The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-23

Two society women drove up to the gates of the Chattanooga District fair in a limousine. Quietly, as if they might be on detective business, they entered, paying the cash admission with an air of indifference that marked them as women of means. They made no attempt to conceal the fact that they had money, that that money placed them above the others who were then on the grounds, and their conversation would have been interesting to most anyone.
 T suppose we are perfect fools for coming out here,' remarked one And as she spoke she glanced around to see that plain little woman, in clothes that were probably made at home, was passing by Instinctively she itew closer to her companion in wealth as if it would be a moral reproach to be touched by the clothes of the woman of the country.
 We'll remarked the other woman, Eve can have some amusement over the things we see here. Look at that little girl over there. You can tell she is from the country, and she is playing with that rag doll as if she has never seen a playthng of any kind before. It must be awfully uninteresting, life in the country There is so little do- ing"
 ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS
 Continuing with comment of this kind, the two women from the limou- sine walked about the fair grounds. It was interesting to them, for never had they mingled so freely among those who think in terms of livestock, crops, and life on the farm They looked at one of the amusements staged in the center of the race track, but took, lit- tIa in that-tbair fa had haa made up of such things. They were finding amusement in the people of the fair and commenting to each other with self satisfaction about the little ness of life that these people know
 They looked at the livestock. It in- terested them and pleased them, too, for they could see that much skill had been required to bring the animals to such a fine state of perfection, and then they remembered how they rel ished the fine cuts of beef. They passed from the livestock to the building where the negroes had their exhibit Were they mistaken? They looked in the doorway to see some of the finest fancy work, wood craft, and canned goods they had ever seen. They were not mistaken for all around were well dressed negro men and women keeping the exhibits in order They hesitated before they entered the building, but after entering they went all around in fact, examined some of the things very closely to be sure they were not being deceived.
 HAVE BROADER KNOWLEDGE They left the building with broader knowledge than they entered it, and they walked mechanically as they ap- preached the building where the white women had their demonstra ton orll on exhibition. To their surprise they saw other women of wealth in the room, and some of them were talkin 2 with the farm women Why sucn in- terest in such commonplace work? ney walked around the room, examining carefully every exhibit. Here a girl had made herself a house dress. Here one had raised garden truck and canned it; canned and dried products were on display. The visiting women had never seen such canned goods. Anyone fol- lowing them would have noticed that the character of their remarks was shanging. Here was the record of sri who had helped out the family in come by her work. They even passed to examine the record book of a girl fl om the canning club. It told jus, how she had done the work They looked back of them and there was COT from the boys of the corn clubs community corn clubs. There they