Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-20
DAINTY LITTLE COOKS,
A Pleasant Time Mt the Closing Exercises of
Miss BaIlou's School.


''Custard pie! Don't it look delicious
thought" "See that dainty caker' s'ob. look
at the ginger snapsr' Isn't that fish baked
beautifully
Such and numerous similar remarks were
current in the kitchen of the Grant street
schoolhouse yesterday afternoon, prompted by
the tempting display of luscious viands which
testified to the skill Of the pupils of Miss
Ballou's cooking class which graduated at that
time.
The room was crowded with the mothers. sis.
tiers, aunts and teachers of the petite cooks.
and goodly number of public men, who be.
lieve the welfare of the nation depends upon
its cooks. were also present. Each little cook
by baking loaf Of bread all by her lone self
competed for prize offered by Mr.. Charles
Reisfar, the Secretary of the Central Board to
be gwen TO the best bread-maker. The Judges
who rendered the important decision regarding
the staff of life were Misses Mary Anderson
and Matte Hopkins and Mr. w. S. Brown.
1t was facetiously remarked by Sheriff
McCandless that If there was any Brown bread
among the loaves that it was probably made
out OF little faded -four. but in spite of such
an unkind and unseemly pun upon that GENTLE
mans name coupled with many others which
assailed him from all quarters Of the room he
assisted the ladies quite materially in making
the all important decision by throwing his
whole weight upon one loaf of bread and he
was voted as great a success as a bread in
spector as rife inspector.
Miss Cora Waters was the fortunate one
u.
Misses MaiZy and Ada McCutcheon received
honorable mention.
Superintendent Luckey announced that
Sheriff McCandless would make the presenta-
tion speech, and Mr.. G. F. Muller, of the BuL
Letfn. would accept the prize for the priceless
girl who secured it. Mr.. McCandless with an
parent satisfaction corrected the Superintend-
ent OF the Public Schools by saying he did not
present the prize: that the honor belonged to
Mr.. Reisfar, who for some incomprehensib;e
reason desired him to make the presentation
vUh1 1Rh hGT rlode
manner. And simultaneously with the be-
stowal Of the prize which was a handsome
shopping bag. containing purse and kerchlef,
upon the little winner, he informed tho re.
I1ainder of the class that MI Reisfar was sorry
that he could not present them all with the
same, but the speaker, on his own reliability
SAID the gentleman's finances would not permit
the indulgence of his generous impulses.
Mr.. Muller, when called upon to accent the
gift for the little tot, whether from force of as
sociation or the weight of the speech he had
composed, succeeded Immediately in making
ple-fan down from the luncheon table. With
undisturbeo equanimity he told the listeners
that Mr. Luckey had asked of hum a very diff
cult task-that of placing himself in the posi-
tion of little girl who had baked a lovely loaf
of bread and taken prize for 1t and wished to
express her joy ana happiness at her
success. As be never had baked a loaf
of bread, never had been a little
girl, and never expected to be one
he was not real sure he could express the feel
Ings that would exist under such circum-
Cus
very nicely, and said there were two kinds of
loafers and two kinds of white caps. and one
of each kind he was especially fond of. Not
the loafer who loafed on the corner but the
one who loafed in the pantry. and the white
cap which would hang up all sour. heavy bread
and supply the delicate, fresh article. In con-
cluding his speech he referred to the scriptural
motto about casting your bread upon the
water. and said instead of that he would cast
the prise upon Miss Water, after which the
diplomas were granted and the little girl who
received the prize was placed upon table SO
that all might have glimpse of her
Then the exercises of the afternoon closed
with general sampling of all the appetizng
danJies that were so prettily arranged upon the
snowy-covered tables and represented the labor
OF the graduating class. which consisted of the
following maidens Carrie Blumberg Nellie
Barry, Minnie Camp, Jennie III. Campbell Ella
Duh, Mary Driscoll, Annie NJ. Horn, Edith E.
McGhee, Sadie McElroy. Edna b. Rose, Annie
Samuels, Beckie Shenkan Emma NJ. Seibert
Cora NJ. Waters Louisa Wasmuth Stella H
Campbell, Vage McV. McCready, Leonora
Haberman, Ida E. Jacobs Maggie v. Long Kate
n. Depper, Katie D. ReIehart, Bertha Viereck
Sadie J. Williams, Lulu c. Meauer Minnie
Burback, Katie s. Abrams, Annie Clancy,
Alice H. Ford, Mary A. Helghly, Katie Ken
mir, Sadie ]. Kennedy, Eliza Martin, Jennie
McCready. Ollie Nobbs, Laura A. Page, ,,Amelia
SchaeteT, Maud a. Shea, Minnie ]. Stewart,
IAda Dougherty, Mary c. Geraghty, Agnes c.
Murdoch, Ada NJ. McCutcheon, Kittie Nc
Carthy, Gertrude Speaker, Millie Strauss, Car