Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 139 these concerts will be a mark of high honor, and will confer a last- ing distinction, the advantages of which can not be overestimated. “ Minnesota has decided to bestow a medal upon each successful candidate belonging to that State, and it is hoped that other States will follow its example. The concerts are intended to provide a public appearance for those amateurs of distinction who are shut out from the concert-room of the professional, and who, for various reasons, may not wish to appear therein. Quartettes, trios, either vocal or instrumental, choral and orchestral organizations of women will be eligible for examination. The examinations will take place not later than February, 1893, eitherat Chicago or at several cities in the different States. It is hoped that all candidates for these concerts will com- municate with the chairman of the Woman’s Board for their State, or with the undersigned, as soon as possible. It is also desired that all women following music as a profes- sion, and wishing to appear in the Wom- an’s Building, will make application to FRENCH COLBERT POINT LACE FLOUNCE. Exhibited by Lefebure. France. Theodore Thomas, Musical Director of the Exposition. “The National Committee on Music in the Woman’s Building congratulates itself that in the above plan it has the hearty sympa- thy of Theodore Thomas and of the entire Bureau of Music, and that it finds itself in complete harmony with the broader and more comprehensive scheme of musical illustration as outlined by Mr. Thomas in his first official bulletin, recently issued. It needs but a cordial response and earnest effort on the part of American women to win for their sex such a recognition as the great occasion alone makes possible.”