DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 



The morning of the twenty-third Exhibition of the Fair was 

 anything but assuring. Yet those who gathered seemed to be 

 in the best of spirits, and hopeful of better weather on the 

 succeeding days. Our new committee in the Hall were very 

 helpful, and the articles contributed were never hung to better 

 advantage than this year. The whole arrangements moved 

 like clock-work, to the entire satisfaction of all interested, but 

 especially your committee. 



There was rather more uniformity in the contributions than 

 usual. A number of spreads, braided rugs, and stockings were 

 among the list. A greater number of beautiiul under-garments 

 than in previous years. We recommend that our ladies send 

 fine sewing or any kinds of garments, as much more variety 

 may be obtained in such articles tli in in quilts and mats. 

 There must necessarily bo much of the same design in the 

 latter, although there can be difterent degrees of excellenc© in 

 the workmanship. 



We also recommend our ladies who are known to do such 

 nice darning and patching to give us some specimens, that such 

 display may be an incentive to our younger people to exhibit 

 their skill in so necessary a department. 



Every woman must be skilled in a greater or less degree in 

 mending, or she must lack one of the qualities which make a 

 good housekeeper, wife or mother. I well remember when a 

 child, of a remark made by a woman, "she could tell by the 

 looks of a man's clothes what kind of a wife he had." While 

 this is not an absolute fact, there is much truth in it. 



