The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-13
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Machlnery-Strawb er-
4 ries-The WOmem's building and what it
COntains-What Women have dOne-Ad-
vertisfng.

Machinery bsr.
vertisins.
Spain has large display, in Agricul-
tural Hall, of tobacco in various forms,
cigars, wool, leather, hemp, fax, cotton,
sugar, rice i'm all conditions, wines-some
one hundred and fifty years old
brandies, gin, cordials, cocoa, olives,
table oils, gums, resinous products, chOc-
olate, coffee, goodly portion being from
Havana and the Philippine Islands. Her
agriculture, as here represented, cannot
be compared favorably with England or
France, and in
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
the United States takes the lead, especi-
ally in reapers, headers, mowers, seeders,
rakes, plows, cultivators, etc.
STRAWBERRIES.
Twice Wednesday and Satur-
day-there has been a display of straw
berries in this Hall-some twenty varie-
ties-chief of which were Albany Seed
ling, four and three-fourth inches in cir
conference, Monarch of the West, five
and one-fourth inches do, Boyden, DIR.
Warden, and LUCINDA. But design to
devote this letter mainly to the
woMEN's BUILDING,
designed to show what women have done,
what they can do, and to suggest new
fields of labor, in which they can support
themselves honorably. And as this is a
matter that affects personally so deeply
half the race, ] shall try to give my read
ers general idea Of the character of the
exhibition in the Women's Department
In Section A are very superior wood
carvings, from the Cincinnati School of
Design, painting upon china and slate,
painted tiles, decorated pottery, inlaid
work for tables, designs for carpets, rib
bons, laces, prints, wall papers, and
decoration of all kinds-opening new
fields of labor-most of which can be
done at their homes, without exposure to
the outer world. The pictures, too, COM
pare favorably with those in the Art
Gallery, as also do the crayOns, water
color drawings, statuary, etc.
In Section B are the looms on which
are made cotton goods, carpets, plain and
jacquard loom ribbons, neck-ties, book
markers, and sashes, on which are a
beautiful design of the Women's Build
ing. Here too is the printing press upon
which is printed the Ne,o Century, all
the work of which, editing, type-setting,
etc., is done by women. The Baxter
Engine which moves all the machinery,
is run by Miss Emma Alison, a practical
engineer and refined and educated lady.
Then we find wax.work-very fine speci-
mems of all kinds-fowers, fruits, au-
tumn leaves, ETC., ETC., hair jewelry,
paper flowers, spatter work, stuffed birds,
worsted work in fruit and flowers,
Palmetto work from the South, Indian
work by a squaw, paper cuttings, etc., all
done by women who support themselves,
and, in many cases, their families by this
kind of work.
Across the hall, in Section d, are the
Patents invented by women some
seventy-fve or eighty-of which name
the life-saving mattress, the invalid's
table, table for garden parties, the meat
tenderer, the Woodbury. breiler, the
locked barrel cover, lock for trunks and
bureaus, shutter fastener, cribbage board,
griddle greaser, two dish-washers, dish
drainer, pot scraper, washing machine,
blanket washer, mangle, curtain
stretcher, springs for holding mattress
without Stats, mosquito net holder, com.
bined table, washstand, and bureau, sys
TENS for cutting dresses and skirts in.
Vulnerable, baby jumper, spring saddle
awning for screening horses from the sun,
invention for using the hand instead OF
the feet in running sewing machines
simple, inexpensive, health-saving, and
can be applied to any sewing machine
self-draining flower stand, thread and
needle bank, models for teaching drawing
from objects, stove and attachments tol
roasting and broiling, lunch heater, parloi
cook stoves, under garments for ladies
and children, patent Darner bath chair
for invalids, parlor easel (revolving) fol
holding the artists work, work tables
inkstand, and a wonderfully beautiful
and useful combination desk, which has
been adopted by the Government officers
l have catalogued enough to show the
inventive skill of women, and to modify
essentially my first impressions derived
from hasty inspection of the Women's
Department. For most of those inven
tions are designed for common use in the
daily duties of everyday life.
In embroidery and needle work the
most remarkable are the likenesses Of
the royal family of England, and of JohI
Bright and Gladstone, done in sewing
silk, but having the appearance of int
engravings Two other fine samples o
this style of work is the Beloit wis.
College seal, and the United States seal
by lady of Albany. Then there are 6
great variety of rugs and pictures In
worsted, knitting and crocheting linen
cambria and muslin embroidery EN-
broidered covers for tables, pianos, chairs
foot rests, cushions, etc. despair of do
ing justice to the exquisitely fine anc
beautiful laces of every kind, antique
and modern. Quite remarkable are the
cob-web laces of the women of Fayal
one of the Azore Islands-whe excel il
the fine quality of their work. 1t seems
hardly possible that they can make 81
fine fabric into shawls. Here are also
very fine laces and Shetland shawls from
Scotland. From the School of Art il
England we have embroidering Oh linen
silk, velvet, and transfer work applique
in all its forms, modern and antique. Th,
foreign exhibits comprise articles o
every description; needle-work from thu
Philippine Islands, pressed flowers from
Norway, embroidered napkins, table
covers and curtain inaterial-for which
there is great demand-from Sweden, ART
all exceedingly beautiful. So are thu
Japanese exhibits, from their oddity ant
exquisite workmanship. But /! cannot d.
Justice 10 the foreign exhibit in this let
ter. / designed simply to give a pei
portrait of the articles in the Women
Department, showing what has been ant
may be done by the women of this coun
try. In justice, / should also state, tina
it was at late day, and after they hat
contributed largely to the General Elk
position, that the women conceived the
idea of having separate department
So that this is not fair exhibit of what
they have done or might have done. But
enough has been done in this Depart
ment to show their capacity, and topper
the eyes of doubters and unbelievers to 8
ew revelation. Woman's improvement