Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-05-26

runs gallery which is devoted to an exit
bition of the most disting uiShed works of
women
A roof garden is supported by caryatides,
which was modelled by a woman the Statu-
airy above the roof line, relief compositions,
mural decorations, structural decorations,
carved waincOating and balustrades for the
sta1rcases, open carved screens, ornamental
iron and brass work, decorative tapestries
and panels are all the work of women, and
illustrate the rank which they hold as arti-
slams and designers.
The building has social headquarters, par
lors, reading, writing and committee rooms,
and great congress hall. The building has
many rooms, which are variously occupied
as a library of books by women, records and
statistics of employments in which women
are engaged, a kindergarten room, model
kitchen, exhibits Of lace, embroideries, fans.
Jewels, silver and other women's work. and
hospital and training school for nurses in
operation.
In the exhibits there is not a single thing
made by the hand of man. Everything is by
women, and the hope is that they will clear
away misconceptions as to the originality
and inventiveness of women, and will demon
strate that while they have been largely
occupied as home makers and not trained for
industrial artistic pursuits, their
adaptability and talent have enabled them
to surmount the barrie1@ and limitations
which have hemmed them in.
women, among Hi the pSOpk6-
is alleged, were the originators of most of the
Industrial arts. While man the protector
fought or hunted, woman constructed the
home, ground the grain, dressed the skins
and fashioned them into garm ents- She in
vented the needle, thread, and the shuttle,
and was the first potter. She originated basket
making and ornamental work. and all of this
will be demonstrated in the chronological dis
play.
Portraits of Sappho and Hypatia and other
women of the MaSSic and medieval times are
shown, with what remains of the textile fab
ric, drawn work, rare tapestries and laces.
The old Bayeux tapestry made by Matilda Of
Flanders reproductions of the statues made
by Sabina Won Steinbach for the Strasburg
Cathedral; the book of Abbess Herrad
knowledge of her day, and a long list of SINH
lar products by women are shown. Naturally
field as extensive as this must bear much
fruit, and the Woman's Building ranks very
close to the more pretentious expOsitions in
the interest it will arouse.
Great Britain, America and Germany make
the best exhibits. The former shows every
kind of work in which the women Of Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are en-
gagged. Notable are embrOiderIes by Princess
Louise. the Royal School of Needlework, of
which QueSn Victoria is a patron, and the
Countess of Tankerville; sketches by Kate
Greenaway and Gertrude Bradley table nap
kinS made from fax spun by Queen Victoria !;
table cloth embroidered by Princess Helena,
and a straw hat plated by the Queen for
Princess Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein. The
English lace display is very fine, and its
paintings are numerous.
OF the American exhibits one of the most
beautiful is the library decorated and furn-
ished by the New York lady mana. gers, under
Mrs Candace Wheeler's direction The cell
ing is painted by Dora Wheeler Keith. Mrs
Wheeler's youngest daughter. The theme is
Science, Imagination and Romance" 1t is
of Venetian design and in FIVE sections. Mrs.
Candace Wheeler superintendent the interior
decoration of the Woman's Building, and
much Of the success of the woman's exhibit
is due to her.
Of course the United States is ahead of
eithsS Great BrYsin Or Germany. 1t Is
enough to say that the country has been ran
sacked from one end to tie other for woman's