The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-09
'LYCEUM COURSE ENTER
TAINMENr A SUCCESS

appeared at Jamieson's Opera House
Monday evening under the auspices
of the Public Library, presented
4 lively and entertaining program
music, both vocal and instrumental
i to large audience.
The vocal work, both in solos ant
ensemble was excellent. particul
arly appealing were the renditions, by
Mr.. Longstreet who featured a mum
ber of humorous selections. He is
not only humorist, however, Du'
also sings with rare ability.
One of the most distinctive number
of the evenings entertainment was
the selection, "Pore Little Lamb" by
the Quartet, which richly deserved
the encore it received, as did the
beautiful Sing "On the Sea-" Equally
good numbers were Sunset Set
tin Round the Fire." while the solo
woodland Horn" and "Jack Come
Back" deserve especial mention Tor
the excellency of their rendition.
The violin is always popular in
strument, and especially when play
ed by an artist as Mr.. Whitehead
proved himself to be in his rendition
of Scenes de Ballet" by De Berriot,
which was a masterful one. The
program closed with Herb JohnsOn's
quartett arrangement of Nearer My
God to Thee"
That the ladies of Lynden entered
heartily into the cake-baking ION
test inaugurated by the N. X. Fair
banks Co., and held in connection
with the above entertainment. was
shown when 80 choice cakes were
delivered to the committee in charge
at the hall. The task of selecting
the best was not an easy one. There
is an old-time superstition among
housewives that when an exception
ally good cake is desired for any
special occasion the result is certain
to be failure, but this theory was dis
proved Monday evening by the ex-
cellency of the cakes entered in
the contest. Among so many that
were good, how to decide upon the
best was the problem that confront
ed the judges, who were Mrs. Loring.
Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Mulder. More
over 1t sssxs n4.ss naesssiy a ni,dsf,o,l ~,
the best five cakes TOR
which prizes had been offerd, as, un-
der the rules prescribed by the Fair
banks Co., the cakes were to be divid-
ed into four sections, and the best
cake chosen from each section, the
special prize to be awarded 10 the
best of the four. This prize, a
handsome rocker, donated by Knapp
Brothers, was won by Miss Cecile
Watson. Next, the best remaining
cake from the section from which
the prize winning cake had been TAX
en- was selected and this, with the
three already chosen were awarded the
remaining prizes as follows:
Farmers Mercantile Co., prize con-
sisting of, 2 sacks, 100 pounds Olym-
pic flour, 1, 3 pound can Chase ::
Sanborn coffee, pound can Folger's
baking powder, won by Mrs. w. j.
Ireland.
Lynden Department Store prize. !"
sasks, 100 pounds Centennial ilour.
9, pound packages Amber coffee.
l, 2 OF. bottle Golden Gate extract.
won by Mrs. J. c. Anderson.
Brown & Cole, prize, 2 sacks 100
pounds Queen OF The West flour, 2
l pound packages Schillings Best cof-
feel, 2 OF. bottle Schilling's Best ex-
tracts, won by Miss Rae Sain.
d. l.. Steffe, prize, sacks, 100
pounds Cherry Blossom flour, pound
can Gold Shield steel cut coffee, 5
bars Fairy soap, won by Mrs. Rit-
tenberg
The first and second prize medals,
given by the Fairbanks Co., were
awarded to Miss Watson and Mrs.
Anderson, respectively.
After the judges had completed
their work, and at the close of the
Strollers program, Mr.. B. H. Field, re-
preventative of Fairbanks Co., an
nounced the result of the contest. and
addressed the audience on the merits
of Cottolene which was the shorten
ing used in all the cakes entered
in the contest. The auctiOning II
the cakes followed, the sum of $2O.+
being realized, which after deductine
an expense item of $500 leaves the
Library Board $15.45 profit.
Miss Nettie Bailey captured the
chatting dish offered by the Library
Board for the sale of tickets.
The next number of the course vii
be lecture on January 18th by
Prof. Daggy.
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