New Ulm review., 1912-09-11
BROWN COUNTY FAIR
Hswer. Exhiblts Than Usual.
HSrss Races Better Than
Ordinary.
1aias Estella Cordes Winner o'
Watch.

The managers Of the Brown Coun-
" Fair came near to over-reachine
ahem.selves In the matter OF weather
lor their big event but careful manip'
ulation righted matters and the day
vas saved. The opening day, Thurs
day. was one of the seasons scorchers
and everywhere people mopped thelr
wet faces and sought shelter from
the fierce blaze Of the sun and the
hot blast of a south wind that shr1ve'
led and dried everything 1t could
reach. Had the hot wind continued
# ia very doubtful whether the at
tendance at the Fair Grounds New
Him Day, Friday, would have been
half what it was but Thursday eve
ming q slight shower followed by a
shifting of the wind toward the north
cleared and freshened the air and put
new energy and spirit into those who
had been worn out by the belated
hot spell of the past week. AS re-
suit the attendance Friday afternoon
was very satisfactory, there being q
good crowd present all the time, both
In the grandstand to watch the races
and in the exhibit buildings. We are
Informed that there were 1000 paid
admissions. Besides this large num-
her there were hundreds OF school
children who were the guests of the
Fair Association. es. S. b. . es
In the needlework department the
entries were varied and numerous.
Some exquisite laces and embroidery
were shown, not the least beautiful
being the old-fashioned crochet work.
just now so popular again and sew
eral entries of knitted laces made
by elderly ladies, some OF whom were
more than seventy-hve years Of age.
Among the exhibits Of lace work
was one entered by Mrs. Klossner'
Sr. The design is original and was
worked out as the pattern proceeded
and the result was remarkable, es-
pecially in view of the designers age
Mrs. Klossner being over 80 years OF
age. Another delicate piece of work
shown was a handkerchief made by
Mrs. Westaby, mother of Mrs. H. e.
Hess. There we're many other ex'
hibits of beautiful needlework, which
can not be given especial mention.
Right here it might be said also that
much more work of this nature would
be exhibited If some provision were
made for their protection from dust
and flies.
The school children of our city had
a number of very good exhibits
many of them getting blue ribbons.
The articles shown were of widely diff
ferent character, both girls and
boys being represented. Two
handsome hall clocks made by
Walter and Ezra Durbahn in
the manual training department OF
our schools caused the judges consld-
cradle difficulty in deciding which
should be marked first and which Sec
ond. The matter was finally settled
by awarding first prize on the clock
which was made of a material slight
" superior to the other, there being
no appreciable difference in the work
manship. Either of the clocks would
be an ornament in the most beautiful
home. - Carl Schmidt exhibited sew
eral water color drawings, one OF the
Eagle Roller Mill plant being espec-
ially fine. Miss Elsie Retzlaff exhibited
a dresser scarf which was beautifully
embroidered for girl Of her age. Es'
tella Cordes was awarded the chate-
laine watch offered by the Webb Pub
fishing company for the best loaf OF
bread baked by a girl under 16 years
of age. There were a large number
of bread exhibits put up by the young
girls and a most delicious smell OF
crisply Drowned loaves filled the air
about the table which displayed the
handiwork of the young house wives.
Olga Klause's loaf was awarded the
first prize put up by the Association
and second and third went to cara
Epple and Meta Sell.
One of the most attractive exhibits
was that of Wanda Gag and her sis
tiers. The art studies from life show
the undoubted talent of Miss Gag.
The Sleepy Eye schools had a very
good exhibit of work done in their
industrial departments. The display
of art photography entered by CASTER
shows that his work is much above
the average Of photography in the