The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-15

Was combing his auburn hair"
Not only animals, but everything else
under the sun, may be found at the
Essex County Fair, now being held in
Olympic Park. | went up there yes
terday and found out for myself. The
only thing missing was the Man With
the Crouch, and he stayed away only
because there was no room for him.
OF course, 1 made a bee-line for the
women's department, having heard in
advance of the beautiful feminine hand
work there displayed. And, women
readers, If you want to give your eyes
a treat. let me advise you to go there
At once.
Issaw sofa pillows that were marvels
Of beauty. peoples, roses, daisies ana
svery other kind of flower embroidered
On appropriate backgrounds so beauti-
fully that they almost outrivaled the
real blooms. Exquisite is a cluster or
purple n white lilacs painted on
green velvet. The centrepieces are
wonderful, showing hours of painstak-
ing stitching, assisted by artistic ability.
Patchwork in It's Glory.
Patchwork in all it's pristine glory IS
seen at the fair. one quilt depicts in
rainbow colors the garden of Eden,
with Adam and Eve done in pale yellow,
and~a formidable serpent twined around
a tree. the like of which has never been
seem on sea or land. There are also
birds and things in the background.
Thisfuuilt ought to get a prize. PATRIOT
ism Is lust bursting from another quit,
red white and blue, with pennants ana
shields and flags emanating from a TIL
colored centre.
7 could use a volume of space in de-
scribing those quilts, but l must needs
content myself with saying NAT they
are there galore. Everything else is
galore too. Among the exhibits is a
small coaching parasol that boasts OF
ninety years of age, and a morn Oh
plenty" embroidered piece that is loV
wears old, which beams materially on
the parasol.
There are some riotously blooming
flowers made of worsted, n some OF
crepe paper, safely protected from MES
and fingers by glass cases. Your want
to weep when o look at the most
tempting display of bread. pies, CAKE
ielly, preserves, pickles. ETC., ana thiih
that they are only there TO look at aho
not to deyour. One corner OF the Woni-
ems department is devoted TO the Soous
sent by inmates of the insane asYluil
on South Orange avenue. Some Oh the
embroidered pieces are marVels VI
beauty. Then there are things (meahlhg
avervihing) made of crepe paper and
tissue paper; there are crocheted ar,l-
cles. rag and silk rugs and carpets,
~ AI~..Ir 90 oil tho things NDl1-
en- like to make, except trouble anu
you'll know what else is there.
From Bread to Burial.
The women's department Is at 20
hack Of Manufacturers Hail. whe.e
everything from fresh bread down 10
a new kline of cement burial case is eN-
hibited. The woman who is fond OF
linen will find some wonderful bar
gains at her command, sold by the
Armenians and Egyptians, who weave
them. There are Japanese booths,
trinket booths, palmists by the Dozen
who'll tell you the real name of your
future mother-in-law mot your present
one)
Outside there are animal shows, cir
cuses, more palmists, flowers, fruit
animals, freaks of nature and OF I'M
aglnatlOn, SnoOllnS 5diSliNS "HN oN
shows.
In one of the animal tents sits, or
rather fops, Major, who weighs TWEEN
ty-six pounds. BY the way, he is a
glosy-coated tomcat, with one of the
kindest cat faces in the world, Rs
good -natured as twenty-siX pounds OF
cat ought to be. It's a circus to see
him try to play. To say he is I'M
wieidy is putting it mildly. He'll make
a playful dash at a piece of string or
something else worthy of his notice,
and over he'll go, ker-fop, to yawn
iazily. Amy, the fat woman of the
fair. shares honors with him. They
wanted her to hold him, but were
afraid Amy would look small by con-
trast.
Go to the fair. I advise you, and take
my word for 1t, you'll not be sorry
There are pigs, big and little, and as
grunty as anyone could desire, and
there are big, mild cows and fierce
bulls, and shiny-feathered chickens
and sheep. and elephants and goats and
more pigs, and Angora cats, and more
sheep and cows and horses and ele-
plants.
Go to the fair. 7 did, inc am going
again.