The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

Most Instances Made Richer-New Fea-
lures of the Exposition--aIusical Pro-
gramme.
New Haven is fast becoming a city
of expert tastes" and all on account
Of the habits formed by attending the
food and health exposition. Wend your
way around and among the booths and
you are pretty sure to depart from the
place only after having treated your
palate to bewildering variety of sam
pies of foods and drinks. If you come a
second time, as, of course you WILL
there is no reason why you should not
be graduated from the armory doors an
expert of the second degree and the
height of the degree can be increased
ad infinitun.
The process of becoming an adept
at the exhibit is made a very long one.
The unsophisticated candidate is at
first little shy and slow, but soon
catches the spirit of the hundreds about
him and goes it fast with the rest. Like
all first things the first taste is apt to
be little embarrassing and awkward
The candidate steps up to one of the
artistic booths, where free tastes are
given without money and without price
and by word OF look signifies that he or
she, as the case may be, is there for the
business of tasting the particular food
product represented by that booth. OF
course being the first taste the candi-
date assumes an air of wisdom totally
incommensurate with his experience,
sets the dish down with the sage re-
mark very nice or first rate" ac-
cording to the candidates high or low
breeding.
1t is easier to look and act the ex-
pert at the second taste ana the capac-
ity grows as you float around among
the booths~ From that first distrustful,
modest attempt the candidate runs the
entire gauntlet of tastes till his tongue
is scared with hot decoctions and taste
is one of the lost senses. The goal is
won at last, all varieties of tea, coffee,
substitutes for coffee, spring waters,
root beers, oatmeals and numerous
samples of other food products have
been tasted by the poor tired tongue,
and then-a fact hardly worth the men,
tioning-eaten.l
1t is really interesting apart from the
splendid exhibition itself, to watch this
great school of pupils learning to taste
Everyone learned Monday that the ex-
position was to be a success, the sec
ond days showing did not belle the
first, and large crowds We're present at
the armory yesterday without a cessa-
ton all day long. Many trade carnival
tickets were received at the door.
The doors are open for admission
every day at O'Clock. From that time
to 6 o'clock last evening 1,100 packages
Of Pearline, not sample packages, but
such as are sold at ten cents package
in stores, were given to all the holders
TO coupons. In the evening $500 pack
ages of cocoa We're given to the holders
of coupons. To-day some other valua-
BILE article will be given, and so on from
day to day. Illustrating somewhat the
magnitude of the exhibit is the fact
that there is blanket insurance on all
of $5S,O00.
On the preparation for the show $10-
900 was expended, which represents so
much business and work brought into
the community.
The exposition really looks it's finest
in the evening, when the handsome
booths are brilliantly lighted and the
scene all over the armory is a brilliant
and vivacious one. Some new features
were added yesterday.
f. w. Sherman, maker of flags and
badges, established his booth in the
south end corner, where he gave away
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the spot.
Roberts & Co. also placed an exhi-
bition their patent dish washer
Skillton Foote & Co. are showing in
the booth of the f. c. Bushnell & Co.
some samples of Holbrook's Golden
German salad.
All the booths are well patronized,
especially where free samples are CIV
en-,
One of the principal attractions is the
exhibit of S. Fl. Street & Co., who
served about 1,200 Streets Perfection
buckWheat cakes yesterday, much to
the satisfaction of the many patrons of
this booth. 1t is undoubtedly highly
perfected buckwheat flour and well
merits the continued use which it has
had for many years.
The Grandma's Pancake flour, which
they also serve, in the next booth,
needs no comment. 1t is truly Grand
mas Pancake flour.
The booths were designed and are
under the charge of George C. Kirk
ham and are quite original.
j. Fl. Shumway has two monographs,
one at each end of the armory At one
of these may be heard singing by we'll
known artists, while at the other Pres
ident Mckinley, Gladstone and others
of note talk to admiring listeners.
A somewhat similar attraction is at
the booth of Rathgeber, the soap
manufacturer, where graphaphone
talks away so loud that it attracts per-
sons from the other side of the room
AS suggesting to what fearful use
the machine may be put, one. may
hear prolonged speech of an agent
for baking powder from the tin lips
of the machine.
AtWater's orchestra furnishes an ex-
cellent programme of music both after
noon and evening
Mrs. Rorer began her lectures on
cooking yesterday, and they will be
continued afternoon and evening
throughout the exposition.
The New Haven Gas Light Co. last
evening from their attractive booth
which is under the management of Mr.
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