The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-09-26
9Th ALLEGHENY
TABLELAND FAIR
OPENS OCT. Is
DiOramas From U. S. War And
Agricultural Department to Vie
With Agriculture Exhibits
AT GIMBELS, PITTSBURGH

The 1910 Allegheny Tableland Fair
will open Wednesday, October 10th, in
Gimbels 18th floor, Pittsburgh, and
last through the week, it has been an
nounced.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has ten instructive exhib-
its this year. Among them is a work.
ing model Of the 1910 cotton gin.
Others, relating to the destruction of
farm crops by insects, are titled EN-
emies of U. S. National Defense on
the Farm"
Direct from the U. S. War Depart
ment comes a series of animated do
ramas, depicting all the activities of
the U. S. Army in peace-time You'll
see the dioramas too of the cavalry,
field artillery and the veterinary corps.
An entertaining feature of the Fair
will be a milking contest, to be held
Thursday afternoon, October 18th,
open to girls from the Tableland dis
trict only. Mixers may range in age
from Is to 25. A special herd of Guern-
sey cows from Somerset county, be-
longing to r. L. Haust, of Berlin, Pa,
will be visitors on Gimbels roof for the
occasion. The contest will be for three
minute milkings. The contestant hav-
ing the largest amount of milk in her
container will win a prize of $40. The
second prize will be $3.50 and third
prize $500. Entries are now being re-
ceived Other unusual features will be
d display of gold-bronze turkeys and
special breeds of chickens. All of the
live stock will be comfortably housed
on Gimbels spacious sun-deck. The
State Of West Virginia will be repre-
sented by a brand new exhibit of con-
servation, showing their State parks
and state forest recreational facilities.
Products from the farm, the garden
and the home Of nine counties in the
Tabeland area will Of course be the
backbone of the Fair. All entries must
be securely and carefully packaged to
assure safe delivery to Gimbels store.
Each entry must be packed by itself
(apples in one package, eggs in an
other, honey in another, etc., and
clearly identified with labels provided
by Gimbels. Exhibitors will be mott
fed by mail as to where their entries
must be left for collection and trans
portation to Pittsburgh on October a.
The Fair is free both to exhibitors and
tovstors with no fees of any kind.
GimbeIs experienced decorators will
cooperate IN arranging displays.
As in former years, exhibitors may
take orders at the Fair for future de-
livery.
Glasses for which prizes will be
awarded will be for the best pecks of
wheat, rye, buckwheat, oats, pota-
toes, IL ears Of corn, 8 cucumbers to
be judged by uniformity Of size and
quality, one-half peck of onions. First
prize will be $500; second, $500, and
third, $1.0O.
The Big Vegetable Contest" will
award prizes for size alone, including
cabbage, cucumber, pumpkin, onion,
squash, potato and shell beans. Other
prizes will be awarded for eggs, but
ter, honey, black walnut meats, smoked
ham, smoked bacon. Three-pint con-
tainers of maple syrup and pound
packages Of crumb or graduated ma
pie sugar will also take the money.
Products from the ladies' depart
ment that will compete for prize
money will include jellies, pint jars
OF preserves, quarts of canned fruits
and berries, quarts of canned vegeta-
Dies, canned pickles, to pound fruit
cakes pound boxes Of homemade can
dies and canned meats. For the tai
ented artist with the needle prizes
will be awarded for a patchwork quilt,
an applique quilt, embroidered pillow
cases, embroidered and crocheted
spreads, Embroidered centerpieces,
towels, tea napkins, luncheon sets,
dresser scarfs, cushions, monogram
med linens, best articles with cut work,
Dest tatted article and best shocked
article will also take prizes.
The plain sewing division will award
prizes for the best child's dress, under
wear, baby dress, house dress and
apron. Women who are skilled at rug
making will also come in for their
snare of attention with prizes for a
hooked rug, braided rug and a woven
rag rug.
special prizes will go to the girls of
sixteen years or younger who excel
IN embroidered towels with crochet
ends, the best centerpiece, dress or
oVher article, for the best half-pound
DoH Of homemade candy
Inc Fair abounds too, in prizes for
'ne best collection of lobbyists, in
Guiding stamps, coins, scrap books,