The Washington times., 1895-03-30
FRUITS OF W0hEK's Toll
Beautiful Exhibit of Work at the
Business WOnlan's Club.
HANDS AND HEARTS MERE INIT
Fine Specimens Of Art Productions
and Modern Styles Represented-Decora-
tions on China and Velvet--Interesting
Relics of Grandmothers' Days-Flag and
a Quilt with History-other Specimens.

The Business Woman's Club at 606
Eleventh street, where anexhibit of woman's
work of every description has been prepared
was opened for a private view last night
shortly after eight O'Clock. The sale which
isto be regularly opened to-day and continue
through Monday and Tuesday is one well
worth the attention of Washingtonians. In
it is embraced every class Of work from that
in which the sole agency is the hand to that
displaying the highest effort of hand heart
and brain separately and combined
From end to end the rooms are filled with
the specimens OF beautiful workofthe various
exhibitors. In this collection there not only
appears the workmanship of the present
time, with every up TO date idea carried sue
cessfully into execution but there are uumer-
GUS specimens of needlework dating back to
the early days of the eighteenth century
With such an infinite variety it is almost
impossible to mention any one exhibitor
The list of artists which is larger than that
OF any other department includes the name
of Miss Alme Solomons, Miss Minnegerode,
Miss Juliet Thompson, Miss Helen Nicolay,
Miss Boring, Miss Alice Archer Sewall,
The latter artist had some good specimens
also of Illustrating in black aud white. Mrs.
Ellen K. Bradford has an exhibit of pen and
ink drawing illustrating an original poem.
ARTISTS WHO ARE REPRESENTED.
In water colors the artists represented
| are Miss wilkinson, Miss Agnes Leavett, Miss
Woodruff Miss Menden and Mrs. W. R.
Davis. Miss Frances johnson has a splendid
exhibit of interior and out-of-ioor photo
| graphs. Miss Uhl, daughter OF the Assist
| ant Secretary, is also an exhibitor.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Fox has number of etchings
shown and Miss Sophie Lowrey has a num-
| Der of finely executed medallions and minia-
lures in addition to other work of similar
nature.
Miss Adelaide johnson has specimens of
| her work as a sculptor. Mrs Marie Louise
| Carusi has in addition to specimens of en-
| crossing some fine panels painted as stapestry
and examples OF illuminated lettering. The
decorated panels shown by Miss f. Jane
| Stevensas well as the painting on velvet are
| the same for which she received prizes at the
| Worlds Fair.
In china decorating the exhibitors are
| Miss S. A. Buckingham, Miss Pierce, Miss
Constance Adams, and Mrs. Ada Adams.
| As interior decorators, Miss Sheldon and
| Miss Temple lead. Tile latter had the
| honor of being selected TO decorate the Con-
necticut room of the Woman's Pavilion
at the Worlds fair. In these decorations
! nothing is omitted, from the designing OF
| wall llpaper tc the minutest details of stained
| glass and brass work of various kinds.
The Misses Curry make one of the very
interesting displays OF fancy work of every
| kind. In paper work Mrs. Towers is the
| exhibitor.
Madame Payne has numerous adjuncts
TO the dressing table in the manicure
line, made especially by herself Mrs
| Howard has fine drawn work. Mrs Har
| Ian has her speciality OF painting in gold on
| betting cloth, and Mrs. Hensey has numerous
fine specimens of embroidery shown
LAWYERS BRIEF AND A CAKE.
Mrs Ellen D. Mussey takes her part in the
exhibit by furnishing as specimens Of her
work, lawyers brief and cake. Mrs.
Henry j. Finley contributed a valuable
prescription and box of pills as the most
Characteristic samples of her work.
One corner of the front room was fitted
up with a Turkish divan, hangings and
numerous kinds of Turkish work loaned by
| Miss Harriet Romaine Doolittle, who, es-
consced in this same corner, will for fee
| unravel to the curious the web of their
future fortune.
Mrs. d. G.. f. Rivinn is represented in
her work by numerous Jars of preserves and
pickles DR. Nancy D. Richards, in addition
toan elaborate prescription, has as her work
a pair or wooden socks and some fine darn
ing
Mrs. Hearst has loaned some exquisite
specimens of Russian drawn work in bright
colors, and embroideries of the richest
description.
One of the interesting army relics is a
IL,
waved from the Flagstaff over Armory
square and during the years in which the
rebellion lasted was used as a winding
sheet for no less than fourteen hundred dead
soldiers. This was loaned by Mrs. Finley.
having been the property OF her father, the
late DIR. D. w. Bliss
Another relic also loaned by Mrs. Finley
was an old patchwork quilt, made March
| II, 1864. by the women of Charles Street
Baptist church. In each square the maker
had written some favoritc sentiment TO
which her autograph was attached. This
quilt was used first for little Johnnie,
the fourteen-year-o drummer boy, whose
name is a familiar one to the veterans of
the war.
QUAINT OLD PRODUCTION
Hanging just above this is another much
larger and in every way far more ornate
quilt loaned by Mrs Paire as the handi-
work of her mother. It's white ground
on which elaborate garlants and bouquets
are arranged by cutting out the flowers
and then tufting them, before carefully
stitching them ON the plain surface.
Mrs. II. P. K. Holt sends, among other
things, some quaint bodioes and befrilled
capes OF flowered dimity and silk worn by
her ancestors in the early colonial days.
Near these ere some eXquisitely fine pillow
cases edged with open work. The flax W as
I grown. spun and woven for these by Re-
becca Tuttle in 1880.
A curious little specimen of crochet work
loaned is the work of 'Esquimau Hannah, y
who was brought to this country by Capt.
Halls Arctic expedition. The art of cro-
cheting was learned by the Esquimau after
she left her native country.
forgotten in the exhibit OF woman's work,
Lo, the poor Indian, even, has not been
as is evidenced by the arrangement of one
corner in which the attractions are bits os
&ork of the willy savages. These licluGe
\ Navajo blankets, horn spoons, decorated
with many curious cords and tassels on
the handles. ana several Arapahoe dolls
Near these are specimens OF the work OF
Mexican women.