The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-13
WOMAN'S BOOTHS
 DELIGHT THE EYE
Good Things to Eat In Great
 ProfuSion
GIVEN YESTERDAY
General Exhibits Are Double Those of Last Year and All Are Arranged With View to Artistic
 Effect.

The woman's department at the State Fair is revelation of the homes of Ala bama. It is but glimpse into the daily life and devotion to the household gods. It tells of the little trials, the great joys, the triumph in perfect bread, the love for baby's picture the thousand stitches sewn, each with thought and each with a prayer into the crazy quilt
 The home Is seen as vision of a great industry with an hundried duties, or like a little city. Here Mrs. J. B. Reid has gathered all that goes to make the world move round.
 At the entrance hangs quilt, made by a woman so years old, Of meal sacks, and then one passes along the line of the most interesting exhibits at the fair-the ladies' individual booths. Each Is a lit tie room, with it's snow white curtains draping the windows, with It's stand of perfect fruit, and the many other indus tries of the home.
 The first is set off in a booth of yellow chrysanthemuns. There are pillows and slippers and embroidery, perfect shirt waists, childrens dresses, for the child Is always an important part of those homes which are proud enough of their industry to send an exhibit to the fair Strange that on one table a basket cut from 8 pumpkin, containing apples, grapes, bananas, should harmonize with candies, cakes, doughnuts, eggs butter and potatoes, but it is set off with as- paragus ferns like a Spanish garden.
 The pext Is arranged by woman of an artistic nature who delights in ornament ing her home. There are scenes in crayon, beaten brass vessels, basket and weaving work, the window seat and a dozen other such working studies
 The poppy booth carr.es out the red color scheme in a domestic scene, where eggs, candies beans, tomatoes, jellies and preserves, every kind of canned vegetable, embroideries, pumpkins, cheese straws, doughnuts, flowers and cakes, though quite a medley, were artistically ar ranged.
 East, west, homes best" Is the corner stone of the next home represented, a woman of literary tastes, the author of a book. and a painter of some taste A pyramid of preserves presided over by billiken. surrounded by portrait and pastel and many of the little niceties of the home, is draped about with wisteria and lavender to a telling effect.
 Of course the country home is repre- sented there with it's simple white linen curtains, the doll, the wrapper, the guinea eggs, the strings of dried fruit, the pep pers, the pyramid of preserves.
 Perhaps there is more thought of the home. the long evening twilight by the dreside, the rocking chair and the patti ent hum while shaky hands move nimbly, suggested by the old womans booth Here hang a dozen crazy quilts made by women more than 80 years old There is a connection between these last monu- ments of fitting spirit with eternity no beginning to seam, no ending to d stitch, nothing definite to the shape, caus- ing wonder how 1t could have all been put together, and yet beautiful and home like and warm. Here is a hand-woven rug and here a mat of ruffled calico bits. everyone stops at InlS DOOtn, and thinks.
 The general exhibits are double in num- Der those of last year. Five great stands contain all the preserves and canned vegetables that the palate could beg. They are surrounded with a scheme in red carnations, hung across with handi- work and needlework, half hidden in ferns and palms and flowers. Cake there is, and candy, bread and cheese straws, but all are out of fingers reach.
 The bread awards have been made as follows:
 Best dozen rolls-Mrs. R. S. Greene, Birmingham, R. F. D. No. l.
 Best Gold Leaf flower bread, a barrel of hower-Mrs. G. p. Brown, 165O Twelfth avenue south. Next best, Mrs. N M. Simpson, Al Fffty-ninth street; honorable mention.
 Best biscuit with Rumford baking pow der-Mrs. J. A, Roy. 1918 Fourth avenue. Mrs. N. w. Proctor, honorable mention.
 Best loaf of bread of Dictator flour Mrs. William Garis, 512 Thirty-first ave-