Arizona republican., 1892-12-29


 especially efficient work in this direction are Mrs. Cuudace Wheeler, Mrs. Flor ence w. Cory and Mrs. Ellen Dunlap Hopkins.
 Nearly twenty years ago Mrs. Candace Wheeler organized a society of decora- 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. Y., and was remarkable from her earliest years for her artistic temperament, which was supplemented as time went on by philanthropic spirit and execu. tive abilities that must find some out ward expression.
 Although reared in easy circum- stances, married early to a prosperous business man, Mrs. Wheeler saw in many instances among her friends the necessity of some movement being made which would enable gentlewomen less fortunate than herself to turn their tall ents and accomplishments to a practical use. To further their interests and place the fruits of their labor before the public she formed a society that soon had branches iu every state, and it is |, her sympathy and enterprise that he~ sisters of kindred tastes are indebted for the womens exchanges and decorative art societies that afford them either an entire source of livelihood or a means of supplementinG a limited income.
 About a dozen years ago, encouraged by the success that had attended the initial movement for the benefit of her sex, Mrs. Wheeler formed the Society of Associated Artists, an enterprise con ducted on business principles, devoted to interior decoration, tapestries em- broidered by method of her own de- vising, designing of wall paper and tex tiles, vet serving 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 a 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 manufac- turers, which stamps her as being not only of philanthropic but patriotic tend encies. Mrs Wheeler is on the sunny side of fifty, sweet voiced, gentle man. nered, with a personality combining strength and sweetness in an unusual degree.
 In 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 Low numbers in regular attendants and correspondence pupils 600 members. The sunny haired, bright faced little woman has been known to manufactur- CTS as the pioneer feminine worker in the capacity of 9 practical designer for many years. Born in Syracuse and reared in Oswego, she married when she was scarcely out of her teens and became a widow early in her twenties.
 The necessity of either returning to the parental roof 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 in the house of n friend, she received the inspiration that has evolved itself into life work, and she determined to become designer.
 It was then spring, and the doors of V | to receive the necessary tuition, were