Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-23
Big FAIR FOR WOMEN
Features of an Exhibition to Be
Held In New York.
EMPLOYEES ALL OF THE FAIR SEX

Exhibits From All Parts of the World
Will Ee Seen at Madison Square
Garden-Street of Nations to Circle
Arena md Venice Street to Occupy
the Basement.
"There's a feminine finger in every
pie. and the Woman's exhibition Will
nroye it."-Mrs. Sara Knowles, Presi-
dent Professional Woman's League,
Director General.
The pies the thing in America, and
the Woman's exhibition proposes to
convert the world to this lt.'-Alrs.
Gertrude Andrews, Official Piemaker.
Woman ir all her phases, with
Multiplicity Of activities to indicate her
past and future possibilities, will be
! the daily living picture at the Madison
Square Garden in New York during
| the two weeks. Oct. & to Is. while the
Woman's exhibition holds the boards,
says the New York World. From east
| and west, north and south, whether as
almond eyed daughter of Asia or dark
haired Mexican scnorita, she will bring
her best to add to the sum Of greatness
| of the sex.
The enterprise found its origin In
| distipctively feminine organization, the
| Professional WOmans league, and 1t is
| this body of 600 women who are work
ing with might and main to bring it TO
successful accomplishment, 1t will
comprehend an investment Of over
S2JO,OC0 and will employ more than
5000 persons. all of whom will be Of
the gentler sex and as comely, say the
managers. as any Broadway chorus.
A street of all nations will surround
| the arena of the Garden, where twenty
four peoples in characteristic occupa-
tons will give Kaleidoscope idea Of
| the scope Of the undertaking. Within
the Enclosure which this thoroughfare
circles the industrial section will be
placed. A Red Cross field hospital.
with It's corps of doctors again women)
and nurses and the appliances for
emergency surgery, will be shown.
OF fnterest to mothers will be the
nursery as it was and as it is. The
old fashioned ponderous crib and chairs
will be seen in the former exhibit,
while the latter will include all the
modern furnishings of the nursery, the
| kindergarten chairs, etc, and the va
rious ways of amusing child. Baby
incubators with improvements suggest
ed by women will also be on view.
In this department, as in the kitchen,
| the proposed colored wOmen'S part in
the exhibition will como into play. The
old NANNY nursing her little ones on
the floor and grooming the songs OF the
old south. as we'll rs the auntie in the
cOokhouSe making wonderful corn
pOueS and battercakes. will he Il study
IN national customs.
One element of the kitchen display.
which will represent many countries.
| will be distinctly modern and distinc-
| lively American. This will be the pure
white apartment. fitted with a gas
| stove. where Mrs. Gertrude Andrews.
with the assistance Of Miss Carmelita
! Beckwith. will prove to the male under
! standing that woman can make and
bake seventeen pies in batch as pal
atable as any mother ever made and
| yet look pretty throughout the per-
Torrance.
Women designers in wall paper, car
| pets. book covers. etc., will be an i'm
portant addition to the ensemble. Car
| pet weaving, making furniture and the
| turning out Of metal novelties will have
their place.
| The Professional Woman's league,
] which has each year made its bazaar
feature Of the Christmas season. will
use large section near the center of
| the floor for it's contribution. Theat-
rical dolls. in imitation Of celebrated
actresses in their favorite characters.
will be the special. commodity. Two
hundred Of these dolls. with the waXen
representatives Of various nations. are
now in the hands Of their modlstes.
Hairdressing and identifying with all
manner of feminine art in the way or
| personal adornment or Improvement
will be shown.
| In the commercial section all that q
woman uses. from hairpin to q steam
launch, will be in evidence, and milli-
ners, bootmakers, dressmakers and 9TH
ers Of that ilk will be in their glory.
The costume exhibit is intended to
cover exhaustively changes in fashions
from the period Immediately succeed
ing the fig leaf to the present. Theat-
rical wardrobeS will have part in this.
\ picture gallery and museum, as we'll
as an educational exhibit, will be In
different parts of the Garden.
One Of the most picturesque spots
and the haven for amusement seekers
will be the Venice street. to be located
In the basement. where typical Vene-
tian houses Of dScolored stone will
flank the broad way. with its bridges
crossing hidden canals. The vista OF
| seemingly endless gardens will be ac-