Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-05
STATE FAIR PROVES
ATTRACTIVE FROM
NUMEROUS ANGLES
Continued from nAxs 1


opened 1T 10 oclo0sc tho morning.
There are some attractive claases for
both the morning ana afternoon. The |
harness races. which began at ?
o'clock. are divided into three classes
and come very fast horses are among |
shoa~ entered. IL 10 New Castle coun- |
~ day 49, FAR as tho Judging and |
demonstrating OF the club members /
~ and the cattle judges VIII get down
10 hard work In selecting tho blue
ribhons for the IeN~ye. 0uernHeyv
end Holstein trie~iane.
Unfortunately ~omc Of the Hereford
cattle did not arrive until this aztec
noon, 40 that tho judging OF tho
classes OF beef cattle win likely not
~iart un,,l Thursday. 80 that tho ami
mails can have brief respite from
travelling thousands OF miles and
get into come kind OF condition.
The Judges of the women's and
children competitions completed their
ishors yesterday. The display this year
IL the most wonderful and numerous
over shown In this state. Nine. Bal
81. instructor In French at young
ladies finishing school az Lakewood.
" j.. and one Of shN raox expert .
Judges IN women's nccdlcwork In the
sss;. who Judged the work. was de-
lsht~i with the specimens shown.
Mime. Rallct eaid That tho work is $50
per cen, better than any she has
judged here. She talked about the cx-
hlhit IN nrurv~. because that IL the
way all OF the exhibits are being
Judged.
one OF the mos, skilrul and ono rhst
no woman ought to miss 10 the Sp,~
hrold.r"d luncheon cloth by Mrs.
'il~io Altman. Her work Is high art
IN embroidery The petals OF the
roces rho has worked on tho Luncheon
cloth ace real petais-thst IL they are
separate from tho cloth. apparently
and can be lifted up ....
Charles Pratt OF Philadelphia. who
evidently L. determined 20 show the
ladies that the art of patchwork
auil,ing "a one that does not solely
hcoug 90 tho feminine gender and
whose quilt with $4,000 separate pieces
lset year was considered a wonder. Is
back again this year but Charles
has zone n little hetter. This year
his quilt has moro than $4,000 pieces
IN q. ite anotheS display worth view
ms.
Two extensive competitors THE year
are Nancy and Matte Hail. sisters OF
baltimore. They won many nrsts and
seconds. So did Mrs Grace Matson
or Ashtahula. Ohio. Who year after
ycas sends hundreds ~ specimens 10
che Fair for honors. Recently that
is In tho hast few years. her daughter
has entered the llsts and the Natson
collection - always one Of the best al
the ptir.
Miss BERTHA iamison 81 New Castle
WA another big winner. as was Cecilia
1,ofand OF this city Miss Helen COM
stock, who. during the war was CON
nectcd with thu Food Administered TONS
stan IN this state. located in the city
and who afterwards became connected
wish the University OF Delaware IN
'a club work. won first for a cro-
chetcd hat. q. n. Gaulke. who lives
IN Wilmington. won come honors for
nrcdlework.
The judging this ycsr wa. more
Tedious hccau.s tho Judges are select
ing He winners, not from casual In
~rcotion OF the work. but on twice
two ~ four svstem. That r.. the
artsle IL judged for It's workmanship.
ar;ietic arrangement. sanitary CON
diuon and other things. For each item
there Is credit 81 ~ many points
SVEN. Thus a centrepi-ce that IS
more ar;,etically done than some
others may fsi, 70 win prize n there
IS some other defect-perhaps SAM.
tsry condition 10 defeat IL. But under
tho now system there can be No
questioning why certain woman wor
. prize. Tho answer Is always 10 b,
found In tho marks and percentage.
IL was very orderly crowd that
attended the Fair yesterday. Chic,
OF Police Reeves and his men. with
both white and colored detectives
were very much on IN. job. They say
fhat when persons want TO do some
thing that is against the regulations
or the Fair, that they seldom protes;
when the reason for the regulation Is
explained 20 them. Courtesy should
be sivcn every patron OF the Fair and
mats what my men are instructed "a
90, said the chief. Traffic was kep,
moving; automobiles supplying eating
concessions We're not allowed on the
main streets after IN the morning
and The routine OF safeguarding fbs
cars parked was followed out success.
fully.