Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-14

| The Iowa dairy commission has an
| interesting exhibit which 1t is showing
| 70 rthe first time in Marshall county
fair E. W. Van Duyn, of Des MONIES.
chief state inspect n of weights ana
measures is in charge of the exhibit.
/; with Assistant Inspectors l.. Il. Eiick-
enger and Chris Ottosen working Win
| him. The exhibit is planned to snow
! the food value of various grams
| meats. cereals. and dairy products. IN
| teresting charts are shown, as wen as
tables explaining the advantages ana
| advantages of various foods This
| is the eighth week the exhibit mas
been on the road 1t is sent out by
| the state dairy department and is
! purely educational,
| In the department Of pantry stores
prospects are good for a record-break-
! ing display, as well as in the flower
! section. The fresh fruit exhibits are
especially large. according to superin-
tendent T. P. Low and his assistant.
l.. c. Knudson. Apples and plums are
among the more. abundant fruits, with
a few peaches and pears.
Canned fruits and other pantry
stores. including cakes. jellies, pies
and fancy pastry, are arrayed in tempt
ing display. Flowers of all kinds are
better than last year. Practically all
the space was taken Monday after
noon. Mrs. Leroy Thompson is the
superintendent of this department.
Art Department UP to Standard.
In the art department nearly every
kind and variety of fancy work is To
be seen. The exhibit is large and in
terestins, and many fine pieces of
u
play. The crochet work is especially
beautiful this year. containing articles
of every description, from Irish lace
collars to bed spreads. and 'nc ''des
trimmings for towels. yokes. collar and
cuff sets. and all kinds of luncheon
sets and doilies The embroidery work
is also unusual, there being fine coll
lection OF all kinds. including lingerie,
waists. towels, table linens and baby
garments. There are also dresses
scarfs and pillow slips The tatticg
and cross stitch work. knitting. hand
woven rag rugs. and quilts are up to
the usual standard and make an ex-
cellent showing.
The hand painted china and water
colors are beautiful, the collections in
Guiding variety of subjects There is
a large collection of water colors AID
some oil painting that display fine
work The china exhibit is good. and
shows the newest design work and
new enamel work. which are especially
attractive. There Is also d good display
of wood carving. Mrs. +. r. Lay Is
superintendent of the art department.
with Mrs. J. T. Pound her assistant.
Mrs. NJ. s Mcfarland has textile ia
brics ard hey assistant is Mrs. r. w.
McCreery.
Schools in Fine Display.
An excellent display Of all kinds of
handicraft is included in the exhibit
by the public schools There are in
teresting articles 10 be seen from the
work done from the kindergarten -
the high school, and altho the exhibit
OF the city schools is much the largest
there are some excellent articles o:
hand work from the rural schools and
those OF surrounding towns. -'he
grades have fire collection OF artistic
work OF basketry. stencil, water colors
and weaving of all kinds. leather work,
bent iron work, note books of different
kinds and carved wood. In the fancy
and needle work the children have a
splendid display of embroidery. plain
crocheting and knitting.
The Marshalltown high school has a
fine display OF furniture from the man
ia, training department. and cooking
from the domestic science department
There is also a good display OF draw
ing. water colors. notebook work, and
pennmanship. all being of high order.
The exhibits from the other schools
include work OF much the same variety
which makes an excellent showing.
The Central Iowa Business College
has fine display of its commercial
work as done by students in their daily
lessons.
A. Palmer is superintendent of the
educational department and Mrs. Pal
mer, assistant.
Merchants Exhibit Excellent.
In the merchants exhibit hall dis
plays of all kinds greet the spectator,
ard the latest and most up TO date de-
vices for doing all kinds of housework,
for furnishing homess from top to bot
tom and every article that one could
| wish for are on display. The displays
are truly of exposition caliber.
/! Entering the exhibit hall from the
north entrance. one sees on the right
| displays from tne 10nOWlHS IleTCIldIlto-
| McCarten Plumbing Company. Fisher
| Governor Company. Let's Fletcher
| Company, Marshall Oil Company. Alb
! bolt e. Son. Everist wall paper store,
the D. C. Wilbur Store and the Buch-
valid Lumber Company. On the left
| as one enters are the exhibits of the
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
Lennox Furnace Company. Quick Ac-
ton Range Company. Tuffree Music
| House. The Fair store. H Willard. Son
&, Co, and Bendlage Hardware Com
pany.
Passing on into the arcade an equal
/ w complete and interesting display is
| found with the following firms taking
part: On the right, entering thru the
merchants hall, is found Buchanan
| Bouehton Company. T. F. Jones wall
paper store. Marion Gard. Smith MUSIC
| Company. Iowa Railway and Light
| COMPANY. Levin Dry Goods Company.
The Andrews Store. Schmidfs hard
ware store. Proceeding from the en-
trance. the exhibits on the left include
Horne & Gelvin. Weism ans Bargain
store James L. Denmead. George
Painter. Ingledue & Young, The New
England store, with separate exhibits
Of E. r. Ray and Burch Brothers Com
many. I. o. Kemble, Citizens Lumber
/ Company, Sinclair Tea and Gomez
Company. and The Sunlight Hat Com
pany.
! CANADA HAS EXHIBIT.