The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-04
BIG CAKE WALK AT
LAUREL HILL PARK
Conducted by the Hotel Jermyn Walters
Social Club.
TwENTY.THREE COUPLES CONTEST
Cake Was Won by j. e. Foster and
Miss Lizzie Brian..It Is an I'm.
mense Affair, r,Weighing Twenty-Five
Pounds, and n Fine Example of the
Confectionery Art.


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| Ta,,,as pr,La Al C,r,att of Wilkes
Do caorgo proun Mr. Foster and
wil,ioms as tbo indyes
Tben AR Eanks delivered an Grafton
ON ,ha suhiart ~, co,xa waIl,iny the
a.,o =, ha cortestod fo,. having In the
,,nt;,,,a hoo, ,ivon n ,,oeit,or nf honor
~, th. ,t,u, ~ rostad ON an American
ao,r ,,a ,,.as ,,i,y daoorotad with small
nas,s I, ,,,s trni, :. fna exomnle Of the
.s,r.,.,,ro,,, nv, ,,.a,.hod 90 no,nds
ann ,,,as ,h. hond,uorL of Fred Rasso
tha Hot, Jarmvn cbef
MIR RANKS. THE ORATOR
A., p,,,,, a.sor,hod tho good mail
at, as 49, aota ha ,ran ra,I,v elo-
-. ,vh,, ,f -ha ala sn.,k M the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." -, ~. n,ko ona warn
,.',si ,,.ha ,,ora about to enter the con-
,ost ,hat ,hay would he discoursed If
,sa,. .,iI NO, ,vrr .nna angels and com
t"rt ,h>,,sa,,,as os hecomas good cake
,raI,,ar. Tb.se only added pictures-
ouanas, IN Mr. R.n,x,s fervid oratory
winch ii'aoe II al .he n.1,e -
,,.o,,,5 boya , fair fia,d a nd no favor Mr.
I,onts soid tho reg,,lar cake walk would
ho nrec.ded NV n fancy walk This was
nart,cinoted IN bv Mr.. and Mrs. Pater-
con of pbi,odelnhia and Mr.. and Mrs
Nose,v of New York. professional cake
walkers They were led by another
nrofessional Mr.. Smith. attired in a
f,,t,etic costume This exhibition.
consisting of many fancy steps and fig
nras wbe,ted tho annette of the spec
tators for the real walk which came
ON ,nace after Mr.. Banks had INDUCED
in a little more of his oratory. which
was unite as ENJOYABLE as any one fea-
ture of the evenings entertainment.
I, was after II o'clock when the
walkers ranged themselves on the
nnor upder the direction of Floor
AJ,ster banks and to the strains of the
..ponevmcon March, played by
Rauar's orchestra, started the walk.
nv this time the pavilion was 50
crowded that it was with some diff
emily a space was cleared for the twen.
tv.thrse couules that participated in
tho contest for the cake.
PICKING THE WINNERS.
Gradually the ranks of the walkers
,,,ore thinned ONT by the Judges until
v.ro J;vap Emory and Mrs. Wye, j. &.
Foeter Of Scranton and Miss Lizzie
Drior of Iyiuiomsnort. f. r.. IIasbruck
ana N,s Harvey Austin. BY this time
tho snsctators had grown very enthu-
siastic and were cheering their favor
;,,,, ,,,,,h n will Sbouts of '.Foster,'
.rIoshrucls " and "F,mory" were heard
on all sides AS the walkers came IN
at 'he i'i'Ish lnes W. ,..,,, s.o,,,,,
an eNc''eo' eas,' ',.o w 49, 49,
the han's Vi ~,
judges. Inc ri,lle .a>'i l'e Ma 80
III was nea,s n' l,, a.,
alderman Niiiar' 'he p'esent oi ~,
poaro ol JuoseH' cou,u 60
he theh ahnounceo 'ha' Mn"e We
almost lrnpossio'e " man. "
between lhe tnree coupiee ,"e
believed that MI fos'er anu iau! i'au
a shade the pest VI lhe oo"'es' al"
should be aWarueu tiie c'he'
This drew forth protest rom MI
Emory. According 10 'iie ru,es sove,n
ing cake Walhs' n 80, n ' 10