The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-04
WoMAN's WORK.
Very Complete and Highly Credit
able Display In This Department..

/ very complete ana Highly Credit
able Display In This Department.
In the balcony of the main building
| is arranged the display of woman's
work, which is most complete in every
! particular, and perhaps the largest on
the floor. With it's seventeen distinct
classes of work, everything is to be
found that "a wCman's ingenuity can
suggest.
A display of work done by old ladies
that occupies one corner receives as
much attention as some of the more
! modern and elaborate varieties of fan
cy work. Here are to be found patch
lSwork quilts, knitted socks, samples of
exquisite darning, crochet work and
other articles.
Entries in this department have been
made from every point in the state,
from st. George to the far north From
among the great number of articles
displayed in this department, compar-
atlVely few can be noted. Miss Emma
Foscher of st. George has fine dis
play of fancy work of various kinds,
including a very beautiful sofa pillow.
Mrs. j. H. Bamberger has on exhibition
fancy silk quilt. Mrs. Nellie A.
Brown, a log cabin quilt and plated
rug. Miss Kate Dougall of Springville
table cover. Mrs. j. Oberndorfer, a
beautiful poster pillow. Miss Sarah
Beals, q, very large collection of knit
ting. Miss Grace l. Frost, a very large
collection of Honiton and Duchesse
laces.
Among the novel features in the
woman's department is a collection of
artificial flowers made by Miss Helen
Stark of Brigham City. Miss Edella
Jacobs has one of the largest displays
of fancy articles, and Mrs. 1. A Shaw
one Of the largest collections OF beau
tiful laces. Mrs. Shaw's Battenburg
and Mrs. II. S. Young'a collection of
Honiton and point lace are the envy of
every woman who sees them. Mrs. K.
Hansen has fancy silk quilt that has
been much admired, and Mrs. Mary S.
Smith has a most attractive display of
white sewing made by class of little
girls of and 10 years.
Mrs. McCallmet of Logan sent in a
beautiful fancy silk quilt yesterday
Mrs. G. F. Goodwin of this city is also
showing silk quilt, Miss Mary Jensen
a very fine display of fine sewing and
knitting, Mrs. L. C. Alexander United
States flag made Of straw and straw
card case. Mrs. &c. McCuliona shows
some fine cotton and wool lace and
wooden stockings, Mrs. II. T. Shurtliff
of Mill Creek two cotton patched
quilts, Mrs. w. H. Bagby some exquis-
tie Battenburg lace and two knitted
cotton bedspreads of the most wonder
full workmanship.
Mrs. w. Groesbeck brought in a por-
there of her own work yesterday that
is one of the most beautiful pieces of
work on exhibition. 1t was placed in
one of the large upright cases. Mrs.
M. A. Jakeman exhibits a very fine
collection of fancy work, which in
cludes lunch cloths, tray squares, doy-
lies and centerpieces. Miss Bessie T.
Crager of Provo has a large collection
of fancy articles, and Miss Lulu Buckle
a display of dressed dolls that will de-
light the youthful visitors to the fair.
Miss Emma Hurlbut and Mrs. A D.
Freedel exhibited cotton patchwork
quilts, and Mrs. L. Pendleton shows
some beautiful silk lace made by an
old lady of rs years. The same lady dis
plays some exquisite hemstitching
Included in this department, but |
placed in the fair as a personal exhibit, |
is the silk of Mrs. Mary c. Dougall OF |
Springville. A street gown OF silk and |
wool, spun by the Provo wooden mill |
people, a dressing gown made of the |
same bunting as was used for the flag |
that went to the worlds fair, shop
ping bag made of the refuse silk, and a
few smaller articles about complete |
Mrs. Dougall's display, outside of her |
great quantity of spun silk. She is a /
for the special prize offered
for the best ten pounds of spun silk |
raised as result of one years work.
Located beside Mrs. Douglas display
S Mrs. A. H. Little, who makes the
beautiful torchon lace. A great qran-
-ity of Mrs. Titles work is exhibited,
md she is now trying her patterns
with silk furnished by Mrs Dougall
or the experiment The work. done
80 that the Spectators may see the
process.
Mrs. Margaret a. Caine is again in
,harge of the silk exhibit of the Utah
commission. While this is under the
head of manufactures, it is distinctly a
work. a very large quantity
# cocoons has been placed on exhibit
ion. as well as a great deal of the
beautiful yellow spun silk Mrs Game
las made her display most attractive
~ using the beautiful Worlds Fair
lags and portiers.
The judges of the entire department.
# women's work are Mrs. Egbert Rob
rts, chairman: Mrs. Bertha Bamber-
'er and Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Bamber-
Ier and Mrs. Ruth NJ. Fox are super
'isors of the department.