The record-union., 1896-09-15
EzenPifed at The Pavilion
Last Night
An Interesting Feature Of the
State Fair.
4 Glance at Some Of the HandiwOrk
Of the Fair Sex.
Yesterdays Events at the Race Track, With
the Programme for This
Afternoon.

The last week Of the State Fair is now
on, and from this time until the lights
IN the Pavilion go out next Saturday
night there will be large crowds of peo-
pie daily and nightly in attendance.
The spot where most visitors to the
Pavilion brought up at last night was
that devoted to cheese and butter max
ing. There is cheese and cheese, and
they are making more just as If Cali
fornia could not get enough. There are
big cheeSes and little cheeSeS, thin
cheeses and thick cheeses, old cheeses
and new cheeses-in fact, g. sufficient
variety to suit the taste and fancy Of
all classes of people.
There are cards displayed telling Of
g mammoth cheese made from $3.50
pounds of milk and weighing sos
pounds, now On exhibition in San
Francisco.
Last night this dairy institution was
not in full blast-for it runs by the
silent forces of nature, but on sched-
ule time, so to speak. They make
cheese ON time now, and It only re-
quires the lapse of about seven hours
from the time the milk Is taken from
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tire to a corner with a big slice Of
this delicious production
American cheddar" was the pro-
gramme in the dairy department last
night, and the mysteries of that high
standard of cheese were laid bare to
the public These cheese and butter
makers run on the good old adage that
Cleanliness is akin TO godliness," and
we must eat cheese, there Is no show
for the old saw that every man must
eat his peck of dirt"
But these nice, clean mantpulators,
with immaculate white aprons and
caps and clean slippers and dustless
trousers will tell you some things
which will make your hair stand on
end. All changes in cheese making,
they say, from the starting Of milk to
the final ripening of the cheese, Is
caused by bacteria life. and these bao-
terra form a large percentage Of the
cheese itself.
But there Is one consoling fact-the
skipper Is not in 1t when this bacteria
is at home. One becomes acclimated,
as it were, to this talk when the cheese
workers continue to explain that the
delicate flavor Of cheese is due to GER
tain bacteria Also that the rich aro-
ma Of butter, peculiar to that made
from the milk Of cows that feed on
spring grass Is due to a certain bac-
terra In fact, these bacteria are
wholesome The cattle fed on lofty
hill ranges, free from stagnant water
produce cheese and butter which can
never have bacteria destructive to hu-
man nfe But people who toast their
bread by lightning and roast their beef
on thunderbolt, as 1t Is demonstrated
Sacramentans can do, Will soon get
accustomed to all these astonishing &
things.
FANCY WORK
One Of the features at the Pavilion is
the display of needle and fancy work.
which IS regarded by competent judges
as better than ever before. It Is true
that at former State Fairs there have
been larger exhibits In that department,
but for taste of design and beauty of ex-
ecution the present display Is unsur-
passed. 1t would be impossible to make
even cursory examination Of all of the
exhibits in one evening, as the person
who attempts to do 50 will be convinced
Case a." In the west wing of the gal
lery, contains g. very full and complete
exhibit Of millinery goods. The dis
play is made by a local firm and creates
a great deal of comment and favorable
criticism, especially among the ladies.
In Case "B," in the same wing, the
exhibit is very attractive. Many of the
articles on exhibition show taste as well
as artistic work in their execution. 1t is
entered by Mrs. w. Wright. Prominent
among the pieces are two crazy patch
work quilts, the bright hues of the silk
composing them contrasting strongly
with the white background. In the dis
play is also to be noted tastily worked
table cover done in six and velvet, and
q hand worked hearth rug of artistic
design done in fast linen colors. Tasty
waIl-pockets done in silk and crewel are
tastily arranged IN odd corners, while
the floor is plentifully strewn with en-
broidered handkerchiefs and table or
naments done In soft colored silks.
In Case &C" IN the next window, is
G. display by Miss Berta Stanton. 1t Is
varied and consists of everything, from
web-lfke handmade lace to delicately
traced painting on china still more deli
cate. The west end of the window is
filed with aprons replete with drawn
and lace work, Wnlie the entlre DaPt
portion Is occupied by embroidered
table center pieces, table covers. tray
cloths, kerchiefs. notices. and various
patterns of handmade edging. The
floor is given over to varied, though not
extravagant, designs of hand-painted
china. among which a large tray Of
platter showing a simple bunch OF
wheat and bluebells. probably takes the
place Of honor. In the west end is Il
be seen carriage and lounge afghan:
done in crewel and Germantown yarns
of soft colors, which contrast rather un.
favorabIy with the remainder Of the re-
ally beautiful exhibit
The next case, marked &C." is giver
over entirely TO fancy patchwork quilts
bedspreads (xnitted), and hand-embroi
dered ladies' underwear. The exhibit i:
bv Mrs. Rubenstein and Mrs. Odbert
and the crazy silk patchwork quilt
which is not at all crazy when studied
closely-probably holds the place o
honor. The needlework on the sill
patchwork quilt mot the crazy one) is
nnrva1-ar very tasty in both design a.