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

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 217 of fans, the majority of which have been already awarded prizes in Karlsruhe. We will only mention among them the works of the following ladies: Erler, Laudien, Wedekind, Ankermann, and Wittmann, and regret that space does not allow a more detailed description. A large chest of drawers placed in the immediate vicinity of the fans contains many exquisite embroideries of dif- ferent styles, nearly all of them works of the highest order. Among them is one of white satin, with many-colored embroidery, m the style of the Renaissance, by Miss Barbara Wolf; also a large bed- cover executed with ebony-colored cordonet silk in open embroid- ery; some artistic hand-work from the atelier of the Lette Club; an ornamental pillow by Mrs. von Wedel, executed in the most exquisite manner, with gold silk and applique on red satin, as well as a rich collection of covers and pillows of various styles, among which the fine work of Mrs. Gerson deserves mention. A wall-hanging about 19% feet square, executed in gobelin embroid- ery, is unique and beautiful. The design was taken from an o motif of the fifteenth centur, . This is also by Miss Wolf. Germany has always been distinguished by the excellence of her schools, and they are worthily represented by the exhibits of the Sophien Institute of Weimar, the public schools of Breslau and Munich, the working-women’s school of Reutlingen, the high school of Rheydt, the Women’s Educational Club of Breslau, and the Lette Club of Berlin. All these institutions offer numerous illustrations of their achievements in the field of woman s hand- work. The case of the latter illustrates also the great extent of the field covered by its institutes, which include the commercial and photographic schools that provide secure positions in life for a large number of young girls. In this connection a small exhibit of lace from the school at Schmiedeberg may be mentioned, as it illustrates the many processes of lace-making. In this school was manufactured the point lace of the silver wedding-dress of Her Majesty the Empress Friedrich, presented by the ladies of Silesia. This lace may be seen in the exhibit. The “ People’s Kitchen ” and the “Household Schools” of Mrs. Morgenstern are shown in three small models, while certain statis- tical0 tables compiled by the same lady are exceedingly valuable A child’s cooking-stove, with stove furniture, a charming model of the kindergarten in Breslau, the school for little children in Sieg- ersdorf, all demonstrate what has been done in this field. Among works of charity we find: Pictures of hospitals, exhib- ited by the Woman’s Club of Baden, the patroness of which is the