The herald., 1897-02-07
THE END OF THE EXHIBITION
Home Products Show Brought
to a Successful Finish
THE BUSY LITTLE ORPHANS
Whose Useful Accomplishments Were
Watched With Interest
The Closing Exercises at the PaviIlon-All
Have Reason to Be Oratified
With the Results

| The fact that yesterday was the last
day of the Home Products exhibition. or
that it was orphans home day, or both
combined, attracted large crowd to the
| pavilion in the afternoon.
| The band furnished an excellent con-
| cert and the crowd circulated through
the building, taking it's last look at the
various booths.
BUSY LITTLE BEES.
The central point Of attraction, how
ever, was in the rear room, where thirty
two little girls and boys from the or
phans' home on Yale street, were gath
cred, working as busy as bees.
At the east end Miss Knapp. teacher
of the cooking department, and seven
little maidens, in white caps and long
| sleeved aprons were industriously
working with cooking utensils over
gas range. They put bread to rise which
in few hours came out Of the oven in
light, sweet, snowy white loaves. Then,
after mixing, stirring, brewing and bak-
ing, all done by the girls, the table was
daintily laid and on 1t appeared a leg of
lamb nicely Drowned, lemon pie, loaves
! of cocoanut and chocolate cake, prune
and rice puddings, corn starch, coffee,
jelly and cheese sticks. The table looked
so appetizing everybody felt hungry as
soon as they saw it. The young cooks
were Jennie Winan, Bertha Spear, Belle
Lash, Ef1e Beach and Eta Foster.
On the opposite side of the room tall
ors' benches were arranged and here Mr.
Edwards, the teacher. had nine boys
making trousers, working button holes
and sewing on the different parts or
boys clothes.
| The work is so finely done that anyone
might imagine they had been at the
| trade long time, whereas this depart
ment has only been in operation since
| October.
In front of the benches, around low
tables, on small chairs, sat sixteen little
girls, under the instruction Of Mrs.
Charlotte Fitch, busily hemstitching,
darning stockings and hemming all
kinds of wearing apparel for girls. This
| needlework is so beautifully done by the
deft fingers of the children it surprises
every one who inspects it. Hand sewing,
it is often said, has become almost a lost
art in these days Of machines, but in the
home it is still possible to find abund-
ant samples of the old-fashioned ac-
| complishment.
INTERESTED SPECTATORS.
+ The room was filed with spectators,
all afternoon, and the band played
on the stage, but in all the confusion
the young workingmen and women work
ed as steadily and undisturbed as though
the reputation of the institution was
solely dependent on them.
| Stuart, Craig & Co. presented each
| child with a package of cracker jack
and at s o'clock served them with ger
mea and cream No one who has not
| seen the industrial work in the home
can realize what an immeasurable bene-
| fit it will be to these children in after
| life. They are orphans, or half orphans,
and will be obliged to make their own
way in the world. They certainly will
| feel deeply indebted in the years to come
to the board of managers for this very
| practical and efficient equipment as
wage earners, while given in addition
| the advantages of the public schools.
THE LAST EVENING.
The little people were again busily
at work in the evening with needles and
thread and thimbles, while visitors
filed the room almost to sufiocation
The cooking class this time was COM
posed of half a dozen boys, in white
aprons and caps, making pies, puddings
and cake almost as skillfully as the
| girls. The booth in the center of the
room was hung solidly with green pep
| per foliage, relieved with the bright red
uf the poinsettia In this were displayed
| specimens of needlework and bread
| baked by the children.
The last evening of the exhibition was
attended by the largest crowd of the
| past three weeks. The galleries and
| floor were packed with struggling hui
manity, many of whom had delayed
| their visits until the last night. The
| samples were as eagerly sought for,
| eaten and carried away as on the first
day of the opening and the many at
| tendants at the booths as patiently and
faithfully handed out packages, bottles
and samples of canned goods to be
| tasted as they have through the past
| three weeks.
| The Catalina band played with the
| same spirit and energy as on all other
occasions. and was listened to with as
| much pleasure by the crowd Everybody
| jostled and pushed his neighbor in his
| eagerness to see it all, but the crowd
| was good natured and no one COM
| planned
| After the concert the first feature Of
| the entertainment was skirt dance by
| little Tillie Barruch. She danced like
| fairy In crimson and silver and was
| presented with three baskets of beauti-
| full flowers.
ON THE HOMO TRAINER.
| In the home trainer bicycle contest
| the final half mile race for the gold
| medal was run by VIM. Ruess and Ralph
Hamlin. the latter winning in 1:49 3-5.
| Ruess gave out before the finish, but
| was consoled with box of soap. The
| half mile race for the saddle to the man
making the fa~est heat during the week
| was won by Brotherton and Howard.
! Brotherton missed it by three-fifths of
a second, Ruess having made the fast
| est time. 25 seconds. and winning the
| trophy The fastest quarter mile of the
week was nsade by Cowan Last evening.
and was awarded the lantern. The
one mile lap race for pair of tires to