South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-15
FAIR OPENS
WITH SMALL
ATTENDANCE
Children S Day Opens Inter.
State Fair With Few
Attractions.

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deIectab.e pies cakes. rolls. bread.
cookies and other toothsome pastries
that are sore temptatin 10 small.
hungry boys and girls. TOO.
Work Ira oils.
- one Isl Of al artistic trend q
mind she can find much of the
beautiful pictured iI oils. water coll
ors. or crayou displays iD the art
department. The china painting
section this year has an interest
quite distinctive and the glass cases
which contain the entries of this
form 81 the painters skill are re-
splendcnt with all sorts OF embel-
lisheI "a bic and household ware. Tn
order TO learn any of the new or
20 reIcarn many Of the very old pat
terms l1 crochet. knitting and tatting
work. mother or aunt can find no
finer examples % copy from than
the models on display ar the fair
this year In short most anything
that is produced in the home
through the housewives endeavor.
has found a place for Itself in the
Woman's building
The younger generation too has
"a very conspicuous place at the fair
which are the result OF the sum-
mer's industry or the boys and girls
Of the county entered in a corner
all OF It's own in the woman's build
sug The displays include the pro-
ducts OF the gardens and fields cul-
tivated by the young gardeners
There are some lovely little handi-
work creations developed BY the
girls who did not bend all their
EFFORTS tn that direction, however.
but who also entered canned goods
and pastry that the judges say vie
in goodness with mothers things
which are displayed in other parts
OF the building.
Prison Exhibit.
UNIQUE fin every respect is the dis
pIav exhibited by the Indiana state
prison. which comprises manufac-
tured and hand made products OF
the widest variety from the most
approved style in reed furniture 70
TOYS made for Indiana's insane chill
dren.
The prisoners. inmates Of the
state prison ar Michigan city. are
A. present producers of some or the
finest articles contracted Tor ny DIX
distributors Of manufactured goods.
After oct I such work for which
10 produce will cease as a recent
act 81 the state legislature prohibits
the manufacture Of prison maze
goods for any except state institu-
or interest are the indestructible
eirns scmaphOres and other ROAD
guides which Will be continued 10
be- made by the inmates for 10y
provision of the legislature. counties
must purchase such products nom
Work OF Insane.
Fearful and wonderful were the
stuffed dolls. animals and unnamed
creatures which hold n place in the
exhibit sent by Warden Fogarty.
These TOYS are the work Of one man
who has been an inmate in he IN
sane ward for 20 years and during
aU that time has had not the re-
r7otest chance Of seeing the animals
which he attempts 90 create from
bits OF old rags. bvproducts from
the weaving room
All n the weaving. from the tue
linen towels 20 the weaving OF the
coarsest cotton woven materials is
done by the insane criminals or the
prison TUeuty-seven looms keep
active SO percent or the insane IN
mates. The work for the insane
prisoners was instituted three years
ago bv Warden Fogarty formerly
MAYOR of south Bend, and the sue
cess Of that particular institution
needs no other commentator
than the fact that IL has given the
africfcd inmates a certain degree
Of hardness and industry and sup
piled "a demand for products which
the public needs
Products from the prisons mode.
farm arc on display i'm the agri-
culture building.