The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
Y. w. c. A. INDUSTRIAL WORK
Exhibits of Embroidery, Sewing,
Cooking, Millinery, Etc.

An exhibit OF the years work at the Young
Woman's Christian association will be shown
this evening in the association rooms and
the young women from the different classes
were busy all day arranging it in the par
lors, halls and class rooms. In the rest room
are the embroderies, lunch cloths, center
pieces pillows and other pretty pieces. One
lunch cloth has jonquis scattered over it
and is exceedingly we'll worked. There is
quite display of Battenberg lace ranging
from black bolero through collars and ber-
thas to the little protection collars. Miss Os-
terberg has had charge Of the work in en-
brodery and her pupils show great progress.
Mrs. J. M. Gray has taught sewing to forty
young women, several of whom did not know
how to wear thimble when they entered the
class. The books showing the course of work
are very interesting and the. small samplers
are neatly made. They include scanning,
hemming, telling, basting, hemstitching,
patching, rolled seams, scanning flannel,
gathering and the other branches of fine
ueedlework. The larger, garments illustrate
| how the sewers have put their knowledge to
| practical use and several pretty under
things will be shown The shirtwaists are
! included in the sewing exhibit and the twenty
young women who have attended the five les
| sons have learned to draft and cut garment,
TO haste and put it together. One clever girl
| made three waists in four lessons.
| The millinery class under the direction Of
| Mrs. Catherine Wyman will show a dozen
| pretty dress hats and as many children S
hats. In addition there will be some bows
for the hair The basketry class will have
| something interesting in the way Of rattan
and rata baskets.
The class in cooking will make practical
exhibit Miss Healy and the members Of the
committee, Mrs Washington Yale and Mrs
John w. Thomas, Jr., have arranged to have
three tables properly set On one salad
course will be shown. The salad will be OF
moulded aspic in lettuce leaves. With this
| will be cheese straws and rings and the
whole will carry out a color scheme OF green
and white. At the table showing how dessert
! should be served everything will be in yellow
and white. The dessert will be a mould OF
| yellow and white jelly and the cakes, some
| thing new made by the members OF the
maids class. The third table will show how
to prepare for an informal chatting dish sup.
per or luncheon at which curried salmon viii
be the chief dish. There has been a large
! attendance in the cooking classes this veal
and the number includes twelve matrons
} forty-two young women at home, many o
whom are prospective housekeepers, twenty
one business women, and thirty five maid
and cooks. The cooking department has ais
made the new frappe which will be serve'
q. during the evening by Mrs. George Harrison
and group Of assisting young women.
The work of the educational department. will
7 not be the least interesting. Work in Eng
1 lish, arithmetic and bookkeeping will b
shown from classes conducted by Mrs. White
3 Misses Zinnel and Ludwig and Mr.. Bailey
Several Of the girl could not write at al
: when they entered the class and their pen
$ manshp now is clear and distinct. In add
ton to the exhibit there will be an attras
7 tive program given and the officers of tn
q association and the members of the commit
: tee will receive the guests. @