Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-07
WEDDEOAT FOOD SHOW
Marriage Of Mr.. Cook and
Miss Tawler Solemnized.
RECEIVED MANY GIFTS
USEFUL ARTICLES FROM THE
VARIOUS EXHIBITORS.
Fully Ten Thousand People Present
When Marriage Ceremony Was
Performed-Among Booths.

ding of John b. Cook and Miss Nettfe May
Fowler, at the booth of A. GUIDE & Bro.
Not more than one-tenth of the people
In. the hall were able to get near
enough to obtain even glimpse of
the bride or how she was dressed
and how she looked but everybody
seem satisfied with what they had seen
and thronged about the various booths,
collecting souvenirs, greeting friends and
commenting on the handsome decorations.
It was almost family party at the show
last night. Everybody in the hall seemed
to know a goodly portion of the other Wis
itors and made a home party of the affair.
The wedding at the GUIDE booth was, of
course, the great event of the night Mr..
Cook the groom, is an employe of GUIDE Il
Bro. and up to last night had been in
charge of their booth.
He has always been considered a Young
man who could not be forced to back down
from any situation he believed he was
right in holding and when one of the at
taches of the show, who knew of his
gagement to marry Miss Tawler, limited
that he did not believe Cook had the
nerve to have the wedding ceremony per-
formed at the show, Mr.. Cook considered
the remark challenge and promptly ac-
cepted TT. He secured the consent Of the
young wonans parents and the ceremony
was arranged The pair entered the hall by
the main doors promptly at $50 o'clock as
the band played Mendelssohn's wedding
march. The main aisle had been roped with
long strands of green vines, with arches at
the beginning and end of the passa geway
thus formed. An altar, beautifully decorat-
ed with flowers, had been erected in tle
Guide booth and here the bridal party was
met by Rev. George NJ. Cummings pastor
OF the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church, who performed the ceremony. The
party left the hall as the band played the
LOheNgrtn march Immediately after tho
wedding the bride and groom departed for
New York. where they will remain ten
days on their wedding tour
Useful Wedding Presents.
That the firms and individuals having
booths IN the food show appreciated the ad-
vefusing the novel wedding gave them is
attested by the manner in which they show
cred gifts on the happy couple, In the
telephone company's booth were displayed
the many useful presents made the couple
These included a case of Pearllne from the
concern manufacturing that commodity, n
case of Lips soap from the manufacturers
boxes of Chauot Club ginger ale Moxie
and Scotch hop ale, also from the manu-
facturers thereof; box of deserta, from
the Deserta Company; a one-pound box of
White House coffee from the Dwinnell-
wright company; hfty-pound bucket of
pure leaf lard from the N. Auth Pro-
vision Company; ten-pound box of Red
Glover butter and a handsome panel pic
ture from the E. o. Whitford Company; a
bath robe from D. J. kaufman, an order
that will entitle the couple to two loaves
of bread day for thirty days from the
Boston Baking Company, and a similar or
der from Corby Bros; two hams from A.
LoeffleE, five boxes of egg-o-see, ten boxes
of shaken salt from the Diamond Crystal
Salt Company, handsome case of writing
paper from the r. P. Andrews Paper Com
pany, five boxes of c. & S. Neapolitan ice
cream bricks from the Cha pin Sacks Man
W nf T>uan
Mule Team borax, a five-pound box of
Guth's chocolates, one-pound can of pea
nut oil butter from the Vegetarian Meat
Company. a package of bean meal and a
sack of wheat flour from the Webster
Steel Cut Cereal Company, one dozen cans
OF peerless evaporated cream from the
Borden Condensed Milk Company, canary
bird from the Country Store, a coffee pot
and one pound of coffee from the Kin-Hee
Coffee Company; wedding cake from the
Havenner Baking Company, and a wedding
cake from the Weinberg Bakery, two quart
bottles of Oronoco rye whisky from E. J.
Quinn, and an order for a ton Of coal from
w. j. Zeh.
Mrs. Wade's Lectures.
After the wedding the crowd dispersed to
the various sections of the hall to see what
was to be seem That is, the men Gid
The women almost all endeavored to reach
the small amphitheater where Mrs. Linda
Ross Wade lectured on style Mrs.
Wade's lectures have been given in every
section of the country, and she has attract
ed attention wherever she has gone. She
occupies an amphitheater that has been
partitioned off at the X street end of the
hall and only women are admitted to It's
sacred precincts She breaches the gospel
tractive dressing. She has no fads or
fances. Her talk is directed toward teach
ing women that fair amount of exercise
and proper treatment of the body, with the
exercise of In dressing will civ 10
any woman a figure on which even last
years fashions will hang with such per
feet attunement Of garment and woman
that the fact of the costume being of an
old vintage does not detract from the come
Illness or attra ctiveness of the wearer Mrs.
Wade tells women how to wear corsets,
how to walk. how to breathe and how to
put their clothes on. She gives practical
Illustrations of all she breaches and vir-
tually teaches her hearers the things she
wishes to impress upon them. AS a GER
tain amount of disrobing is necessary to
fully illustrate the various IDEAS she wishes
to impart, men are excluded from the the
ater during Mrs. Wade'S talks.
Among the Exhibitors.
Many of the visitors were attracted last
night by the dainty decorations of the
booth erected by the Genesee Pure Food
Company to watch the demonstration of
the various forms into which Jell-O can be
prepared for the table. Mr. j. c. Dow, who
careful to explain to those who visit the
booth that there are two forms of JaII-O
one for making ordinary desserts and one
for ice cream. He has samples of both
kinds made up SO that housekeepers can
see for themselves just what the ma terial
can do.
Mr.. C. e. Greeley, who is in charge of the
demonstration of White House coffee for the
Dwinnell-Wright Company is assisted by
his wife and daughter In placing the merits
of the productions of HIS firm before the
public. He calls his stand the white House
Bower, and has offered prizes of So. S2b0
$1.50 and 81 to the pupils of the local pub,
lie schools who write the four best descrip-
lions of the bower and Its contents The
coffee industry In all It's details, from the
plant to the cup. is illustrated and ex-
planned by Mr.. or Mrs. or Miss Greeley to
Interested visitors.
Thirsty visitors have a chance to cool
their parched throats at the booth where
Cliquot Club ginger ale and other such
delicacies are on exhibition The Cliouot
Club Company exploits ginger ale, birch
beer, sarsaparilla, blood orange cider and
club soda, and visitors are permitted to sam
pie all OF the products of the company
Many of the visitors who stopped at
The Evening Star booth last night observed
with looks of surprise, and in some cases
longing, a magnificent nut cake that re-