Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-19
IRON TIE DAILY OF SUNDAY.

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IRON TIE DAILY OF SUNDAY.
AN INDUSTRY FOR WoMEN.-Some months
ago the carving done by women in Cincin-
nil, most of whom had been instructed in a
school of design, attracted great deal of
local interest Specimens were shown at an
Industrial Exhibition in the city, and the
local papers gave an extended account of the
rise and progress of that industry. The Cen
tennial Exposition is said to contain the best
specimens Of carving by the Cincinnati wo-
men ever shown in this country A cores
pondent of the London Times, writing from
of the Exhibitions; 1.-THE most attractive
part of the Pavilion is, however, that which
contains specimens from the various Ameri-
can Schools of Design, notably the wood
carving from the school at Cincinnati. The
quantity of really first>class work which it
sends is astonishing, when one considers
that the artists are many of them amateurs
and still quite young. 1t certainly opens u
field for women's work very different from
the odd starvation sewing The pupils
excel in such decorative arts as painting on
china and slate, but their forte seems to be
bed carved by two young ladies of II and
10, while the pillars and lace are done by
one of II; the devices arc all floral and cop
led with minute fidelity and skill from nature
Two ladies will make very handsome sums
by thus decorating, one an organ, tile other
a piano, which the manufacturer. with a
well-groUndcd faith in their power of giving
the instruments an attractive appearance,
had presented them in hope of a good adver-
tisement 1t is very gratifying to be able to
add that school which can turn out such ar
lists gives its instruction free to ALL" Good
wood carvings are far more desirable than
poor pictures And the time is not distant
| when these carvings will be part of the in
ventory Of every wealthy household. Even
now there is an increasing inquiry for speci>
mems of carving on this side Of the country.
AN amusing story is told of how the Ores
gon Steam Navigation Company overrcached
| itself in recent brush with the Farmers Proc
tective Transportation Company. The latter
organization was formed to provide remedy
for the ex,.ctions of the carrying monopoly,
but when they went to Portland to buy ma
terial for building boats they found such sup.
plies as they needed controlled by the Ore.
gon Steam Navigation Company Deter.
mined not to be out-done, they Immediately
went to San Francisco and obtained every.
thing requisite and at a saving of upwards of
81, 800, with all expenses paid. This is enc
instance in which wealth did not constitute
power, and an evidence that Organization
affords the most effective means of fighting
monopolies.
THE hitching bars erected by Gen. Me-
Kinney, fronting his property on Fourth
Street. have already been utilized in a man
ner which doubtless their owner did not
intend. The jack.knife of the professional
whittier has already been at work on them
and huge "slivers" have been cut from the
corners by the seemingly irrepressible pest
The wanto9 destruction of property by this
means, is one of the marked characteristics
of the age. a. ..t
THE Mayor of Victoria has called the
attention of the common council OF that city
to the fact that some citizens intended to
decorate an arch erected in honor of Lord
Dufferin's visit, with the expressive but in
elegant legend "I1ias Klahowyou." "As
the words" remarks his worship, "convey
questionable meaning, it is hoped the cor
poration will see at to prohibit any such ac>
tion."
THE Historian reports that company is
now forming to run line of steamers from
the coal mines of British Columbia 10 San
Francisco, and that the steamers will call in
at Astoria and vicinity on the way up and
down for passengers and freight.
THE editor of the Transcript, while out
hunting the other day, fred shot at a
grouse, and the moment after he laid down
on one side Of big log and the grouse on
the other 1t is thought that wholesome
fear of the rec0il of the gun, led to this pre-
cautionary measure. But he bagged his
game.