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"The work in designing by the pupils of the Cooper Union Art 

 School, the Art Student's League and the Academy of Design lias 

 been a vahiable contribution to the artistic development of the nation. 

 In presenting the report on the female criminals, the statistics 

 being official, an effort has been made to rank New York, and it has 

 been found that she occu])ies a sad pre-eminence, her total female popu- 

 lation forming one-eleventh of the Union, and her female criminal 

 population one-third. This is partly accounted for by the fact that 

 New York city receives annually a large influx of low foreign 

 emigrants. 



"In presenting the list of gifts and bequests, the first recorded gift 

 by a woman was a silver communion service, given by Queen Anne to 

 St. Peter's Church, Albany, in 1715." 



This report and accompanying records were printed in pamphlet 

 form and had a limited distribution during the exposition. 



As Mrs. Palmer had requested that the statistics should be put into 

 such a shape that comparison could be made with those of other 

 countries and States, Miss Roosevelt decided to have those of New 

 York tabulated with all the items clearly shown. Pages of paper 

 twenty-two by twenty-eight were used for the statements and mounted 

 and interspersed alternately with the photographs of the interiors of 

 factories where women were at work. The standard was assigned 

 space in the north record room adjoining the library in the Woman's 

 Building, and has since the close of the exposition been transferred to 

 the State Library in the Capitol at Albany. 



Doll Exhibit. 



The display of fashion plates at the Paris Exposition having sug- 

 gested to Mrs. Halsey the possibility of having a similar exhibit at the 

 Columbian Exposition, she was requested to take charge of the 

 arrangements. Mrs. Dodge proposed adding costumed dolls represent- 

 ing the different periods in American history, and the idea meeting 

 with favor, Mrs. Dodge was asked to take the matter in charge. After 

 much correspondence regarding the fashion plates, Mrs. Halsey reported 

 that a large exhibit of them was to be sent from Paris so that any she 

 had found it possible to collect would be incomplete and inferior. It 

 was then decided to give up that part of the exhibit. 



The scheme of the costumed, dolls was carried out with great success, 

 sixteen being dressed by New York dressmakers, under the supervision 

 of well-known society girls. Space in the Woman's Building was first 

 assigned the case containing the dolls on one of the landings leading to 

 the second floor, but it was afterwards removed to a place on the ground 

 floor near the north entrance. Here it attracted much attention, at 

 some parts of the day being surrounded by a crowd of women and 

 children. Since the close of the exposition the dolls have been sold for 

 a sum which nearly equals the amount paid by the State for the exhibit. 



Committee on Music. 



It was not until the meeting of the executive committee, held Sep- 

 tember 6, 1892, that the subject of acommittee on music was discussed. 



