| Show WONDERFUL INDIAN EXHIBIT AT F FAIR AI R. R Under Direction of Mrs Mr Holderby a Splendid Showing Is Is Made On the north balcony of the M Manufactures Manu building at the Utah State t fajr r stands a a little booth one of or the sm smallest in the the th ng building Yet Ye it re represents represents rep rep- resents an effort that is unique In th tho his history ory of Utah's State fairs faire and gives promise of growth into one of the mo most t absorbing departments of the big s. s state te institution It Jt is th the exhibit by the Indians of the scattered scattered scat scat- scattered I ba bands ds In Utah prepared under under the abl able and kindly dir direction of Airs l Laura B. B Holderby assistant to Lore Lorenzo Lo Lo- Lo- Lo re renzo zo D. D Creel Indian agent agent For the first time Indians have been been awarded prizes by the Utah State Fair association A special ap appropriation appropriation ap- ap of or 25 25 was made and prizes were given ranging from 25 cents to a dollar lollar or two Prize car carps cards ls are attached attached to the Indian handiwork and to tho the Indian specimens of or grains fruits and vegetables I The exhibit contains work of Indians In In- In In Skull valley Deep Cr Creek k kand and Washakie The Skull valley and Deep Creek exhibits were brought here from the Indian fair held at the I Deep Creek Indian school on September Septem Septem- ber 20 21 and 22 Deep Creek Is about ninety miles from Wendover at the base of Mount Ib Ibapah pah A total total to tal of 67 was sent to Mrs Holderby to award in prizes at the Indian fairby fair fairby fairby by tho the United States government When I look at some some of the needlework needlework needlework needle needle- work these Indian women do after two or three lessons it makes me ashamed of my own said Mrs l Holderby Holderby Hol Hol- derby in exhibiting some of or the prize pieces In her booth And you must remember the Indians use no patterns pat pat- terns tame erns they Jud Judge e all cutting and sewing ewing by the eye Take Talie this house I Idress dress for for Instance made by Mrs Blackb Blackbear ar I never saw savi it t until until l she brought it In completed I Just told her to make me a dress for the fair display a and d she did it I And Mrs 1 Holderby pointed to a neat prettily designed dress that would do credit to the counter of any department store She then pointed to the wan wall where several fantastically fantastically fantastically fantas fantas- designed patch quilts were hung The Indian w women men and girls make these In particularly unus unusUal at st lc their ri natural tural- tural I Indian tendencies to strange patterns and arid color colo corn com com combinations coming into play One On I I little doll quilt of which Mrs Holderby is particularly proud wa was made by four little Indian 1 girls three thre of or them 8 years old and the other 10 ye years of age Samples of embroidery d done ne by the Indian women women are are especially lly remarkable re remarkable remarkable re- re for their beauty Mrs Holderby Holderby Holderby Hol Hol- derby says the Indian women learn to to do po this sort of work quickly y and easily One demonstration is usually enough she says and after that they do better than she can doA do doA A woman came Into the booth the theother theother theother other da and looked at those embroidered embroidered embroidered em em- broidered pillow slips laughed Mrs Holderby and she began upbraiding me me- because I hadn't taught the In Indians In- In diane anything practical What would Indians do with such things as those she asked pointing at the beautiful pillow slips I told her that when I first went to these Indians a year ago that they had been taught many practical things but had not been taught much about the beautiful ful I want to teach them something about the beautiful and the exhibits here indicate the response I get Let that woman try to buy those pillow slips and she will see whether the Indian women care for them They cannot be bought Most of these In Indians Indians In- In diane are prosperous and have their homes and they are beautifying them since I began to teach them how They are a wonderful people For the first time Mrs Holderby this year became the friend of the Washakie tribe in Utah A number of them were at the fair fair- yesterday yesterday yes yes- and their loVe for their new found white friend was readily seen in the affectionate way they followed her around But I X tell you I have got to prove my honesty and good Intentions every single day explained Mrs Holder Holder- by What I did yesterday doesn't hold good for tor today I assure you For example I am selling work for them here at the exhibit Believe me I will have to give a strict accountIng accountIng accounting account- account Ing to each one of them for the money I take In or I would be In for I it with them I have to k keen n a SPot Rpt I I I of books here so as not to make any mistakes Mrs Holderby came here from the East a year ago to be office assistant to Lorenzo D. D Creel Indian agent for the scattered bands bands' in Utah Quickly she r realized the po possibilities for teaching especially the Indian women and she has started a splendid splendid splendid did work that is already receiving recognition from the government bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of Indian affairs She has become become be become be- be come a warm friend of all the tribes and her visits are events with them Her whole heart is in her work and she believes she has a field fied wherein I she can do some genuine genuine good To those who have seen the results of her work in one year there Is no question but that she is right And you watch us us' us next year she declared this morning Ve we will have a real Indian exhibit at the State fair then |
