The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-23
WOMEN COMPLETE THE !
PLANS FOR STATE FAIR

fair committee of the Minnesota Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs has com
pleted it's plans for the fair The
opening day will be Minnesota day
i'm the old manufacturers hall, where
the club women will have their lee
ture hall, model kitchen, pure food
exhibit and exhibits of the weights
and measures and anti-tuberculosis
society.
The Minnesota day program will in
clude addresses by Governor Eber
ahrt, representing the state, and by
Mrs. E. H. Loyhed of Faribault, presi
dent of the Minnesota Federation OF
Women's clubs.
Tuesday the topic will be "Tne
Health of the State" DR.. F. F. Yves,
brook. president of the state board
of health; DR.. H. Nj. Bracken, secre
tary of the board, and visiting
nurse from st. Paul. will give
speeches. /
Wednesday the theme will be THE
Wealth of the State" and the pro,
gram will be educational including
talks on how the funds of the state
are gathered, handled and used. S.
G. lverson, state auditor, w. j.
Smith, state treasurer, and a mem,
Der of the tax commission will speak
Thursdays program will be devo.
ted to The Children of the State
when the addresses will be made by
c. G. Schulz, state superintendent
of public instruction; Joseph Chap
man, Jr., of Minneapolis, and Mrs.
Fannie French Morse, superinten.
dent of the Girls Home school at
Sank Center
THE Farms of the State" will be
the topic for Friday, H. j. Maxfeld
state immigration commissioner. will
deal with the wild lands of the
state; Professor A. d. Wilson of the
state agricultural school will talk
on improved lands, and Mrs. c. J.
Backus of st. Paul will give an ad.
dress on forestry
The last day of the fair will be
given over by the club women of
the state university President Emer
titus Cyrus Northrop will give an
address on What the University
Has Done" and President George
e. Vincent on What the University
Hopes to Do"
These programs will be given in
the afternoons during the fair. Each
morning there will be motion pic
lures and music given by the club
women. The program for the week
is being printed and will be sent
. broadcast next week to every WON.
ans club in the state, to the secre.
taries of all county fairs and to the
newspapers of Minnesota, urging the
farm women and women of the
smaller towns to come in and make
their headquarters at the club ex
hibit.
On st. Paul day of the fair there
will be a reception to ST. Paul WON
en- at the federation Headquarters
and on Minneapolis day there will
be reception for the Minneapolis
women.
State to Have Food Exhibit.
The state dairy and food depart
ment has requested that it's exhibit
be placed under the auspices of the
womens clubs, and this will be done
The state anti-tuberculosis commit
tee will have an exhibit and nurse
to give educational talks in connec
ton with the federation display, and
farm women will be instructed in
the meaning and Importance of cor
rect weights and measures by rep
resentatives of the state bureau.
Special stress is to be put on the
model farm kitchen. This is to in
clude every modern device to mini
mize the work of the farmers wife
and also will give the minimum
cost Of installation of each labor
saving invention.
Mrs. Perry Starkwater is actins
as chairman of the state fair com
mittee of the federation of clubs
and has arranged this program
Mrs. William Liggett, the chairman
Is out of the city. Other women or
the committee are Mrs. Margare
Blair and DIR. Ella P. Webb, st
Paul; DR.. Clara Luther and Mrs
A. I. Oldberg, Minneapolis; Mrs. C