160 ISTew York at the World's Columbian Exposition, 



rapher of New York, who at the request of Mrs. Pell-Clarke, took 

 some pictures to illustrate hop culture in this State. The photographs 

 proved to be most successful, and formed an interesting feature of the 

 agricultural exhibit of New York. 



Througli Mrs. Trautman, Mrs. Gillespie, chairman of women's 

 work at the Centennial Exposition, offered to loan the New York State 

 board the two line banners that were presented to the women of Penn- 

 sylvania by the women of New York (the latter raising $4,000 for the 

 purpose), in recognition of the work they had done for the Centennial 

 Exposition. The banners were gratefully accepted, and, by permission 

 of the national board, were hung in prominent places in the Woman's 

 Building during the term of the exposition. 



Another banner, which has now become of historical interest, as it 

 has a prominent place in the Capitol, at Albany, was one exliibited in the 

 State building during the exposition, and presented through Governor 

 Flower to the State by the Board of Women Managers, it is of white 

 water silk, shimmering with threads of gold, and displays in rich 

 embroidery the arms of the State. 



The National Board had the establishment of a children's department 

 very much at heart, but, having no appropriation for the expenses, 

 decided to tax each State with a portion of the cost of the building, 

 and, at the first meeting of the New York Board of Women Managers, 

 that organization became liable for the pro rata assessment of $2,000, 

 which was afterwards paid from their appropriation. It had been early 

 advised by Mr. John Boyd Thacher of the New York Board of Gen- 

 eral Managers, that great care should be given to the selection of a seal, 

 and he suggested as a design the story of the fisherman's wife, who, 

 in holding out a torch for her husband to guide his return, uncon- 

 sciously welcomed Columbus on the night of October 11, 1492. The 

 idea met with favor, and the subject was referred to the bureau of 

 applied arts, and Mrs. Wheeler's taste and experience sought. As a 

 result she was authorized to ask for sketches from several women 

 artists, and from the designs submitted, one by Miss Lydia Field Emmet 

 was selected and much admired. The drawing displayed an Indian 

 woman in graceful pose standing on a rocky shore and holding a lighted 

 torch far up above her head as a beacon for a ship tliat was sailing in 

 toward the land. Encircling the drawing was the lettering : " New 

 York State Board of Women Managers for the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, 1893." 



Upon inquiry it was learned that to have the seal cut would cost 

 several hundred dollars, and the executive committee decided that this 

 expense was unnecessary, as the seal would but seldom have practical 

 use. and directed instead that the design should be reproduced on the 

 official paper and upon cards to be aflfixed to the State exhibits. 



A badge having been selected by the National Board as a sign of 

 office, it was suggested that the New York State women managers 

 should provide themselves with badges. Through Mrs. Wheeler 

 several sketches were submitted, and one made by Miss Martha D. 

 Bessey, a designer at TifEany & Co.'s, was selected. This M-as a circle 

 a little larger than a half dollar on which appeared the globe flanked 



