The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-19
cHILDREN's FAIR GREAT SUCCESS.
Barre Youngsters Exhibited Wide Vari-
ETY. of Things Before Large Crowd.

Under the auspices of the Barre Wom'
ans club, large number of children
held successful exhibit at Howland
hall Friday afternoon and evening. Pri-
marily it was an exhibit made possible
solely through the efforts of the children
themselves, but in another sense II was
another indication that the Womans
club is justifying its existence as a eivic
factor in the welfare of the city. After
8 o'clock, people began to throng the
hall and an hour later the exhibits were
inspected by hundreds of school children.
Interest in the affair did moot slacken
at any time during the afternoon and
evening. Members Of the club and chill
drcns committees were on hand to show
the visitors about. One of the best fea-
lures of the exhibition came in the even
ing, when number of young ltallan
girls gave very creditable program un-
der the direction of the deaconesses
from the North Barre mission.
Almost everything conceivable was to
be seen in the exhibition. Painstaking
efforts were made to arrange the varl-
GUS departments in manner conducive
TO the convenience OF the visitors. First
came the nature group, in which those
children whose talents carried them INTO
the realms OF horticulture had their OPP
portunity for showing what they have
accomplished during the summer. Note
books on birds and flowers were pre-
pared with splendid care. Bouquets OF
wild and garden flowers were eyeryY@ere
and prizes were awarded on the basis OF
quality, variety and arrangement. In
the growing group, so called, there were
fine exhibits of corn, potatoes, miscel-
laneous vegetables and specially ar
ranged flowers. One section of the hall
resembIed small poultry show Ap-
parently the chicken fever, so long ram
pant among adults here in Barre, had
been communicated to the youngsters
At any rate, there were some very COM
mendable showings of birds.
In the household department, there
were specimens OF bread, pie, cake, cook
les and other fancy things which, the
girls delight in making. Not the least
practical feature of the chiidrens ciub
has been the cooking circles, and whlle
much remains to be learned, there can be
no denying that much has been accom-
plished. Sewing, plain sewing, dress
making, fancy work and buttonhoies
work formed another interesting depart
ment. Obviously some potential seam
stresses of more than ordinary ability
are to be found in the sewing club.
While the decorative instinct was not
uppermost in the minds OF the children,
| they attained extraordinary results in
arranging the hall with ferns, ever
greens, golden rod, clover, etc. In this
phase Of the exhibit preparations they
were assisted by several of the women.
| An appreciatiye audience gathered IN
! the hall at 1880 o'clock last evening
| for the program. The degree in which
many Of the participants had qualified
| themselves was revelation to most peo-
iple and the applause was spontaneous
land sincere Too much credit cannot
/ be given the deaeonesses for the part
| they have played in training the girls.
| Here are the numbers as they were gwen
/ in the order Of their coming on the pro-
gram:
Duet, "Cooing Doves, Josephine Rizzl
and Lillian Corti; violin solo, "Eterna-
I DenIs. AdGilid IidltAhAt iliStA
solo, "On the Meadow Helen Rossi;
playlet, "The Freckled Girl" little giri,
| lnez Maberini, missionary, Lillian Cortl,
mother, Gladys Comolli; instrumental
solo, "Habanera," Lillian Corti violin
solo, Eda Carusi; vocal solo, There,
Little Girl, Don't Cry" Miss Teresa Lam
Won. "The Freckled Girl" and "His Old
lSweethearts, were two very clever skits,
the latter pantomime for all but the
bachelor All of the characters showed
marked ability. The cast for the panto-
mime follows: Josephine Rizzi, bache-
lor; Bette. Helen Rossi; Kate, Mary
Rizzi: Blanche. Inez Maberini; Clara,
! Lillian Corti; Jeanette, Gladys Comol-
| Ii; Helen, Nina Cassellini; Tegia, Jennie
Riceiarelli Mary, Nina Casselini. The
program closed with vocal solo, ave
Maria by Adelina Frattini.
The Prize Awards.
The following were awarded prizes:
Vegetable exhibit-Pumpkins lst,
Caspar Greig: ID, Mildred Albin. Squash,
! lst. Albert Vitioli, I'd, William Halvosa.
Cabbage, lst, Aurora Susena; I'd, Albert
Slayton. Corn, lst, Richard Hoar; 2d,
/ Ralph brown; "a, ENd AucHlhd' w
cumbcrs. LIST, Lawrence Angwin; I'd,
GLADYS Grogan. Lettuce, lst, William
Wylie; I'd, Luigina Pmicelli Citron,
| Antonio Placement. Potatoes, lst, Ralph
Brown; 2d, Elmer Crawford; I'd, Cliff
ford sherman; ID, Burton Humphrey, lr.
Sunflowers, lst, Richard Hoar; 2d, John
Calevro; I'd, Ugo Comolli Watermelon,
Ist, Paul BeclSley. Butter beans, lst,
Dino Nalz. Mushrooms, lst, Josephine
/ Chieravalli Caulifower, Florence Bell.
Bcets lst, Mario Cato; ID, Mary Milne;
Cd, Michael Attnoni. Celery, lsti Anita
Placement Turnips, lst, Frank and Lucy
Wells. Carrots, lst, Richard Hoar; I'd,
/ John Realin Gourds, A. Parker, lr.
Radishes, lst. William Wylie. Apples,
Ist, Mary Milne; I'd, Annie Sullivan.
+ Crabapplcs, lst, Eva Crotesu; largest ex-
lhibit, Charles Beck, greatest variety,
Frank and Lucy Wells. Lettuce, Mi
chael Attnoni. The last four won spe-
cial prizes.
! In the bird club, the prizes were
awarded for the best notebooks and for
attendance at the club meetings. They
we're awarded as follows: First divi-
! sion, third and fourth grades, Paul Greg
ware. Ethel Woodruff, Clara Gibson, Ra-