AT THE SHOW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 268, 14 November 1935, Page 2

AT THE SHOW

WOMEN’S EXHIBITS. HOME INDUSTRIES. Show week is usually looked upon as a time for the new summer clothes to make their appearance, but ysterday morning when the show opened, the weather was too cold for anything but a costume or coat. Later in the day the sun peeped out from behind grey clouds making conditions more pleasant for the visitors who attended during the afternoon. Groups of friends from the country wandered round the side shows visiting the various exhibits. The home industries building drew a large crowd and much interest was shown in the needlework, arts and crafts and cooking sections. The varied trades display which occupies the centre of the building and forms an avenue of well-arranged stalls and shops windows, adds considerably to the display. Occupying a good length down one side is the cooking section, there being an excellent array of exhibits. The stand contains a variety of cakes. Rich fruit cakes look everything that cakes ought to be, while there is also a Ine array of raadtira, sponge and small cakes, scones, gems, pasties, and other tempting cookies, also a number of exhibits in the section for home-made bread. The display is a tribute to the housewives of the district. Innumerable loaves of both white flour and wheatmeal are seen on the stall reserved for bakers’ commercial bread, entries for which came from distant parts of the Dominion, making a most attractive exhibit. There are numerous entries in th& section for needlework. Wool rugs show neatness of workmanship, design and blending of rich but subdued colours. The knitting entries are not large, but the standard of work is good. There are baby sets, jumpers, cardigans and knitted socks. An outstanding entry in the knitting class is that of Miss Beta .Bassett, whose set of baby wear of several articles is notable for its fine and beautiful work, completed with daintily embroidered roses. Among the coloured needlework there is a variety of designs on supper cloths, tray cloths, aprons and table sets, in-various colour schemes, while the white embroidery class also shows some fine work and exquisite stitchery. One of the exhibits which attracted much attention yesterday was a needlework picture (the work of Mrs. Hughes Johnson), depicting a country house surrounded by fields, and bordering a roadway a row of trees covered in peach blossom. It catches the eye of the beholder as being excellent and artistic, work. Home-made toys and woolly animals are featured on a stall run by the S.P.C.A. These are made of all kinds of material, from wool to pieces of fur and scraps of old leather. Articles made by the disabled soldiers form another attractive displav, which is in charge of the Wanganui Provincial WID.F.U. It is ol leather work, including some shopping bags, handbags and pufses, marquerterie work, vases, table mats in a stand made of N.Z. woods inset in a design. Health stamps are also obtainable at this stall. Work of Blind Institute. It. is well worth paying a visit to the stall of work of the Blind Institute. There one sees baskets of every shape and size. This year there are several innovations and new designs, noticeably a weed basket, stools with tops that lift like a lid showing a compartment beneath for sewing, slippers, etc. A useful article is the folding bed tray, coloured with washable paint in any shade Io match the colour scheme of a bedroom. Large flat baskets for garden produce or flowers, workbaskets, stools, picnic hampers and some very new designs in cane chairs are among the goods displayed. New ideas in serviette rings and small containers for savouries are articles that will appeal.