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always easy to follow wherever he led
May 1t be said here we would no
presume to seem to hold q brief for MI
WinAnt. but when here, whenever
asked to help out on a story, he wa.
always sympathetic. Past favors are
appreciated, especially when the heat
man does not always pass one on te
his secretary.
1t Was Gov. Winant Who
Started the League. 81
Summer visitors as well as the home
folks are looking forward to the
leagues fair this year. as it is to be
held on the beautiful Chase estate, the
house Of which was built in 1850 and
contains some beautiful examples Of
the early crafts. Then there Is ample
room for the workshops and exhibits
which are said to be larger than usual
this year. Besides ample outbuildings
the 400-acre estate has the Chase
barn, the summer theater in which the
Yale Forty-niners are soon to start
their sixth season.
The league now has $500 members
and the attendance this year, it Is
thought, will be larger than ever be-
fore as the project Is one that has
appealed to many Of the States, az
well As recognition by number OF
the best known art schools especially
summer schools. One interesting fea-
sture Of the fair to art students will
be the demonstrations the artisans
will give Of their activities as it Is
their ambition to further the edu-
cational purposes Of the league. Mr..
Chase, now retired, is one of America s
most distinguished music critics and
always made his radio talk interesting
not only to musicians but to lovers Of
music.
The Organization Of Home
Industries Stimulated Morale.
q. It will be recalled that in the black
days Of the depression in 20, 80, 81
and 80 when the people seemed to
have reached the slough Of despond,
Gov. Winant did . wonderful work In
his State in going about among his
people and encouraging the organiza-
ton Of the home industries in weaving,
knitting and other industrial arts and
crafts in which they had excelled In
the pioneer days in America. Old
hand looms were brought forth from
attics and put into use and the activi-
ties were organized on a more or less
business basis as arrangements were
made for sale Of the products. There
was another and even more helpful
side to the project: Through the loss
OF the small savings of a lifetime and
unemployment, morale had suffered
fearfully and the Governor evidently
felt that part of the game of restora-
tlon must come from the attitude of
the individual. Exhibits were encour-
aged and bits Of old hand-woven fab
RIGS, homemade furniture, wood cary.
ing and woodcrafts which had played
. large part in the household furnish
tngs in the early days were set out
and furnished up.
This Is the first time the I. L, O.
has chosen an American for its direc-
tor. Mr.. Winant was the first Gov
ernor in . century to be reelected In
New Hampshire and served three
terms In the governors chair. He has
not the ways Of q politician. His
comradeship Is not of the slap-on-the-
back nor the kissing-baby variety, but
more Of fellowship. His hands are
noticeable for the energy and direct
ness which they convey when he is
intensely interested. His finger tips are
spatular in shape showing an artistic
temperament. The use Of his hands
In conversation-we have never heard
him make . set speech-is forceful-
never Delsartean, but help to convey
his meaning. His Interpretation Of
social justice and social ideals savor a
good deal Of those of President Roose-
velt-but his New England BACKGROUND
Is always In evidence and he cherishes
no Utopian idealism. He was the
founder Of the Stable Money Associa-
ton, was vice president of the Ma
tional Playground and Recreation As
sociation Of America, president of the
New Hampshire Tuberculosis Associa-
ton and trustee Of the International
Y. M. G. A. Coll.
League Of Republican Women
Il Thoroughly Organized.
Mrs. Frank w. Mondell, vice presi-
dent Of the Washington League Of