Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-19
KITCHEN ILLS TO Be
CURED At FOOD SHOW

Los ANGELES, Sept 1s.-House
wives, take notice.
Methods of reducing the cost of liv-
ing, the art of scientific cooking and
the way to buy and prepare foods
edibly at the lowest possible cost. and
hundreds OF other problems Of vital
importance to the American housewife
will be demonstrated at the exhibit
of household and culinary arts, the
| first to be given in the west, which Will
be held at Fiesta park from November
to December 7. under the auspices of
the Southern California Cooks asso-
citation.
Every phase of domestic science in.
volving the question Of food will be
fully explained by large exhibits, and
1t is expected that the result of the
show will do a great deal in the west
towards the reduction of the cost of
living. The object of the exhibit as
advanced by the cooks is to promote
higher standards of culinary art, to
educate and instruct the public in
proper food values, to reach scientific
mark citing and to demonstrate variety
with economy in the kitchen.
Plans for the great Kitchen show"
are being pushed rapidly forward by
the executive committee, under the
chairmanship of c. T.. Day and the
enterprise has already won the apprO-
baton of a number of prominent bust
n esSs and professional men in the city
The cooks association has rented FIJI
esta park for four weeks and will
have a floor space of 10000 feet, sew
eral thousand feet of which have al
ready been contracted for by local
merchants, hotel and restaurant men.
The price per square foot has been
put at such a low rate that the asso-
citation, after paying expenses, will
have a deficit of about $4,000 to meet
unless there are $4,000 paid admissions
The object, say the promoters, Is not
to make money, but to make the ex-
hibit a great advertisement for south
ern California foods and staple goods.
AS evidence of their good will, the
association will donate 10 per cent of
the gate receipts to several charities.
Booths will be furnished free for any
lectures or dem onstrations of semi
public nature that will prove Of inter
est to the housewife, such as domestic
science department of the public
schools, Chamber of Commerce and
municipal market exhibits. Other dis
plays will be charged for at the es-
tablished rate.
The executive committee is making
arrangements with DR.. Harvey Wiley,
formerly head of the United States
pure food and an authority on the
subject of foods; DIR. Woods Hutchison,
the writer of similar subjects, and Miss
Cecilia Bradt, formerly of the domestic
science department in the Pittsburg
Polytechnic institute, but now on the
staff Of Good Housekeeping" to have
them at the exhibit for a~number of
lectures on subjects of deep interest to
housewives. Ebert Hubbard, it is an.
nounced, will also deliver a lecture.
The program, which will be distrib-
uted free, will contain two favorite re-
ceipts from 500 chefs, making a total
of 1000 recipes which have never before
been printed. To stimulate interest in
culinary arts, several large prizes for
the dishes prepared most edibly and
skillfully will be offered. A modern
California bungalow, fully furnished,
Will be the great prize of the house
hold exhibit. II is planned to have
each ticket bear a number and the
holder of the winning number will be
given the bungalow