The record-union., 1897-01-18
EXPOSITION OF PURE FOODS.
One to be Held in This City the Coming
Month.
The Grocers' Union is Taking very
Warm Interest in the
Matter.

Sacramento is to be right in line with
her more ancient Eastern sister clueS.
We are to have big, Well-organlZeu
Pure Food and Health Exposition Al
meeting of the Sacramento Retail Gro
GERS Union a proposition to hold Such
an exposition was read by Secretary ii.
r. Blair, and President A. A. Jost and
his enterprising fellow -purveyors or
food products decided to do So The
dates are February 20th to February
9th, Sunday omitted. The place Sc
lected is the Armory, from its accessl-
bility and interior arrangement
The Grocers' Union has appointed an
Executive Committee, comprising the
following leading grocers: President A.
A. Jost (Chairman), E. Kilgore, Z. A.
Beesley, o. F. Washburn and ). II.
Farley. H. r. Blair will act as Secre-
tary of this committee, and they have
arranged with Louis w. Buckley who
has recently removed from Philadel-
phfa. Pa. to California, where he will
hereafter reside, TO accept the general
management of this exposition. Mr..
Buckley will be assisted by c. H. Pease,
as Business Manager, and both gentle
men will arrive in Sacramento this
rnorning coming direct from Los An
geles. Mr.. Buckley will establish an
office in the Chamber of Commerce,
where they will have desks and corps
of clerks and advertisers in charge of
Mr.. Pease.
Mr. Buckley has very recently sue
cessfully conducted food exposition in
Seattle, Wash, under the management
of the Seattle Retail Grocers Associa-
tion, and this made his twenty fourth
food and health exhibition. He is the
originator of this form of entertain
ments and educators having held them
in New York City, Pittsburg, Pa, Roch-
ester, N. Y, Wilkesbarre and Phladel-
phia, Pa, Camden, n. j., Baltimore
Md, and other cities. He has also man.
aged fireworks spectacular produc-
tions and several cycle shows and in
dustrial expositions. He is staff cor
respondent of the Seattle (Wash)
'Post-InteIligencer" and of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer one of the leading
daily papers in the East, and was for
five years an editorial representative
and special article writer on the Chi
cago Times Herald" He is therefore
eminently fitted to carry out the plans
of the Grocers' Union.
c. H. Pease, the Business Manager, is
Of the firm of Behymer & Pease, Los
Angeles. They publish all the theater
programmes, also the Los Angeles In
dustrial Exposition Programme, the
Fiesta Book" and are Treasurers of
the Burbank and Los Angeles Theaters,
the Home Products Exposition and of
the fiesta. Mr.. Pease is we'll versed in
the newspaper work and amusement
features, and this feature of the exposi-
tion is in good hands.
The Sacramento public may not be
entirely posted on what comprises a
pure food and health exposition, and
inasmuch as there has never been but
one held in this State, and that was at
San Francisco two years ago, and
which was very popular and successful
this lack of knowledge is not to be Won
dered at. This form of exhibition en-
braces a number of handsome booths of
all forms and styles, and with many
colors of cheese cloth and silk decora-
tiOns, in which are displayed many
kinds of food products, such as choc-
olate, cocoa, coffee, tea, condensed
milk, dairy products, fruits (evapor-
ated and freSh), cereals, including flour
(mush, cornneal. prepared breakfast
and health cereals), baking powders,
canned fruits, vegetables, soups, jellies.
meats, fish, etc, condiments, deHcacies,
crackers cakes, etc.
In fact, all food products of a standard
and healthful nature will there be
shown, and in most instances skilled
cooks and demonstrators will prepare
these foods in the booths carefully ex-
planning the method and characteristics
of the articles, and then serve sample
cups, dishes or pieces of the article thus
cooked, TO all visitors free of charge
These demonstrations, together with
lectures on cookery, nursing, marketing.
household economics, etc, by graduates
and teachers in schools of cookery, will
form very strong attractions to the la
dies.
In addition to these features there
Will be music, concerts, amateur vocal
selections, Juvenile dancing, recitations,
Hungarian music, baby show, a num-
Der of cake-baking, bread-making, etc,
contests, and many similar attractions
TO help entertain all visitors. The inte-
rior of the Armory will be thoroughly
lighted by arcs and incandescent lights
and tastefully decorated. The full de-
tails of this event viii be given after the
Executive Committee meeting. Floor
plans, showing sizes of spaces to be al
lotted to firms desiring to make ex-
hlbits and contract blanks have been
mailed TO business houses.
These exhibitions tend to build up a
city and demonstrate its manufactur-
ing resources. The managers or any
member of the Executive Committee
can be seen for spaces or details. The
office is in the Chamber of Commerce.
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