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Alfred Brandeis, Mrs. Morris Belknap, Mrs. Harry 

 Bishop, Mrs. R. P. Halleck, and Mrs. S. Thruston Bal- 

 lard. He laid his plans before these women, and asked 

 their co-operation in forming a committee of women who 

 would help advertise the Shop, explain its purpose to' 

 contributors and purchasers, and be present at the State 

 Pair to assist in making sales. The idea of such a shop 

 met with the enthusiastic approval of these women. They 

 promised their assistance, and went to work at once, be- 

 cause they had only two days in which to secure mem- 

 bers for the Women's Shop Committee, and get their 

 names in the State Fair catalogue. I was made chairman 

 of this committee, with the following members consent- 

 ing to serve : 



Mrs. J. A. Mitchell, Bowling Green. 



Mrs. Starling L. Marshall, Henderson. 



Miss Edna Dolfinger, Louisville. 



Mrs. Barbour Minnegerode, Louisville. 



Mrs. Avery Robinson, Louisville. 



Mrs. Leonard A. Hewett, Louisville. 



Mrs. Peter Lee Atherton, Louisville. 



Mrs. Richard Knott, Louisville. 



Mrs. Richard Ernst, Covington. 



Mrs. R. P. Halleck, Louisville. 



Mrs. W. L. Mills, Owensboro. 



Mrs. Anna Ernberg, Berea. 



Mrs. Helm Bruce, Louisville. 



Miss Amanda Rodes, Danville. 



Mrs. Harry Bishop, Louisville. 



Mrs. Alfred Brandeis, Louisville. 



Miss Mary F. Hutchcraft, Paris. 



Mrs. R. C. Ford, Middlesboro. 



Mrs. Sam Boyle, Louisville. 



Mrs. Paul Creel, Louisville. 



Mrs. T. J. Smith, Frankfort. 



Mrs. George A. Armstrong, Shelbyville. 



A number of other women throughout the State 

 helped the official Woman's Shop Committee in ascer- 

 taining the names of women in Kentucky who made beau- 

 tiful things. A letter of explanation was drawn up by 

 the Woman's Shop Committee, and mailed by the State 

 Fair office to all these women, and to the women who had 

 in former years sent articles to compete for prizes. All 

 articles at the Woman's Shop were for sale, and not for 

 competition for prizes. No commission or charge of any 

 kind was made. The entire proceeds of the sales went 

 to the makers of the articles. 



