The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-10-11
ECHOES OF THE WASHINGTON STATE FAIR

"All the ladies who visited the art
hall agree that the exhibit 1t con-
tanned was one of the finest ever gath
cred together in the state" said Mrs.
Lannin, superintendent Of this de-
partment. MANY of our visitors were
recently from the east, where they
had been to many of the fairs of
older states, and they declared that
the art exhibits at the Minnesota and
Iowa state fairs were not nearly so
extensive as ours, and that in neither
of these displays were so many rare
skill to be found. / want to say that
no small degree of the success Of
this department this year is due to
the ladies of this city who devoted
their time and energies to making it
one Of the features of the fair. Those
who assisted me in the various de-
partments in the art hall are Mrs.
G. G. Case, Mrs. A. E. Larson, Mrs.
F. c. Hall, Mrs. John Thomas, Mrs.
Vestal Snyder, Mrs. G. A. Graham,
Mrs. W. l.. Wright, Mrs. Banker,
Miss Clara Graham and Miss Helen
Wright. Prof. Richardson, who was
marshal of the art pavilion, has also
done much to promote the pleasure
of the visitors and make their stay
in the hall pleasant and memorable"
From entrance to exit the hall was
filled with pretty and useful articles
whose actual value aggregated many
thousands of dollars. In the culinary
department the very young cooks of
this county were often successful
competitors over older ones. Miss
Fisher. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. r. Fisher, who is under 16 years
of age, took large number of first
premiums. There were bread, biscuits.
pies, cakes, preserves, jellies, ETC., of
every kind known-so many in fact,
that mention can be made of each
only in the premium awards.
All of the hand-painted china on
exhibition came from Yakima county,
and 1t was beautiful beyond descrip-
ton. Mrs. c. G. Fletcher's exhibit
of burnt-wood work was fairly blue
with first premium ribbons after the
judges finished their work. Miss
Hatch, fourteen-year-ol Yakima
girl, ran Miss Fisher close race in
getting premiums in the culinary and
fancy needle-work departments. The
paintings and sketches of Mrs. Bur-
rill Of Mob Hill comprised large
part of the art display, and were
greatly admired.
Madame SHIRLEY of Tacoma, in re-
spouse to Superintendent Lannin' S
request, sent varied and beautiful
exhibit of the fancy work Of her pu-
pills. Every piece was rare and ele-
giant, but perhaps the most admired
were the Hardanger shirt waist and
battenburg lace collar. These took
the blue ribbons in their respective
classes, as did number of other
pieces from the same collection. The
contribution from the home Office of
The Delineator, in New York, and
some beautiful specimens sent by
Mrs. Lancaster of Tacoma, attracted
much attention. The department of
"old ladies' work" was well filled, en-
broidery, lace and sewing in the hall
being included in it. There were a
gambler of pretty quilts of intricate
Y.~sign in the collection, one of them
being log cabin" that contains
1884 pieces, done by lady over GO
years of age.
Mrs. H. B. Scudder's gittertyl and
hebedo laces were decided novelties,
and were the cause of much admira-
ton. Miss Mary Scudder's friends
who admire her beautiful creations
so much were happily surprised at
the number and character of the arti-
cles contributed by her. Some of the
prettiest and most difficult things in
the art hall bore her name. among
them being the new Norwegian fiat
stitch in number of handsome de-
signs.