Show MADE FROM FLOUR BAGS GIVEN TO FIRST FIEST LADY washington april 29 cr ci airs hoover has hag just been presented with an old fashioned quilt made by mrs airs J L murray 0 of bloomington I 1 I 1 I 1 a f famous am au e q quilty ua I 1 be r in her state this an augural gift was badt out of sixteen flour bags six of which she dyed a yali yale blue phe ahe years ago mrs airs hoover saw and admired an old handmade quilt a heirloom which had bean be n made nearly a century ago by two ney england sisters tor for the th weddin wedney ding outfit ol of one of them mrs lira hoover liked it so much that she lad iad it duplicated as a wedding gift for or h hir r son herbert jr when mr hoover was elected president mrs murray whose own grandmother had been a of dote note in her day looked up the pat birn of the quilt and determined to make a copy of it as a gift of welcome to the new first lady of the land upon her entrance into the white house I 1 I 1 the quilt is a striking one made I 1 of blue and whit blocks in the double irish chain pattern it measures 7 by 8 feet and the intricate quilting in scroll patterns imars Mrs murray did all by hand using more than HOO 1100 yards of thread since some of the white house bedrooms are furnished in colonial fashion the quilt is in keeping with its surroundings roun dings |