IN EXHIBITION HALL 



REPORT OF SUPERINTENDANT OF HALL. 



The exhibition of the society held in the Town Hall in Bever- 

 ly, September 24th and 25th, 1889, was, in respect to the 

 attendance of visitors, a decided success. The tickets of ad- 

 mission sold at the door indicated that 7800 persons purchased 

 tickets and visited the hall on the two days. And as persons 

 who furnished articles for exhibition received tickets of admis- 

 sion, the entire number who passed into the hall was not less 

 than 8500. 



The exhibit of Fancy Work, Work of Art, Afghans, 

 Quilts and Rugs was quite large and required all of the space 

 that could possibly be given to these departments and allow 

 room for visitors. At times the hall was so crowded that it was 

 impossible for visitors to examine the articles or even to see 

 them. 



In the department of Fancy Work there were 306 entries. A 

 few articles may not have been of sufficient merit to be worthy 

 of exhibition, but by far the larger portion were articles of de- 

 cided merit and worthy of notice ; and many articles exhibited 

 excellent taste and skill on the part of the makers. 



The amount of money at the disposal of the committee on 

 awards was quite too small to properly notice the large number 

 of articles worthy of a gratuity. The sum of fifty dollars 

 recommended last year would be none too large a sum placed at 

 the disposal of the committee. 



The Works of Art exhibited were also worthy of especial 

 mention, 153 entries were made. The paintings and sketches 



