| Show UTAHl11HEWOR1DSRAlR 1 I I Arrangement of Interesting Exhibits j Ex-hibits at tho Utah Building i 4 t EVERYTHING GOOD SHAPE Description of the Decorations in ihe Various Departments Installation of tho Silk Display in Ito XVbinens Hulldins Sonss ami Flowers A Flow-ers < f the Wasatcli Utalis Liter aturo Tlio Art Display Etc Correspondence of THE HERALD CHICAGO July 10 1S93 Nearly every i building on the grounds is now entirely t completed and the exhibits satisfactorily i installed There have been dedications galore during the last two or three weeks and L few of the state or national buildings ret re-t main now that have not had the ceremony i of a formal opening r Our own building amongst the exceptions ex-ceptions iu this latter case though not because all is not iu readiness the day of the formal dedication having been for various excellent reasons reserved lor September the principal amongst them being that our great choir will be present at that time to help do honor to the occasion I occa-sion Utahs affairs are at present in good shape the work connected with installIng Install-ing and arranging the bulk of the exhibits l I ex-hibits being almost entirely completed though new articles are being received i and added to the different departments i each week At the Utah building the books views embroideries laces home made shoes and cloths Indian relics and other things that go to make up the collection of ex lubits are arranged in show cases in the central halla number however in the way of pictures books portraits etc being placed in the reception room on the right hand side of the building The decoration of the latter apartment z which is the work of Mrs F S Richards Miss May Preston and Miss Teasdel is very tasteful and artistic and great credit is due the result of their combined ef iorts The prevailing color of the room is pale green the carpets furniture hangings etc matching the tint of the walls and on each of the high window transoms is a network of cocoons white and gilded r strung together in parallel rows and t these together with the pictures painted by Miss Teasdelone a sketch of Black i I nock the other a design of sego lilies each occupying the transom space above i two Inner doors In the roommake a very T i handsome decoration a I Another charming effect has been I I wrought with the artistic arrangement of y peacock feathers to form a frize below the ceiling the design and blending oi the I colors with the prevailing tint producing a very handsome effect There are tasteful hangings and draperies draper-ies in the room amongst them being the door portieres of Utah broadcloth and a handsome piano scarf in pale green silk besides other smaller scarfs hangers etc which drape the chairs tables and pictures A number of water color paintings paint-ings ae swung on the walls amongst them being three charming flower studies by Mark Gorlinski Hughes and an excellent ex-cellent portrait of Mrs Jacob Moritz painted by Mrs C A Krouse A handsome hand-some mantel and grate has been put in recently the gift of the Utah Hardware company and adds much to the appearance appear-ance of the room The showcases in the central hall have some handsome pieces of embroidery drawn work handsome lace etc though there is Rot the variety nor abundance of oispiay mac was erpecieo in cms line considering the number of artistic needle women we have in Utah What is I exhibited however is of the finest kind the silkem broideries especially attracting marked attention Amongst them ie a handsome whiter white-r silk scarf embroidered in yellow roses the work of the ladies oi Cache county a silk crocheted bedspread from Hyrumj a small white silk cushion cover with the bee hive and the words Territory of Utah handsomely embroidered in gold c between a scollaped border a beautiful i hand made lace handkerchief and strip of lace by Mrs Annie Sharp a handsome tray cloth embroidered by Mrs Jeannette I Arguscn a set of dollies embroidered by Miss Jennie Howstt a pair of drawn I work pillow shams by Mrs S P Hedra a silk lace handkerchief made by Mrs Augustus Augusterson Uintah county a specimen of finely knit lace made by Mrs Mary A Taylor in her sixtieth year and a handsome broad cloth suit made from Utah material Amongst the curiosities are a cape of turkey feathers presented by the ladies of Mapleton county and a quaint old fashioned gown made one hundred years ago The most striking of Utah displays outside out-side of the mineral exhibit is that of the Utah silk exhibit contained in the womens building The display consists of Utahs handsome hand-some and famous white silk portiere embroidered em-broidered with the sego lily the old rose broadcloth hangings embroidered also with Utahs emblem in the Utah silk a sofa cushion and scarf of Utah silk together to-gether with skeins of tho raw and spun material iu various colors the whole making an elegant and striking display I The exhibit contained in show cases in what is known as the proctss room and department reserved for showing the methods or process of special industries and it is intended to hare the Utah silk prepared spun and woven in this room and these together with the artistic use and display of the finished material will makeono of the most interesting exhibits c in the building The materials are now on hand and when they are unpacked and set up work will be commenced at once s The credit of installing the silk display i fri the womans buildingis due to Mrs Salisbury our lady Worlds fair commissioner I commis-sioner whose warm interest and indefatigable I inde-fatigable energy have left no means unturned un-turned for bringing Utah to the front at I the great exposition A vote of thanks I L is due the lady for her efforts in placing I I I the silk exhibit in the womans building I for no other thing could have proved so I efficient a means for attracting attention ito i 1 i-to Utah as tho process and product of her I silk industry Utah has one or two other I I interesting exhibits in different departments V depart-ments of the building such as home c publications and literature in theshape of journals bookd etc the most important im-portant of these being the volume of poems written By the women poets of Utah and illustrated fay Mrs Edna Wells Sloan of SaltLake city The book is entitled en-titled Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch and contains a poem from the pen of each of the poetically gifted