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

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 265 We find in this section some fine etched glass by Mrs. Petter- son, and a cistern in embossed copper by Mrs. Juel. An interesting medal exhibit is given, by Lea Ahlborn, who is connected with the royal mint, and designs medals for the govern- ment. The portrait of the Queen of Sweden and Norway, patroness of the Swedish Ladies Committee to the World’s Columbian Exposi- tion, liangs on the wall of the booth, and is surrounded by tapestries. In the library of the building are 130 volumes by the most eminent authors, from which we cite the names of Sta Briggita, Fredrika Bremer, Leffler-Caianello, Benedictson, Olivecrona, Adlersparre, Roos, and others. Several portraits have been hung in Assembly Hall. Among them are pictures of Jenny Lind, Christine Nilsson, Fredrika Bremer, and Sta Briggita. A stand holds music written by Mrs. Netzel, Misses Aulin, Andrée, and Munktell. A beautiful portfolio and an album, in embossed leather, by Miss Gisberg, incloses photographs and biographies of eminent musicians and authors of the present time. A large number of ladies have studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, and many female names have been prominent among the painters of the last decades. Among the exhibitors in the Swedish Section of Fine Arts, we find Mrs. Pauli, Mrs. Chadwick, Misses Bonnier, Schultzenheim, Keyser, and Jolin, and in the Swedish pavilion, water-colors by Miss Anna Palm. As we have tried to show by the above, the Swedish woman takes a great interest and an active part in the great works of cult- ure, and it was, therefore, with much pleasure she received the invitation from her American' sister, the most accomplished woman of our time, to take part in the Columbian Exposition. Thorborg Rappe.