Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-03
Water Heaters Added
to Prize Lists - 12-
Year-Old Girl First
Contestant.

llidl dlIdilatliltllAo NtlN uAuNO N''''
morning for the remaining second prizes
to be given in the EVENING LEDGER cook
ing contest for children OF the Philadel-
phia Cooking School classes
The Philadelphia stove Company has
donated Glover Triumph gas circulat-
ing water heater which. with 1ue in con-
necton and Installed in the home Of the
winner, will oc worth approximately S15.
The Ruud Water Heater Company has
donated a No. % Ruud gas-clrculating
water heater with fue connection, which
is of about the same value. The other
second prizes which were announced in
the EVENING LEDGER yesterday, will be
a barrel Of King Midas -four and bar
rel Of Millbourne -four. The second prizes
will be given az follows
Glover Triumph gas circulating water
heater for the second best biscuits.
No. % Ruud gas circulating water
heater for the second best bread.
One barrel Of King Midas flour for the
second best sponge cake.
one barrel OF Millbourne flour for the
second best cookies.
The entries fer the contest are reach
numbers. Children should keep IN mind
that the entry blanks should be mailed
before Saturday night, June 5. at mid
night.
R-YEAR-oBD COOK ENTERS.
The first entry blank to reach tho Con-
test Editor was that Of Elvira Marx, of
47S6 d street. olney. She mailed her blank
last Thursday night. The first entrant
is l2 years old She attends the McKin-
ley School. at which Miss Gililand is the
instructor. She will compete in the bread
baking contest.
From the entries that have reached the
editor so far, the indications are that the
number of competitors in the bread bak-
ing contest will bo much bigger than in
either of the other divisions. This an
nouncement will be of value and Will be
encouraging to children hesitating about
entering the cooky baking, biscuit bak-
ing and sponge cake baking contests.
Interviews with many of the leaders
in the movements for the Improvement
OF living conditions and for the advance
ment Of child welfare lay special stress
upon the value OF the EVENING LEDoER's
cooking contest. Almost every one en-
gagged in this sort OF philanthropic and
public work has paid pleasing compli-
ments and nearly all have urged that
mothers be encouraged TO have their
daughters, those registered in the cook
ing classes Of the city. enter the oompe-
titions.
JUDGE GORMAN'S APPROVAL.
Judge German. who has learned much
about children and about the home by
his experiences in the Juvenile Court, was
asked for some opinions on the cooking
contest.
THE best answer can give you on that
subject" said Judge German. when he
was asked about the advIsability of the
EVENING LEDGER cooking lectures, "is
the old couplet;
I'VE can live without rain, we can live
without books,
But no civilized man can live without
cooks"
This genial response was the epitome
of all Judge Gorman's comment
you see," he said. conditions are
very different from those OF a few years
back. 1t was a pleasure for the mistress
of the house and her daughters to attend
to the cooking and to make their homes
as happy as possible But nowadays eco
nomic conditions make this happiness al
most impossible. Men are underpaid
they have large families; their daugh-
ters expect too much or are unwilling to
take their share of the household re-
sponsbilities. There was no dependency
in the old days. Girls want to get out
these days. too. They have a natural
liking for out-of-doors, they want a great
deal of freedom.
1T is this seeming freedom that fills
our Juvenile Courts. Girls are not fond
enough OF their homes that's the reason
Our woman judges are doing much to-
ward correcting this. Their work is
splendid. / tell you, I'm not afraid to
say that dyspepsia causes a great deal of
crime. II your cooking classes will
lessen the prevalence of dyspepsia and
will take the youngsters and their
equally inefficient mothers in tow. and
teach them the principles of scientific
management, I can heartily assure you
that II is a great thing. for dyspepsia
causes as much crime as degeneracy"
ALBERT CROSS VIEW.
81 think that anything which is in
strumental in improving the quality and
preparation OF food in the home is of
the highest value" said Albert Cross,
OF the Child Federation. This is true
particularly with regard to ohIldrens
foods and their proper diet. II is aston
ishing the number OF well-educated
women who know nothing OF this most
important subject. Yet 1t is more than
necessary to the health and beauty OF
the child Babies are given food which