Shirts and underclothing for men, women, and children.  Hosiery of cotton, wool, silk, and floss silk, etc.; knitted hosiery; cravats and neckties.  Corsets and corset fittings.  Elastic goods, suspenders, garters, belts.  Canes, whips, riding whips, sunshades, parasols, umbrellas.  Buttons, buttons of china, metal, cloth, silk, mother-of-pearl, or other shell, ivory, nut, horn, bone, papier-mache, etc.  Buckles, eyelets, hooks and eyes, pins, needles, etc.  Fans and hand screens.

Mrs. Harrow reports as follows: 

The work of group 53, of which I was a member, did not take us very extensively among the women exhibitors of the exposition, but in every instance where their work came under our observation or inspection they demonstrated their marked ability in the manner and taste shown in their display, and in some instances, where their competitors were men, they proved the fact that if their work was not superior, it was at least equal to that of the men.

    In my opinion it is better for women’s work to come in
    competition with that of men and not be separated.

All women in general, I feel sure, must have been greatly benefited by having a fair representation at the exposition, as it could not but help placing a higher standard upon all women’s work, and that work in particular in which she excelled.

And as woman’s work receives benefit, and also success by being placed on equal terms of comparison with that of men, so likewise may man’s work receive helpful suggestions and real advancement by being brought into competition with the work of women.

Group 58 (later combined with Group 59), Mrs. E.D.  Wood, Indianapolis, Ind., Juror.

Under the group heading “Laces, embroidery, and trimmings,” the seven classes into which it was divided represented:  Lace made by hand, laces, blond or guipure, wrought on pillow or with the needle or crochet, made of flax, cotton, silk, wool, gold, silver, or other threads.  Laces made by machinery; tulles, plain or embroidered; imitation lace, blond and guipure, in thread of every kind.  Embroidery made by hand; embroidery by needle or crochet, with thread of every kind, on all kinds of grounds (fabric, net, tulle, skin, etc.), including needlework upon canvas, as well as embroidery applique or ornamented with gems, pearls, jet, spangles of metal or other material, feathers, shells, etc.  Embroidery made by machinery, with the foundation preserved, or with the foundation cut or burned away.  Trimmings; galloons, lace or braids, fringes, tassels, all kinds of applique and ornamental work, handmade or woven, for millinery or garments, ecclesiastical vestments, civil or military uniforms; for furniture, saddlery, carriages, etc.; threads and plates of metal, gold or silver, real or imitation, spangles, chenilles, and all other articles used for trimmings.  Church