The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
RBVBI IN GOOD THINGS

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near the crowd began to gather at the
| rear of the hall round the PLATFORM, and
when the first dinner was served Mrs.
c. r. Croft, Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mrs.
c.. E. Bean, Harry Black, Jesse Gregg,
and DR.. Davis. took their places about
the table and began a tempting meal.
In the meantime Miss Armstrong, OF
Chicago, made a brief address on the
value of hearty food for the laboring
man, explaining the difference work
and climate make in the food required.
She was introduced by Mrs Open
helm, who explained that all the meats
used yesterday were butchered out in
South st. Paul, and all had been gov
eminent inspected.
The young women assisting the ladies
of the day passed samples Of the eat
ables on the table, about among the
spectators, and a very funny incident
nearly upset the entire dinner party.
When one Of the young women passed
a small bowl of soup to an old lady
sitting among the foremost of the
gathering, instead of taking small
sip from one of the clean spoons offer
ed her. she grasped the whole dish
firmly in her hands and quietly de-
Voured all of it's contents. So no one
but herself and the judges will ever
know, except by hearsay, how that
particular soup tasted. She seemed to
ENJOY IT, however.
During the cooking demonstration
there is no beer given away at Hamm's
booth.
1t was explained by the man in
charge that the competition was so
strong they could not give out samples
at that time. No one went to listen to
the lectures.
The stoves used yesterday were from
the st. Paul Stove company works and
from Wolterstoff & Haskell. The form
er was a coal stove and the latter
wood range.
Mrs. j. j. McCardy and Mrs R. Ros-
sum were the ladies Of the day, and
they were assisted by Misses Carr,
Pope, Kalman, Rhodes, Appleton.
Clark and Bradshaw.
Among the ladies noticed about the
exhibits during the day, were Mes
DANES Fred Driscoll, Fernald, Kend-
rick. Russell Dorr, Morrill,, Cochran,
Culbert Hubbard, Rothschild, Henry
Schurmeier, Mahon, D. A. Monfort,
| Charles Dibble and many others.
One of the most notable things about
the evenings at the manufacturers eX-
hibit, is the fact that the entire hall
aside from two large arc lights over the
Kitchen is lighted by the OrdWay Ace
tylene Gas Generator, which was in
vented by a st. Paul man, Mr.. J. N.
Hanson, whose association with the st.
Paul Commons has made him we'll
known in st. Paul. Crane and Ordway
have taken the agency of the generator
for Wisconsin, Minnesota and the two
Dakotas. The lighting has proved very
successful so far during the exhibition.
Last evening saw even a larger crowd
assembled than Monday. Many of the
exhibitors are giving away small SOU
Venirs, pins, etc. The first part of the
evening was devoted to an excellent
nl11Gtc1l lYoon fI1c,, ichn Nv To Il
DAM, who gave several trombone solos,
assisted by Miss DAM, pianist.
The demonstration by Miss Arm
strong was unusually good. She open
ed her address by telling of the food
value of the pastes and made and told
now to make several preparations of
macaroni and vermicelli and spaghetti.
She also spoke on pastries and the prin-
ciples involved in their use, and gave
interesting demonstrations on the same
Delicate fanchionetteS made from puff
past and filled with pineapple were
rendered the ladies for inspection. Her
croquetts were delicious. Made in a
mould they were put into the hot grease
in wire basket and came out all
brown and nice. After hanging a while
to drain thoroughly they were put on a
plate and passed about to be sampled
Hereafter Miss Armstrong will have
her recipes published in the newspa-
pers each day so all may benefit by
them.
So far the exhibition has been one of
the most orderly gatherings ever held
in the city. There has not been one re-
port of pickpockets or disorder made
to the officers on duty. Several detec-
tives in citizens clothes circulate
through the crowd all day.
Several fresh youths patronized the
ice cream given away last night and
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the women in charge of the booths. But
they were very mild and noticed them
selves more than any one else did. On
the whole this kind of thing has been
noticeable for it's absence.
Crowds and Pretty Women.
Not only was the array of foods at
tractive but at almost every booth
where products were displayed were
young women who demonstrated their
culinary skill. These dispensed biscuits
and beverages Of their own preparation,
and they were kept busy supplying the
demand. Wherever there was a crowd
there was sure to be a pretty woman
dealing out delicacies, and wherever
there was a pretty woman at a booth
there was sure to be a crowd. Booths
that lacked feminine attractions were
generally deserted.
Log Cabins Are Plenty.
AT the very entrance to the hall Is
the booth of the Towle Syrup company,
This company makes a speciality of the
Log Cabin maple syrup, and the log
cabin self-raising buckwheat and grid
die cake flour. The display of these
exhibits is conspicuous, log cabins be-
ing arranged at either side of the booth
and cans of maple syrup being arrang-
ed so as to attract attention.
In the rear of the booth is a picture
Of Vermont maple syrup camp.
There is a grove of sugar trees and a
log cabin, and group of sugar makers
at work.
This booth is in charge OF Miss Clara
Thompson, who is assisted by a colored
cook. Miss Thompson dispenses de-
licious cakes and syrup and has already
won warm place in the affections of
| many people who have sampled the
products of her skill.
Under a Japanese Shade
Large crowds were gathered around
the booth of G. r. Croft & Co.,
| the grocers. Over the booth is suspend
ed large japanese parasol beneath
which is arranged an elaborate display
| of goods made by the firm
| The exhibit is principally devoted to
Groff's Snowflake Baking powder,
| cereal coffee and f1avoring extracts.
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