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of eminent desert as respects both selection of subject and execution. 

 Boldness, truth, freedom and beauty stood forth in design and treat- 

 ment in nearly all the presented articles. A pictured thistle, of full 

 size, designed for a screen, suggested the Scottish legend — "Nemo 

 me impune lacessit" — in every spine. Some palettes with designs in 

 sepia and pencil were charming. A wreath of algae and a specimen 

 of pastile claimed attention and drew on our discretionery fund. 



Only one entry was made in crayon, whose designer will doubt- 

 less be heard from again with ripened taste in art. 



With such productions before them, your Committee had little 

 need to draw on imagination for the time when the stiff and gaudy 

 adornments of our household walls will be exchanged for the orna- 

 mentation of educated art, purchased in no metropolitan art gallery, 

 but drawn from the brains and by the hands of our native artists. 

 We of the present generation must step aside in preference of the 

 taste and advice of sons and daughters of higher progress and truer 

 cultivation for securing to the humblest home, internally and exter- 

 nally, the best combination of utility and beauty. Our awards are aa 

 follows : 



Best specimen Oil Painting, Miss IsabeUa Cass, Great Barrington, $0 



2d do., Miss Grace Robinson, Sheffield, 4 



3d do., Mrs. W. C. Benton, Lee, 3 



Best specimen Painting in Water Colors, Miss Isabella Cass, Great Barrington, 4 



2d do., Miss A. L. Pixley, Great Barrington, 3 



3d do., Miss M. A. Loop, Great Barrington, 2 



Best Crayon Drawing, Miss Louise Tobey, Great Barrington, 1 



Best Pencil Drawing, Miss Lillie Seeley, Great Barrington, 3 



2d do. , Miss M. A. Loop, Great Barrington, 2 



3d do., Boardman Tobey, Great Barrington, 1 



DISCRETIONARY. 



Water Colors, Miss A. N. Chapin, Pittsfield, $2 



Pencil, Miss Annie Lawton, Great Barrington, 1 



Pastile, Mrs. I. S. Fenn, Otis, 2 



Moss Work, Mrs. Zacheus Candee, Sheffield, 1 



Colored Photograph, Miss A. N. Chapin, Pittsfield, 2 



Oriental Painting, C. Gardner, Egremont, 1 



Birch Bark Pictures, Miss Anna Baldwin, Great Barrington, 2 



E. W. B. CANNING, ) 

 MRS. CHARLES E. CALLENDER. V Committee. 



MRS. H. H. SMITH, ) 



WAX, HAIR, FEATHER, CARVED AND SAWED WORK. 



Whole number of entries, 30. Wax Fruit or Flowers, 1 ; Hair Work, 2 ; 

 Feather Work, 2 ; Carved Work, 1 ; Fancy Sawed Work, 4 ; Miscellaneous, 20. 



The Committee award as follows : 



Best Hair Work, Mrs. I. S. Fenn, Otis, $3 



2d do., Mrs. M. E. Cowles, Sheffield, 2 



Best Feather Work, Mrs. J. E. Hollenbeck, Egremont, 3 



2d do., Miss A. L. Pixley, Great Barrington, 2 



Best Fancy Sawed Work, Frank Kirby, Sheffield, 2 



2d do. , George Pratt, New Marlboro, 1 



DISORETIONABY. 



Carved Work, Violin, George Moon, Great Barrington, 5 



Bouquet of Flowers, Ella Gardner, Egremont, 1 



