The Washington times., 1904-12-23
CAKE AND PUDDING
TESTED BY JUDGES
Names of Pr.Za Winners
Announced Christ mas Day.
ENTRIES ALL GO TO CHARITY
List of Competitors to Be Published
In Tomorrow's
Times.

to the left of them; wilderness of
cakes and puddings in front of them.
the three judges of The Times great
cooking competition rolled up their
sleeves at IL o'clock this morning.
Brandishing cleaning knives in their
strong right hands they literally carved
path through the hundreds of dainties
submitted by housewives Of Washington
who hoped to secure a part of the s100
in prizes offered for the best exhibitions
of culinary skill
Like Pastry Shop.
casual observer would have jumped
to the conclusion that he was in a first
class pastry shop if he had visited the
offices of The Times this morning.
Three work rooms of The Times were
put out of commission to serve as store
rooms for the goodly array.
There We're fruit cakes and plum pud-
dings, pound cakes, cookies, layer cakes.
chocolate cakes, sponge cakes, tapioca
puddings, wine cakes, cottage pdddings.
and cocoanut cakes. There were pud-
dings that only needed to be warmed
and which were accompanied Dy glasses
OF hard sauce that spread so strong
fragrance throughout the building as
to create the impression that scIne en-
thusiastic members of the staff were
anticipating Christmas celebrations
Special Policemen
In fact it is entirely hopeless task
to attempt to describe the layout They
were SO tempting that the cake editor
had to swear in a special force to guard
the treasures.
Some of the creations were covered
with white frosting and decorated with
holly and mistletoe. Others were en-
beiished with limitations of flowers cum
ningiy made of various sweets Still
more were wrapped In dainty japanese
paper of varied hues and tied with red
ribbons.
And the fruit cakes, You could see the
other attractive ingredients showing
against the dark background Surrepti-
tfous ard longing glances were directed
into the treasure rooms by every mem-
Der of the staff that passed the doors
and nothing but the determined man
ner of the sworn deputies prevented an
assault along the whole line.
Promptly at the appointed hour the
committee headed by James j. Nolan,
chef of the Arlington Hotel, filed into
the cake rooms. Philippe Gulian, chef
chief pastry cook of the Arlington, were
the other arpiters on whose jugment
rested the selection of prizes
All Considered.
Every cake and every pudding was
given individual and careful attention
A small slice was cut out of each and
every dainty, and tasted with great care
by all three of the arbiters In sucf,
an abundance OF good things the ordi-
nary man would have been completely
at loss how to make selection. But
the judges were not feazed Not a
bit of &
There were points of difference which
their trained eyes and paIates detected
in a moment. The manner in which
f<srA> woe f..,-x
single factor. and apparently they could
tell in a glance whether the ingredients
had been carefully or careless1y mixed
Judging by their methods il would seem
that they knew in {; monneu: if the
whites and yolks had been bea.cn sel,-
arately or together
Prizes to Be Awarded.
The prizes for which more than 300
housewives were competing are six IN
number: u
For the best cakes. SIS.
For the second best cake, SIS,
For the third best cake SO
For the best pudding, SIS
For the second best pudding SIS
For the third best pudding. SO
The Judgment has been made. but not
recorded 1t is an important piece of
business and viii be given due atten-
ton before the contest is definitely over
The names of the fortunate winners
VIII be announced on Sunday, together
with a description of the cakes and pud-
dings that secured the palm
Distributing the Cakes.
This afternoon a number of The
Times staff are busily engaged In su-
perintending the distribution Of the col
lection .1mong the charitable InSt.tu-
tions of the city. There arc enoLcil to
go around and some to spare. i,y6ry
hospital has received - many rs they
thought the patterns could consume
The orphan asylun9s are getting a gen
erouS share, as 1t seems reasonable that
the youngsters can get away with more
of the dainties than some other insti-
tutions- The Salvation Army has not
been forgotten. and their famous Christ
mas dinner will be improved by the de-
licious offerings of the amateur cooks
The names of those who submitted
cake or pudding IN the contest Will be
published tomorrow.