Arizona republican., 1911-11-08
CENTER Of
ATTRACTION.
Gorgeous Displays In Wo-
| mans Building
ART, TEXTILES AND COOKERY
All Sections Are Crowded
With Splendid Exhibits
That Command the At
tention of A dmirin g
Thousands.
ART, TEXTILES AND COOKERY
(By Sharlot HalD.


erybody apparently caught the earliest
cars out To the fair grounds and the
big crowd with which the fair started
off on its opening day seemed multi
piled by two at least The crush eX-
tended from the entrance gates To the
grand stand and on To the extreme
end of the live stock stalls and pens,
and back by way of the stables. where
satin-sleek racing horses arched their
beautiful necks through the little win
dows, down To the sheds where the
indifference to the admiration which
they were exciting.
The chief exhibits building. the min
ing and the wOman's building, seemed
to be dividing honors as centers of
attraction, and the crowds poured
back and forth between them. alter
nately lingering the wonderful silver
ore in the Monte Cristo group of cases
and drinking buttermilk and eating
fresh cheese and crackers at the dairy
booths in the opposite building.
The attractiveness of the woman's
building was a matter of constant
comment; in spite of being crowded all
the time the decorations and the plan
of booths had been so skillfully man
aged that there was a sense Of rest
fulness and space which encouraged
the visitors to loiter in chatting groups
beside the many cases and in the little
rest rooms.
The air, fragrant with the scent OF
the young pine trees. which were cut
i'm the woods near Flagstaff and
packed in a special car and brought to
Phoenix through the kindness Of the
two lumber companies of that noun
tain city. who in that graceful act
showed their appreciation of the wo-
men of Arizona and the work which
they have done to make the great
yearly fair and meeting time sue
cess.
Mingling with the pines were grace
full palm branches given by Mr.. Lovett
of Phoenix, who even supervised in
person the cutting and piling of the
beautiful leaves in readiness for the
decorators. The palm branches were
peculiarly appropriate. for the largest
organization Of women in Arizona, the
WOman's club of Phoenix, has for its
official badge a leaf of the fan palm.
The decorators had worked with a
will and all the workers who gathered
to help Mrs. Bury. who has charge of
the woman's building and exhibits. had
entered into the spirit of the occasion
with an enthusiasm and devotion fully
justified by the beautiful result. Each
one had done her best and done IT
with gracious cheerfulness; willing
hands had labored early and late to
make this last territorial display of
woman's work the finest ever. and
from the janitor to the volunteer as
sistants happy good humOr had added
its kindly spirit to the atmosphere of
the place.
The art objects down the right hand
side of the room attracted crowds all
day long; divided by low walls Of at
tractive coloring the paintings were
shown in harmonious groups. The
lighting was better than at any pre-
vious display and the pictures much
more numerous. A very special SER
vice was rendered by Louis Aiken. the
well known artist, who may he rech-
oned an Arizonan, since he has his
home and studio in the pine forest
near Flagstaff and for some years mas
given his own ve.V genuine ta'ent l"
western subjects. Mr.. Aiken came
down from Flagstaff and spent seVera!
DAVIS i'm hanging she pictures ana also
acted as Judge a courtesy which WIS
n,1ch APPRECIATED. He brought Sc. eral
CT his own pic. -; Of the Hr"hH
Canyon and otirr western scenes ana
these are on ex';'b'Ciol for the pleas
me- of visitors, though no. as part
of the work entered for prizes.
There is a notable quantity OF WORK
from western subjects and some OF IL
is very good indeed. l.. Megargee' VINO
has a studio i'm Phoenix at the present
time showed a number of scenes in
the Navajo and Hopi country lie
won first and second prizes and MS
work is far too full of promise for III
mention in the space available he
has caught some of the most exquisite
and most elusive desert colorlngs ana
his Indians live on the canvas.
If would be impossible to mention
all the colorings that won prizes or
that add to the charm of the coliec-
tion IT is worth the time OF every
visitor to the fair to see this eNhlpit;
there are delicate water colors ana
pastel pieces. flower and still lie PIC
tures of great beauty and some large
,,bo,ogranhs of real artistic value.