Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-09
of broad character, and deserves close ex-
SPECIAL MENTION.
A Remarkable, Instructive and Yer,
Novel Entertainment.

Novel Entertainment.
There is in the Pavilion, under the south
ern shelter of the great dome and upon the
main floor, remarkable, novel and in
structive entertainment If the gentlemen
giving it had been wholly selfish in the
matter of advertising their business, they
would have placed on view examples from
their varied and widely known establish
ment. But 1t is evident that they had
HIGHER MOTIVE,
Or rather three motives First. to contrib
ute to the success of the State Fair second
TO make an exhibit novel, varied and high
ly attractive; third, to make an exhibit
that should be teaching, instructive. and
make the visitor feel that he has benefited
in the matter of knowledge gained
by visit to the Pavilion. Messrs.
Weinstock & Lubin, well-known mer-
chants of this city, have therefore erected
small pavilion of handsome design, and
neat but not gaudy finish. Close to the
edges OF this pavilion are situated several
departments Each one represents an in
dustry as carried on
IN THE OLD WAY,
When it was in its primitive condition.
V.
the new way. At the northeast corner we
observe first the department of
KNITTING.
Here is an intelligent old lady. in the
costume of the danes of 17S5-ouaintlv
handsome 1t is, bookkeeping time with the
movement of her body to the click of her
needles as by hand she knits at rate of
production of one pair of stockings Der
day Immediately opposite her sits a
plump and perfectly nonchalant young
woman of the day, whose chief occupation
is to look contented and keep her eve upon
a wonderful machine that knits stockings
at the rate of
FoRTY-EIGHT PAIRS PER DAY
He is a dullard, indeed. who is not
filled with thought and suggestion regard
ing the wonderful progress of invention in
that art. Next in order we come to a
table where isa gentleman of the old time
In powdered wig, short clothes and silk
stockngs-a genuine costume of the good
old revolutionary days. He writes with
an old-fashioned pen. in the old-fashioned
way. in old-fashioned correspondence stvle.
when the is were SIS, and the drops below
the line ended with the queerest of stately
t1ourishes. Opposite to him is a young
lady, whose fingers fly with marvellous
AHHibiAy ONCl Tic htNS VI
THE WRITING MACHINE,
As she dashes off brief notes and scatters
them among the spectators. At $50 each
evening she writes scores of copies of
the chiefest item of the worlds news re-
ceived to that hour from the Associated
Press at the RECORD UNION office. Nextin
order is cobbler in the costume of his
class in 1875. By exceeding diligence this
rapid workman can actually sew the soles
to the uppers of two pairs of shoes in one
day. Beside him stands the wonderful
Mckay shoe sewing machine, that testifes
to the speed of 1885 over the processes of
1875, by sewing the soles upon
FIVE HUNDRED PAIRS
Of shoes in day. There is no machine
that excites greater admiration for its auto
matte excellence. Next in order we come to
department where a STOPPING, hard work
ing maid tolls painfully over her embroid-
cry frame, Opposite her is lady guiding
the fabric on which embroidery is worked.
beneath the embroidery sewing machine,
and throwing out more yards of work and
designs in one hour than the hand-toiler
can accomplish in perhaps a week of labo-
rIous and eXhausting labor. Next in order
is workwOman making button holes,
work that women all despise. Opposite her
Il
machine from twelve to twenty times
greater in results than are possible
to the handworker. We come next
to corner where a queer little electrical
toy is exhibited, that affords both instruc-
ton and amusement, and is q break in the
order of the exhibit. Just south of it the
contrast in sewing braided hats is shown.
where the operator upon the machine in
vented for the purpose sews and fashions
SIX DOZEN HATS.
While the needle-woman sitting opposite
stitches by supremest effort a single dozen.
The machine in this case, it is to be noted
is operated by foot power, while all the
others have steam for the motor. Next in
order is the glovemaking department
Chamois, kid or undressed gloves are here
being made-on one side by a woman
who stitches and fashions one pair.
while her companion at the ma
chine finishes twelve pairs We next
come to the old and the new way of GRO
cheting The pleasant little woman at the
crochet machine turns out fifteen pairs of
hose, while her slow-woriling riS-a-eis
fashions one. By this machine are made
crocheted shawls, vests, jackets, and a great
variety of like articles. The next COMPARE
son of
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Methods, OF brain and Drawn, of the wit of
invention and the brute force of physical
power, is shown in the shirring department.
The young woman at the machine sends
out from beneath its needle twelve wards.
while her handwriting companion man
ages to make one. But more striking still
is the comparison in the next department,
that of
sPooLING;
The winding of thread of all manner of
manufacture, from prepared bobbins or
great spools upon the spools of commerce.
The spOoling machine sends its shaft about
with rapidity the eye cannot detect and
turns out 1000 full spools of thread, where
only 400 could be wound by hand. The last
department is that of
QUILTING.
Here is young woman who actually makes
one yard of the neatly-plated ribbon ora
ments in one hour while her smiling and
triumphant neighbor turns out $50 Yards
neater and better made article at that
The exhibit is one of original conception,
of success in execution and full of instruc-
ton and entertainment. When these are
combined teaching attains its highest end
and greatest force Messrs. Weinstock &
Lubin, by this novel display, this quaint
comparison of industries of the past and
the present, evidently