The record-union., 1897-02-17
THE ART OF GOOD COOKING.
Will be EXempli6ed at the Food Expo
SitiOn.
Housewives Will be Interested-rluSic
Programme for the Open
ing Night.

| fnent IS able to announce denmtely tne
name of and details about the official
cooking lecturer who is SO soon to de-
| light, entertain and instruct the thou
sands of Sacramento ladies interested in
cookery, at Armory Hall. They have
selected Miss Susan NJ. Tracy of Mime
apolis who is a. graduate of the Mime
apolis School of Cookery and of the Miss
Emma P. Ewing New York Chautauqua
School, and who has lectured, demon
strated and taught modern cookery all
over the country.
| The management discovered Miss
Tracy through correspondence with
Eastern cooking experts, and learned
that she was out here somewhere teach
ing ladies' guilds the art of cookery.
While there were a number of applica-
tions for the position of official Lee
| turer, and the management had also
written to other leading cooking lee
turers to obtain terms and ideas, they
decided that Miss Tracy would make the
best hit and that from her knowledge
| of cookery and teaching she would be
the most practical
The lady came to Sacramento yester-
day, by the Shasta route from Portland,
and she will remain here until after the
exposition and probably longer. There
| is demand for her to remain here and
take up a cooking school. Miss Tracy is
a charming lady, with great tact and a
clear pleasant voice that will afford the
ladies ample opportunity to hear. She
has her outfit, and will utilize a gas
range furnished by the gas company and
| ha 10 In air n ba1
She is now preparing a list of subjects,
which will be announced Tomorrow.
|
The manufacturers are awakening
to the Importance of the Food EXPOSE
ton, which opens on Saturday night
at Armory Hall and will continue for
one week. Yesterday the Sacramento
| Cracker Company a home institution
in all ways, decided to present the first
| 80 ladies that buy tickets of admis-
sion to the exposition ON Monday after
noon, the 22d, from to O'clock with
| half-pound packages of the finest
| mixed cakes and crackers. These goods
will be given out at the ticket office, as
stated, and after the number shall have
| all received their presents there will be
10 more given out that day. This Is
equal to a ten cent rebate to the lucky
$50 lady purchasers.
| One of the novel and interesting dis
plays that will prove instructive, as
we'll as interesting to all visitors, will
be a new French coffee-pot, made tele-
scopic and an original idea by San
Francisco firm. Coffee will be made
/ iv1i nd ba NJ +hnrn1,erJo1I
strated. Another clever exhibit right
beside it will be Palo Alto Welsh rare
bit, brought here for the benefit Of those
who like a late delicacy.
The Record Union" proposes to take
part in the furtherance of any plan to
| introduce better methods for preparing
foods, and will therefore have modest
brain food" booth in the Food Exposi-
| ton, and will supply lady readers with
full reports Of the cooking lectures and
data regarding the paper. 1t will also
| present the mother of the principal
| baby prize winner with one years sub
| scription to the Record Union"
| Many firms are realizing the impOr-
| tance of being identified with the Food
| Exposition and baby show, and are
presenting the GroceTs' Union with val
uable prizes to be given to prize-win-
| ming infants. The mana cement will
on Sunday print a complete list of
| prizes, with the names of the donors,
and has also arranged to place them
| on exhibition in a store window from
| Saturday until Tuesday. the day of the
exposition. There is room for more
| prizes.
The programme of special music for
| the opening night, Saturday, the 10Th,
is as follows:
| March, 'Grand Food Exposition" C. \. Neale
| dedicated to Grocers' Union.)
Overture, ''Emblems"
Waltz, 'El Turia". Granada
Selection, Behind the Scenes. Bendix
| Grand Selection, Faust .Gounod
| Flute solo (Bolero), "I'll Follow Thee For
ever A. Nealc
| Waltz, golden Dreams. s"....-...........C. Faust
Dance, MAY pole oe'.......................L Thiers
! Director Neale of the Food Exposition
Solo Orchestra is still seeking more
! time for his special feature pro-
gnamme." He wants bagpipes for
| Scottish night, also dancers. An effort
| VIII be made to have a school exercise
| drill or an exhibition of the cleverness
of the Turner Society pupils, using
sticks or wands. One lady Is also or
| ero psz{pr a eirIc' f,,non hripa5a For