The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-13
Will Be Opened for Public
Inspection at 2.30 This
Afternoon
MOST DEPARTMENTS
ARE WE'LL FILLED
Rain and Shortage Of Sugar Affects
Display of Vegetables and Canned
Goods, but Boys and Girls Make Ex-
cellent Showing, Nevertheless.

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cellent Showing, Nevertheless.
Rain and the shortage of sugar have
worked to decrease the number of entries
in the vegetable and canned goods de-
partment of the fourth annual exhibit
of the Brattleboro Home and School In
dustrial league, which will open in the
high school building at 2.30 o'clock this
Afternoon, but there is no shortage in the
handiwork, cooking and nature study dis
plays.
Many children were unable, on account
OF continuous rain, to get their vegetables
in condition to exhibit, and because of the
lack of sugar it was found advisable by
a number of families to consume at home
berries which had been bought for can
ming.
The exhibit will be open to inspection
of visitors from go to o'clock this af-
ternoon and from to 9 o'clock this even
| ing and during those hours many guests
are expected to examine the work of the
children, all OF which has been accom-
| all prizes are awarded ON the basis of the
work done during the school year
ENu bits i-esan TO arrive at the build
| ing a. o'clock this morning and, he
teache 9 IN charge of the various raons
we're busy arranging the Displays until If
| ter ii COX, while some of ina more in.
ter. .,tcd children were on hand Ia iel-
der all the assistance Loss:oie Judges,
| too, were devoting attention to the COM
parative qualities in order that prizes
should be awarded justly and without
preference. BY noon this work had been
accomplished and everything was in read
iness for the inspection of the public
Entering the building from the front
the first display to the left is that of 81
children who made 63 exhibits of cookies,
candy, plain and frosted cakes, bread,
rolls, corn bread, etc, which viii be sold
before the exhibit closes tonight To the
observer the work of an experienced cook
could look no better
Another branch of household arts, that
OF canning, has many exhibitors, two of
the larger being Miss Marjorie Pier. with
80 varieties, and Miss Eleanor Manley
with sc. The display of berries and fruits
is noticeably short and this is said to be
due to the shortage of sugar in the season
for canning such articles. There is
good amount of corn, string beans, peas,
tomatoes, beets, carrots, and other vege-
tables however A handmade drier,
work of boys in the eighth grade shop and
which is used in the domestic science room
of the school, also is shown here.
The room devoted to the miscellaneous
display contains comparatively few ex-
hibits, partly due to the fact that no live
stock is allowed this year on account of
the litter and work of getting the room
in readiness for school use again. Chill
dren too young to become members of
the league show handiwork, and cooking
and some erector toys have been brought
in.
Across the hall the attention of many
visitors will be called to the marvellous
nature study work which has been ac-
eomplished by the children The fifth
grade of the Canal street school show a
flower list of 2l0 varieties which is the
largest of any grade A list of the dates
of arrival of birds as noted by the vari-
Gus grades is kept in each room and the
seventh grade A, has noted l40 Drawings
of birds are shown by members of the
fifth grade of the Main street school.
: Robert Eddy of the seventh grade, West
II Brattleboro, shows "a varieties of wild
iONSiS. anu ms SisttT, anna the
sixth grade, shows p varieties of wild
berries. Donald Wood of the seventh
grade, A, Main street has 43 varieties OF
wild flowers. Handsome exhibits OF
moths and butterflies are made by Ken.
meth Wheeler and Allan Fitzgerald of the
A. eighth grade twenty-five varieties OF
il pressed ferns, each labeled with the name
e of variety, is shown by Howard C. Rice
le jr., sophomore in the high school, who
ID also shows book list of 27l wild flowers
7e Louise Pier and Winifred Cain have wild
flower lists of 262 and l40 varieties, re
w spectively.
n Thirty varieties of pressed sedges ars
er shown by Marjorie Pier of the eighth
H. grade, who has had an exhibit OF
ut pressed flowers each year since the clut
is started Her sister, Louise Pier of the
r. fifth grade, Canal street, has so varitie.
o. of pressed wild flowers Books OF
~ pressed leaves with their names alst
are shown by other children. A few
vases of cultivated flowers were brough
al in, but no prizes are offered for these.
nd Thirty-seven exhibitors have "a ar
sr- ticles of handiwork which included file
ID crocheted yokes. dresser scarf edging
ed bags, ETC., tatting. embroidered sof.
nd pillow tops and doilies, knit sweaters
in children s dresses and underwear. an,
many other articles, making a hand
some display.
81 In the bean and corn contest, each o