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

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 175 find so wide a field of profitable endeavor, will prove of the deepest interest. This second section is devoted to monographs concerning works of private benevolence, such as creche societies for the rescue and protection of children, orphan asylums, workmen s infirmaries, the occupation of sick-nurses, sisters of charity, deaconesses, to state works, such as women's hospitals, clinics, societies for the aid of wounded soldiers, and health retreats, houses of refuge, of protec- tion, and of correction; societies in aid of penitent liberated con- victs, cooperative societies of mutual help, economy, and protection. Careful study has been bestowed upon the saving’s of women, the number of bank-depositors, and the sums placed to the credit of women as compared with those of men, the amount of savings in relation to professions, their average amount, and tlie progress and growth of women’s deposits. Soni© of the reports furnished, by tli6 abovc-namscl establish- ments, at the request of the committee, have been arranged in. the form of mural charts, and others have been gathered in an album, entitled an “ Album of Women’s Work,” for the convenient study of the public. Section 3.—Women’s Work. The work of women has been classified under the heads of manual, industrial, commercial, administrative, etc. The committee lias carefully ascertained throughout the depart- ments of France the proportion of working-women of all classes, especially tiiose engaged in agriculture and industrial occupations, and the amount of wages gained at different epochs and in different seasons. The conditions of labor have received particular attention, and with the object of obtaining tlie desired information a special cir- cular, containing appropriate inquiries, was addressed to those in charge of the principal industrial establishments. These inquiries regarded the number of women employed, daily hours of labor, wages paid, and societies of social economy intended for the assistance of employes. Tlie replies to these queries are gathered in the album entitled, “ Conditions of Labor Among Women.” The tasks intrusted to women in the world of business and the various public and private responsibilities attaching thereto have likewise been classified in the album just spoken of. 1 his includes the services of women in post offices, telegraph and telephone