Evening star., 1939-12-08
Handicraft
in
Many Articles
Are Offered in
3.Day Display

Quaint buttons and buckles made
from cantaloupe seeds and black
vaInuts, handmade quilts in old
fashioned patterns, baskets, hooked
rugs. crocheted bedspreads ana
many other articles are attractlvely
displayed in the auditorium OF the
virginia Public Service co. in Alex
andria as part of the three-day sale
opened yesterday by the Capital
division of the Woman's National
Farm and Garden Association.
The twofold purpose OF the sale
Is to realize money toward the
scholarship fund of the association
and to encourage domestic handi-
craft and arts among farmers and
their wives throughout the United
States.
Oficials of the association attend
ing the opening yesterday expressed
the belief there would be consider
able demand for articles Of rural
American handicraft, with curtail-
ment of many novelties and imports
from Europe.
Various Groups Contribute.
Contributions from various groups
in Virginia include table filled
with Monticello pottery ware, wood
en- novelties from the Old Dominion
Home Industries Cooperative Asso-
citation in Fredericksburg, cakes and
candies from farm women OF Char
lottesville and attractive Christmas
holly, mistletoe and evergreen deco
rations, also from a Charlottesville
contributor.
The Alexandria Girls Club has
made noteworthy additions to the
sale by numerous small articles
made by girls ranging from to the
teen ages Clever pot holders made
by the younger girls are proving
popular sellers in the small item
class, while smocks and aprons sent
In by the older girls were almost
completely sold out yesterday. Mrs,
Alice Tolley Smith is in charge OF
the Alexandria Girls Club table.
while different members of the
association take turns at tables
containing other contributions. Sew
eral articles sent by blind veteran
at Mount Alto Hospital have been
much admired, including hand
fooled leather belts, billfolds and
dog harness.
The Work Projects Administra-
ton is cooperating with the Wom-
ans National Farm and Garden
Association by presenting an ex-
hibit of arts and crafts done by w.
P. A. workers. Hand woven blankets,
hooked rugs, toys of many kinds,
and homespun yard goods are all
included in this group under the
direction of Mrs. Charley Tidd Cole,
who is with the Professional and
Service Division.
Drive In From Long Distance.
Appreciation of the encourage
ment and cooperation given them
by the association has been shown
by several contributors who have
brought in handicraft in person
from farms at considerable distance
from Alexandria. Early yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Pierpont and
their two daughters drove 60 miles
from Poeonian Springs, Va, to bring
in handmade articles and foodstuffs,
including fruit cakes neatly wrapped
in cellophane, aprons, toy dogs and
novelty pins at extremely modest
prices.
A luncheon prepared in the dem
onstration kitchen is served each
day by the Virginia Public Service
Co. to those assisting in the sale
and exhibit. Mrs. Ida Lansden, in
charge of all public service demon
stration work for the company in
Virginia, is in charge of the
luncheons, assisting both in the
cooking and serving of the meals.
Mrs. Murray Boocock, national
president; Mrs. Jay Winston Johns,
Capital division president, and Mrs.
Lawrence Douglas, general chair
man, attended the opening of the
sale and exhibit, which will continue
until late Saturday night.