The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17

eiCeet put nineteen years OF age. BY relttng
portion of the farm and taking up prscti-
cal work, one becoming professional nurse,
one teacher, one . braider OF rye straw for
bonnets, ETC., they mansged to hold the land
years ago the farm, about 100 acres,
came into the hands OF the daughter of the
Youngest sister. It was greatly impoverished,
but under the present management has
been fertiIized and improvements have bssn
ede. Two milk routes have been pur-
cbs.ed in neighboring city, twenty head
Ct cows bought and three men and as many
hores are kept employed, asd the enter
prise, though requiring . great outlay at
nrst has become remunerative.
As manufacturer woman appears hera
in
SOME UNEXPECTED PHASES,
especially in the Rhode Island exhibit
Here are silver flsgree and gold ewslry
made by women. jewelers. brushes manufac
tuIed BY woman, aud samples OF jewellers
cards by another whe Is proprietor of the
American Gard Company. Here too afe
beautiful samples Cf etched decoration by
women empty ed IN the Gorham Silver Man
ufacturing Company. An ingenious ar.
made by Mrs. Conant eff 11.4o0 spoos of
msny oolored thread from Conants mills
which employ IL eco women and girls.
heavy steel chain forged by q woman black
smith and collection Of buttons which with
the exception OF cutting out from the metal
are made by women are other unique fea-
lures of Rhode Island industry. Further IL
Illustrations of womans industrial valde are
afforded by exhibits from New Jersey manu-
factureys John Clark, Jr., q. Co, who employ
bets cen OC0 and 4 600 women in their
thread mills silk handksrchiefs from The
AIkwrieht Mills, which employ 450 women.
and egg she'll china from Trenton. where wo-
men are employed. Cheney Bros. show
samples of silk woven by Connec icus wo-
men.
TAxIDERNY.
Taxidermy must possess some fascination
for women. dissgreeeble and tedious as are
some portions of the work. The exhibits are
numerous and from different sections of the
country. Two large cases OF BIRDS are shown
in the Kentucky exhibit. A Florida woman
shows two very handsoms feather screens
and collection of mounted birds heads
which evince superior skill. The most in
tsrfs,lng and artistic work in this line is by
Mrs Car. IL S. Poole, OF Natchez. Miss who
hiss filed large cass with q great variety of
birds arranged to illustrate the famous
burial of cock Robin."
In lns North Carolina Sac exhibit is q
'arge cole OF mounted fishes prepsr. q
specially under the direction OF the Stste
authorities. These are mounted By David
sons method Of ichthy-texidermy, ara prop
eriy classifif Il and have been examined and
commended by Prof. Jordan and other
| ichthy logists They are the work OF The firm
| OF Clarke and Morgan Of Newbsrn. the jan-
| icr membtr Mis-. Mary ID Morgan, having
| prepared sbsut one hat OF the collection.
| The firm have also COLLECTION of aquatic
| fowls On exhibition. They do fair busi-
| ness III scientific aud millinery taxidermy
and have contract to duplicate the collec
| ton of fishes for the North Carolina State
museum Mr.. Cla ke does the feid work,
Mrs. Morgan attends to the snoo work and
thus selves ths que ton OF living for herself
| and two fstheriess children.
OF the nnmere rs
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS CONTROLLED EY
| WOMEN,
bat few are here reprssen'ed. Jdiia r. DA.
bney, furniture designer and carver, shows
some decorative csrvfd psnnels Mrs. M
| e. Bruce and Co, of Washington ID. e., dis
| play exc 1isite at needle work and drapeliss.
| One Of tie most artistic specimens OF orgi-
cal design and skilled handiwork is win
| dow curtain Of thin creamy batists resting
against orange colorsd silk, a va lance of the
silk falling from the top with band OF en-
broidered trum pet vine. Dotted here and
there on the batiste are clusters OF the same
flower broken by squares of drawn work.
| The curtain is one OF set of eleven pieces
for bedroom drapery valued at 81 100. Mrs.
Jaceuimin OF st. Louis, manufacturer OF
French flowers, sho VS. lilac, lilies of the val.
ley, etc, lovely enough to make even
Dun long for a new spring bonnet and there
are elegant dresses from modistes of the
same city.
A photograph of q business block AID a
card attached represents Mrs. T. Nodlsr,
Dealer in staple and fancy groceries, Keo-
| kuk, Iowa. This house was established by
Mrs. Nodler in 1860 and has the arges AID
finest trade in the State, amounting to SS)-
OO0 annually. She personally supervisel the
entire estabishH eat and business.
In addition TO the exhibits from ma 1ufac-
turing companies already mentioned which
employ women there are cases of work from
Slater Stocking company OF L.; fro N ths
| Willamette spool cotton company, from an
tnvelop and paper company and ftom a
! rubber oversize mauufsctury, illustrating
the work of women. Since writing OF the sill
yer filagree jewelry in the Rhode Island ex.
hibit / have learned that the lady who
made it, Mrs. Albert England makes that a
business and is the only woman. within
the knowledge of the Gorham manufactur-
ing company who can do that kind OF work.
In evidence that women are discovering
lew devices whereby TO earn money tn ere
ale offered Tor sale collection OF Genuine
spails from the Washington Monument cap
stone, decorated by Sarah ] Warren" col-
lection OF beautiful crystals OF salt from Salt
Lake, Utah. gathered by lsdy who supplies
these CRY stalls quite extensively to collectors,
and some silk mossic," from Miss Reed OF
the Baltimore Decorative Art Rooms The g
lss' are bits of silk decorated with embroid-
cry and painting and mounted IS jswelry,
and are very beautiful.
Mrs G. NJ. Green, of Jack sonyiile, Fla,
exhibits packages Of pure hop yeast, manu-
factured by herself; while the business inter
est OF one Iowa lady is represented by some
perforated paper patterns. and OF another by
tlack gimp and emb,o ideIies young lady
OF California who earns her living by lacs
w rk exhibits beautiful honiton lace set
value Al $3.50
woMEN's EXCHsEGES
Tt q Christian Woman's Exchange of New
O leans has large exhibit chiefly of al
n amer OF fancy and nsedlework and decor
i've art Work. This exchange has conven-
lent and commodious sales AID lun CD rooms
at IL BouIb bon st. and last year transacted
business amounting to over SD 900,
an increase of 81. coo over lat years
II ceipfs. OF this over S34 coo are receipts
from the lunch department which in adj.
ton to its restaurant fills large order tr ade.
The Exchange does not charge c,nsgnors