New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-06
WOMEN LAUDED BY
BRUERE AT EXHIBIT
Chickens, Children, Ants
and Suffragists All
Make Merry.
RIG INDUSTRIAL
SHOW DRAWS CROWD
c;tv Chamberlain Tells of Fem
irine Civic Aid-Many
Novel Features.

.r,s nocr,nc Of baby chickens. the biaIo
90 ,be hand. the shrieks OF children sl"-
VI 4,o.r the playground exhibit. and me
..,s Of a hundred vendors Of popcorn
...s --orramn,os were the accompaniment
~ the opening of tho Nomen's lnous-
.-t.i Exhibition az tho Grand Central fS'-
~, Yesterday. The voice OF the Mayor
80 % have mingled with the rest out
,.,. In the evening he sent word that ne
uss unable 20 attend.
Tho affair had municipal sanction. now
.,r I'm the presence Of Henry Bruerc'
-,., chamberlain. Mr.. Brucre was the
-.,es, ~ ,hc Housewives League. and in
Il, s,eech he referred TO the active WORK
done hv that organization for the better
-,crf Of market conditions and the tgnt
against tho high cost Of living
Tho cooperation OF women with the
,,,ernment is highly desirable m all de-
s.-,rents." said Mr.. Bruore. lit is oniy
b, Tie union of the citizens ano the
-oye-rmert that our society can reach
RAJ high stage Of efficiency for which we
40 striving. The women must not think
90. t.,cy can Go everything all alone.
Ry this diplomatic conclusion Mr.
p-5e-e soo,hed the feelings Of everybody
,,-.erned. sufragists and anti-s difragists
alike.
Mrs Nelson n. Henry, manager Of the
exhibition. who is so pronounced an OPP
.ore-f Of the cause that no suffraSist
sa6 dared 90 suggest a booth at the eN-
Aib- This wear. said of course Mr.. Bruere
80 49, 70 co.
opsrste with the government and the way
N 40 IL most effectively was not to have
ne vote.
The exhibit Is divided this year between
.be Housewives League and tho women
exhibit proper. ON one side Of the hall
are al the exhibits Of pure foods which
have the Endorsement Of the league. ON
she other are The booths of the ten chart
table organizations for whose benefit the
exhibition is given. and booths Of women
engaged in occupations which do not come
under the Jurisdiction Of Mrs. Julian
heath
Among these is the chicken farm. Win
this Mrs Heath will have nothing 70 do,
save AS last night she walked across the
aisle and reproved the young farmer for
selling eggs at Sc cents.
81 paid only A. cents Tor eggs laid yes
terday.' said Mrs Heath. The young
farmer. who is Miss Eona Borland. didn't
know who Mrs Heath was, SO she smiled
and said she had no difficulty in getting
customers al her price.
The most interesting single object in the
exhibit is a slX-foot piece Of embroidery,
containing 10 different kinds OF stitches.
!, was made by a young Italian woman
and took ali Of her time for three years.
In the corner is the Womens Hall Of
Fame. Here are portraits Of twenty-five
women who have made good in various
professions. from sculpture TO dentistry.
Among them are Miss Janet Scudder,
Miss Cecilia Bcaux. Miss Grace Tabor,
landscape architect; Miss Clara Miller
T.rd and Or. Florence Bascom, geologist
4 solitary policeman stands guard over
on empty case. where as soon as some one
gets time 20 unpack IL there will repose
me Gribbel collection Of photographs OF
the original manuscripts OF Robert Burns
Mrs Henry T. Dimock is president of
the Women's Industrial Exhibit. Miss
Katherine Day IS in charge OF the Hall
o. Fame and the art collection, which
Viii contain three paintings by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. and sculpture by Mrs
William Astor Chanler. The exhibit viii
las, until February Is.