The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09

Birmingham is the home of the for tunate first prize winner. Mrs. Vernon Douglas (Etoile White). one of the most admired young matrons. Mrs. White received SIPS. while the others winning prizes were Mrs. R. O. Cooper, second prize, s1O0; Mrs T. 1. Mangum, third prize. sso Mrs w P. Lynch, fifth prize, $75 Mrs E. l. Latinter, sixth prize, s70: Mrs J. H. RinaTi seventh prize, $65; Mrs NJ D. Gum, eighth prize. $60; Mrs Hickman, niuth prize, $55; Mrs. F. A. Franklin. tenth prize, S50 Mrs. W. O. Duffy, eleventh prize, $40; Mrs. Butler. twelfth prize, $40; Mrs Tillman Wood. thirteenth prize, SS5: Mrs. N. B. Scott. fourteenth prize. $30; Miss Evelyn Zeigler, fif- teenth prize. sSO; Miss Esther Robert son, sixteenth prize, $25; Mrs. Ham brick, seventeenth prize s25; Mrs. r. R. Wolf. eighteenth prize: s25; Mrs. Truil Smith, nineteenth prize. $25.
 In the woman's building there were two booths of home products among the many. the Batterton Coffee com pany and he Venus Chemical company, which manufactures toilet articles Both made attractive displays and are N-AS NCtANSt pA ifRA SC OdPS OL WOIilCIl each day.
 The Venus company is headed by MT. Pandolfe. the Italian consul, who is loca ted in Birmingham and was most generous in giving the women samples of their articles.
 MT. Batterton was serving hot cof- fee at all hours to the many tired wo- men.
 Mrs. J B. Reid, in speaking of her work at the fair. when told of the great success of her department, said,
 Yes, I get the glory and the women of Alabama do the work. which does not seem one bit fair
 "We have tried each year to pu. new life in this department and make the old building as attractive as pos sible by changing the color scheme as we'll as the arrangements of all the booths.
 We who make this department feel that in reaching the home and making tt better for the child that We are aiding in the highest type of welfare work, as well as aiding those who make social service their life work. The women who have aided me in the woman's department relt quiet grati- fled yesterday when Mir R. M. Strick- lin, secretary of the Atlanta Fair as. sociation. paid us a visit and said that after visiting fairs from Canada to the gulf that he found that the wo- mans department of the Alabama state fair was superior to any fair that be had visited. He said that he had found finer buildings. but no better arrangement nor finer exhibition. we who have spent the past 20 years laboring to teach the women of our native state the high art of home- making feel very happy each year when the public as well as ourselves and the women of the home see and feel the improvement. We feel that our labor has not been in vain. eve have had many to visit the woman's department hourly since the day of opening and to greet the Ala bama people and see their apprec:a- tion of the women's work is worth a great deal. The men. too. are appreci- ative of what their women folks can do and are eager to display the work of their wives. sweethearts and sisters, too.
 One of the most appreciated cour- tesies extended the boothmakers in this department was the serving of tea each afternoon while we were making ready to receive our guests by the Ridgway Tea company, who have | an attractive booth in the building. The women were tired and Jagged out