The Washington times., 1915-02-09
URGE HOUSEWIVES
TO BRING BASKETS
Center Market Dealers to Make
Food Exposition Lesson in
! Market Shopping.
"Bring your baskets and friends.

"Bring your baskets and friends"
. Large signs at the entrances Of the
Center Market bear this admonition.
and 1t Is the slogan for the big food
exposition that will open tn ere next
Monday morning at II O'Clock, to con-
tihue all week.
Regular market dealers will do buei-
ness as usual during tho exposition and
every effort will be made to emphasis Q
the economy Of basket shopping. An
interview with many exhibitors showed
that there will be much to put in the
baskets B esides the usual market pur.
endless variety of free food samples
Many Of these will be given away BY
exh, bitors who do not maintain perma-
hibitors will not be allowed to make
sales. but there will be no limit placed
on the amount Of free SAMPLES, and ad-
,s ,yssrt,sIns SNohlsts and novelties that
Arrange For Speakers.
A meeting Of the committee in
charge OF the exposition was held in
the office of the Washington Market
Company late yesterday. r. o. Whit
ford. chairman. presiding. Details Of
the open ing day program. when DR..
Harvey W. Wiley. pr. William G:
Woodward, and John H. Sherman will
speak. were gone over and approved.
One Of the interesting features Of the
exposition will be the almost world wide
range Of food products displayed. Every
one form or another and several deal
ers have made special orders Of fruits
and vegetables for the occasion. The
most gorgeous displays will come from
the tropics in the forN Of bananas.
oranges. lemons, casaba melons. allisa-
tor pears and similar fruits.
More temperate climates will be repre-
sented by strawberries. some Of the
more luscious worth nickel 2 bite;
grapes. in great clusters Of white, red
or purple; small tree fruits. and limit
less variety of vegetables. Potatoes that
would win blue ribbon at county
fair. cranberries big as thimbles, dried
fruits. and fruits made into preserves
and jellies will tell Of abundant seasons
still farther north.
From the Frigid Zone.
Even the frigid zone. though having
little to offer in the way Of vegetation.
will furnish it's quota Of dried and pick
eled fish. and some of the importers
Will offer genuine Russian caviar from
the inhOspi,able White Sea.
The whole range Of poultry, from tho
timid and expensive keats: or guineas.
represented at several of the large
booths. The butcher stalls will be hung
with garlanded quarters OF beef. suck
ling pigs all ready for the oven. and
choice cuts of veal. lamb, mutton, pork.
and other meats. The several baking
companies represented in the Center
Market will also have attractive count
ers. where anything from a hot-cross
bun to a wedding cake may be had on
short notice.
The task Of decorating the big build
ing Is we'll under way, and never since
its erection will the place have been so
gay as 1t will be when Lieutenant
his baton to begin the first Of the ten
concerts to be given next week. Hun
dreds of American flags hang from CELL
ing and wall and pillar, while along the
street wing hang the flags Of warning
could wish The committee has seen to
it that strict neutrality has been
maintained in these decorations.