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

GERMANY. TN anticipation of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chi- I casro in 1893—the first international exhibition which lias A presented a comprehensive review of all that woman has done in the domains of art, science, industry, education, charity, and phi - amhropy—the Imperial Commissioner called together in the spring of ! 892Pa number of leading German women. From these a centra committee was formed, under the patronage of Her Imperial High- ness the Princess Frederick Charles. Headquarters were esta - Wished in Berlin, and a large number of sub-committees were appointed in different parts of the German Empire. The.°ffi£ers this committee are: Mrs. Schepeler-Lette, prudent; “g '. vice-president; Mrs. Kaselowsky, secretary; Mrs. Dr;æ*Xw’ assistant secretary; and Mrs. Schrader, treasurer The follow, ing ladies accepted the position of honorary president. Count ess von Pueckler, the wife of State Minister De brueck and the wife of State Minister von Schelling. The centra copm ee co - sists of the presidents of all the German sub-committees. Among its members are: Miss von Cotta, Mrs. Jessen, Miss von Hobe, Miss Fuhrmann, Miss von Keudell, Mis. Heyl, Mrs. Morgenstern, and Mrs. Vely, from Berlin; Mrs. S1“s?? Asch of Breslau, Mrs. Weber of Tuebingen, and Mrs. Bonhoefer Of Separate * committees, the members of which a«^0- to mention, have labored with untmng energy. Thanks t-the« efforts Germany has been able to make an exceptionally complete exhibit in the Woman’s Building. There are there r«Prese”ted products and models relating to commerce, manufactures, cook- tag schools, house-keeping schools (schools in domestic Froebel’s kindergartens and seminaries, schools for little c ren, high schools and scientific institutes, home missions^hos- pital service, hygiene, eating-houses for the poor, punt g, p raphy, art, horticulture, etc. , 1 A valuable addition, which should notably facilitate the study of this contribution to the Exposition, consists of the statistical (213)