Mrs. Wiggins and Mrs. Filcher who had served so successfully as
hostesses at the St. Louis Exposition and at the Portland Exposition,
were installed as hostesses of the California Building at Seattle, the
compensation to be determined after the close of the Exposition when
our financial condition would be better understood, they agreeing in
advance to abide by the outcome. This arrangement was an incentive
to extra economy on their part, and it may be said they seconded
every effort of your Representatives in that direction, and yet they
maintained California's reputation for hospitality admirably, and
became favorites in the large Hostesses' Association of the Exposition,
of which Mrs. Wiggins was one of the leading officials.