The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
By BONNIE BURNHAM

deft-fingered southern women.
There will be the bewitching tangle
Of silks and fancy work and intricate
fairy stitching; there will be the arts
duly represented; there VII! be the
pickles and preserves and things; the
fat rolls of comfortable looking country
butter; in truth, there will be a sam
pie Of almost everything known in the
category of the home woman, who, az
ter all is done and said, Is the one
woman upon whom the world relies.
There is such a world of opportunity,
too, offered for her to show her rcettle
in housewifery, with the alluring list
of many, many premiums, that there is
small wonder that hundreds of womeE
are now hard at work over a hundred
and one different bits Of feminine
triumphs which may be expected to
come.
Last year the woman's building, as
every one of US know, was among the
most alluring and wonderful spots on
the grounds
Both men and women were attracted
alike, and the place became real So
cial gathering place for Pensacola's
representative people.
This year the department, in the
vernacular Of the circus literature, is
to be greater, grander and more gor-
geous than ever before" and those who
are in intimate touch with matters d.
rectly relative to the fair people are
not slow, either, in admitting that this
will most decidedly be the case.
There is a latent desire in the soul
of almost every woman to actually
show what kind of cakes and bread
and jellies and preserves she actually
is capable, on a pinch, of turning out
herself from her well appointed
kitchen, and this kind of friendly and
very commendable rivalry will be one
of the first elements in the success Of
the undertaking as a whole.
All Should Make Entries.
Every woman in the counties Of the
states to be represented in West Flor
ida's great Interstate Fair, should feel
that she not only owes it to herself
but to the community in which she
lives and for which she is a represen-
tative type Of its womanhood, to make
as many good entries as possible in
the woman's department.
The presence Of a well turned-out
loaf of cake, perfectly compounded,
perfectly baked, and a joy indeed to
the eye, she should figure, raises her
materially in the importance of her To-
cality, for, if it is excellent cake, and
worthy Of a blue ribbon, she is win
ming a pretty compliment not only for
herself, but for the community In
which she lives.
The women had vast amount OF
influence last year in the great success
attained by the fair. and it was through
the energy ard ability displayed in ar
ranging the various exhibits which
they sent.
Last year, too. served to show them
something in the nature of what 1t Is
really possible to accomplish, when
everyone works together in a common
cause.
AS result, IL you recall any one de-
partment in detail Of the fair last year
at the present time, it viii be more
than likely the woman's department.
Do This.
If you are a woman, and a woman
fortunate in being the possessor Of a
kitchen Of your own to a bunch OF
paint brushes and some water colors,
decide now to he represented at the
Interstate Fair, If you are reasonably
sure that your work is fairly good.
Phone Miss Smith, Mr.. Lillard or
Miss Robinson, and secure premium
list to begin with, and then go about