The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-10

fair in the afternoon. President A. w.
Foster, General Manager II. G. Whiting
and General Passenger Agent R. x. Ryan
of the San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad arrived in town to-day in pri-
vate car to visit the fair. Mark McDon-
aid, Luther Burbank and Jonathan Rob-
erts were up from Santa Rosa during the
fair.
The ladies Of the citrus belt arranged an
art department, which shows that they
possess culture far in excess of that found
in place the size, or of even considerably
larger than Cloverdale. The paintings
shown were executed by persons of marked
ability for amateurs, and general word
of commentator can be spoken for the
whole exhibit of paintings, wood carving,
photography, lacework, etc. In the art
department the most noteworthy paint
ings are as follows:
ain Armstrong; Redwoods," and ga Scene
on the Geyser Road" and several wood sketches
by Miss Kate Armstrong; Madonna" ''Danc-
ing Grip and a floral piece by Miss Kate
Smith: "Pikes Peak" "a Scene in Holland"
and "Pansies' by Mrs. Jessie Sturrock-Hall
professionally; MARINE View" by Miss Annie
Keller; "An English Pug" and "a Beggar
Girl by Mrs. C. E. Humbert; a landscape by
Mrs. w. II. Porterfeld; fruit piece by Mrs.
George A. Baer; a donkey's head by Miss Kate
Porterfeld; landscape by Mrs. Van Horn !;
"Dan," dog, by Miss Lena Brush; Camp
ing" and a study in onions, by Mrs. Van
Cooley; kittens" and a bunch of grapes, and
a bunch of oranges, by Miss Ella Shaw; win
ter landscape by Mrs. William Sink; "Playful
Pups" by Miss Lizzie Markell; a landscape by
Mrs. J. n. Atherton; an oak tree by Mrs. Yates.
An excellent display of photographs by
T. l. Shaw, an amateur, was given promi-
nent place. Other notable exhibits were
as follows:
Hand-painted china set, twenty-eight pieces,
Miss Lena Brush: nd-painted porcelain set
Mrs. Sturrock-Hall; hand-painted china set
Miss Daisy Furber; three hand-painted plates,
Mrs. ]. A. Kleiser; large collection hand painted
porcelain, Mrs. C. E. Humbert; very fine point
lace, Mrs. P. II. Ludwig; embroidery, Mrs. H
NJ. Whitney.
A surprising display was that of pieces
of Woodworking. Miss NJ. Hagmayer
learned the art in San Francisco and dis
plays great talent, while her local pupils
have done excellently. The exhibit con-
sists of carved tables, chairs, a tabouret of
conventionalized design, jardiniere stand
of floral design and oak leaves and the like.
The exhibiting artists are: Miss NJ. Hag-
mayer. Mrs. J. II. Kleiser, Mrs. P. H. Lud-
wig, Mrs C. E. Humbert and Burns Mon
teith. Master Burns Monteith also ex-
hibits 5 o'clock tea bent iron of difficult
design.
The homemade candies exhibited
equaled those shown in the shop-windows
of the metropolis. They were made and
shown by Mrs. Kleiser, Mrs. Baer, Mrs.
Stephens. Mrs. Holloway, Mrs. Mcmillan
and Mrs. McCauslin.
Other exhibits of Geyser soda water,
PASSWORDS nursery and the like completed
the exhibits of the fair. An outside dis
play of poultry was made by G. Hunziker,
an enthusiastic breeder of chickens. He
displayed some massive Downies of fine ap-
pearance. The chickens are of a new
breed and have much white down instead
of feathers. He also exhibited some pretty
buff Leghorns, black Minorcas and Indian
game fowls.
The Cloverdale brass band, under the
leadership of Professor D. G. Smith, fur
nished the music in the evenings of the fair
and the ability of the musicians was ap-
preciated by the audiences, which heartily
applauded each piece.