The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-04
BREAD MAKING DAY AT
COOKING DEMONSTRATION
Enhusinstic Audience Grects Mrs
Chase ut The Timcx-Dispntch
Free School.
DISCOURSE PROVES ABSORBING
"Stnn OF Life" aInde Subject of Inter-
estinE Lecture-CInsses Each After
noon From 3 to 6 O'Clock

Yesterday was brcad-making day at
tho big cooking demonstration con-
Quoted by Mrs. Florence Austin Chase
| in The Times Dispatch booth Mt the
Manufacturers Exhibit, Sixth and Main
streets. and a largo and enthusiastic
audience was present to greet her
This was the third of a series of abso-
lutcly free demonstrations in n class
OF modern method OF preparing food
only Richmond-ma goods being used
that are 10 take place there this week
! and the crowds of women in attendance
upon them are daily increasing. There
| Is no admission fee. no collection and
nothing sold. The demonstration lasts
/ from ) to o'clock each afternoon
In n fascinating discourse upon the
subject of the staff of lifc," Mrs Chase
! brought out numerous valuable and
economical facts about bread and its
construction. Her audience went with
the lecturer through the entire con-
structivo process of brcad-making, from
| the measuring of the flour, kncading
OF the dough and baking In the oven
TO the act of tasting the delicious but
tered tea biscuit with their Virginia
| Dare conee. made In q universal per-
| colator on a Richmond-mnde range
| There were fluffy rolls. beautifully
! Drowned loaves. coffee cake. ten rolls,
clover rolls and cinnamon rolls--an in
| finite variety of kinds and shapes of
| breads to tempt the appetite, and all
! sorts and conditions OF rolls The pro-
gram was very full and instructive
| one, and housckeepcrs. old and young
| joined in the questions that arose from
all sides of the crowded hall concern
! Ing the consistency of dough, tcmpera-
! ture of the oven and even the measur
| ing of -four. Mrs. Chase went into the
! most explicit detail concerning the diff
| fcrcnccs in flour and materials used
and the results to be obtained from
| each: tho effect of climate upon flour.
and the length Of time that bread must
| he kneaded. She said that YOU must
never let your bread rise beyond double
| It's bulk. if II does. and you have not
| tho time TO prepare IT for the oven,
! take n spoon and stir II down until you
are quite ready to do so. This is the
danger point in bread making, and Is
| wholesome bread.
0UICK-RISING PROCESS
Is OF UNIVERSAL USE
| Draft is good for cake. but bad for
| bread, and the quick rising process
used in bread making yesterday and
demonstrated by Mrs. Chase Is o: the
greatest and most universal ust to
/ housckeepers all over this wide land.
Mrs. Chase stated that she is much
! interested in the manufacture of -four
and on yesterday morning she visited
/ the Dunlop mills here. from which plant
| the -four used by her in showing her
breads and cakes is demonstrated. She
was most enthusiastic in her descrip-
! ton Of the processes used here, and gave
a detailed description to her audience
f, OF the way wheat is treated before 1T
comes to your back door. neatly wrap
/ ped and ticketed and handed over by
/ the Erocers boy.
/ The speakers theory. and text for
/ all time is accurate measurement and
! good materials and about 1t she builds
| the whole of her Interesting and in
/ structivc address. With the greatest
/ informally and ease possible. and
! quite as If they were lot of girls
! making fudge together, Mrs. Chase
! answers ihc many questions put to her
/ each afternoon and goes back again
] and again in order to explain mors
| fully recipe that some one does not
understand. II means good deal 70
| know how to make n good loaf OF
! home made bread, and II is an accom-
! plishmcnt that should rank along with
! music and art. 1t is only II sensible
woman. who, when her daughter re-
! turns full OF theory and dreams from
/ college. quite ready to set the world
| on fire with her genius. answers the
! desire for social economies by making
| he'd mend the old table cloth and con-
| struct the pudding for dinner. But
| this generation Is becoming WHO IN
! its own time.
| RECIPES FOR DESSERTS
WILL HE SHOWN TODAY
This afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock.
/ Mrs. Chase will show dainty and de-
! licious desserts, featuring the quickly
! prepared and less expensive recipes.
| ana with ali sorts of suggestions for
entertaining. The menu yesterday was
concluded with 4 planked steak at the
request of the class.
over the ribbon counters and across
| the lace OF your daughters commence
! mcnt frock, YOU are asking your neigh
| Dor and the friend that you haven't
seen for months to go with you to the
/ cooking school. since II is the mos,
! talked of affair of the week. Mrs.
| Charles V. Meredith, vicc-president OF
! the Equal Suffrage League OF Virginia.
was an interested spectator yesterday
and Mrs. w. y. Burrows. president or
! the Federation Mothers Clubs, was
! again present.