IN EXHIBITION HALL. 



REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. 



The Exhibition of the Society at the City Hall, Lawrence, 

 Sept. 1892, though not as well patronized as last year, was 

 on the whole, a decided success. Owing to the busy times 

 at the different Corporations, it was impossible to interest 

 them in the fair, so the exhibit in this line was not as large 

 as last year, nor did they give their operatives a half holi- 

 day, which I think took off some from the receipts. Only 

 one mill made an exhibit of a fine line of Ladies' dress 

 goods. 



The space allotted to the merchants and small manufac- 

 turers was well taken up and filled with articles of interest 

 to the public. 



The special premium offered by H. M. Whitney, for the ex- 

 hibit of the most value, to the Lawrence Hospital, brought 

 a very large and varied collection of articles that were of 

 special use to them, the whole amounting to a very nice 

 sum. 



The fancy work was so crowded in the cases that the 

 society own that it was impossible for the committee to 

 judge of the merits of many of the exhibits or for the pub- 

 lic to see much of the fine work that was displayed. The 

 number of entries in this department was not quite as large 

 as last year but I think the amount was larger, as many 

 ladies entered several articles under one number which I 

 think was a mistake and I did not notice it until the entries 

 were all in. 



There was more interest taken by the children this year 