women ii of comprising about thirty selections selec-tions in all the page upon which each poem is printed being decorated with a R handpainted native wild flower or some picture illustrative of the subject of the r poem The illustrations which are the work of Mrs Edna Wells Sloan are in watercolors water-colors andthe lady is to be congratulated OCf upon the exquisite taste and artistic exe rMiWnn of iha work and design Mrs Sloan has the true instinct of the 1 i artist and in her use of the opportunity S afforded In decorating the book with the I native jvildnowere and scenes of Utah has C shown a talent which if cultivated will bring her marked distinction in her rrI chosen line of work Few ofthe elegant I holiday books gotten out by Irene Jerome n Je-rome and other noted flower painters r display a more artistic use of subjects than Jibe Illustrations throughout the volume and the effort is thuior credit Or i bl slnce It1s the ladys first attempt in tJiit4irect boo1c isedifed byEmeline B Wells nnaikprefaced with appropriate dedication Ic dedi-cation I tMrgaret Salisbury iJiap pre iatioh of her sympathy and friend Ebip Ir9 rl Utfth 5 j The openin paem is Eliza R Snows Invocation and is accompanied by a I 1 1 aO C t C beautif nldesign of coliimbines and others of the poems and illustrations are a poem by Augusta J Crocheran entitled Des eret accompanied with a sketch of the Talley At Evening by Emmeline B Wells with a primroseidesign accompanying accompany-ing it Hard is theStorm by M A Y Greenhnlye with a touching sketch illustrating illus-trating the lines of the poem A Shower of Song Swept By Western WIlds by Emily B Woodmansee with design of Wild Poppies The Stolen Sunbeam by Sarah E G Carmichael with the golden rod for accompanying flower Memorial Day by Hannah T King with illustrative sketch Isabella of Castilo by Dr Mary B Ferguson with the Columbian flower The Sego Lily by Mrs Rhoda Greene Richards with the emblem flower in beautiful design accompanying ac-companying it Violets by Rhoda 0 Nash with an exquisite arrangement of tho Jtovrers as an illustration L The National I Emblem by DyntithiaDickensbn with pauted Cup Yarrow and Bell for flowers My Heart by Esther Ben 1 nion with Wild Geraniums Hope by Sarah E Russell with illustrated sketch There Are Shady Nooks My Castle in the Air by Mel Woods with illustration The Structure Into Beauty Grown Cactus Blossoms by Julia A McDonald with cactus flowers illustration A Fragment by Mary J Turner with ivy Longing by J I Spencer with wild roses My Mothers I Flowers by Reba Pratt with sweet peas as illustration Truth by Hannah Carnaby with Trichnuria Memor inl Hymn H by Rebecca Utter with Forgetmenots The River by Lucinda W Dalton wiih sketch Its Banks and Its Glades Fancys Greeting Greet-ing by Annie D Stevens with Wild Clover Resignation by Belle M Johnson with sketch The Mountains Rugged Brow I The Mother Pioneers by Ellen Johnson with Sunflowers The Ballad of tho Lilies by Genevieve Brown with beautiful flower decoration i Sonnet on the Virgin Mary by Ruby Lamont with wild marguerites The Message of the Pines J by Mary Grant Major with pines and lilacs An Unanswered Query by An etta Young with Baby Blue Eyes flowers Life in Death with a face and flower everlasting for illustration The Spirit of Sleep by Julia Bowering Maltese with Poppies a twilight reverie by Queenie Ferguson with Dog Tooth Violets Utah by Ruth M Fox with Astragalus Jlakcnsis and besides these longer poems a selection of linesand single verses by Sarah E Carmichael Eliza Snow E B Wells H T King and J Spencer on one page with combined sketches and flowers in illustrations The book is handsomely bound in white kid decorated with a beautiful design of wild roses and the poems are printed on thick paper different styles art types and with various and unique designs in the arrangement of lines verses etc making a tasteful and elegant volume Our home publishers may well be proud of the excellent work shown in the printing print-ing and binding of the volume for it is doubtful if any of the eastern publishers could have acoomplished anything more artistic and excellent than this The book is kept in a handsome cabinet in the library of the Womans building and attracts much attention There is a shelf reserved forUtah in the cases in the central and principal hall of the library but few books have as yet been placed there two bound volumes of Mrs E B Wells journal the Womans Exponent being the onlyfaooks on exhibit The chief collection of Utahs books and literature in general is in the Utah Building where the works of O F Whitney Alfred Lambourne and all the other Utah writers who have published volumes of prose are represented thv collection I col-lection occupying the bookcase which once belonged to Brigham Young and which is one of the interesting exhibits in the building Besides the books written by individuals individ-uals are also bound volumes of the Wo mans Exponent Contributor Juvenile Instructor In-structor and other home productions the I whole making a creditable and noteworthy note-worthy display in the line of Utahs literary lit-erary talent I With regard to the display of art at the exposition Utah L 1 nas every reabuu LO JJB pruuu I the works of some of the I principal of our home artists being rep resentedin the wonderful array of paintings paint-ings and sculptures in the great art palace pal-ace and all of it there or elsewhere comparing each in its way with any similar I sim-ilar subject or work of art in the exhibition I exhibi-tion Dallins statue of Brigham Young at the Utah building together with his mounted Indian and the bust of Dr Hamilton in the art building have attracted at-tracted marked attention and praise the pictures of SJ H Harwood Will Claw son and J Evans which are hung in the art gallery while not as striking or conspicuous con-spicuous as some of the work which has been done by each are yet remarkably remark-ably excellent productions a fact attested at-tested sufficiently indeed in their selection selec-tion for a place in this palace of honor and H L A Culmers painting of mountain scenery in the Utah building is worthy to be ranked with any similar subject in the art or any other building at the expositipn Will Clawsons picture a sceno of the Grand canal at Venice Is excellently done but is hung a little too high up to give a view which would enable one to pain a full appreciation of its merits FRANCES |
