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

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 269 of long ago. In making a selection for the exhibit of work to be sent to the Woman’s Building at Chicago, it has been thought best to give, as it were, a retrospective glance at the work of the Danish women in the past, as their modern industries are fully represented by Denmark’s general exhibit. OLD SILK PETTICOAT. In the Possession of the d’Arenstorff Family for Two Hundred Years Exhibited by Mme. Vallo, nee d’Arenstorff. Denmark. The most ancient article in the collection is a superb petticoat, embroidered by hand, belonging to Madame Wallo, née d’Arens- torff, which has been in her family since the seventeenth century. A baptismal robe is remarkable for the daintiness of the stitchery; the baby doll, in state swaddling-clothes, and the bridal veil are