The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06

The Trade Register will have booth.
The gas company is furnishing num-
Der OF stoves for cooking in the booths.
The Food Exposition opens promptly at
p. m. Saturday. and continues daily
Sunday excepted until November II.
from to 1879 p. m.
Mr.. L. w. Buckley. at the close of the
Seattle exposition, will take a trip TO Vie
toria and Vancouver. and then he goes
south as far as Mexico
At midnight yesterday twelve booths
were up and decorated, and as many ex-
hibitors had goods in place A Waterman
was placed IN charge for the night.
The reception committee on guard for
Saturday night will be named in Satur-
days parers- so that the late announce
ment May be kept fresh in their mem
cries.
Manager Burwell, of the Seattle Crack
er and Candy Company is at the Armory
now daily experimenting the erection and
decoration of the big booth. He is GER
tain that IL will not be overlooked by Wis
itors.
At the weekly meeting OF the Retail
Grocers' and Fruit Dealers Exchange
FRIDAY night new constitution and by
tanning TO the Food Exposition fully dis
cussed.
The Food Exposition official pro-
grdmme, containing music and cooking
lecture programmes. lists OF exhibitors.
etc. viii be very handy pamphlet and
will be ready for free distribution Satur-
day night.
AT the Acme Mills booth the prevail
ing colors Of decorations will be apple
green. white and autumn leaf trim
mings. These articles will be cooked and
served TO the public-Ralston health
foods. Ralston koffey and pancake cere-
ais.
The office of the executive committee
in the Armory. where. thanks to the fore
thought Of Col. Scott. who is very desir-
Gus of seeing the exposition success in
all ways they have a good office well
manned and lighted.
So well satisfied over the prospects of
the success of the Food Exposition has
the American Biscuit Company become
since seeing how the booths are coming
on at the Armory that. it increased its
center Crackers will be shown in one
and candies in the other.
The working staff of the exposition is
constituted as follows: Manager. Louis
W. Buckley: executive committee. Ira w.
Conner. chairman: j. w. Kahle, w. J.
Ferguson. L. h. Stetson. Charles Frasch
president of the exchange. w. T. Pill
man; secretary. Wilmon Tucker. treas
urer. j. W. Kahle: ticket seller, Mr..
Thompson; door tender. Mr. Peck: spe-
cial officer. Mr.. Morton: night Waterman,
Mr.. Brownie.
After Monday no more season tickets
will be sold. These tickets are for seven
admissions, are sold at the remarkably
low price of 81 each. and are transfer
able. The demand has been very great.
and as they are. as their name implies.
really intended as reduced price TO
ladies who wish to attend the course Of
lectures. they will be withdrawn from
sale after o'clock p. m. Monday. No
venlher 9. Those desiring tickets of this
nature can procure them of retail gro
GERS. at the Armory or of the St. Marks
Ladies or OF the Ladies' Auxiliary. Order
of the Eastern Star.
The exposition management had the
Armory floor cleaned. the spaces all
marked off and names of exhibitors writ
ten in late Wednesday night. after the
company drill. SO that when the decorat-
orS. carpenters and exhibitors arrived at
the hall yesterday they found everything
ready 10 proceed with booth building.
The lights Will be on and men can work
tonight putting up booths. 1t Is such per-
feet system and enterprise on the part Of
Manager Buckley. who makes IL his
proud boast that of thirty-two EXPOSE
tions he has managed. every one was
and with every booth in place. decorated.
and nearly every cooking demonstration
In full working order. and who thus guar
antees TO Seattle folks successful OPEN
ing of this exposition.
The Frye-Bruhn Packing Company will
spend several hundred dollars on one of
the best and most complete exhibits Of
provisions yet seen here. Mr. Frye
declares that he would take space and
spend reasonable sum every time on an
exposition of this nature IL only to en-
courage grocers and dealers to make 1t a
permanent affair II Is this spirit that.
when exhibited, stamps firm as liberal
one and worthy of being patronized by
all citizens. The grocers appreciate a
home firm assisting their exchange in
their efforts TO build up the trade OF Sc
attic. They promise 10 make the exposi-
tion an annual affair II was Manager
Buckiey's idea OF initiating the grocers
into the methods of holding one. as there
IS no possible chance for him TO be on
the Pacific coast next season.