PENDANT EXHIBITS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 110, 5 November 1925, Page 21

PENDANT EXHIBITS

ARTS AND HOME INDUSTRIES,

Exhibits not ■ directly ■ connected with the agricultural and pastoral industries are usually a strong teature of the Palmei'ston Show, and one o£ great interest to the public. This is especially so; in the case of school exhibits. The spirit of rivalry is held by many authorities to be a valuable stimulus to the pupils individually, and to the schools collectively. In the mapping, drawing, brushwork, and plasticine classes, for instance, roost of the exhibits were'from the falmerston North district. Mr. G. H. Elliott, of Palmerston North, was the judge of this section, and in his opinion the work has gone back very, much'in quality and number of ( entries. The classes were not on a. par with those of. past years. An exception was to be made, he said, of the plasticine, classes, the work being excellent so far as primary schools were concerned. Mr. L. J. Watkins, judge of the technical work and modelling, regretted that the number of entries in this seclion had declined, and so, in some classes, had' the quality of tho work. In other classes the usual standard was. maintained. Work in design and in sketches from life, on the whole, was eood. Palmerston North school was the sole entrant fov show-card writing— which was commendable work, and the first prize went tg Daisy Morgan. Mr. A, Clark was judge. Mr. H. M. Gore judged the photography, and expressed himself highly gratified with the' show. Most' of the exhibitors, he said, had obviously sought to represent Nature in her varying moods and with success. The work, as a whole, was excellent. Composition was . certainly.a good feature of the exhibits. He specially mentioned the work of H. C. • Peart, of Wellington, who took two first prizes for best photograph (landscape) ; A. G. Bale, of Wellington, was first in portraits and figures; H. C. Milne also secured first prizes for excellent portrait and landscape and othev work. Miss Johnson, of Wellington, had a similar honour for a marine subject. The- show of architectural and engineering drawing and carton modelling was instructive. Handwriting (judged by Mr. Espiner) left something to' be desired, but there was, some very good examples shown, representative of every. standard. Mr. P. Mackenzie was judge of the engineering, and Mr. E. V. West of the architectural work: . Cooking and sewing are also well represented at the Palmerston ' ShowsThis year the exhibits do not appear to be bo numerous, but they cover a widn range. In the cooking classes bread i» the most important exhibit, and attract? much attention from farmers' wives and others interested in the table. Mrs. W. M. Clark, of Levin, was the judge, and she had a hard task, so varied were the exhibits from the loaf of bread. ■ to the cream sandwich, the home-mad? wines to kitchen soap.' The task, hovever, was made interesting to the judge as" to the visitors" by the general excellence of the bread and cakes sent' in for competition. The home-made wines were parsnip, elderberry, black currant, and plum. They looked well coloured in the bottle. Miss Mac Andrew, of Wellington, judged the needlewrok. This included some beautiful examples of fancy stilchery in white and in coloured silks; also some very fine plain needlework for children's wear and adult wear—judging by the favourable comrheuts made by lady critics inspecting tho exhibits.