DEAR SIR:  In response to your letter received August 8, in relist of nominations for the women jurors made by the board of lady managers, I beg leave to state that said list was made under what the board believed to be the interpretation of section 6 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1901, which would seem to provide for the appointment of “one member of all committees authorized to award prizes for such exhibits as may have been produced in whole or in part by female labor.”

    We regret exceedingly that “in the discretion of said commission
    and corporation” referred to in said act, the list of groups has
    been reduced from 83 to 32.

We respectfully ask, however, that a favorable consideration may be given to four additional groups, viz:  No. 125, Literature; No. 126, Somatology; No. 127, Ethnology, and No. 128, Ethnography.  These groups have been specially designated by the chief of the Department of Anthropology, the names of nominees submitted are those approved by him, and it is most desirable that this request be granted.

    We herewith hand you revised list, readjusted as per your
    instructions.

    Respectfully submitted.

    FRANCES MARION HANGER,
    Chairman on Committee of Awards.

Hon. DAVID R. FRANCIS,
President Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.

EDUCATION (DEPARTMENT A).

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Number and title of group.   |     Principals.           |       Alternates.
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Group 1, Elementary education|Miss Anna Tolman Smith,    |Miss Clara Hellwig,
| Washington, D.C.          | Plainfield, N.J. 
Group 2, Secondary education |Miss Anna G. MacDougal,    |Miss Mary Boyce Temple,
| Chicago, Ill.             | Knoxville, Tenn. 
Group 3, Higher education    |Miss Caroline Hazzard,     |Mrs. Charles Perkins,
| Wellesley College,        | Knoxville, Tenn.
| Wellesley, Mass.          |
Group 4, Fine arts           |Mrs. E.A.  Thayer, Denver,  |Mrs. Charles Cary, Delaware
| Colo.                     | avenue, Buffalo, N.Y. 
Group 7, State institutions  |Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker,   |Mrs. George Noyes,
| Denver, Colo.             | Milwaukee, Wis. 
Group 9, Painting and        |Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears,  |Miss Mary Solari,
drawing            | Boston, Mass.             | Memphis, Tenn.
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ART (DEPARTMENT B).

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Group 11, Sculpture          |Mrs. Elizabeth St. John    |Miss Enid Yandell,
| Matthews, New York, N.Y.  | Louisville, Ky. 
Group 12, Architecture       |Miss Rose Weld, Newport    |Miss Susan N. Ketcham,
| News.  Va.                 | Carnegie Hall, N.Y. 
Group 14, Art workmanship    |Mrs. Eugene Field, Buena   |Miss Alice Barber Stevens,
| Park, Ill.                | Philadelphia, Pa.
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LIBERAL ARTS (DEPARTMENT C).