Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
Mrs. Blankenburg to
Head List of Judges
in CNildren's Baking
Contest.

The list Of judges for the EVENING
LEDGER cooking contest for children OF
Philadelphia cooking school classes will
be headed by Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg.
who may well be considered one Of the
FOUNDERS, IL not the founder, Of these
courses in the Philadelphia schools Near
| " all the other Judges have been selected.
I Entries for the contest were greatly in
! creased by Saturdays mail More than
/ 400 entry blanks arrived during that day
alone. The extension Of the time for clos
Ing Of entries will make 1t possible for
great many more children to try for one
Of the valuable prizes.
Inc new arrangement for the closing
OF entries makes it possible for children
to mali them to the Contest Editor.
either at the EVENING LEDGER or at
Horticultural Hail. Broad street below
Locust, up to o'clock Wednesday after.
noon. June 3.
A great many children visited the hail
saturday afternoon to see the prizes
and every one who saw the fine cabinet
gas ranges, the gas water heaters. the
hour and the gas irons and aluminium
ware were filled with determination IN |
Several children made the error NJ \
bringing their exhibits to the hall Satur- |
aay afternoon, thinking that they would /
be suitable for the contest These were |
not accepted as 1t was considered that |
tHe Children would not stand a chance
OF winning in competition with exhibIts
which are baked Just before the time
Ior the presentation of baking The
childreh were advised to use their bread
cakes, cookies and biscuits and bake
fresh ones for delivery on Wednesday,
AS previously announced the hall will
oe open for receiving exhibits up to
O'CLOCK Wednesday night, June o. This
arrangement was made so that children
would have ample time to reach the halI
after the close of school.
Inc Following have consented to serve
as judges
Mrs. Charles Hirsch, 800 Pine street,
suffrage worker.
Mrs Il. T. Richardson, Hamilton Court
Mrs NJ. d. Hitchcock, 224 Buckingham
place.
Mrs w. E. Lee. S3i North 9th street,
food expert
Miss Caroline Katzenstein. suffrage
headquarters 35 South 9th street
Mrs. George d. seidt, 23s South 39th
street suffrage worker.
Miss Alverta Van Deusen, lO2s Walnut
street
Mrs. Fritz. 127 West Springfield avenue
Chestnut Hill.
Miss Elizabeth Massey 215S North 2ist
street
Mrs. a. B. Eddowos. 4632 Greene street,
Germantown.
Several of the children who are entered
in the baking contests and number of
older school children have made it a
point to attend all of the lectures Mrs.
Carroll has delivered at Horticultural
Hall One mother remarked yesterday
that she had not been able to attend the /
lectures but that she had finally become
so curious about her daughters interest
that she decided to attend on Saturday
afternoon. At the conclusion OF the lee
ture she was talking to a representative
of the EVENING LEDGER, and said she
would make It a point TO attend the lee /
lures all this week She told this about !
her little daughter:
"On Tuesday night she came home ;
and asked me II she might bake a cake.
OF course, let her do 1t, so she pro- :
iuced one of Mrs Carrolls recipes and
mixed the cake While / was in the
front of the house she came in and told
me she could not find the cake anywhere.
She was sure she had finished 1t and
placed 1t In the pan. but It had COM
Dletely disappeared. We started search
and finally found IL In the oven OF the
gas range nearly finished. l was sur
prlsed to find how we'll she had learned Z
'ake baking from the lecture for the Z
AXE was almost perfect"
Children are welcome TO attend any OF
he lectures during the week, though Mrs
-arroll Will not lecture to the children
exclusively until Saturday afternoon.