82 New Yoek at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



of New York city, for $1,000. The exhibit was the idea of Hon, 

 John Boyd Thacher, a member of this board, and was developed on 

 the hnes devised by him. 



Cooking /School I^xhibit. At the south end of the Anthropological 

 Building was the New York State exhibit in sanitary and hygienic 

 cookery, prepared under the auspices of the women's board. Practical 

 illustrations were given daily in matters belonging to housekeeping, 

 special attention being given to the preparation of foods for invalids 

 and children. There was also an exhibit of household articles invented 

 by women. The exhibit was in charge of Miss Juliet Corson, of New 

 York city. 



Anthropological Building-. 



Exhibits of Gharitahle, Correctional and Penal Institutions. 

 These exhibits were distributed over a large section of the southern 

 portion of the building, and comprehended the entire scope and char- 

 acter of the methods of dealing with the defective, delinquent and 

 dependent classes of the State. The exhibits included pictures, photo- 

 graphs and charts of the Buffalo State Hospital for the Insane, a model 

 of the Utica Asylum, an exhibit of the "Willard Asylum, and of the 

 Binghamton State Hospital for the Insane. There- was a complete 

 exhibit of the work done at the State Industrial School at Rochester, 

 and a large model of the Elmira Keformatory. 



There was also an exhibit from the New York House of Kefuge, 

 from the Hebrew Orphan Benevolent Association, the Hebrew Techni 

 cal Institute, the St. John's Guild Floating Hospital of New York, a 

 model of the Letchworth plan for an almshouse, the Fitch Cr6che of 

 Buffalo, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home of Bath. 



Natural History Exhibit. In the gallery there was a large exhibit 

 of mammals, shells, etc., from the State museum, and the skeleton of 

 the celebrated Cohoes mastodon. 



Health, Water and Quarantine Exhibits. On the first floor of this 

 building, in the department of hygiene, were exhibited the quarantine 

 system of New York State, and the city water supply from the.Croton 

 aqueducts. The exhibit consisted of charts, maps, photographs, model 

 of crematory, etc. The exhibits of the State board of health, and of 

 the board of health of New York city, were also to be fonnd here. 



