 

 McNaughton, to a comprehensive inspection of New York's exhibits. 



