The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-06
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Exhibits Of Inmates of State
Institutions Attract Much
Attention at State
Fair.
Hog Show Is Best Vel

Lincoln, Sept 5.-Handiwork of
state wards with twisted minds. twist.
ed, manned bodies and twisted morals
on display at the Nebraska state fair
is one Of the wonders Of the exposi.
ton.
Five state institutions, the Norfolk
state hospital, Lincoln state hospital,
orthopedic home girls training school
at Geneve, and the state penitentiary
and reformatory have exhibits.
According to Mrs. w. d. Crist and
Mrs. G. C. Grain. needlework instruc'
tors at the Lincoln state hospital, and
Mrs. D. Regan, needlework instruc-
tor at the Norfolk state hospital some
of these with beautiful fancywork
on display are hopelessly insane. They
will talk and humble for hours, their
brains fairly aglow with hallucina-
tions, but their trained fingers ply
the needle as skillful as a sane per-
son. In fact, one woman at the Nor
folk state hospital won four first
prizes, two second prizes and one
third prize in textile display.
As wonderful Is the fancy work OF
the girls training school at Geneva.
This exhibit is presided over by Mrs.
T. A. Williams. art instructor at that
institution. Each of the 200 girls In
the institution is given an opportunity
to take a course in fancy work and
nearly every one takes advantage OF
it. according to Mrs. Williams.
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needlework of the unfortunate state
wards in the orthopedic hospital with
manned. twisted bodies and limbs.
This work vies with that of many
perfect bodies, and to those who have
visited this nightmare of childish mis-
fortune the work is considered mar
velous.
Then. there Is the handiwork OF
penitentiary prisoners In making OF
furniture on display. together with
odd pieces from the men In the state
reformatory. presided over by Gus
Miller.
The swine show Is better than ever
before, although entries are slightly
less than last year. There are $500
swine on display. Exhibitors number
ing 1S0 are nearly all Nebraskans.
The grand champion SOW and boar at
the show is owned by William Ras-
mussen of Norfolk. They are men,
bers of the Duroc Jersey hog family.
The sow weighs 1000 pounds. A
Poland China SOW owned by Weibe
and Son of Beatrice weighs the same.
There are the two largest sows on
display. Large premium winners for
swine are r. Wilde and son, Genoa;
Virgil Briggs. Sward: J. C. Meez and
Son. Ord; William Ferguson, Scrib-
ner; and Charles Hather, Ord.
THE hog man who hung on to his
hogs this year is going to be mighty
fortunate" Lamb. the superintendent,
said. Hundreds Of hog owners sold
their broodsows and all other hogs
when the price of pork was down and
the price of corn was high. As con-
sequence they have no broodsows for
breeding and the supply of pork will
be limited. while the price of pork
promises to be good for a consider
able length of time"
The fair Is filled with strange hui
man scenes. Today one old gentle
man with G.. A. r. button on his
lapel was talking TO another with n
similar button on his lapel. A rolled
bit of pasteboard used in mailing
card board was being used as an ear
trumpet. They were c. II, Hall of
Lincoln, IT. and J. NJ. Miller of
Pawnee City. 81.
I'VE are both old time pioneers
who had not seen each other for
years, and while Mr. Hall forgot his
ear trumpet we found something so
we could exchange "reminiscences
despite his faulty hearing" Miller ex-
planned.