The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-02
DAINTY EXHIBITS IN
WOMAN'S BUILDING
Housekeepers and Dressmak.
ers Can Gain Plenty of In.
struction There.

Visitors to the woman's building
nave named the corner where the
patchwork is displayed "Grandmoth-
| ers,, Corner. and there is always a
crowd about it. But. s"Grandmothers'
corner does not absorb all the atten-
| ton of the visitors.
one of the greatest attractions in
this building is the exhibit of fine for
| eign laces, the work of Mrs. Selma
jaeger, the Austrian 1acemaker, whose,
home is in Minneapolis. Mrs. jaeger
has another collection of laces in the
federation building. The exhibitor be-
longs to Viennese family that has
long been renowned for the beautiful
| laces different members of the family
nave made. The exhibit at the state
fa1r is part of an exhibit that will be
| sent to the st. Louis exposition.
Judging was. commenced in the wom-
ans building yesterday. The exhib-
| It's are unusually diversified this year,
| and this of course requires the separa-
| ton of the exhibits into large num-
Der of classes.
An exhibit of corset covers is much
| admired. Each one of the dainty arti-
! cles is made by hand and all show ex-
| quisite work. Another attractive ex-
| hibit is number of rugs made by
farmers wives, also some patchwork
| quilts. But the farmers wives have
| also contributed some fine samples of
hemstitching and. embroidering.
Housekeeping Made Esq.
Miss Shepard, of the state agricul-
| tural school, delivered a lecture yes
terday morning in the lecture hall Of
| the state federation building on Can
! Housekeeping aBe5Made Easy?"
| Just to show. that it could, Miss
| Shepard made an angel cake with nuts
| in it while she Iectured, and before her
audience dispersed was able to give
| each of them a5piecesof the cake.
Ever since the club women have had
building of their own at the state
| fair Miss Shepafd's lectures on cook
| ing have been. a great attraction. She
will give two more lectures this week,
one Thursday 3 morning on Dainty
Desserts" and the other Saturday. on
Salad and Salad Making" Alter
mating with Miss Shepard, Mrs. Blair,
| instructor in sewing at the State Agri-
cultural college. will give lessons in
| sewing. Her subject this morning will
1 be Shirt Waist Drafting. and Making"
A musical entertainment was given
| yesterday afternoon at the club house.
| Mrs j. w. Hamilton sang a number
| of Southern songs; there was a piano
number by Henry Nordlfn: vocal solos
] by Mrs. c. Sullivan of Saltwater, and
/ Miss Brand, of Madison, Wis. Miss
| Glenha Smith. of Chicago. gave dra-
matte readings. - pr
y. sShodid Protect Birds.
Mrs. ]. B. Hudson's exhibit of Min
! nesota birds isRattracting more than
usual attention this year, for, included
! in the collection are seventy stuffed
| and mounted birds loaned by Prof.
| Washburn, Of the state agricultural
school, The exhibit is tastefully ar
ranged in the big room on the first
| floor OF the Woman's building iie'e
J Mrs. Hudson, who is an officer of
the state Audubon society. gives in
formal talks every morning and aft
| ernoon. Her object is to impress upon
/ the farmers and the farmers wives
who visit the state fair that the birds
Oh minnesota do more good than harm
and should. therefore, be protected in
| stead of destroyed. Mrs. Hudson is
we'll Versed in bird lore and her lee
lures are interspersed with many
pleasing anecdotes.
In her collection she has the branch
OF tree which once served a flicker
and redhead for a nest until an
English sparrow, less than half their
size, moved in, fought battle royal
and destroyed both birds. Then the
branch was cut down and the unruly
sparrow expelled
WSeQS IN BLOSSOM.
The man or woman who is suscepti-
bic to hay fever will probably not ven
ture on the MAIN floor of the Woman's
club house, but since the majority of
men and Wonlens in Minnesota seem
to be immunesit is quite probable that
! unique exhibit arranged by Mrs.
! Charles N. Akers5 a Minnesota club
woman, will be viewed and admired
by large crowd.
For Mrs. Akersi has collected all the
towering weedszof Minnesota and has
arranged themEin a most attractive
fashion. The, weeds are next to tho
bird exhibit 'an5ia include seventeen va
rfeties. They are gathered fresh ev-
i cry day and splaaed in glass lars on
which are posted paragraphs which
tell interesting nstories about each
Serve Innocuous Cups.
The state central committee Of the
w. Z. L. U. was in charge of Rest Cot
tage yesterday. Mrs. Bessie Laythe
Scovill president of the state w. C. T.
u, Is chairman of the committee. 9th
er members are Mrs. Kate Kercher,
| Mrs. l.. E. Hendricks, Mrs: Belle M
Welsh and Mrs H. M. Powell Of MIN
neapolis; Mrs. D. r. Mandigo and Mrs.
Addie Bixby Upham, ST Paul. Tea
Will be served every afternoon at Rest
cottage throughout the fair week and
/ babies left there will be looked after
But Rest cottage is not the only
place where the beverage which cheers
but does not inebriate may he oh
tanned. There is cozy tea room In
the federation building and here every
day Mrs. Plant and Mrs Schuette, of
st. Anthony Park, preside over the