, 1892-04-02
WOMEN WORK.
What They viii Do for Wash
ington at Chicago.

Clubs to- be Organized Everywhere
to Further the Progress ana
GOOD OF the Great Columbian
Exposition.
Notwithstanding the Indictment weather,
a large number Of ladies assembled in the
parlors of the Olympia hotel this after
noon to meet Mrs. Alice Houghton, OIL
Spokane, one Of the lady commissioners of
the worlds fair and Mrs. Slaughter, Of Ia
coma, who is in charge Of the art depart
ment of the exhibit.
Both of these ladies are enthusiastic ana
untiring in their work. and with the coop
Grafton of the ladies of the state Will en-
deaYor to show what the state Of Washing
ton really is, both as to people and prod
ucts.
They realize that this is one opportunity
which the state will have to Introduce
itself to the world, and that it resolves
itselfinto financial and advertising prop
osition.
Mrs. Slaughters art league takes in all
men, women and children who can assist
in showing the advancement of art, and
desirks contributions of original work.
Efforts Will be made to present pictures of
our state scenery, animals, BIRDS fish,
fruits, flowers and things indigenous to the
state in particular. Mrs. Slaughter urges
all who are in sympathy with art and art
development to do all in their power to
encourage the formation of state art
league, which will be advanced by the CO.
operation of the various local leagues.
The interior decorations of the Washing
ton building at Chicago will show at
glance what the women of Washington are
capable of. The league at Olympia has all
ready been formed, with Mrs. S. I'll. Barbee
as president.
While both Mrs. Houghton and Mrs
Slaughter are working together to obtain
the one object, their respective fields are
different. Mrs. Slaughter, as art director,
is encouraging in particular the work mem
toned above and Mrs. Houghton has out
lined plan, varied and original, by which
the women of the state can show their in
genulty and interest in prosecuting in an
other light the vast resources of the fields,
forest, mines and streams.
The object first and foremost is a state
display in the Washington building, which
will outdo all other states. Washington, in
the first place, has the third best space in
the grounds for d state building and all
the material has been donated.
Mrs. Houghton has outlined at length
plans by which the women of the state, all
Of them. may do to make their efforts eff
feetual. She asks that the ladies assist in
lIlG Q6COFAIlOu Oh bn6 DullQllB.
A number Of ladies in the state have been
found who can do wood carving. The arch
itect Of the building can use 100 carved
panels Of native wood for inside and out
side decoration of the building. On ten
varieties Of highly polished wood will be
painted various scenes in the state.
It is also the intention to display the in
genuity Of the wood carving by separating
the Woman's department. by wood carving
OF Moorish tret-Work hung with rich
drapery.
Under the various heads Of progress the
women will show the press, education, pro
gress OF labor, Invention, Indian work and
Indian missions, benevolent societies, and
like organizations, native birds, flora, and
stuffed animals
The educational exhibit, in fact, will be
one of the most important features by
which the woman will aim to show the ex
cellenCe which the schools Ofthe state have
obtained. Another feature will be the
flora exhibit, in which Washington ranks
the third state in the union in its variety
Mrs Crane, Of Spokane has
undertaken difficult and tedious
task in this direction and asks the assis-
tanee OF ladies in every part of the state.
Mrs. Crane is painting, on silk boiling
cloth, collection of the entire fora of the
state. She will classify each variety and
mount the whole collection on handsomely
tinted paper. In furthering this object she
ASKS ULldt Ine IaQleS OF olympia 1OrWarQ TO
her contributions oi the various specimens
OF flora they may have Mrs. Crane has
already over 100 varieties.
In the floral department of the state
building will be nursery for the hand.
soonest tlora the state can produce presery-
ing always the state flower, whatever it
may be. All states are putting forth every
effort TO make fine collection of plants,
and the women propose to see that Wash
ington's shall be the most varied and at
tractiye. A collection Of Indian curios
and several engrayings from Italy over two
hundred years old, owned by lady Of
Seattle, have been promised.
It is proposed to show the varied form of
every industry carried on in full or part,
by the women of the state; to collect ali
Literary work of merit by women, and to
form complete compendium Of every avo-
cation of women in life. All lines of line
needlework, embroidery in silk, etching on
linen and metals, modelling in clay, illus
trating books, inventions, carving, and
seuipturing. To carry out these plans,
Mrs Houghton is endeaVoring TO form
clubs in all the cities and towns in the
state, and has prepared for their use, con
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