The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-21
RICHER PREMIUMS,
BETTER EXHIBITS
1913 State Fair Conclusive Evi.
ence of Southwests Growth.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
Rich Prizes offered For tho Work o.
School Children of Texas.
Loan Art
Display.

The Stale Fair OF Texas at Dallas
will celebrate its twenty eighth ami
versary Saturday, October is, to Sun
day, November 2. with wonderful eX-
hibits in every line, each n conclusive
evidence OF the wonderful advance
ment OF the Southwest in every branch
of industry. Richer premiums always
assure better exhibits, and the man.
agement Of the fair, realizing this, is
offering $4,000 in prizes and awards.
The art, culinary and textile depart
ment of the fair afford a great educa-
tional feature and in which every wom-
an visitor is interested. This especial
ly applies to the division in which the
work of the school children OF Texas is
shown and in which handsome prizes
and premiums are offered. The man
agement of the State Fair has made
provisions this year for larger exhibit
OF this sort, which will include a dis
play of manual art, drawing, arts and
crafts fine art. original school work,
domestic science and the work of chill
dren Of kindergarten age. Medals are
offered for displays of domestic science,
domestic art wood work and metal
work; and cash prizes for mechanical
and ARCHITECTURAL drawings, designs for
book covers, elevation and floor plan
for eight room cottage, pencil drawings,
metal work and craft jewelry. In the
drawing division prizes are offered for
drawings in pencil, charcoal, water col
orS and pastel. Domestic science dis
plays of plain sewing and cooking win
be more numerous than last year fol
the simple reason that better prizes
mean more and better exhibits.
The culinary department will be
housed this year in the Coliseum the
space occupied last year In the tex
tile and fine arts building will be de-
voted to a larger and better textile
display. Several hundred dollars in
prizes will be awarded for exhibits of
breads, cakes, preserves and jellies,
fancy prepared fruits and pickles. The
best general display of cakes will re-
ceive special prize of $40. Brandy
peaches, picked cucumbers, picked
onions, chow chow, pear sweet pickles,
all receive a first prize OF S1.50 and
a second OF 81; a general prize Of Sl2
being offered for the best display. Pre-
serves of all kinds will be exhibited in
pint Jars and jelly in glasses. Under
the head OF fancy prepared fruits
awards will be made for lemon but
ter. ounce cheese, carved citron, can
ned plums, peaches, apples, pears, to-
matoes, grapes, with special prize OF
SIS for the best general display Of pre-
serves, marmalades. jellies, conserved
fruits, dried fruits and cordials.
For the last nine years the manage
ment of the State Fair has assembled
for each annual exposition a showing
of the best in America art. More than
one million visitors have viewed these
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the influence it has had for better
understanding Of the best in art has
been marked. In fact it has been the
custom for years past and will be fol-
lowed this year for the various schools
of the State to give their students a
day at the fair for the special pur-
pose of visiting the art exhibit. Nu-
merous sales of paintings have been
made to private collectors, the Fair AS
sociation appropriating a large sum
each year to purchase paintings for its
own permanent exhibit. The art gal
lery at Fair Park has been pronounced
by experts as one Of the best in Amer
lea, the provisions made for a proper
display being unequaled. This year the
will eclipse even that of pre-
vious yeas, as Julian Onderdonk, one
of the best known painters in America !
and who represents the MANAGEMENT in |
New Oik, mas ItC'iNt4 assurance lIdt !
more than one hundred paintings from
the studios Of the greatest American |
artists win be in the collection. Colin !
Campbell Cooper, whose Port Of La
Rochelle, France" attracted a great deal !
Of the most favorable comment last year |
will send one of his best and latest |
paintings. Among the famous artists !
that will be represented are Clifford |
Beal, T. Lampert Cooper, Childe Has |
sam, Robert Henri Paul Cornoyer, |
Bruce Crane, Frederick Ballard Will |
liams, Jane Peterson, Charles Melville |
Dewey, Carlton r. Chapman and Chas |
c. Curran.