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

148 ART AND HANDICRAFT sented, often by experts, and commented upon. The fourth Monday, at first reserved for some popular entertainment, was at last given in charge to the Committee on Education. To these occasions was soon added a Club Tea, following the discussion of the Work Committee afternoon. The club embraced in. its membership a number of able women, and the zeal of the more thoughtful soon made itself felt through- TAPESTRY FROM RAPHAEL’S CARTOON, "THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES.” Annie Lyman. United States. out the whole body. Questions very important to the community, and reforms which have proved very valuable, were sometimes started at these meetings, and have been much forwarded by the action of the club. While remaining distinctively a woman’s club, a few eminent men were admitted to its fellowship. Prominent among these were William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the poet Whittier, and noble Judge Sewall, the untiring champion of the political and civil rights of women. Miss Abby W. May, a woman eminent in the community for judgment and character, was the life-long chairman of the Work Committee. Mrs. Caroline M.