The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11

were from one and a half to two
pounds each. The dinner was cooked
| by Mr.. Lovewell and was a CASTRO
nomic triumph. 1t was topped off
with huckleberry pie made from
! huckleberries picked in Pennsylvania
and brought back by him when he
came home from his eastern trip.
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Among those whose handiwork is
I on display at the Kansas Free Fair is
the late Queen Victoria of England.
! Her offering is a collar of knitted lace
/ which she made when she was little
| girl and gave to a laundress at the
! palace. Later, children of this laun-
/ dress came to America and with them
! came the collar. It is an even, deli
| cate piece of work.
Another heirloom on display at the
! fair is a beaded bag. 1t is more than
a century old and is made of beads
much better than those one buys to-
| day The body is gold beads with
! fringe of the same color and a. large
! design in flower colors. The name
sarah is worked in at the top. There
were other lovely bags. and among
! them one of purple ribbon with a
| white satin lining and silver frame
! that Won prize.
| Like some animated hope box is the
! display in the textile department at
the Kansas Free Fair. Towels, bed
| linen. quilts without number, luncheon
cloths, baskets, bags, handkerchief
| and more of everything again. 1t is
/ almost a shame for any girl who is
! gathering together the things for a
| house and slowing them away in her
cedar chest to visit this exhibition, for
| she can't help but be envious and see
| how far short of the real achievement
/ she must be. over seventy-fiye quilts
4 were entered in the contest and they
/ are of as many kinds as there are
| numbers. The most interesting one is
white quilted in diamond pattern with
an elaborate flower design border. 1t
was made by woman over 10
years of age. 1t would become any
| bedroom and would be particularly
I lovely for coverlid on four poster.
! There were crazy quilts, and auto
graph quilts and block quilts, quilts
made in the pine tree pattern and star
! design and then more quilts. Among
I other things there were a number of
the old home made blue coverIids
/ One was made in the year 1882 and
/ has a border of quaint houses
The luncheon cloths with crocheted
/ borders were appalling when you con-
sidered the amount of work on them
/ And they were lovely to look at The
! first prize was given to the one made
with rose design in filet. But as
much attention was given to a more
simple piece of work-a luncheon
cloth and napkins with japanese fig
I ures in outline stitch. The edge was
! black cross stitch and each napkin
/ had a different japanese figure, which
were all used on the cloth. 1t was
done in attractive colors. Pillow cases
with knitted lace looked good enough
j to sleep on. One beautiful set of pill
/ low cases and sheets had heavy Gro
cheted bands for trimming.
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! Little josephine Allen, the daughter
| Of Mr.. and Mrs Otis Allen, won the
prize in the doll contest at the fair.
! Her doll was dressed in a simple
| flesh colored organdie dress with a
| hat of the same material trimmed
! with a wreath of rget-rne-nots. She
made everything the doll had on in
1 Guiding her shoes.
/. There were other lovely dolls-one
| dressed as a baby in a long dress and
wearing a little cap.
In the case, but not entered for
| competition, were Josiah and Saman-
tina Allen made from dried apples.
! The old lady wore a dress of gray
! with a gray bonnet. The dress had
a vest and collar of lavender silk. She
carried on her arm a green knitting
| bag, much like the bags every one
! carried a year ago. And true to life
| her knitting needles stuck out of it.
Josiah was dressed in the convention
| al black" and wore a high stiff hat
faces were WdASHeQ ana Drown
and lined. But the lines showed the
| character of a long life we'll spent.
These good people have attended the
| fair before, but they are so popular
/ that they are always invited. They
| were made by Mrs. Frank Charles Nc
! Elvain, 1924 Lincoln street. She is
/ more than rs years old.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
Sometimes the longer you wait fol-
a thing the better 1T is when it comes
So altho the children were disap-
pointed last Saturday morning that
the film they had been promised did
MT come, 1t will all be made up tc
them this week. For the Social Serv-
ice club has been informed that BABY
| Marie Osborn and Little Black SambC