The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-16

Department XIV-WOman's
Work.
Mrs. Della LathrOp Williams,
Commissioner, Della
ware, Ohio.

The Ohio State Board of Centennial
Managers in its report of the Philadel.
phia Exposition of 1876, says; IA potent
aid to the Centennial Commission was
the Woman's Centennial Association.
One of Ohio's daughters was the efiici-
ent Vice. President of the Woman's Com
mission, and the ladies of Ohio nobly
seconded her efforts, and more than
maintained the reputation of the State
by furnishing for exhibition larger pro.
portion Of articles, both useful and orna-
mental, than those of any other State"
The Board of Directors of the Ohio
Centennial Exposition propose to avail
themselves of this potent aid" in the
coming exhibition at Columbus, by Or
ganizing Woman's Department, with
its Commissioners and Executive De-
partment, and by erecting All artistic
and commodious "Woman's Pavilion"
which will furnish ample facilities for
the display of such products as pertain
especially to Woman's Work.
The Board of Diret tors hope. all
branches of this work, such as the do
mestic industries, including cooking,
laundering, etc.; the mechanical and art
industries, including needle-work in all
its applications, sewing machine work,
dress-cutting, designing and industrial
drawing, modelling in clay, porcelain
decoration, wood carving, and painting
in its various branches, and also such
| educational and benevolent work as falls
naturally into the woman's department,
all will be fully and commercially rep
resented.
In order to secure this, the Board
hopes to enlist every woman Of Ohio.
Ohio women have stood during the en-
tire century shoulder to shoulder with
their brothers in making their State
what it has become, the pride of the
people, the representative State, and in
many particulars the leading State of
the Union. The mothers have labored,
and we have entered into their labors.
Surely the daughters can not fail, at the
end of the century, to honor those whose
hands have ceased from toll, and to
magnify the richness of the inheritance
into which this toll has brought the
women of the present generation.
To give every locality an opportunity
to contribute to the interest of the Ex-
position, as we'll as to represent itself in
that in which it excels, a committee of
the Woman's Department will be located
at central point in each county, whose
business it will be thoroughly to canvas
the county for exhibits. They will bring
out the heirlooms which are the work.
Of the grandmothers, and place them
side by side with the best products of
the present generation. There is not a
county in our great State but will do it.
self credit. These committees will at
once proceed to make list of all pro-
posed exhibits, and report these lists by
or before March l, 1888. They will also
see that all work be begun in time for
entry on or before July l, 1898, the date
at which imperishable exhibits are due.
Art Clubs, Wood Carving Glasses, Art
Departments of Schools, Art Unions and
Industrial Schools will find no better op.
portunity for calling the attention of
the public to their work, or finding pur.
chasers for their art products, than will
be afforded by this Ohio Centennial Ex-
position. The Commissioner solicits
correspondence and begs to suggest that
early application will insure abundant
space for such exhibits.
Women of Ohio:
You led the exhibition in thew Woman's g
Department of the Centennial of 1876,
both in the number and the character
of the exhibits. You have had twelve
years growth since then. For the sake
OF your mothers and the mothers OF
your mothers, will you not combine to
make this the most complete and at
tractive display of Woman's Work that
this country has ever seen? 1t ought
to be done-it can be done, Will you
do it?
correspondence pertaining W Aoc"'
business should be addressed to the
Chairman OF the County Committee
that of general interest to the Commis.
sioner of the Woman's Department.
Mrs. DELLA d. WILLIAMS,
Delaware, Ohio.
What will Highland county do? Lei
our ladies think of this matter and be
prepared to do something which will bs
a credit to US.
I To promote this interest meeting o.
the ladies of Highland county is called
) for next Saturday, February 18th, at
o'clock p. m. at the City Hall. Wive'
Of the members of the G. A. R. arr
earnestly requested to be present.