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some extremely interesting and, in a measure, odd fabrics showing 

 Batik decorations. There are beautiful dyed fabrics from Neigh- 

 borhood House in Washington, and also from Mr. Pellew, of New 

 York. The Quaker lace manufactory of Philadelphia has supplied 

 some remarkably fine and lovely machine laces, while handmade 

 lace has come from Minnesota and from the School of Italian 

 Workers in New York. Linens woven abroad from American de- 

 signs are exhibited by McCutcheon, of New York, and exquisite 

 ecclesiastical embroidery is shown by Mrs. Halsey Wood, of the 

 same city. 



In the most southern room on the west side of the foyer, allotted to 

 the exhibition, the Gorham Company has installed an exceptionally 

 rich and important collection of works in bronze and the precious 

 metals and in stained glass. In the following room is a display by 

 the School of Fine Arts of the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial 

 Art, a very extensive and comprehensive exhibit, including work in 

 iron, pottery, leather, wood carving, jewelry, illustration, mural deco- 

 ration and costume design. Not only is student effort shown, but 

 that of graduates as well, with the result of demonstrating that a 

 high standard has been set and upheld. In the third and final room 

 is an exhibit prepared by the Art in Trades Club, of New York, illus- 

 trating art in house furnishing and decoration, a series of designs by 

 Miss Sallie T. Humphreys showing not only the design but also the 

 material produced therefrom — wall papers, bronzes, lamps and fur- 

 niture. The room likewise contains some exceptionally interesting 

 iron work from F. Kraser & Co., Samuel Yellin, the John Williams 

 Co. and Googherty & Co. I. Kirehmayer, of Boston, has a little 

 statuette of a Madonna in wood carving, which has been wrought 

 with the skill and feeling of medieval work ; while Conrad Scapecchi 

 contributes some delightful works in gesso, graffito and illumination. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



The sundry civil act for 1914, approved June 23, 1913, authorized 

 the exhibition at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at 

 San Francisco in 1915 of " such articles and materials as illustrate 

 the function and administrative faculty of the Government of the 

 United States tending to demonstrate the nature and growth of our 

 institutions, their adaptation to the w^ants of the people, and the 

 progress of the Nation in the arts of peace and war," and created 

 a Government Exhibit Board to consist of three members, to be 

 appointed by the President from the executive departments. The 

 Board constituted under the latter provision consists of Hon. A. C. 

 Miller, chairman, Dr. S. W. Stratton and Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner. 

 The President also designated Mr, W. de C. Eavenel as secretary to 



