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the necessity of entering each article, as it is brought in, at the 

 Secretary's desk. Several articles in this department this year 

 were not entered at all on our list. 



If the work of any child was entered by mistake in the wrong 

 department, or was in any way overlooked, don't let it hinder 

 him or her from trying again another year, as it will not be 

 iikelv to occur in his case aofain. 



As this department is for domestic and fancy articles, and 

 not for preserves, flowers, or anything that properly belongs to 

 another department, we removed some things that were placed 

 on this table to the proper place for them. We were sorry to 

 do it, as the articles would not probably receive the notice that 

 they would, had they remained on our table. The thought 

 came to us that it might be a good idea to have a " Children's 

 Department " in the basement, where the boys might display 

 the produce of their own raising, but this might not be 

 considered practicable. 



While we are commending the children's work, we like to 

 feel sure that the article was really done, with as little help as 

 possible, by the child whose name is attached to it. This 

 thought was suggested by overhearing some person, personally 

 unknown to us, speaking of one of the articles on our table, in 

 a way that gave us the impression that the work was not done 

 by the child at all, but was done by some older person, and, to 

 please the child, brought to the Fair in his own name. 



We should prefer to use the money, placed as gratuities on 

 such articles, for the benefit and encouragement of the little 

 ones who really do spend hours of patient labor on some 

 article, and bring it to the Fair as their own honest work. 

 While we consider it decidedly dishonest — and it certainly is 

 against the rules of the Society — for any person to carry a 

 piece of work to the Fair, and obtain a premium or gratuity 



