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out thought and uiitiring efloi-t, much less easel painting. 

 Let us hope to see steady improvement each year, as fresh 

 helps constantly offer themselves, and good instruction 

 opens to many. 



The committee would suggest that a separate committee 

 be provided, another year, for the two branches combined in 

 this: That a little more space be given the pictures, as a 

 limited amount necessitates the hanging of some above the 

 range of vision. 



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S. S. Kimball, for the Committee. 



AWARDS. 



Miss Frank Sumner, Salem, handkerchief, gratuity, 50 

 cents; Miss L. E. Daniels, Salem, fire board, gratuity, $1 ; 

 Miss A. L. Hill, Salem, pillow shams, gratuity 50 cents ; 

 M. T. Pitman, Salem, design, gratuity, 50 cents: Lilla Per- 

 kins, Salem, banner, gratuity, f I : M. E. Stanley, Salem, 

 oil painting, gratuity, 50 cents ; Mrs. W. \j. Bowdoin, 

 Salem, ice cream set, gratuity, 50 cents; Mrs. C. N. Sy- 

 monds, Salem, brass placque, gratuity, 50 cents; Lizzie 

 Cheever, Salem, afghan, gratuity, 50 cents; Abbie Gr. Bux- 

 ton, Peabody, table cloth, gratuity, 50 cents; Mary L. 

 Smith, Salem, sofa cushion, gratuity, 50 cents; Helen A. 

 Wilson,, Salem, child's dress, gratuity, 50 cents; Miss A. 

 P. Perkins, Salem, one dozen plates, gratuity, 50 cents ; 

 Mrs. E. V. Emilio, Salem, quilt and shams, gratuity, 50 

 cents ; Minnie Albro, Danvers, shawls and capes, gratuity 

 50 cents; Clara H. Sweetser, Peabody, panels, gratuity, $3 ; 

 Clara H. Sweetser, Peabody, silk quilt, gratuity, $1.50{; 

 Mrs. Henry Pushee, Beverly, tidy, gratuity, 50 cents ; Miss 

 A. L. Chadwick, Salem, sofa pillow top, gratuity, ^3 ; Miss 

 E. W. Chadwick, Salem, cups, pitcher, etc., gratuity, $1 ; 

 Gertrude Gardner, Salem, hood, gratuity, 50 cents; Mrs. 

 E H. Page, Salem, placque, gratuity, 50 cents; Mary E. 

 Flowers, Salem, thermometer, gratuity, 50 cents ; Mrs. 0. 

 M. Harris, Salem, sofa pillow, gratuity, 50 cents; Charles 



