REPORTS. 



CHlLDKliN'S DEPARTMENT. 



At noon of the second day of the Fair, up to which time, on 

 account of the unfavorable weather, contributors were allowed 

 to enter articles for exhibition, the names of thirty children were 

 found upon the entering list of this department, and fifty articles 

 upon the table, 



As we read over this list year by year, we miss one by one, 

 the names with which we had become familiar, and welcome new 

 names which we hope and expect will become, through annual 

 contributions, equally familiar to those who may have this de- 

 partment in charge. 



Among these new names is that of Annie L. Flavell, a younger 

 contributor than whom we do not expect to find in any depart- 

 ment of the Fair. We can almost fancy this wee maiden of two 

 and a half years lisping " The Song of the Shirt," and, 



"With tiiigers weary and worn — 

 I'lyinj;' her needle and thread," 



before all those little closely-set stitches were taken in the tiny 

 squares of patchwork. 



Other little girls who brought patchwork (upon which most 

 young children make their first attempts with the needle) were 

 Gertrude Drew, Helen Ford, Hattie and Susie Morey ; and the 

 paper flowers made by the two last named little girls showed 

 unusual ability in children of four and six j-eai'S of age. Several 

 articles in outline stitch were done by little girls six and seven 

 years old. 



