Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1908 — WOMEN AT THE STATE FAIR [ARTICLE]

WOMEN AT THE STATE FAIR

State Exposition Will Be Overflowing With Features for Them.

WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS OFFER Many General Shows Will Interest the Women Disp<ay« of Kitchen Products—Butter Mafring Will Be Taught by Purojc Experts—The Big Art Departments. With the Indiana Stafte Fair overflowing with features for them, the women of the state, who by tens of thousands see the exposition every year, will find the coming fair of uncommon Interest to them, and they will also find In it a rich source of in-

women of Indiana will compete for the ribbons with displays of breads, cakes. Jellies an-1 jams. The list of contests in which amateurs may compete Is a long one, and there is another class for the professional cooks. In the art department the big building will, as it is every year, be overflowing wltA displays of knitted and crochet worx, handmade lace and embroidery, sewing, fancy work, photographs, decorative art work by both professionals and amateurs, and an elaborate display of decorated china will be made.

The Fair’s poultry show grows larger year by yenr, and for the coming exposition the prizes amount to $2,500. Hundreds of chickens from the best flocks of Indiana will be shown, and there will be competitors from other states. In the dairy and creamery department the expert butter makers from Purdue University will again make an extensive exhibit and give lectures on butter making that year after year prove of Inestimable value to the women from the Indiana farms. The dairy cattle shown at the Fair are always of particular interest to the women of the farms, who, through their visits to the exposition and by the rioh fund of information gathered there, have done much to Improve the quality of the herds and dairy products of this State. The prizes offered for dairy cattle at the coming Fair amount to $3,400, and some famous herds will be represented In the contests for ribbons.

formation. The races, the horse and cattle shows, the band concerts, the big night shows which will be held in the livestock pavilion, the poultry and flower Bhows —all of these attractions at the Fair are of as much Interest to the women as to the men. But in some of the buildings there are exhibits which appeal especially to women. The show of fruit in Horticultural hall is promising for the State Fair, whtca opens at Indianapolis on September 7. In this department thC premiums amount to about S7OO. The prizes for flowers and plants, with special exhibits on different days, amount to SB3O. For bees and honey the prises ofTered amount to $250. Over S2OO will be divided among the exhibitors of the biwt tahte luxuries, and many