and with evident enjoyment. Our friends, both older and younger, watched
them for some time with interest.

Leaving there they visited in turn the court of the Woman's Building, the
main hall, the east vestibule, the library, the Cincinnati parlor, the
invention room, the nursing section, the scientific department, and the
ethnological room.

All this took a good while, there was so much to see, examine, and admire.

The ladies showed a deep interest in the various exhibits of needlework,
the embroideries from Siam, table covers and rugs from Norway, and the
dolls dressed as brides; the fine lace-work and wood-carving from Sweden.
There was needlework from France too, and there were large and very pretty
vases from the same country.

Zoe was much interested in the dainty needlework for infant's clothes, the
beautiful laces and ribbon flowers; and famous paintings reproduced in
silk.

They found the Italian exhibits also, especially the laces of the
queen,--valued at one hundred thousand dollars,--worthy of particular
attention. Yet perhaps not more so than some from Mexico, including a
lace-edged handkerchief crocheted out of pineapple fibre; and the very
delicately beautiful wood-carving, so delicate as to be called etching.

There were embroideries and laces from other countries also--Austria,
Spain, Belgium, Ceylon.

As they came near the exhibit from Germany Lulu exclaimed in an undertone.