Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-06
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
At FAIR ATTRACT
MUCH ATTENTION
Domestic Art Department of
the Caldwell High School
Well Represented at the
Idaho State Fair.

Caldwell, Oct. g. The domestic
art department of the Caldwell
high school, under the supervi-
sion of Miss Huff. has a very fine
exhibit of sewing and fancy needle
work at the Idaho state fair. The ma
Tor portion of the work was done under
\the direction of Miss Louise Riddle
during her term as supervisor of this
department last year. This department
plans to do less fancy work this year
and will devote itself principally to
more severe lines, which will include
plain sewing in the grades and some
tailoring in the high school work.
The work on exhibition by freshmen
girls shows full suits of underwear and
night gowns and dresses. The senior
girls display wooden dresses and silk
dresses and blouses. Also some good
examples of various kinds of embroi-
derry. Some exquisite bits of tatting
are also shown.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
The boys and girls club work Of
Canyon county Is the title of perhaps
the most interesting and valuable ex-
hibit in the fair for the reason that it
Indicates a movement so vitality impor-
tant TO the youth of our land as to be
one of the strongest factors in the up
building of the national character vi
the future $4,000 boys and girls en-
rolled in the boys and girls clubs or
America this year. Seven thousand oil
these are enrolled in Idaho. Canyon
county proudly boasts of 1400 of these.
Garden and pack yard clubs OF Cald-
we'll" vie with potato clubs, corn clues,
farm and home handicraft clubs, sew
y. 1s4t1a r1
all of which aid in teaching the bread
and butter education A great practl-
cal truth permeates the whole plan,
which, condensed, simply means edu-
eating the child to be sclf-reliant.
Among the schools exhibiting are the
rural schools. the work OF which is
found to be excellent. Exhibits of sew
INK are shown by Lake Lowell, Pleas
ant Ridge, Lone Star. Midway, Washoe,
Middleton, Lincoln, Central Park, Lone
Tree and Sunny Slope schools.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
Today the Junior cooking class Of
the domestic science department, under
the supervision Of Miss Wood, is dem
onstrating cornmeal and its Importance
as a food. Alberta Isham, Electa Gar
tin, kathryn Campbell and Carleen
Dougherty demonstrated custard corn
cake which was delicious. Recipes Of
the dishes served during the fair We're
given to the visitors.
on Wednesday Irene Bess, Helen
Dement,, Gwendolyn Crete and Agnes
Cummlns were the members who DEM
onstrated and premiums were yester-
dav awarded some member or members
of this class.
MANUAL TRAINING.
An exhibit attracting much favorable
attention and made by the manual
training department of the high school
of Caldwell is the handsome furniture
lllced on exhibition in Merchants
hall. Table, easy chairs, a tall lamp,
couch, etc. win much warm praise.
Mr.. Toothman, who was the instructor,
taught with true artistic feeling. The
quality which has characterized Mr..
Toothmans instruction in manual
training is his insistence that perfect
honesty be observed in every detail of
the work. And the work is that of an
artist; quaint, yet dgnifed. in style and
very beautiful always.
FLORAL DISPLAY.
The floral display was completed
yesterday when the cut flowers were
brought in and arranged. Then a thrill
of admiration ran through the crowd
which gathered around the big floral
stand on which the flowers and plants
were placed. Even Californian would
have been compelled to admit the eX-
IRENE beauty of the exhibit Roses,
large, fragrant and fine; dahlias, cactus
dahlias. asters and geraniums of mag
nificent size and form stood in brilliant
splendor. 1t was difficult to believe
10 ~, !,
open air. Sweet peas as fresh and fra
grant and daintily tinted as in early
summer. Cannas. stately and with rare
colorlng, masses of pansies, phlox, blue
delphinium of rar- sapphire-like blue
were all there to greet their friends
One of the very prettiest exhibits
was feathery mass of sweet old
fashioned verbenas in two colors, law
ender and white, massed in large
can of reddish gold color with deep
dull blue decoration. The effect was
harmony of white and blue delight
fully tender and fair.
EXHIBIT OF BEES.
Bees, live bees, and the products O
their industry are shown at the fair
Porter's Idaho Apiarles. of Caldwell
are represented by a handsomely ar
ranged exhibit, principally the result
of Mrs. Porter's artistic direction. Th'
honey is shown in comb, and strained
in jars. The beeswax, looking lik'
mass of melted golden ore. was Sc
in deep frame which was prettil!
draped in yellow bunting.
Rabbit and Pepin also have a fin
exhibit of honey in comb. strained
honey in jars, beeswax moulded II
cake forms.
"Coolc>with Honey" is the legend OF
a jar of tempting cookies made will
Idaho honey (by a woman. of course