The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-10

The Seattle food exposition opened at
the Arrsory exactly At ? O'Clock yesterday
without any fuss or Formally whatever.
Before that hour a nur1be. suflicient 10
crowd the entrance were waiting, and ali
afternoon. despite the rain. there were
many arrivals. principally OF women
From the very beginning there was de-
mand for season tickets. which could not
te me, because they were already sold
out This is one OF The best possible tn
dicssions OF the success OF the project
The great majority OF those present dur
ing the afternoon were women. and most
OF them gave bat passing glance at the
pretty booths. being In q hurry 20 obtain
seats for the cooking lecture. II was
well they did SO. for the large hall at the
end OF the Annoy was crowded before
the lecturer made her appearance. and for
tbe benefit Of those too late TO enter Man
axer Buckley threw OPEN fte DOORS Then
the doorway. and up to the edge Of the
lecturers platform became packed. LANCER
& Lseben's orchestra played while the au-
dience VAS settling down to learn the
mysteries OF making soup. and among the
ladies present were:
Mrs. Ernest Price. Mrs. ". H. H.
Green. Mrs. Mray n. Miller. Mrs F. II.
osgood. Mrs. Il. c.. Stevens. Mrs wini-
fred Smith. Mrs. Bonney, Mrs. C. II.
Clark. Mrs. o. a. Spencer. Mrs. w. H.
Brlnker. Mrs. AZ. A.. Kellogg. Mrs. SUIT
ton. Mrs. J. w Kaaie, Mrs. John Leary.
Mrs. f.. r. Blaine. Mrs. Gilbert 8. Meem.
Mrs. Kelleher. Mrs. Henry Fuhrman.
airs. George Riley. Mrs. Theodore Will
Jams. Mrs c. e Bowman. Miss Compton.
Mss Julia Hughes, Mrs. II. r. Backus.
Mrs Prosch Mrs Dewey. Mrs. Barnard.
AIRS. Biackmore. Mrs Perkins. AIRS. Gay
and many others
In the evening there was a great crowd.
and quite as many men as women. II was
Retail Grocers Night" and In addition
TO some 30 from this city. who were dis
singuished from the others by ribbon
badges in their butsonholes. there were
delegations OF grocers and dealers from
Tacoma and Ballard. There was spe-
cial programme for the evening, Miss Al
len singing a solo and the Brothers At
wood a duet from the front of the pretty
booth Of st. Marks church. There will
be some special features every evening.
Tomorrow night Master Aubrey Levy will
by request repeat his original composition
for the violin. Princess Angelina Two
Step" accompanied by the orchestra.
The f1rs. day OF the exposition was emil
nently success SO far as the attendance
goes despite the weather. and those who
were there were thoroughly well satisfied
with the display. Every inch OF floor
space IL taken up. and some exhibits had
10 De piacsu an tae edaie1y- OHe Oh tne
most distinguishing features. and one
which visitors were most proud to note
on every hand, was the vast variety OF
home products. There can be no question.
too, that 1t will exert great influence on
the woman's movement for the support OF
home Industries, now that they are so
prominently drawn 10 the attention OF the
public and their use and qualities practic-
ally demonstrated. as they viii be thor
oughly during the course OF this exposi-
ton.
This is one point OF the exposition and
Il Is a great one. Another Is that the
whole science of domestic economy is
practically expounded TO the men and wo-
men OF all ages and conditions.
As you enter there are the florists on the
left Of you and the Palace OF Sweets on