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Culinary, and Textile. The culinary division presented 

 this year a beautiful display in canned, preserved and 

 pickled fruits and vegetables, and jellies, also bread, pas- 

 try and fancy candies. The textile division had a large 

 and attractive exhibit of embroideries and lace work, 

 and each class was well filled, so much so, that in some 

 classes the entries would number from seventy to eighty. 

 The art division has never been very full from the fact 

 that all art work is expensive and the premiums have 

 never been sufficient to encourage exhibitions, although 

 this- year's display was much larger than it has been in 

 previous years. This display includes craft work, china 

 painting, water color, oil, crayon and photography and 

 showed a marked improvement in each class. 



Each division has contributed its share in the edu- 

 cation of the women of our State and reached a standard 

 of excellence far beyond the expectation of the Fair 

 management. This department is managed by a super- 

 intendent, assisted by four assistant superintendents, 

 whose duties are to receive the entries, check them and 

 distribute in classes ready to be judged. After each 

 class is judged the articles are then placed on exhibition. 

 At the close of the Fair these articles, which numbered 

 about 4,000 this year, are checked again according to the 

 entry blank of the exhibitor and carefully and securely 

 wrapped to be returned to the owner. The department 

 has grown so large that the quarters it now occupies are 

 not adequate for its purpose, and a woman's building is 

 almost imperative. Each year new glass cases have been 

 added in which to house the articles, and the increase 

 in articles exhibited this year crowded the displays and 

 many beautiful things that should have been shown to 

 the public were covered up through this cramped condi- 

 tion. 



There is more in the "Woman's Department for the 

 women of Kentucky than the competitive exhibits, for 

 it has proven a great educational medium and a higher 

 standard in woman's work has been realized through 

 their persistent efforts to receive the first or second pre- 

 miums on articles entered, until this year when practi- 

 cally all entries in each class were of such a high merit 

 that every entry was worthy of consideration for awards. 



