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

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 163 Buffalo, a member of the Board of Women Managers of New York. Miss Love is carrying on a model creche. A large, light, and airy room is devoted to the creche. In this is demonstrated the most healthful, comfortable, and rational system of dressing and caring for young children. Short lectures are given upon their food, clothing, and sleeping arrangements, and in connection with the creche there is an exhi- bition of infants’ clothing of all nations and times, their cradles, and other furniture. As the child grows and its mental faculties develop, the kinder- garten succeeds the creche; in the gracious atmosphere of its intelligent training the child-nature expands and develops sym- metrically. This department of child-life is demonstrated in the most complete manner. The kindergarten under this management is fitted up in the most attractive manner. All the latest apparatus necessary to the best exposition of the work has been provided. Little children developing daily their intellectual and moral faculties uncon- sciously, by means of the most fascinating entertainments, will be an object-lesson of great practical value to mothers and others having the care of children. Closely allied to the kindergarten is the kitchengarden. Miss Emily Huntington of New York, the founder of this system of education, conducts a kitchengarden, where classes of little folks are taught the useful arts of homekeeping. In so interesting and delightful a manner are sweeping, dusting, bedmaking, and cook- ing taught, that what might otherwise be an irksome task to chil- dren becomes an amusing recreation. For older children there will be a school for slojd, supported by Mrs. Quincy Shaw, and conducted by Gustav Larsson. Here an exhibit of wood-carving may be seen. Physical development is aptly illustrated by the North Ameri- can Turner-Bund. These interesting classes will inspire many a lad to seek after that physical perfection that was the pride of the Greeks and Romans. Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, chairman, of the committee on literature for children of the Congress Auxiliary, has charge of the library, .and has fitted it up tastefully, providing a full supply of children’s literature. A large number of portraits of the most eminent authors of children’s books adorn the walls. Here may be found the books of all lands, and in all languages, their newspapers, periodicals, etc.