The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-01
WOMEN At STATE FAIR.
Wonderful Art Exhibit and Su.
perb Textile Display.


officials of the State Fair of Texas.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting Of
which will be held at Dallas October
1881, that the women of the South
west enjoy practically every depart
ment The women like the horse and
cattle shows, the races. the dog and
poultry shows. And then the exhibi-
tions OF fruits and flowers. the honey
displays and dairy products, with dem
Onstrations In butter making, always
hold the interest of the women patrons
of the Fair But that department Of
the Fair which Is considered their es-
pecial sphere is where the handiwork
OF the women OF the South is display
ed, the loan art division and the culi.
nary department
Perhaps no department of the Fair
last year oecasioned such universal
praise as the loan art exhibit This
magnificent collection was exhibited in
art hall. an apartment especially built
for the purpose and situated directly
in the center or the textile building.
Visitors from the North and East,
who had visited the art galleries and
studios of New York. Philadelphia and
even London and PARTS, declared this
to be the finest collection ever ex-
hibited in one hall. A great many Tex
ans availed themselves of rsre OPP
portunity Of purchasing works OF art,
usually unobtairdble except in New
York. This year the collection will
be even greater. and will contain the
works of John Sloan, r. J. Onderdonk,
Gilbert Stuart, A. r. Van Lear. Charles
Peter Book, Carlton r. Chapman,
Charles G. Curran and others.
Outside the loan collection hail. but
in the same building, arrangements
have been made for exhibitions by art
schools.
The textile building Is again going
to overflow with displays OF needle
work, handmade lace. enbroideries,
photography, arts and crafts, oil
paintings and water colors. hand-paint.
ed china and ceramics. AS premiums
totalling $3.50 are awarded in this
department, exhibitors who have car
ried off ribbons and cash prizes year
after year need to look to their laurels
at the coming Fair, for fresh compe-
titors from many new sources will be
in the field.
That which will be an interesting
feature of the textile division is a
general display of manual art an ex-
hibit open TO the school children OF
the state. This is new department
and one that will result in great bene-
fit to the children of every town in
Texas. Prizes ranging from So to rs
cents will be awarded for domestic art
and domestic science work, metal
work, carved woodwork, pencil draw
ing, and other work taught in the
manual training schools. In the arts
and crafts, another new feature, prizes
win be awarded for the best speci-
mems OF burned or stained leather
metal lamp or candle shades, metal
book ends, etc There will be dis
plays of old ladies' work, lace work
knitting and crochet work, plain and
fancy sewing and decorative art.
One of the features Of the Fair will
be a rare exhibit of Aztec pottery
carvings, miniature gods. etc, loaned
TO the geological department by the
Mexican government. An interesting
detail Of this exhibit is that these fig
ures are all females, and in addition
represent the various races of man
kind-negroes, Chinese, Indians, etc.
How these Aztecs and the people that
lived before them knew of Negro, Chi
nese and other races, is left TO the
archeologists to solve.
In the culinary department all those
rare delicacies of the table, in which
the women of the South lead the world,
will be displayed and there promises
to be an interesting rivalry among the
housewives OF the state. The offer
ings are exceedingly generous and are
classified In the three following di-
visions: Breads, cakes, etc, preserves,
jellies, pickles. canned goods, etc. and
fancy prepared fruits.
In the anthropological exhibit there
will be panorama Of Texas from the
days OF the early Spanish conquerers
until now. The story will be told in
antique furniture. weapons, wearing
apparel, etc. Then The coming OF the
American colonist with his crude but
substantial furniture. and then the
manner in which the rich planters
lived ''befoh de wah" An interesting
collection. dating back to the days OF
the mission fathers promises to add
much interest to this exhibit