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lishment, an outcome of the working girls' associations, was solicited, but 

 although Miss Potter took np the plan with enthusiasm, the outlay 

 demanded was found to be too great and it was given up. Unfor- 

 tunately there was a limit to the funds in the hands of the managers, 

 and they were unable to accede to many requests for financial aid in 

 the preparation of exhibits. Mrs. Hopkins' School of Applied Design 

 was recommended to the National Board for exliibition. 



The astronomical work of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the wife of 

 the late Prof. Draper, was considered of such importance that a 

 correspondence was opened with her in the hope that she would con- 

 sent to find a means of making demonstration of it in the "Woman's 

 Building. Mrs. Draper manifested a desire as a New York woman to 

 co-operate with the women, but upon consultation with Prof. Picker- 

 ing, director of the Harvard College Observatory, she wrote that she 

 wished to abandon the idea as the duplication of the work done for 

 the Harvard College exhibit might detract from the exhibit. Mrs. 

 Elizabeth G. Britton, wife of Dr. Britton of Columbia College, was 

 urged to make an exhibit of her work, and there was hope at one time 

 of obtaining from her a unique collection of mosses about which she is 

 said to have greater knowledge than any other woman in America, 

 but she found she would not have sufficient time. 



A rare exhibit of ferns, collected by Mrs. J araes Watson Webb, was 

 arranged by Mrs. Britton in winged frames and shown in the scientific 

 department of the women's building. 



The executive committee appointed an installation committee with 

 the executive committee as ex-officio members, to attend to the neces- 

 sarily arduous task of installing exhibits at the opening and returning 

 them at the close of the exposition, of which Mrs. Wadsworth con- 

 sented to act as chairman. At this time, March, 1892, only one appro- 

 priation of $25,000 had been made for the women's board, and the 

 executive, in making estimates oi expenses, found that even with an 

 additional allowance of $25,000 from the second $300,000 just granted 

 the New York S|;ate commission by the Legislature, they would not 

 have sufficient means to carry out their work as it had been planned. 

 Upon referring the matter to the general board they were advised to 

 make application for an extra $10,000 in the supply bill. This appro- 

 priation was granted and the women gave a promise that they would 

 make no further appeal for money, and having pledged themselves to 

 keep within this limit they closely considered every new outlay. 



A small provision was made for the knitting mills' exhibit, Mrs. Ives 

 being given charge of the details, and suitable cases were also voted for 

 the autographs of famous women, which Mr. Thacher had generously 

 loaned to the managers for exhibition in the "Woman's Building. 



N Ew YoEK Local Committee. 



Three members of the executive committee being residents of New 

 York city and Brooklyn, they early suggested that there should be a 

 local committee to take charge of the work there, and one was formed 

 of all the members of the board from the first and second judicial dis- 

 tricts, ten ladies in all, with Mrs. H. Walter Webb as chairman. A 



