Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
THOUSANDS ATTEND
LARGE CROWD AT CONVENTION
HALL FOOD SHOW.

More than 12,oOO persons, probably the
largest number that has ever been inside of
Convention Hall in this city at one time,
were present yesterday afternoon and
evening at the food show of the Washing
ton Retail Grocers' Association. Thou
sands of electric lights cleaned last night,
making the decorations of the booths still
more attractive. The police handled the
| immense crowds well and prevented seri-
Gus crowding at the entrance during the
rush hour, Lieutenant Sullivan being in
charge in person.
The baby show in the afternoon served
to increase the afternoon crowd. Not all
of the mothers, numbering 325 or over, who
applied for the admission Of their babies
to the show were enabled to go away with
q prize; but there was great interest in
the contest. Out of the large number Of
applicants Burton c. Many Of the Borden
Condensed Milk Company. under whose
superintendent the baby show was given,
selected ten of the little ones to be placed
on exhibition for one hour and a half. All
and the result of that vote determined the
prize giving.
Prizes Awarded.
At the close Of the contest the following
winners were announced:
old. daughter of Mrs Flora Oppenheimer
Of 612 o street northwest; the prize was
a silver cup presented by the Borden Con-
densed Milk Company and chair given by
Jackson Brothers.
Second prze-To Bessie ten months old,
daughter of Mrs. S. H. Shean of Is H
street northwest; the prize was silver
cup.
Third prize-To Adrienne Marie, eight
months old, daughter of Mrs. H. L. Barker
of 1894 street northwest; the prize was
silver cup.
Mr.. B. s. Graves won the prize given by
the Chapin-Sachs Manufacturing Company
for the gentleman bringing the greatest
number of ladies to the ice cream parlor.
1t will be noticed that the baby girls
proved the favorites with the audience, al
though the boys received a great many
votes 1t was announced by Mr.. Many
that another baby show will be held next
Thursday afternoon at the food show and
that the prizes will be bank accounts IN the
Peoples Savings Bank. The success of the
show yesterday led to the decision TO hold
another before the food show closed.
AS is the custom, each OF the first 500
ladies to attend the show yesterday were
given coupons which entitled them to one
half pound of butter and package of Egg
O-See. 1t is announced that today each
of the first 800 ladies to enter the hall will
receive three full-size cakes of Lips soap
and one bottle of Scotch hop ale,
Cooking School.
The booth of the National Cooking School
of 171S Q street northwest is proving 10
be one of the most popular. The school,
which has about fifty-five on its rolls. after
an existence of one year, Is giving sam
pies and demonstrations of it's culinary
arts, maintaining that the pure foods are
all right, but that they may be entirely
spoiled by bad cooking. The students are
taught how to prepare food for both simple
and elaborate dinners by demonstration and
Washington and Fairmont Summaries,
Laise-Phillips School, Chevy Chase College,
Bristol School and the Martha Washington
Seminary the students of the Cooking
School are taking a special interest in the
exhibit.
One of the interesting exhibits last even
ing that of the Columbia Ice Com
pany, which was a huge bouquet of Ameri-
can beauty roses frozen in a large ca le
of ice.
The Chris Lipps Company of Baltimore
has popular booth, and is giving away
many samples of a variety of soaps-the
premium soap or blue laundry soap, the
white Flyer, a floating soap, and the
naptha soap with borax.
Large crowds watched the moving pic
lures last evening, given under the super
vision Of w. II. Gunby of the American
Biograph Company of New York, illuStrat-
ing the process Of making bread from
start to finish.
style is not fashion. Style Is how one
carries fashion," said Nine Wade yester-
day in her lecture before an audience of
ladies held in connection with the food
show at Convention Hall. Then she pro-
ceeded to demonstrate how various figures
should be dressed to look well and how
deficiencies are made UP to make the wo-
man look becoming.