Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
PURE FOOD SHOW THE BEST
Exhibits Of Highest Quality and
Attendance Largest.
FLOUR MEN ARE IN FINE CONTEST
Result f. Beneficial 60 Bread Baking
Race-Babies and Vaudeville
Form BIg Features of the
Exposition.

All previous records for attendance and
attractlveness in the exhibits having been
broken at the fourth annual Pure Food
Show. which Is being conducted at the
Auditorium under the auspices OF the
Grocers' and Butchers association, the sec
ond and last week promises to be the great
est Of all such ventures in Omaha
From the time the doors are swung open
again tomorrow afternoon unit they are
closed for the last time Saturday night
there will not be a dull moment.
A flour war has broken out among the
distributors and milling men who are ex-
hibiting at the Auditorium and the rivalry
that has developed will make the bread
baking contest Tuesday the greatest event
OF it's kind ever conducted in the city. In
addition to the $40 in prizes put up by the
association for the three best loaves of
bread, the Updike Milling company has Of
fered 500. which will be awarded to the
winner OF the first prize, providing her
loaf Is baked with Pride of Omaha flour.
OHer the same.
The same offer is made by II. c. Drummer
& Son, who exact the condition that the
first prize loaf must be baked with Blu
Bell flour. The third 800 offer is made
by the wells-Abbott-Niem company,
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the baker OF the prize loaf providing she
has used Puritan flour. The total
amount offered is $3.50, making it worth
while for all bakers of bread like mother
used to make" to enter the contest. The
conditions are that all loaves must be Of
medium size. baked in Individual pans. No
fancy loaves or sweetened breads will be
accepted. Professional bakers will be
barred from the contest, and no contestant
win be allowed to submit more than one
loaf. The contest will be held on Tuesday
and the hours for receiving the loaves are
Between 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. of that day
All bread must positively be In before 8
o'clock. Mrs. r. r.. Ward, who was to have
served as one of the judges, will not be
? able to act in that capacity on account OF
Illness In her family, and Mrs. c. Y. Gould
has been substituted. The other judges
are Mrs. F. II. Pugh and Mrs. S. Arion
Lewis. All three women are expert bread
bakers, fully qualified to pass upon the
leaves that will be submitted.
Two Hundred Babies,
Al least 800 babies will be entered in the
baby contest to be conducted at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. Babies OF all types
and temperament will be there. and when
they are lined up before the judges on the
sage tney VIII form a spectacle the like
OF which has never been seen in Omaha.
A prize of $40 will be awarded to the pref
TEST y%oungster. IS to the second p~rettiest
babe and So to the third. Tots over two
years of age are not eligible to the con-
test.
Several additional features have been pro-
vided for the second and last week of the
show. and they will contribute toward max
ing the venture the most successful OF any
OF the previous ones. One big feature which
has Just been added is the moving picture
show which will be put on by the Cudahy
Packing company. They will show pictures
taken in their huge plant, exhibiting every
important detail Of the killing and pack
Ing Industry. This show will not only be
valuable as a source of entertainment. but
It viii be highly instructive, giving the
spectators an excellent idea of how cattle,
hogs and sheep are prepared for the mar
kets of the world. In addition to the excel
lent vaudeville stunts. which are put on
every afternoon and evening. viii be a new
feature. the Teddy brothers, who will put
on a rube wrestling match. This is a side
splitting act.
While the vaudeville and other acts are
now going on excellent music Is being fur
nished every afternoon and evening by
Dlmick's orchestra. No effort has been
spared by Manager ]. NJ. Gillian to make
every moment of the show a golden one.
All records were broken in both attend
ance and beauty in decorations during the
first week and the second and last week
promises to he a hummer.