Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-29
THE FLORAL HALL EXHIBIT
ART, MUSIC AND EDUCATION THE
PRIME FACTORS.
Large Display Of Work from Public
sehSsls-Pianos and orasns-t'"s
NssdIswork, OIL Paintings. Quilts
and Rugs.


NssdIswork, OIL Paintings. Quilts
and Rugs.
Art. music aud education We're the
powers that most strongly shaped the
Character OF the floral hall display this
year. A large portion OF the space
was devoted 10 the exhibits OF public
school work: L. IL, Barber and w. H.
Eddy had exhibits Of pianos and shee.
music and singing or playing was
continuous and the departments OF
artistic hnndiwork were well niled.
More than the usual space howev-
err was given TO the displays OF vari-
GUS firms and industries: Goodnow,
Pearson A. Hunt had large and ele-
CANT fur exhibit; H. l.. Manley dis
played the White Sewing machine ana
It's products. Mrs ii. Il. Bascom had
a ease OF choice millinery 1.-THE Shak-
er women OF Enfield. y. H.. showed
their excellent handiwork. the Spring
field. Mass. Economy Rug company
exhibited their wonderful utilization
OF old carpets; l.. T.. Perry and Co,
showed fine fur and fur LINED coats
for men: Manley Bros. had an exhib-
IL OF stoves and ranges; w. w, Pump
ton demonstrated the Ideal steam
cooker and household novelties; u. l.
uildreth and Co. had fine exhibit OF
hooks calendars. etc: j. A. Titus
showed the Singer Sewing machine
The Brattleboro machine works the
Norton shutter worker, the Albany
business college had exhibit; Il. H.
Lee OF Orange. Mass. showed a COM
bination baby yard and crib and II. j.
F'arwell a dash churn.
Fine art displays were made py
Mrs. l.. T. Holden who showed some
exquisite hand painted china; victoria
johnson, Is. large framed portrait III
oils: ID. +. ID. Sullivan. OIL paintings
including two animal SUBJECTS Erh-
est Herrick. IL, crayon DRAWINGS Al,
ME l.. Messer, Randolph, hand painted
china, Mrs. Julia A. Houghton. very
tasteful work in paper flowers: Mrs. L.
a Senter. vase of feur de lis and bou-
ouet carnations all of paper; Gertrude
Tasker. Hillsboro Bridge. y. H., artis-
Tic oil paintings and charcoal draw
ings and c. ID. wilkins, original burnt
wood desk, very unique piece Oh
work
A large variety of burnt wood work
was shown By various other exhibitors'
Miss Hanna Hallonen OF Wardsbofo
showed beautiful music roll anu
brush case made of birch bark. Guy
Thayer. Brattleboro, exhibited d MN
iature block house. an interesting pi.
of mechanical skill. Articles from
china and japan, shoes. spoons an "
orv fan. a sack woven i'm China. and
niece of Indian needlework, were
shown by Mrs. Herbert Cottrell ana
Miss Hatcher of Brattleboro exhibited
fine handspun linen and hand woven
rugs which took special premiums
Large numbers of sofa pillows OF All
dascrintions were I'm evidence. SILK bed
Quilts. afghans and white crochetea
bedspreads. Mrs c. A. Franklin OF
greenfield displayed handsome Wooi-
en- bedspread 100 years Old; Nioia
Kempton. Spofford. IL, bedqulit iiaue
of 2.520 pieces and Margaret Carpenter
5. bed quilt containing Isl squares.
The display of rugs was varied anu
heautiful Some especially fine. WOW
on of rags and fringed, were shown ps
Mrs II. d. Pomeroy. Northfeld, VINO
took first premium and by Mrs: VIII
lam q MAINLAND, Tiashoke, n. y. VINO
took second Mrs. c. b. Akeley, Brat
tleboro showed a handsome rug anu
pieced bedauilt. +. ]. Howard. Nortn-
field. exhibited a portiere woven OF
silk. ,,sa,a
Mrs George H. Davis, Chesterneid
exhibited an embroidered white waist
and knit sweater and coiiectioh ~
knit lace. The sisters OF lhe
Faithful Companions of Jesus. fltcn-
burg Mass, had a large and valuable
aXbibit Including Raffia work, knit
skirt silk table mats, water coior
flower. marine and landscape paint
ings. cross stitch and mountmeiiick
work. child's embroidered dress, Roman
cut work and exquisite lace in antique,
noint Battenburg, filed and guipure;
a quantity of beautiful bead work
was shown by Mrs. Ruby Strope,
chester Depot. and Mrs. William y,
Hayiland of Tiashoke. n. Y. Charles
w Hopkins of Brattleboro. 10, also
showed variety of bead work.
Miss Marie Estelle Coutremarsh eN-
hibited a lovely piece of work IN WOODS;
a pink boa light and iluify' ias.ehea
with dainty ribbons. Many KNIT ana
crochated articles in wool We're SHOWN
as well as finer work in silk, dollies'
etc.
catherine Barber, Holyoke. exhibit
al a large and striking piece of SILK
embroidery: Mrs. Nj. +. Lincoln, Rut-
land applique. embroidered center
niece and an exquisitely fine hand
kerchief; Miss Regina Heaphy. ana
Mrs f. A. Woodbury. embroidered
shirt waists: Carrie A. Stevens, Ches-
Ter Depot, Mexican work shirt waist
and babys carriage pillow; Mrs. w. W.
Plimpton. Mexican work shirt waist
and Mrs f. Il. Carpenter drawn WORK
shirt waist Mrs B. D. Tower a HARD
anger centerpiece which was mucn az
mired: Mrs PAMELA Morris West,
field, Mass, 70. Danish cut work ana
Rattenburg lace: Mrs. Frank Dun
shee. Westmoreland. tatting set which
attracted much attention by its fne-
ness: Mrs. William G. Haviland Tia
shoke. n. ". centerpiece in beautlfui
Crane design. Miss Susan Clark. West
Rrattleboro, exquisite lace handker-
chief. 1t is impossible TO mention half
the really noteworthy work dispiaved.
hut the foregoing seemed especially
attractive.
A case of young peoples work con-
tanned various kinds of fancy articles;
sofa pillows. bead work, and drawn
work dress by Elvra Croll, Brattle-
boro. 10.
The Public School Exhibit.
The exhibit of school work occupied
a large space in floral hall and was
arranged under the super.
vision of Miss Marguerite Tucker and
Mrs. H. H. Crosby. The officers of
this department of the fair are e. +.
Howard, Mortified. superintendent,
Miss Marguerite Tucker, Brattleboro.
assistant, and Mrs. Nellie NJ. Wood.
Mortified, secretary. The general
features of the exhibit were similar
to those presented in previous years
The walls were covered with draw
ings, maps and lesson papers, illustrate
ing the actual work of the public
schools. Many of these pen and ink
drawings and water color paintings
possess decided artistic merit, espe-
cially those in the Brattleboro high
school exhibit. and an inspection of