St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02
The Craze For Preserving in
Marble the Pretty Hand
+ Of Woman.
Deft Work Of Pen Etching So
! Pretty as to Lead to Open
Doubt.
Water Colors Of Beauty--Ex-
,hibit Of the Twin Women'S
Exchanges.

lduy COIlucClcu Will IuC WOuldu , uc-
partment at the Exposition has striyen
with all her might to prove the truth of
that saying. A close studyso depart
ments connected with woman's work
reveals not only large number of in
teresting articles, but also a collection
of unique and fanciful bits, which are
worth more than passing glance.
1--WE find one great difficulty in max
ing typical display of the work that
women are accomplishing" said one
lady who has taken an active part in
the arrangements, because there are
many occupations of women which do
not show tangible results, such as clerk
ing, housekeeping or school teaching.
So we put book over there in the cor
ner and printed request over 1t asking
all such to register names and Occupa-
TONS" Certainly this book would be
interesting, but the book is still waiting
to be christened by the daring woman,
who, in registering her occupation re-
veals her social status.
''Sauntering around, seeing what
women like ourselves have accom-
plished, is lots more fun than admiring
high art that nobody understands" was
the frank avowal of one of jolly party
of girls who were doing the Exposition
just for the fun of it. you know. The
department
DEVOTED TO ETCHINGS
in black and white is worthy of pas
sing glance; maybe more if one ap-
preciates that sort of art and there is
none in the art gallery. Some are exc
cuted by pen and ink; others from cop
per plates. All the etchings are the
work of prominent Eastern artists, be-
ing a portion of the exhibit held last
spring in New York to show the pro-
ficiency attained by women in this di-
rectiOn. Among the artists represented
are Mrs. Edith Loring Getchell, Mrs. l..
p. Candy, Phoebe Mott and A. E.
Morley.
The etchings borrow no glory from
their frames, as is the usual custom. In
fact, the frames are only strips of I'M
painted wood. Those by Edith Loring
Getchell are bits of scenery finely exc
cuted. Phoebe Mott contributes several
figure pieces. One especially attractive
shows nun reading in her cell and
murmuring "Dona nObis pacem" as the
burden of her meek meditatiOns. On
the other side monk peruses his brevi-
airy and groans ''Miserere nobis." An
other, entitled yesterday" portrays a
beautiful young girl looking wistfully
over her shoulder. The yesterdays"
evidently appear more pleasant than the
stern "to-days." All of these were
loaned by their owners, but the ladies
hope to sell a large number IN order to
encourage the best artists to contrib
ute still more literally another year.
FINE WORK FOR LADIES.
b 1t is amusing to hear many ladies
Speculate about the modus operandi of
a large case filled with banners and
cushions. The work is really etching
done by pen and ink on boiling cloth or
linen. The whole display is contributed
by Mrs. A. E. Cox, of Austin, MINI.
The lady must have special talent for
that sort of work. She displays pieces
having flower sprays etched so dis
tinctly and neatly that the ladies are
10th to believe that any ordinary mortal
could accomplish such results. The
woman who has ruined fine linen and
silk in fruitlesS efforts gazes at this
work and declares lit must be stamped,
because it can't be done with pen
without blots." However accomplished,
the fact remains that it's real pretty
The black and white looks so cool and
tasteful after the usual display of trop-
zeal colOrs which are supposed to be a
necessary adjunct towards making cards
and banners. Several ladies were over
heard expressing an intention of going
right home and trying that work for
themselves. But ambition isn't talent,
and | am afraid that few will do such
work as can be seen in this case.
Another attraction of the etching
room is large case containing plaster
casts of hands mounted on velvet.
These are the work of Miss Addie
Gates, a sculptress who has spent sew
eral years in Europe perfecting herself
in this art. Nearly all the casts shown
are those of children's hands, some in
white, others in flesh-tinted plaster
The model is first taken in soft clay.
then plaster cast made to preserve the
outlines. A copy of the cast is then
taken in marble for final preservation.
Although the craze for this form of art
hasn't touched Minneapolis to any ex-
tent, yet in the East society ladies dis
play casts of their hands along with
their photographs. Since it has been
discovered that plain face is often &C
companied by pretty hand, this Gus
tom has become still more popular, so
the ugly girl has her hands manicured
to the highest degree of perfection and
then procures marble copy of them to
adorn her own drawing room or that of
her best friend: Singers and artists
have a special fancy for having their
hands copied by sculptor. The only
casts of ladies' hands in this display
were ordered by two ladies who are
noted in Minneapolis society for their
wealth and beauty. 1t is likely that
| their example will be followed by many
others. A cast of child's head peep
| ing from a rough mass of plaster is said
| to be worthy of note. A frieze is eXhib-
tied showing a design of lilies and
| rushes. A lady, who is mistress of one
! of the finest houses in the city, told me
that all the friezes in her house were
| designed by Miss Gates especially for
| that house. The effect is pleasing, be-
ing departure from the stereotyped
! designs furnished by decorators. 1t is
! also pleasing to be able to afford such
Injuries.
A LARGE TAPESTRY PAINTING
4 attracts much attention. The subject is
1 simple and the handling skillful and
4 effective. This painting was loaned by
! it's owner, Mrs. II. n. Peck, and is sup
4 posed to be the only one of its kind in
4 the city.
i 1t keeps attendants at the several de-
] partments busy saying, mo picture
/ cards." to the children who are always
eager to see everything and ask ques-
] tons. | wonder it some dear mammas
don't bring their children just to ask
the questions they wouldn't ask them
selves for fear of displaying ignorance.
1t seems that way. How glad the chill
dren would be if some philanthropist
would only start department for their
benefit, filling it with curiosities and
unlimited picture cards. and supplying
an attendant who would answer ques-
lions automatically and never be cross.
| But that would be too near an approach
| to the millennium.
Mrs E. r. Holbrook has devoted
muth time to getting up display of
literature which should show the broad
field of woman's work in this direction.
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