The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-07-04
W0man'S Part in the
State Fair.

prde To al Gennesseans that the
Woman's Department of the Tenn.
essee State Fair is a pattern to 9TH
sr States conducting fairs. At diff
erent times from all over the country
have come letters of inquiry con-
corning the Tennessee Fairs method
OF gathering and placing the exhib-
its of woman's work.
The sustained interest that has
made possible large and varied
collection of beautiful and at the
same time, practical specimens of
woman's talent and industry has
put the Woman's Department of the
State Fair in the limelight that falls
upon successful State enterprises
Not only should every Tennessean
applaud the Judgment of these 9TH
er States in putting forward a Tenn
essee project as the model of its
kind; every man and woman in the
State should be loyal and patriot
ic promoter of everything tending
to the advancement of its interest
and growth,
Tennessee's great natural resourc-
es are very beautifully and graph
callv demonstrated thru the medi-
UNI OF the Woman's Department;
for the fine paintings and china, the
exquisite needle work. delicious pre-
serves, pickles, and other culinary
products; the splendid programs
given by talented women every day
OF the fair, evidence leisure in pre-
paration possible only to those who
share such bounty as Tennessee wo-
men know.
A land of Strengthened means and
barren soil could never produce such
a woman's department as the Tenn
essee State fair offers. There would
be no time to develop woman g gifts
as home beautifier and benefactor
here in Tennessee, had MT God
!
blessed us with the finest of climat-
rs and richest of land. Instead of
their talents as artists,
needleworkers and home scientists
70 a degree of professional skill,
Tennessee women would be strug.
Cling to meet the plain, unadorned
incident to frugal living
The wide-awake, intellectual wo-
men who are graphing with social
questions and through club work are
bringing befure the people at large
ertain means of solving the prob
ems of complex age, would have
ess time for study and for actual
york in behalf of the poor and :
leedy were they themselves bound
y the iron hand of necessity. But
Nature smiled upon Tennessee.
Here airs sun-kissed hills and
,ide green valleys, sparkling
treams and fertile farm lands. A
Iere are mountains bursting with
'easure, and soil capable of preduc-
lg every variety of agricultural pro.
uct. Is is small wonder then that !
le Tennessee Fair sets the pace
hich other fairs follow.
The fact that the fair is State
lstitution should in itself be suffi- A
ent reason for supporting it and
ldeavoring in every way possible
promote its interest and growth,
Every woman in Tennessee should
Ell that the Woman's Department A,
an enterprise in which she has a
are, and that whatever she can do
help its successful conduct she Re
ould feel bound to undertake, in
much as only state wide loyalty to Di
State institution can render the
ter the perfected plan which, as
nceived and so far carried out, Ey
ould make every Tennessean bri
bud of its State Fair Board of
ustees.
The endeavor of the Woman's
ard OF the Fair is to make of the
Department an eminently ~ ~,
e and sincerely true demonstrate f'l
OF what cooperation among all WV
women of the State of Tennessee
produce, While the utmost eff
will be put forth to gather and
Jude every wonIon's interest and