Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1916 — INDIANA WOMAN EAHIBIT AT FAIR IS DISTRIBUTED [ARTICLE]

INDIANA WOMAN EAHIBIT AT FAIR IS DISTRIBUTED

Ceramic Display Conceded Best at San I rancisco— Hoosiers Buy Furniture. San Francisco, Feb. 26. —-The disti ihution of the Indiana woman exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition i/> the various owners took place this week at the state house here. That brings back to'inetnory the work of Mrs. Robert 11. Strong, who worked for months to complete this exhibit, only to die before she saw it completely placed. Mrs. Strong was appointed superintendent of the Indiana woman's exhibit at the solicitation of 20,(Hi0 club women and the popularity of this department shows with what (’are and thoroughness she worked. Mrs. Cora E. Woodou’ry, another Indianapolis woman, succeeded Mrs. Strong and she completed the work started by Mrs. Sirring with satisfaction- to everybody concerned. The exhibit consisted of many • aut'lnl examples of fine art, Indiana being the only state having an exclusive woman's' exhibit at the fair. The bomh. seventy feet long, and thirty feet wide, in the Varied Industries building. was very popular, ■he open fireplace giving, a home ■Mt. while the old hickory Inrnitute from Martinsville was eagerly bought by “exile Hoosiers’’ as souvenirs front back home'

Awards were made as follows: Hand decorated Beleek china. Mrs. Wilcox. Indianapolis, silver medal; hand decorated plate. Miss Clara Williams, Indianapolis, silver medal; design In Miss Edna Ruby. Lafayette, silver medal: "Flowers,” the exquisite bust of a baby, by Miss Mary Mashburn of Rensselaer, bronze mejlal: needle work from Longcliff, Logansport, and the Farion County Hospital for the Insane, bronze medlas; felt crochet bedspread, Mrs. A. ■I Fandley. Indianapolis, honorable mention: drawriwork lunch cloth by Mrs. Robert Strong, honorable mention; collar and cuff sets in Caraick Macrosse lace, Mrs. W. W. Craft, Indianapolis. honorable mention; crossstitch nursery.quilt, Mrs. Thaodeus Baker, Indianapolis, silver medal. The- err a m ic —display was conceded to be the finest at the exposition and the hand-carved silver jewelry by Mrs. Janet Bowels was bought by a .famous jeweler from Paris, as the best samples at the fair. The exhibit. which was fine, will be shown by the California educational films, produced by the California Schools of Arts and'Crafts. The following were Mrs. Woodbury’s assistants: Mrs. A. G. Patterson and Mrs. Frank Willis, Indianapolis; Mrs, E. B. Ruby, Lafayette, and Mrs. Yantis Wells, Delphi.