THE AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION OF WOMEN'S WORK.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 18, 20 July 1907, Page 15

THE AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION OF WOMEN'S WORK.

o The forthcoming Australian Exhibition of Women's Work is attracting ! great attention in England, and the pro- { greos of the schemo is being carefully watched, for though something like Guch an exhibition has been held before, it has usually been en a much emaller j scale, and the interest taken in it has j besn local, though or-^ on very similar lineo was recently held in Paris v/ith unqualified gucccss. Bore, in all the states, keen attention is being paid to* tho project, and vigilant preparations made, for promises of eihibits ara coming from all parts of the Commonwealth. People generally (says a Mclbdurno exchange) are awaksning to the fact iliat this is not to be a kind of glorified bazaar, to' which any woman can «nd a picture or a drawn-thread tray cloth particularly such women as havo.no need to provide their own support. This exhibition is mainly meant to help tho woman who has to earn her own living, no matter in what capacity. Tho most humble workers stands on equal footing in tho different competition with tho highest, and ths work itself will bo judged on its artistic and intrinsic merit. Thus, the factory girl who spends her lunch hour and other spare ' time in crocheting has just an equal j right, and is as warmly invited— oven • more so it may bo naid — to send in her , efforts for competition as tho girl who has nsver earned a penny in her life. And oach piece of work will, ns has bacn said beforo, be judged according to the excdlonce, beauty, and finish of tho •M'ticle. The girl whose inclinations take her to domestic service, and who ' has perfected herself, i^ay, in the pre- , paration of some particular diish, will have every chance cf distinguiahing htrrclf. So it should bo plainly caen that tho privilege of exhibiting and com- I poting i 3 most asuiit'edly not reserved for a comparative few, but opon to all Australian women, no matter who or \\ tat they / arc.