The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-08
remains an excellent work of rsrere &c
for future days.

remains an excellent work or rafere &c
for future days.
Mrs. Stevens has just forwarded to
Chicago, for the Department of Litera-
ture, several poems written by the wife
of Richard Stockton. of Princeton, one OF
the sigrers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence from the State of New Jersey.
Among the number an ode to General
Washington, and letter from him
to the poetess, thanking her TOR her
tribute, also a correspondence ensuing
fEom this episode. Besides this the re
will be sent accounts of women's work
during the Revolution, when the daugh-
ter of the Governor of New Jersey made
bullets to shoot redcoats, or during the
Civil War-deeds of silent heroism whose
record is Indispensable i'll making up the
account of woman's work.
1t is improbable that New Jersey W Ill
attempt to exhibit woman's skill in cook
cry. but then cooks have grown SO ac-
customed to having their best efforts put
out of sight that they will not complain.
New York will maintain o cooking
school during the Fair. There are several
occupations just opened for women which
cannot be represented, rs for instance,
the inspectorships at the Custom House
now filled by women. In such cases, a
record of names and occupations, etc.,
will be sent to the Fair.
IT FRIGHTENED THE PRESIDENT.
The method of reaching particular r
localities has been for the State author
tiles to call a meeting of prominent wo-
men in each city and town, state the plan
and appoint Off GERS in charge of the work.
Mrs. ]. u. Bedle was asked to take charge
of the work in this city. and, indeed. did
SO, for very few hours, but VIII en- the
bundles and bales of official documents
came pouring in upon her, the magnitude
of the undertaking dawned on her mind.
and frightened her into sudden with
drawal. One glance at the mass of docu-
ments would have produced the same
effect in nine women out of ten.
All exhibits are to be sent to the Pru-
dehtial Buildings. Newark, where juries
appointed for the purpose will judge upon
their merits, and select the best for ship
ment to Chicago. Here there will be an
other judgment, SO that the final results
will be the best of all the mass submitted.
1t was at first expected that all the
woman's work would be in by the middle
of February. but the postponement of the
Fair opening will give little more time.
TIE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.
The ladies of Hoboken who are
assisting Mrs. Stevens are Mrs.
G. F. -Kunz, No. 1.004 Gar
den street, President of Hoboken
division; Mrs. G. D. Julien, No. 952 Bloom
field street, and Mrs. Henry Morton. No.
527 River street. Vice President; Miss E.
A. Allen, No. 1917 Garden street, Secre-
tary, and Mrs. e. j. Simon, No. 92S
Bloomfield street. Treasurer.
It is impossible at this time to give an
account of the separate exhibits, since
the sending of these is the last step in the
work. The formation of committees and
subcommittee to obtain the names of
women-workers has taken up this time,
and now that they are fairly on the way,
the end is at hand. When the exhibits
do come they will come from all parts OF
the State at once, they will come with a
rush. and there will be plenty of work
for the judges at the Newark Prudential
Buildings. Meanwhile, If any reader OF
this paper knows of any woman worker,it
will confer favor upon the ladies men
toned to furnish them with her name
and address.