The Portland daily press., 1895-08-28

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and the ash pan holds sixteen quarts Of
ashes. Mrs. J. Fl. Hooper OF Ports,
mouth, N. H., exhibits baby :, safety
jumper, and lot of fancy work All made
since she was sixty years old She n PAL
: two superb quilts, made by nerseil' WHICH
she has entered for premiums NJ
AT the rear of the hall can be seen n.
E.. Gordons 1.-THE diver) full diving sult'
placed upon a model of a diver, ana at
tached to it the machine with which the
diver is supplied with air me Money uch
Silk Co. IS pretty exhibit OF SIX goous is
well set forth by the skilful descriptions
of Mr.. Perry, the agent. JOSEPH spl a. axb I'M
or more properly speaking, a display that
cannot be seen anywhere else: HIS varl,
cities of orchids call forth EXPLANATIONS OF
delight There are beautiful palms, ana
ferns, pitcher plants, crotons tenllrely
new, Norfolk palms, India fupper trees'
eycas, fittonias, allemandos, od,laa Of
ange trees in bearing, pompoudo,ii1las
maiden hair ferns, and cut flowers. Then
comes the great exhibit of W. w. Rawson
& Co Boston, the Celebrated market gard
eners The firm have thirteen acres un
der glass and go into them with ploW and
harrow as in an open Held. avery klna
of vegetable is displayed by the firm, and
their booth is constantly surrounded.
Farquaher of South Market street, Bos-
ton, has great display OF seeds and
bulbs of ever description
The booth of the N. X. Fairbank Co. is
where the women gather in compact
solid front. They will evidently learn all
about the advantages of cottolene for the
different articles are cooked by means of
| its use, and the ladies taste the samples
and say, "How good. y Misses Ambrose,
Rowe and Burnell have charge of the
booth. Thon there is the Firemen's Ex
tension Ladder and members of the de-
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Miss Annie Odrian has charge Of the
Boston Shredded Cereal Food Go. s. dis
play Goudy & Kent's exhibit is one
that takes up about as much space as
that of any three other exhibitors and
there isn't a thing in the line of their
goods, chocolates. confectionery, bread,
crackers, fancy breads and crackers, etc..
but what can be found there. The varie
ties of goods exhibited run up into the
hundreds. There is, just in Goudy q
Kent's rear, a fine display of the Glenwood
stoves, and in the corner of the hall a
number of the refrigerators OF the Quinn
Refrigerator Co.
The right hand gallery includes a la rye
number of exhibits of superb looking
vegetables and seeds from J. J. Gregory,
Marblehead, Mass, and Charles l.. Mar
shall of Lowell; fine cheese from 9. W.
Page, Neally's Corner, Munroe, and the
Home Dairy Cheese of c. A. Arnold, who
also displays fifty plates of fine fruit.
There are plates OF delicious looking
grapes from j. e. Batcheldor, Wilton N
H.. G. W. Parker, Wilton-which include
elegant peaches-and L. M. Chase, Rox-
bury All through the afternoon and
evening the Everett Automatic piano,
stationed in the west gallery, is sur
rounded by crowds of listeners. although
the music is strong enough to penetrate
every part of the hall.
Tn tho corridor Clara I, Ka1IOpo, Of
Westfield, Mass, has the largest individ-
ual display of ladies' fancy work, filling
several cases and this is backed by fine
collection of amateur photographs on the
wall, taken by p. II. Rollins.
The exhibit of furs from L. Schlos-
berg, the furrier, has been removed from
the secluded position under the balcony
to the center of the hail. directly opposite
the entrance. In its new place the furs
will be seen to their proper advantage.
IN RECEPTION HALL.
On the left of the door of entrance to
Reception Hall is large collection of
p aintings by some members of the
art class at Stevens School Studio. This
collection embraces collections and speci-
mems by Misses True, Hilton. Prince and
Lawrence; also some specimens by Miss
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in technique, and shows great skill and
practice. Much of the work is Gone from
nature and life.
Annie e. Clark, Portland, exhibits a
fine hand carved hall chair, and hand
carved mahogany panel and hand carved
foot-stool. Mrs. Annie B. Eveleth, Deer
ing, shows q most artistic roast set IN
pastel, and tete-a-tete figure set. Annie
jacobson, Cumberland Centre, shows a
she'll house and some remarkable fish
bone curiosities. Mr.. George Mcconnell,
Portland, show two pictures, entitled,
8 Still Life" and Music" Mrs r. q.
Jenness, of Monmouth, has some very
artistic quilts, fans, and cruel covers,
a handsome hand painted punch
bowl and a collection of twenty live
pieces Of hand painted china. Mrs. =.
ings entitled "Horse Fair ION the
SCENT and 'fBrook Trout Mrs Helen
A. Lewis of Portland shows some beauti-
full center pieces and embroidery. The
Norris stndio shows several oil and
water land pastel paintings. Mrs K.
Weeman exhibits fine cigar ribbon table
cover, and pair of beautifully erocheted
pillow shams. Chas P. Goodhue shows
nine old timers such as Congress Street,
in $780," Launching of the General
Warren in 1914. y " Deering bridge in the
Fortress and "Munjoy Hill in the For
ties" Mrs. Chas. M. Tucker, Foftianq,
shows chair back with Washington's
coat of arms two old fashioned pair of
bellows, and picture frame. Mrs. Stanly
P. Warren china painting Is lovely and
embrces superb punch bowl. fish set,
vase with small heads, tray with Doulton
finish, smoking set, fruit dish, salad set,
cup and saucer, and two shell plates
Rod. E. Miller, the artist of Claremont
n H.. has three paintings, one scene in
the German Alps, another at Danforth
Cove and third at Cape Elizabeth
Light.
Portland photography is most ably and
artistically represented in the fine col
lection displayed in the art gallery by
Lamson. This collection is quite unique
in that many historical and celebrated
sons of Maine are most graphically rep
resented. Among them heretofore I'M
published photographs from life Of Long
fellow our great poet, also full length
portrait of the late Mr.. Eustice Clifford,
of the United States Supreme court,
Gov Cleaves, as we'll as several OF our
ex governors. We are informed that this
most valuable collection of portraits are
all printed by what is called the plati-
notype process which Is now acknowl-
edged by all art critics as leading every
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