The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-07
5000 AT THE FOOD EXHIBIT
LARG EST A ATTENDANCE YET At THE
ARnORY LAST NIGRT.

The Exposition Increases in Popularity
New Features Noted-Trade Carnival
Visitors Numerous and tho Carnival
VIII Pay-Yesterday' Features-nIusi-
cal Programme for To-day.
Three thousand people were present
at the food exposition last evening, an
increase of thirty per cent. over the at
tendance of Tuesday evening.
From thirty-five to thirty-six hundred
packages of cocoa, pearline and soap
were given away to the holders of cou-
pons. To-day packages of other Valua-
BILE articles will be given away.
The exposition is proving an unprece-
dented success-a result very gratify-
ing to the management that has labored
hard to make it so. The crowd last
evening was just as bustling, active
and interesting as on the previous even
ing.
On Saturday evening the Huckin's
Soup company is planning to give away
large number Of souvenir spoons.
One Of the principal attractions last
evening was the booth where the ia
nous Washburn flour Is cooked up into
fine, f1aky Parker house rolls and dis
tributed as specimens Of what can be
done with the flour, among the crowd
of people which always surrounds the
booth. Nearly four thousand of these
delicious rolls We're given away yester-
day, and the efficient corps of assist
ants in the booth are kept busy prepar-
ing them.
The exhibition of this flour is made
by J. D. Dewell & Co., the agents for
the flour in this section of the country.
1t Is under the direct personal supervi-
sion Of one Of the members of the firm.
1t is fact of general interest that more
of this make of flour is sold in New Ha-
ven than of any other. The mills of
the company in Minneapolis have an
annual output of 100000 barrels, or
10000 barrels day. This is the largest
output of any mill in the world. ]. D.
Dewell & Co. have spared no pains to
make their exhibit a success. Their
pooth IS attractively arranged, the col
ors used being the orange and gold used
on the barrels of this brand of flour.
AT the top and four corners of the roof
of the booth are placed barrels with
transparent heads. which are illumin-
ated in the evening with electric lights,
making very pretty effect By way of
souvenirs miniature barrels and cook
book are given away.
Mrs. .Rorer lectured to her classes
again both afternoon and evening yes
terday.
The musical programme for to-day
is as follows:
Part First
Overture-"The Ransome Guards . Stahl
(From The Milk White Flag)
b. Ballet Music No. No, i, from .Eaust pau
Selection" Robin Hood ......... .DeRoven
Gypsy Serenade'' 800. .........N Nehl
Part Second.
wo-Step-"The Gold Bug. ..... Herbert
Selection-"H a King7. ,Englander
Characteristic Piece-"Feur de Lis T..
Medley Around the vaudeviles''
...... ..,... ...... .Chattaway
At the trade carnival bureau of COM
fort, on Church street, between II a. m.
and p. m. yesterday, over two hun
dred persons presented coupons calling
for return tickets to various places.
Each of these tickets represents at least
S. worth of goods purchased, and the
number yesterday was nearly double
that of the second day.
AS the week grows old the people
coming to town to take advantage of
the bargains of trade carnival week
i,,, 1Na, -
degree. BY Saturday, should weather
conditions continue favorable, there
will probably be a very large crowd of
buyers.
Those in charge of the bureau of COM
fort already have about all they can
manage. All the arrangements as to
the coupons, which to the uninitiated
may appear a little complicated, work
smoothly and give satisfaction to all.
No one let's the chance pass of getting
a free return ticket. One lady passed
in her coupon list with just seven cents
lacking of the requisite five dollars.
She was informed that her coupons
We're seven cents short, and with COM
mendable Yankee shrewdness went
forth to TRADE Carnival store, pur-
chased an article for twenty-five cents,
and, returning, secured her ticket.
Although the week is only half gone,
it is safe to say that the carnival will
prove a success. There is not a mer-
chant who has contributed to the ex-
pense fund but what will receive his
money back, and more, too. One mer-
chant who had seven of the out-of-to town
carnival visitors in his store the first
day had twenty-five the second Re-
turn tickets have been given to pur-
chasers from Waterbury, Bridgeport
and many of the smaller towns. Some
came from Portland, the other side of
MiddletoWn, to trade.
None of the towns visited by the ad-
vertising wagon but has been we'll rep
resented among the buyers of carnival
week.