Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-16
WOMEN AT WORK.

Fair-The Report of the Lady Managers
-Women's Columbian Gibbs in Eighty
six Counties-AIany Attractive Exhibits
Prepared
The following report has been made
by the lady managers of the Kansas
exhibit:
Mr. W. H Smith, Secretary Board of Man
ayers:
Dear Sir:-Under instructions of the
board OF manages, as committee On
women's work. we have visited eighty
six counties, and organized Women's
Columbian clubs at each county seat, in
order that every woman in Kansas
might become Interested in the exhibit
to be made by the women of the state
at the Columbian exposition We fur
nished these county organizations with
printed constitutions and bylaws and
lists of committees, to be used in per-
fecting auxiliary clubs in each township
of their respective counties The Kan
sas women are working earnestly to
produce creditable exhibit in every
line of industry. Space has been APP
piled for in all the competitive buildings
with one exception Ii E., the electrical
building). In the Woman's building
will be two beautiful chairs, furnished
by the Columb ian clubs, And in the
gallery of honor, where only the grand
est achievements of women from all
parts of the world will be admitted,
there will be seen rare specimens of
decorative and fine art done by women
of our state. In the walls of the as
sembly room, which is inlaid with pam
els of carved wood, donations from the
different states, will be found four
carved and two polished panels of Kan
sas wood. These panels of sycamore,
catalpa, ash. oak and maple were Sc
cured through the Women's Columbian
clubs of our state: Mrs. Eva Lockwood,
of Oak Valley, contributing the time
and labor given to the carving.
The Kansas state building will be
furnished mainly through the efforts
of the Women's Columbian clubs
They donate tables of carved and
inlaid wood and polished stone,
also unique table made of
straw, numerous chairs richly
upholstered. with name of county indi-
Gated Carved wood and horu chairs
and comfortable splint-bottom chairs
will be provided. as well as carved and
handsomely upholstered lounges and
divans, large rugs for the parlors, beau
tiful screens, choice paintings and rich
draperies, with other decorative arti-
cleS, provided to make our Kansas
building both attractive and comfort
able. The women of the Shawnee
County Columbian club will furnish
the library, making this literary and
historical room one of the most inter
esting in the building. In the display
room will be exhibited the best speci-
mems of the handiwork of our women,
from the most delicate art embroidery
to rag carpet. In this department a
dining table will be set with pieces OF
hand painted china, collected from our
best artists in that work
The women will take special pride in
the decoration of the main gallery on
the second floor, which will be devoted
in part to the display of the amateur
fine arts of our state. The Eastern
Star, the Woman's Relief Corps and
other organizations of our state will
have EN- blematic represen tations in oil
paintings, which have been designed
by Kansas women. The Social Science
club will have souvenir volume con-
tanning an outline of their studies since
its organization and portraits of each
president. One club furnishes a mantel
of native wood, carved by a Kansas
woman, to decorate the ladies' parlor.
Another club will furnish polished
stone mantel for the gentlemen's par
| lOr.
Beautiful fountains will be presented
by the women of the state, to be used
in the Kansas building during the ex-
position. There will be an exhibit OF
| jelly in the horticultural building. The
wire receptacle will be a representation
of our state university and will hold
| 1880 glasses of jelly. The expense of
this attractive exhibit will be betrayed
by the Women's Columbian clubs of ths
| state.
Charts upon the walls of the state
| building will show the organized voca
| tions of the women of Kansas and
records of their literary and charitable
work. Their efforts in church work
will be shown from the earliest settle
ment of the state, on charts handsome
| ly decorated.
Beautiful cabinets containing collec
tions of products and curios will be dis
played in the main exposition room.
Statistics showing the achievement:
| of individual women of Kansas, on the
farm and in the shops and factories an6
| in every vocation in which they are en-
gagged, are being collected, and will bt
presented. We will show that the
woman on the farm with the vegetable
| garden, and the butter, eggs and poul
| try, is a factor in the wealth of the
| state.
Appointments have been made anG
we will be represented in every branch
of the auxiliary congress by the best in
| tellect of the women of Kansas.
Arrangements have been made for ar
excellent representation of the musica
talent of the state.
We are in correspondence with WON
en- in every part of our state, and {
widespread interest is manifested il
! this work. We expect to collect and
| arrange such an exhibit as will show
to the world what we so well know
| shat the women OF Kansas are tn.
equals of any in intellect, education
refined taste and in ability to plan ant
| executive power to carry plans to ;
practical, successful issue Very tru1,
yours,
MRS. ROBERT B. MITCHELL,
Mrs. LEWIS HANBACK,,
Committee.