The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
A BIG SHOW in
FLORAL HALL
Many Creditable Exhibits
of Needlework.
GOODART DEPARTMENT
Other Features Were Rugs Quilts and
Hand Painted chlna-Loeal Mer'
chants Made Good showings Of Their
Seasons Offerings

The se,vral departments Il floral hal
maalr an exceptionally line display a
nfssilranTk. art, antiques and ATiielrs d
domestic manuiarinie, ~ exhibit a. 1
ahelp ranking among N most oonilsis
and liluasing II any esrr saoan IN this dc
l pafimrnl,
The rnhihil - r,elsi. wallaehian
| iIvnrh, Venetian ladder and llapiangri
embroidery, lia,irnbrrs, dsmci lace and
MrAlrah drawn work Was among the bos,
I ani most complete ever shown Hand
snmr knitted and rtoche,ei Ariirlcs. 10.
rindins shawl, sweaters. fancy mats aud
lau.. Aefr aiso exhibited largely. Mics
Ruth ~ Miti. Miss Aiioc ilolden, Mrs,
llaArs hisrluN, Mrs, X D., Dunkler and
Mes flopncr Pratt ni hfaiilrlsofo. Mr..
4 4. lialdi II llinsiale. " ~. Hattie 4,
Taft 81 Springfield. Mass. Mr.. I. A.
Lindsey III ltalileb0ra, Nj. Sarah
CoWlrs 81 Bristol. VI, Mrs, T. C. Wan
II Mesimonrland. y. a., and Miss Ruth
lloushion and Miss Helen Hopkins 81
Bniilrboo were among the exhibitors Of
this department and Mrs. ! ;. Dutton Of
Bmiilcboo showed a handsome pair 81
pillow shams done IN French knot work.
Mrs, Mary Wilson u Ncwianr .Nhlb.
iicl several woven washable rugs and
piece IT rag CARPET, 4 handsome French
DAVIS. An unusually large number IT
soia,plllows were shown, also silk quilts.
bed quilts, cfocheicl and knitted bed,
spreads. aighans and rugs. MIR. A. W.
Stowe II West Rraitlcboro exhibited a
cashmere shawl which was mad. in Shadi.
pur. India. and i valued al 500 MIR. =.
e. DAVIS OF Brattleboro exhibited hand.
made towel which is LIS year. old. Two
novel exhibits were handmade hats, one
made 81 corn husks by Ida Wcatherhcai
81 Guilfoni and another 81 white braid by
Mr.. NJ. A. Goodenough 81 Guilioni.
In the art department Miss lzctta VII.
liz. Ernest Harris. 4. 7. Trcndsll 4. T..
Hobart. Louise Bickford, Ethel Doolittle
and Catherine Herbert 81 Bnttlcboro. W.
H. Horne Of Worcester. Mas. Fray Bal.
lou Of Newianc. T.. A. Mcdonald Of Bel
lows Falls and Paul II. Welch Of Ashuc
lot. " H., exhibited work in oil. water
rolnrS and crayon which wcc worthy of
mention. Exhibits Of burnt work. ham.
mcrcd brass and fooled leather work also |
deserved special mention. Mrs. L. f. |
Holden and Others exhibited a rare col |
lection OF hand painted china and Miss |
Frances VI. Stellmann Of West Brattle.
Doro exhibited a rare collection OF Japan.
,se goods brought from the Canal Zone. |
Mrs.. c. H. Crowell OF Brattleboro eNhib.
ted washable stencils which were attrac.
lively arranged in booth OF evergreen.
A handsome handmade inlaid table was
by Mrs. William Baker Of Brat.
leboro and a large assortment Of fancy
baskets and woodwork was shown by a
lumber OF exhibitors
Considerable space in Floral hall was
lsed for booths which were occupied by
business concerns in town and the sale of
ouyenirs ahd Oriental goods Mrs. G. II
'mith exhibited the latest fall millinery
n a large glass case. Goodnow. Pearson &
Iunt made an attractive display OF furs
nd f. H. Perry & Co. exhibited fall STYLES
n mems wear The Generalization
Business college occupied a booth fitted
; model office. using lavender and gold
olored bunting for decorations.
The good cookery exhibit was larger
nd better than usual showing an increas.
~ interest in that department II will
e necessary to enlarge the facilities for
he exhibit TO maintain its standard as a
amount OF the food had TO
e exhibited on counters instead OF in
lass cases. A variety of cakes. pies, des-
,rts. cookies. doughnuts and wheat rye, .
raham and brown bread were shown
hich could not fail to stimulate an en- ,
lusiasm, in any housekeeper to perfect
erself in that branch of her household ,
nties. Among the exhibitors were Mrs.
rancis Lynde, Mrs. Ethel Hastings,
Irs. William Perry, Mrs. +. c. Brown !
nd Helen Hopkins of Brattleboro Mrs.
A. Post and Aida Post of Chesterfield .
I'd Mrs A. Ingraham of Guilford. .