Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-06
NELSON'S COOKING OIL.

demonstrated at the Yorkville Hard
ware store last Friday and Saturday
afternoons not only that Wesson's
snowdrift cooking oil is in class by
itself in the uses for which 1t is in
tended; but-also that they know just
exactly how to put 1t to those uses
The demonstration took place as
advertised from 2 to $50 each af-
ternoon and the, hardware store was
crowded with visitors, attracted by a
desire to- see what was being done and
how. The visitors included hundreds
Fof ladies from the town and surround
ing country and not few men.
The demonstration outfit consisted
of an improvised cook room, that in
cluded an oil stove, a dough board,
roller, some pots and pans, some clean
linen. paper napkins, and Of course
plates, cups and saucers. 1t was
complete kitchen and dining room all
In one and the visitors were served
with good things. cooked before their
eyes and hot from the stove.
Miss Nellie Newman did the cook
ing, lecturing as she went and Miss
Nellie Beauchamp assisted with the
practical work, helping also to an
|swer questions, and to persuade visit
|ors to leave orders for trial packages
Of the Wesson products. Altogether
1t was as smooth and pretty demon
|stration, such as one seldom has the
pleasure Of seeing, and there was lot
|of valuable instruction In It.
Miss Newman made cake, dough-
nuts, maYonnaise dressing, etc, ex-
planning as she went along. and serv-
led the finished products while the in
|terest of her guests was still at Its
height. Though thoroughly business
like In all they did, the ladies were
very pleasant and made a most favor
able impression on their visitors. both
for themselves and for their cotton
oil products.
l. Among the. visitors were quite
number who had been using the Wes-
son oil for years, and many others
who had never knowingly used any
thing but hog lard or butter. Those
who had used the Wesson oil were
interested principally In getting new
ideas in connection with its proper
manipulation, and those who had
used only hog lard-these included
Fonly those who had never used lard
except Of their own raising-were In
terested mainly from curiosity.
1t developed during the day that
many people who thought they had
never used anything but hog lard and
who were bitterly opposed to the cot
ton Oil idea. had been using cotton oil
for quite a long time without knowing
1T. It developed also that many excellent
cooks were ready to testify that the
Wesson snowdrift was superior to any
cooking fat they had ever used, and
others said they could not think Of
such q thing as using the oil for cook
ing purposes. That is where the value
Of the demonstration came In.
f.: Misses Newman and Beauchamp,
who conducted the demonstration, are
both accomplished ladies, who are
able to manipulate the piano with the
same efficiency that they manipulate
the cooking stove and with as much
credit They made themselves thor
oughly agreeable to their visitors and
during the demonstration took orders
for hundreds of cans Of snowdrift
goods. All orders were taken with
the understanding that the goods were
to be shipped to the customer indi-
Gated by the grocer: The feature OF
Saturday afternoons demonstration
was the serving of three gallons OF
'ice cream" made from oil. to the Wis
tt0rS. The Ice cream was served
spoonful to the saucer, and there were
enough people to take 1t all. That the
people were quite critical was natural;
but most of them were agreed that the
cream was delightful. ..
Miss Newman. by the way, Is a
daughter Of the famous correspond
ent Savoyard, given up to be the best
Informed man In America as to the
inside history Of the great political
leaders Of both parties. Miss Beau
champ Is a niece of Miss Newman and
a granddaughter Of Savoyard.
Poth ladies expressed themselves as
delighted with their-v visit to Yorkville.
They said they were thoroughly satis-
fed with the demonstration from ev-
cry standpoint. The attendance had
been larger than at any two-day dem
onstration that they. had given for
quite a while. They found the peo-
pie generally more appreciative Of
their efforts and what was no less i'm
portant, they had taken a larger num-
ber of orders than usual
The Wesson cooking oil party goes
from here to Rock Hill, where 1t will
repeat its demonstration in the store
of r. w. Crawford on February s. 9
and TO-