Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-07

ment of different designs of wall pa
pers.
S. e. Lloyd is in charge of a booth
Of Turner and Stelle. grocers. Can
ned vegetables and fruits, and a large
variety Of groceries are on display,
specializing in Richards and Robinson
goods.
H. Feinberg has on display at a
booth a large assortment of svereal
types OF stoves and ranges. The
booth is in charge Of John Kane and
william Feinherg. Representative
Trego Of the Scranton Stove Works.
the make Of stoves sold by the store.
came here yesterday for demonstra-
ton work at the booth.
Willard F. Davis, jewellers. have a
large display Of silverware The booth
in charge of Elwood Davis-attracts
much attention. Each day Of the fair,
horse, dog and chicken show trophies
will be on display at this booth
Many designs Of bathroom fixtures
and supplies are shown by the Speak
man Supply and Pipe Company. The
modern plumbing features were set
off at the booth
Suffragists Busy.
The Suffrage booth is located in the
same location OF previous years. The
booth is in charge Of Mrs. George
Newcome. of this city. and it is filled
with those things that assist Wo-
men in raising money for their cam
paigns, buttons, the Suffrage rose,
and a large array of fancy articles
from the Suffragists Of West Vir-
ginia. Notably in this collection are
the pillows Of various colored silks
Mrs. Newcome. who is in charge. is
assisted by the following members
Mrs. James Cranston. Mrs. Norris w
Smith, Mrs. Isaac B. Finklestein. Mrs
Horace Burns. Dr. Josephine NJ r. w.
DeLacour, and the Misses Clara Dill
/ Ella Johnson, Anna Churchman, AZ
mes y. Downey. Florence Marley
Catherine Krusen. Elizabeth Hilyard
Ethel Wilson, Carolyn and Mabe
Golding. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hille'
and Miss Bertha Sapovits, represent
ing the Womans Party, were visitor.
at the suffrage tent yesterday
The Bell Telephone Company
which has made a record in recent
fairs with its prettily decorated booth
has gone further this year The
booth is decorated in blue and white
ribbons and paper, the work beinl
done by w. F. Handy, an employe o.
the company.
BENJAMIN c. Kirk. a representative
Of the company. has charge of the
displsF and with the telephone ex
change of the grounds located there
in full view OF all visitors it makes
an interesting exhibit. Miss Elizabeth
Ringing is the operator in charge
with Miss Mary O'Connor as her as
sistant The Bell Company has TWEEN
ty-three phones in service on th'
grounds
Big Display Of Vegetables.
Although it is a well known fac
that Delaware's soil will grow vege
tables. visitors to the fair today were
! impressed with the best of the STATE
farm lands now on exhibition in thu
vegetable department. While The
classes are all filled. potatoes pre-
dominate, as they did last year, there
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Frank F. Yearsley, the superintend
ent, is elated over his department. thi
display being better than that OF las
year. Delaware's tomatoes are show
here to their best advantage. larg
baskets being piled high with tn
| juicy product Of the soil. The variet.
shown includes Earlianna. Baltimore
Ponderrosa and others too numerous
to mention.
Row after row Of sweet corn is L
be seen in this display, and the exhibi
Of grapes, peaches. apples, pears, ant
the like, all attest to the productive!
of Delaware farmland.
The trays filled with onions are a
numerous as those of peppers, boil
red and green. and cabbage. which il
selling at an unusual high price in tn
local markets, is to be seen galore.
The vegetable department is incor
porated under the same immense ten
with the fruit and forage departments
and is at the extreme north end o
the fair grounds, adjoining the do
kennels.
The fruit tent had large numbe
Of visitors during the day. Standin
at the head of the displays was an ex
hibition of the products grown on tn
demonstrating farm Of the Delawar
Railpad Company, al Bacon. Thi
farm was purchased by the railroa
company seven years ago and wa
considered as poor land for farming