Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-12-08

\ especially efficient work i'll this direction
are Mrs. Candace Wheeler. Mrs. Flor
/ ence W. Cory and Mrs. Ellen Dunlap
! Hopkins.
4 Nearly twenty years ago Mrs. Candace
Wheeler organized a society of decora-
I tive art which may be regarded as The
well spring Of cooperative work among
/ women workers in the United States.
Mrs. Wheeler was born at Delhi, N. ",
\ and was remarkable from her earliest
\ years for her artistic temperament.
which was supplemented as time went
( on by a philanthropic spirit and execu-
/ tive abilities that must find some out
n ward expression.
Although reared i'll easy circun-
stances, married early To a prosperous
/ business man, Mrs. Wheeler saw in
I many instances among her friends the
necessity Of some movement being made
\ which would enable gentlewOmen less
fortunate than herself to turn their tai
I ents and accomplishments to practical
use. To further their interests and
4 place the fruits Of their labor before the
Y public she formed society that soon
had branches i'll every state. and it il r..
her sympathy and enterprise that he~
sisters Of kindred tastes are Indebted for
the women's exchanges and decorative
art societies that afford them either All
entire source of livelihood Or Il means of
supplementing limited income.
About dozen years ago, encouraged
by the success that gaad attended the
initial movement for the benefit of her
sex, Mrs. Wheeler formed the Society
Of Associated Artists, an enterprise con
Quoted on business principles, devoted
to interior decoration. tapestries em-
broidered by method of her own de-
vising, designing of wall paper and tex
tiles, yet serving q double purpose in
making it the medium of feminine
workers whereby they could demon
strate their abilities to compete with
men in the field Of technical design. and
afford them also an opportunity Of cre-
ating school Of art that should possess
national characteristics.
Many palatial homes Of American plu-
tocrats have been decorated by designs
Of Mrs. Wheeler. carried out by her corps
of forty sister workers, the rich textiles
employed woven by American mauufac-
turers, which stamps her as being not
only of philanthropic but patriotic tend-
encies. Mrs. Wheeler is Oh the sunny
side Of fifty, sweet voiced, geutle man
nered, with u personality combining
strength and sweetness in an unusual
degree.
Iu 1880 Florence W. Cory, who may
claim the distinction of being the first
woman carpet designer in the world,
established her school of industrial art
that now numbers i'll regular attendants
and correspondence pupils 500 members.
The sunny haired. bright faced little
woman has been known 20 manufactur-
ers as the pioneer feminine worker in
the capacity Of practical designer for
many years. Born i'll syracuse and
reared in Oswego, she married when
she was scarcely out Of her teens and
became widow early IN her twenties.
The necessity Of either returning to the
parental root Or formulating some plan
Of work which would eventually make
her self supporting was a question which
confronted her. and it was at this period,
when contemplating an ugly carpet ill
the house of a friend. she received THE
inspiration that has evolved itself into y
life work, and she determined to become
designer.
II was then spring, and the doors of
Cooper institute, where she expected
to receive the necessary tuition. were