The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-07-04
Farmers Letter.
BY CAPT. T. r. PECK
WOMAN'Ss PARTIN
THE STATE FAIR
By Mrs. T. G. Settle, Chairman
Of the Woman'a Board.

ytAp ohouAA " oSuhNS VI ~ VII
pride to all Tennesseans that the
Woman's Department Of the Ten.
nesseesState Fair is a pattern to
other States conducting fairs.
At different times from all over
the country have come letters of
nquiry,concerning the Tennessee
Fairs 1 method Of gathering and
placing the exhibits of woman q
work.
The sustained interest that has
made possible a large and varied
collection of beautiful, and at the
same time, practical specimen 3
Of woman's talent and industry,
has put the, Woman's Department
of the State Fair in the limelight
that falls nponsspccessful State
enterprises. Not only should
every Tennessean applaud the
judgment of these other States
in Putting forward q Tennessee
project as the model of it's kind !;
every man and woman in the
State should be q loyal and pa.
triotic promoter of everything
tending to the advancement Of
it's interest and growth.
Tennessee's great natural re.
sources. are very beautifully and
graphically demonstrated thru
the medium of the Woman's De.
partment; for the fine paintings
and china, the exquisite needle
work, delicious preserves, pick.
les, and other culinary products !;
the splendid programs given by
talented women every day of the
Fair, evidence a leisure in pre-.
paration possible only to those
who share such bounty as Ten
nessee women know.
A land of; Strengthened means
and barren; soil could never pro.
duce such a woman's department
as the Tennessee State Fair
offers. There would be no time
to develop woman's gifts as a
home beautifier and benefactor
here in Tennessee, had not God
blessed US with the finest of eli.
mates and richest Of land. In.
stead Of perfecting their talents
as artists, needleworkers and
home scientists to q degree Of
professional skill, Tennessee
women would be struggling to
meet the plain, unadorned con.
ditions incident to frugal living.
The wide. awake, intellectual
women who are graphing with
social questions and through club
work are bringing before the
people at large certain means of
solving the problems of a com.
pick age, would have less time
for study and for actual work in
behalf Of the poor and needy
were they themselves bound by
the iron hand Of necessity. But
Nature smiled upon Tennessee,
Here are sun,kissed hills and
wide green valleys, sparkling
streams and fertile farm lands.
Here are mountains bursting
with treasure, and soil capable OF
producing every variety Of agri-
cultural product. 1t is small
wonder then that the Tennessee
Fair sets THE pace which other
fairs follow.
The fact thatlthe fair is a State
institution should in itself be
sufficient reason for supporting it
and endeavoring in every way
possible to promote its interest
and growth. Every woman in
T, nnessee should feel that the
Woman'si Department is an en-.
terprisein which she has a share,
aud that whatever she can do to
help its successful conduct she
should feel bound to undertake,
inasmuch a. only state. wide 10y.
atty to; State institution can
render the latter the perfected
plan which, as conceived and so
far carried out, should make