Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — ART SHOW TO BE AT ROSSER FAIR [ARTICLE]

ART SHOW TO BE AT ROSSER FAIR

Annual Indiana Exposition Offers Many Attractions For Women Visitors. Women visitors to the Indiana State Fair will see in the art department an exposition of craftsmanship of many kinds that has been made entirely by Hoosier women., Under new plans of the fair management, no exhibits Uiade by other than Indiana women C yP,Y e shown, and any woman who is skilled in needlework, with brush or camera, can compete for the prizes. In the fine art division there are eleven departments, each of which wi.i overflow with the clever work of Indiana women—crochet and knitted work, made lace and embroidery, hand sewing, fancy work, photography, craftsmanship in wood, leather and brass, paintirms and drawings. One of the great features of the art department will be the lavish display ot c.dna painting showing in what directions the up-to-date artists of Indiana are turning their talent this year, with all that is new in designs and colorings.

The pure foods, flowers, poultry, workup;- hives of bees-, hom'e utilities and labor-saving machinery will make the Fair teem with interest to women. New County Displays. Tlie first’, evidence the public will have of what the county farm agents ot Indiana have been doing since they began work about two years ago will be at the coming State Fair, which opens Sept. G, when the agents from most of the counties will put on exhibits of their farm products- in the largest open pavilion on the fair grounds. The Studebaker pavilion near the Fine Arts and Horticulture halls, will be entirely occupied by these county displays, and from the demands for space from the county, agents the place will hardly be large enough for their exhibits. This promises to be the greatest exposition of Indiana farm resources ever held, and it will be in addition to the regular displays shown in the Agricultural building. The county agents have along many lines helped* Indiana farms to a higher standard of cultivation, and they will bring together at the coming Fair the evidence of the advanced work the Hoosier farmers are now doing.