68 ON FANCY ARTICLES, 



consideration of the Trustees. It refers to the great nuni])er 

 of articles contributed to this portion of the annual exliibition, 

 evidently for the sole purpose of obtaining a free admission to 

 the Hall. A very slight look at the list of articles contribut- 

 ed, or at least, at the articles themselves, would seem to show 

 this very conclusively. It seems probable that it has got to 

 be a very general practice, to hunt the house, during the week 

 before the exhibition, to find something to contribute, for the 

 sake of a free ticket. Anything is supposed to be sufficient, 

 and the consequence is the crowding the exhibition tables with 

 a multitude of trifles and little things, of no value and very 

 slight beauty, and also crowding the Hall with a host of spec- 

 tators who add nothing to the receipts of the Society. 



Whether this is an evil which needs to be remedied, or 

 which is capable of remedy, is not a matter for the decision of 

 the Committee. The Committee recommend the following 

 gratuities to be awarded as follows : 



Adaline A. Putnam, Beverly, bead bag 25 



Abby Nichols, Salem, crewel work picture 50 



Miss S. M. Skerry, Salem. 4 wrought chairs 1 50 



Sarah A. Skerry, " 1 wrought chair 50 



M. C. Oby, " leaf impressions 25 



Mrs. J. h. Kimball, '•' wrought chair 25 



Miss Sarah E. Kimball, Salem piano stool 25 



Margaret A. Dunn, Salem, crewel work 25 



Miss F. C. Smith, '• << " 25 



Caroline A. Wallis, Beverly, knit tidy 25 



Miss A. A. Ober, " '' " 25 



Mrs. A. Larcom, " Racoon fur mittens 25 



Miss Mary H. Dennis, " knit shoes 25 



Miss M. W. Kimball, Salem, lamp mat and tidy 25 



Miss M. A. Carlton, '' lamp mats 25 



Maria I. Towrie, " crewel work 25 



John S. Sibley, '• water pails 25 



Sarah Christy, " tidy 25 



Mrs. S. A. Masury, Beverly, crewel work in frame 50 



Edward F. Harrington, Beverly, music box 25 



" •' " '•' ottoman top 25 



