arments in that
they were beautiful and in good taste in spite of their
elaborateness.

It would have been advantageous if the women's work had been
arranged separate from the men's, because they would have
attracted more attention as a woman's exhibit per se and would
therefore have called greater attention to the progress women
have made in these lines. In other words, the separate exhibit
would have served better for a comparative study of woman's
advancement in the past ten years.

There was a greater variety of woman's work than was shown at
the Chicago Exposition, and that in itself showed an
advancement. The greater scope gave evidence of a broadening
influence, and the women showed themselves proficient in all
they undertook.

As compared with the work of men, I should say that the women's
exhibit had every right to be placed side by side with the
men's, just as was done.

In Group 58 was eventually placed the wonderful piece of embroidery of
the "Sistine Madonna," the work of Miss Ripberger, of Berlin. The linen
upon which the life-like figures were wrought was probably 6 by 8 feet
in size, and in order to reproduce the colors the silk had been matched
with the colors in the original painting. The reproduction of Raphael's
wonderful work was a marvel of artistic ability and patience, and was
exquisitely executed. It justly deserved the grand prix accorded it.

Department H, agriculture, Mr. Frederic W. Taylor, chief, comprised 27
groups and 137 classes, the board of lady managers being represented in
but five groups.

Group 78, Mrs. W.H. Felton, of Cartersville, Ga., Juror.

Under the heading of "Farm equipment--Methods of improving
lands," the three classes into which it was divided represented:
Specimens of various systems of farming. Plans and models of
farm buildings; general arrangement; stables, sheepfolds, barns,
pigsties, breeding grounds; special arrangements for breeding
and fattening cattle; granaries and silos; furniture for
stables, barns, kennels, etc. Material and appliances used in
agricultural engineering, reclaiming of marshes, drainage,
irrigation.

Mrs. Felton says, in a letter accompanying her report:

In accordance with your official request, I have prepared a
short resume of the work as juror in Group Jury No. 78. It was
the central group--I mean, the leadin