In the exhibits of the large manufacturers there was no way to tell what part of the labor had been performed by women; but on the printed forms the proportion of women laborers was quite often given, but it is a known fact that two-thirds of the work of these large factories is done by women and girls.

    This should be a wide avenue for women to enter the marts of
    life, but on the small scale it is so underpaid in proportion to
    the labor expended that but few are bold enough to enter.

Department J, horticulture, Mr. Frederic W. Taylor, chief, comprised 7 groups and 27 classes, the board of lady managers being represented in but one group.

Group 107, Mrs. M.B.R.  Day, Frankfort, Ky., Juror.

Under the group heading “Pomology,” the six classes into which it was divided represented:  Pomaceous and stone fruits—­apples, pears, quinces, cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, etc.  Citrus fruits—­oranges, lemons, limes, shaddocks, pomelos, etc.  Tropical and subtropical fruits—­pineapples, bananas, guavas, mangos, tamarinds, figs, olives, sepodillas, etc.  Small fruits—­strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, gooseberries, currants, etc.  Nuts—­almonds, chestnuts, filberts, pecans, hickorynuts, walnuts, etc.  Casts and models of fruits in wax, plaster, etc.

Mrs. Day says, in substance, in her replies to the questions:  That she can not give an approximate number of women who exhibited in this group, but that the nature of the exhibits shown were fruits—­grapes, apples, etc.—­and flowers, the most striking exhibits being by florists and fruit culturists, and that women have entered many more branches of this work in recent years; that she believes their work shown at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition would prove helpful and suggestive by reason of the great care taken in the exhibits.  Mrs. Day does not think any difference was shown in appreciation of the exhibits of women when placed by the side of men, and hardly thinks the result would have been better had the work of women been separately exhibited.  This seems to be almost the only department where exhibits were shown in such manner as to indicate whether they were the work of men or women, as all exhibits were marked distinctly with the name of the owner of fruit, farm, or florist, the exhibits of New Mexico and Oklahoma being each in charge of very intelligent women.  Some of the finest fruit farms sending exhibits were owned by women, and women also made some of the best displays of fruits and, flowers.

Department N, anthropology, Prof.  W J McGee, chief, comprised 4 groups and 5 classes, the board of lady managers being accorded representation upon each.

Group 126, Miss Alice C. Fletcher, Washington, D.C., Juror.