hole in each end of the can and placing first one end and then
the other in cold water for five minutes the stew was warmed and
cooked.

Mrs. Bland conducts a large farm, and in a letter states that she was
awarded a bronze medal at this exposition for her exhibit of timothy hay
and Grimes golden apples.

Mrs. Bland also served on the jury of awards in the women's department
of the Charleston Exposition, and it was her opinion that there is a
great opening for women in house furnishings, designing wall paper, and
photography.

Department J, Horticulture, Mr. Frederic W. Taylor, Chief; Mrs. Ida L.
Turner, Fort Worth, Tex., Department Juror.

This department comprised 7 groups and 31 classes, the group
headings being: Appliances and methods of pomology, viticulture,
floriculture, and arboriculture; Appliances and methods of
viticulture; Pomology; Trees, shrubs, ornamental plants and
flowers; Plants of the conservatory; Seeds and plants for garden
and nurseries; Arboriculture and fruit culture.

Mrs. Turner says:

In reply to your questions in regard to the work of the women
jurors at the St. Louis Exposition, will say that I arrived very
late at the exposition, after the jury had about finished their
duties in the Department of Horticulture, in which I was to
serve. For this reason my duties were limited, and I had little
opportunity to examine and give an intelligent estimate of the
part taken by women in this department.

Department K, Forestry, Mr. Tarleton H. Bean, Chief; Mrs. J.M. Glenn,
Baltimore, Md., Department Juror.

This department comprised 3 groups and 14 classes, under the
group headings: Appliances and processes used in forestry;
Products of the cultivation of forests and of forest industries;
Appliances for gathering wild crops and products obtained.

No report.

Department L, Mines and Metallurgy, Mr. J.A. Homes, Chief; Mrs. M.G.
Scrutchin, Atlanta, Ga., Department Juror.

This department comprised 5 groups and 43 classes, under the
group headings: Working of mines, ore beds, and stone quarries;
Minerals and stones, and their utilization; Mine models, maps,
photographs; Metallurgy; Literature of mining, metallurgy, etc.

Mrs. Scrutchin reports as follows:

In all our fairy stories, dwarfs and elves live below the earth
and deal with mines and their dark belongings; the fairies live