This rotunda is surmounted by a two-story open arcade, as delicate and refined in its beauty as the outside of the buildin', givin' light and air in abundance to all of the rooms openin' into the interior space.

On the first floor, on the right hand, is located a model kindergarten; on the left, a model horsepital.

You see, these two things are attended to the first thing by wimmen.
Wimmen have always had to take time by the forelock and do the most important things first, or she never would be done with her work.
Before she tackled the ironin', or dishwashin', or piecin' up bedquilts, or knittin', she has always had to dress, and nurse, and take care of the children, make them comfortable, and take care of the sick; had to, or it wouldn't be done.
And she wuzn't goin' to stop her good, tender, motherly doin's here--not at all.

No; the children, the future hope of our country, the Lord's work laid onto mothers, is on the _right_ side.
Here are shown the very latest and best helps in takin' care and trainin' up these little immortals, teachin' them to be good first, and then wise, and healthy all the time--the most important work in the hull world, in my estimation; for the children we spank to-day will hold the destinies of the human race in their hands to-morrow.
Yes, on the right hand the children; on the left hand is a model horsepital, not merely a exhibit, but a real horsepital, at full work in its blessed and sanctified labor, a-takin' care of the sick and smoothin' the brows racked with agony, alleviatin' the distresses of the frame racked with pain.
What another good work! Can a man show anything at their hull Columbus World's Fair--anything that will equal these two blessed labors?
No; he can show lots of knowledge and wisdom, and he can show guns, and cannons, and pistols, boey-knives, to cut and slash; but it is woman's work (blessed angel that she is, a good deal of the time), it is them that shows this broad, efficient system of relieving the hurts and distresses of the world.

Besides the most skilled of our own country, foreign nations send their best-trained nurses from their trainin' schools, showin' the latest and most perfect methods of relievin' pain and agony.
And not contented with showin' off here what they could do, and how they do it--not content with makin' this one big room a perfect nest for female good Samaritans--a carin' for the sick and dyin'-- They have soared out of this room--60 by 80 feet couldn't confine 'em--they have located all over the grounds horsepitals to care for them who are took sick here at Columbuses doin's, and, good creeters, I suppose they will have their hands full, specially in dog days.
Yes, woman begun her work jest as she ort to, right on the ground floor--on the right, the children; on the left, the sick and helpless.
Right opposite the main front is the library, furnished by the wimmen of New York.