The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-30

spain-Agri ultural Observation-Disclosures
ries-The Womans Building and What 1t
Contains-what Women Have Done-Ad-
vertising. ..H
PHILADELPHIA, June "a, 1876.


PHILADELPHIA, June "a, 1876.
Spain has a large display, in Agricultural
Hall, of tobacco in various FORMS cigars, WOOL
leather, hemp, fax, cotton, sugar, rice in all
conditions, wines-some $50 years old-bran-
dies, gin, cordials, cocoon, olives, table oils
gums, resinous products, chocolate coffee, a
goodly portion being from Havana, and the
Philippine Islands. Her agric ultures, rs here
represented, cannot be compared favorsply
with Engl and or France, and in
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
the United States takes the lead, especially in
reapers, headers, mowers, seeders, rakes,
plows, cultivators, etc.
Strawberries.
Twice a week-Wednesday and Saturday
there has been display OF Strawberries in this
hsll-some twenty varieties-chief of which
were Albany seeding, 4$4 inches in circum-
ference. Monarch of the West, 81 inches in
circumference, Boyden, DR.. Warden, and Ju-
cunda. But / design to devote this letter
mainly TO the
woMENs 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 az this is matter that affects
personally 30 deeply half the race, l shall try
to give my readers a general idea of the cha rac-
tel of the exhibition in the women's depart
ment. In Section A are very superior wood
carvings, from the Cincinnati School Of Design,
paintings upon china and slate painted tiles
decorated pottery, inlaid work for tables de-
signs for carpets, ribbons, laces, prints, wall
paper, and decorations 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. compare favorably
with those in the art gallery. as also do the
1roxK ataA
In Section j. are the looms on which are
made cotton goods, carpets, plain and Jacquard
loom ribbons, neckties. book-markers, and
sashes, on which are beautiful design OF the
Women's Building. Here, too, is the printing
press upon which is printed the New Gen.
tury," 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, practical engineer and
a refined and educated lady. Then we find
wax-work-very fine specimens of all kinds
flowers. fruits, autumn leaves, etc, etc., hair
jewelry. paper flowers, spatter work, stuffed
birds, worsted work in fruit and flowers, pal
metto work from the South, Indian work by q
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 ID, are the patents
invented by women-some seventy-iye or
eighty of which / NAME the life saving mat
tress. the invalid's table, table for garden
parties, the meat tenderer, the Woo ibury
broiler, the locked barrel cover, lock for trunks
and bureaus, shutter fastener, cribbage board,
griddle greaser, two dish washers dish draner,
pot scrsper, washing machine, blanket washer,
mangle curtain stretcher, springs for holding
mattress without stats. mosquito-net holder,
combined table, washstand and bureau systems
for cutting dresses and shirts innuniersble.
baby jumper, spring saddle, awning for screen
ing horses from the sun, invention for using
the hand instead Of the feet in running sew
ing machines-simple, inexpensive, health
saving, aud can be applied to any sewing ma
e-self-draining flower stand, thread-and-
needle bank, models for teaching drawing from
objects, stove and attachments for roasting and
broiling, lunch heater, parlor cook stoves, under
garments for ladies and children, patent darner
bath chair for invsli1s. parlor easel (revolving)
for holding the artists work, work tables, ink
stand, and wonderfully beautiful and useful
combination desk, which has been adopted by
the Government officers. / have catalogued
enough to show the inventive skill Of women,
and to modify essentially my first impressions
derived from hasty inspection OF the womens
department. For most of those inventions are
designed for common use in the daily duties Of
every. day life.
In embroidery and needle work the most re-
are the likenesses of the royal family |
Of England, and OF John Bright and Gladstone,
done in sewing silk but having the appearance
vi nne eDkthVlDB@. lWO OthoI MIC nhihpioo VI |
this style of work is the Beloi. (Wis.) College
seal, and the United States seal, by lady OF
Albany. Then there are great variety OF
rugs and pictures in worsted. knitting and
crocheting linen, cambria and muslin en-
broidery, embroidered covers for tables, pianos,
chairs, foot-rests, cushions, ETC. despair
Of doing Justice TO the exquisitely fine
and beautiful laces OF every kind, an
ique and modern. Quite remarkable are
he cob-web laces Of the women OF Fayal,
1ne Of the Azore Islands-who excel in
he fine quality Of their work. II seems hardly