The Washington times., 1916-02-04
OTHERS TO ENTER CONTEST.

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a united effort to secure the gas
OTHERS TO E
| A number of the women present an
nounced their purpose of entering the
contest, and each agreed that II she
were declared the winner in the loaf
cake division she would donate the
stove to the new church so as to proper
| ly equip the basement OF the new edifice
for socials and suppers
| Washington housewives generally are
busy preparing for the big baking con-
| test which will bring The Times West
field Domestic Science and Household
Applience Exposition to a conclusion
tomorrow afternoon.
| In addition to the housewives being
| on their mettle to uphold the honor OF
the National Capital as a baking CEN
ter-the home of good bread and cakes
there Is spirited rivalry among the
| women OF the various sections of the
city and the numerous churches. The
Indications are that there will be sew
eral hundred entries in the three divi-
sions, loaf cake. layer cake, and bread
Twenty-seven Appliances.
| Twenty-seven handsome, valuable. and
useful household appliances will be
awarded the successful contestants. The
entries will be judged by Prof. Sher.
| wood p. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder, two
OF the most famous eXponents OF the
culinary art in the United States. Gen.
eral appearance. taste. grain, and tex.
ture will be the points on which thu
entries will be judged and the awards
made.
All loaVes OF bread and cakes entered
in the contest should be delivered a.
the Arcade between 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning and II noon. The judging viii
be done between II and p. m. I'm
mediately after the judging all th'
loaves of bread and cakes will be turneC
over to a committee representing thu
Associated Charities and sold. Th'
money realized by the sale of the breaC
and cakes will be given to a number
of needy families under the care of thu
not be turned into the general Associated
Charities fund but given directly to thu
families.
Mrs. Haring Chairman. ..
Mrs. II. X. Haring, a well-knowl
Washington charity worker, is chair
man OF the committee which will sci
the cakes. She will be assisted by Mrs
7. p. Wilcox. Miss A. NJ. Baxter. Mis-
Edith Maddux, Mrs r. T. Wads, Mis-
Courtney Wade, Miss Amy Topham
Miss Marie Harlan. Miss Janet Paine
Miss Dorothy Paine, Mrs. Joseph Lude
wig and a number of other societ,
women and girls.
The COMMITTEES will mark the price OF
each cake after IL has been judged AM
several girls will be stationed at eacl
table to make the sales. Wrappinl
paper and cord will be provided so a
to wrap up the cakes for the purchaser
number OF women have alread'
pledged the committee to buy thei
Sunday cakes at the Arcade tomorrow
afternoon so as to get exceptional valu
for their money. and at the same tim
help the needy families under the AS
sociated Charities care.
The conditions OF the contest arc very
simple. No entrance fee Is required
The cakes and bread are to be baked
at the housewives home and delivered
at the Arcade before II o'clock tomor
row. Every article entered will be cut
and judged before the eyes of the
housewife who baked 1t. and the award!
will then be made.
To Get Jar Of Bacon.
Every woman who wins a reward. ant
they Will number twenty-sever. will b'
presented with jar OF Beechnut bacon
Every woman who enters a loaf o.
bread or cake and fails to win re
ward will be given pound OF liDton'!
tea. Other rewards will Re distributed
, by the many pure food exhibitors in th,
Arcade.
Prof. Snyder said today that. ludgin,
from the large attendance at the cook
ing school lectures and the unusual in
I terest manifested in the baking demon
strations conducted by him this week
that there would pc several hundre,
entries in tomorrow's contest. and tina
the needy families would profit mate
: rally.
AT T n
the pure food booths and the educa
uonRl moving picture show at tn
Arcade yesterday and last night.
III At the cooking school scores OF won
/ en- and girls were observed maxim
J notes on the remarks OF Prof. Sherwoo
, i. Snyder. the entertaining and eff
cient instructor in the culinary ar
Prof. Snyder was in unusua / goo
quips and funny stories as he waite
for the ingredients Of his recipes I
boil or bake. He particularized on cak
baking yesterday, and astonished tn
housewives with the results obtained
AS he cooked he dropped a number {
valuable hints for saving steps an
foodstutts.
Difficult To Make.
Pointing To beautiful layer cak
, ! ornamented with varigated sweet pea
made of icing, FTof. Snyder said it wa
difficult to make. almost as difTicu
as breaking an egg" he added. "Yo
might say 1t took a man wsth artist
> temperament to make such a cake, an
! would agree with you, but l wou
Il | add that the man should have ju
about as much artistic temperament 4
a mule. "' He then tore a leaf from
recipe book. folded II like Tunne
| and cut a little piece of the smalf en-
,. ! Then he explained that by pourIr
icing iE,o the funnel and squeeZiu
Z the funnel the housewives could mai
d any kind Of flowers they wished @
| their cakes. This and other seemingl
+ dInTicult things which he demonstrate
. i'm the simplest fashion won him war
n applause.
:. The lecturer then talked of kitcne
! | equipment, on which subject he sal,
, "Thc most important task to whic
a wife or mother can deVote~he1' tin
' is the preparation OF the family meal
= PreC eCtlcallY the whole problem of the
health centeTs around the dining roo