The Washington times., 1916-02-01
Smashing Success" Is Their
Verdict Of Show Under
Auspices Of The Times.
SAMPLES ARE GIVEN AWAY
Lecture and Cooking Demon
stration, Booths, Films, and
Music Are Features.
"a smashing success"

" n smaSnlnB buCceSSs
That was the verdict Of the CROWDS
VINO yesterday attended the hrst days
program OF the Westheld Domestic
Science School and Household Appli.
ance Exposition, under the auspices OF
The washington Times.
The lecture and cooking demonstra-
tion Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood p. Sny-
der; the attractive booths, with their
demonstrators, who gave away samples
OF products; the musical program OF the
Arcade orchestra, and the motion pic
ture program in the evening, wed IN
favor with the stream of men and wom-
en- who came and went from o'clock,
when the doors opened. until the close,
at Ii o'clock last night
In his address at the opening OF the
show yesterday afternoon and introduc-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Snyder. John sher-
man, superintendent Of weights, meas
ures, and markets, said: The WASH
ington Times deserves our thanks for
this stimulus of our interest In sub
ject so important to all of US"
Eating-Our Greatest Industry.
This has been our greatest indus
try-eatiTfE.'' Mr.. Sherman contended.
The biggest single factor in the eN-
pense of the average family 10 the
item of food. averaging more than
One-half Of the total the country over
and yet until very recently people
seem to have thought very little
about 1t.
"ft is q good thing that people are
learning the necessity and the value
Of thinking about tho things they
eat; thinking about getting good
qualities. and thinking about getting
them economically. You know II
enough people get to thinking
really thinlting-on most any subject,
pretty soon something useful gets
done along that line. The difference
between Intelligent thinking and
thoughtIess habit is measured in the
difference between the results they
accomplish.
my business concerns the econori-
cal distribution of foods rather than
the questions of chemical composition
Or purity, but since have been called
here 20 talk on a subject on which |
know very little, l will tell you the
little that do know. very briefly
and be done.
Don't forget that a thing may he
impure, or a substitution be used in
it. without being in the slightest de-
gree harmful. In fact, it may be bet {.
ter for you than the real article would
have been.
Protected BY Laws.
This Is why emphasized a moment
ago the necessity for thinking. You
all know of the jar of fake straw =
berry jam. There was not a particle
of real strawberry 1t in. Yet the good
food chemists who anRlyzed 1t found
that that combination OF glucose,
hayseed, and a few other things |
can't remember, was fully as nutri-
tfous ard more easily diRested, than
real strawberry jam. Now the kick,
in that case, was that the public had
a right to know what it was getting
for its money. After that 1t would be
up to the public to think about 1t. and
decide whether 1t wanted that combl-
nation at that price, or not. But 1t
was unfair to the public to sell az
strawberry jam at strawberry jam
prices something that was not straw
berry jam.
laws passed to help the public to
know just what 1t is getting for its
This Is an age OF package goods.
When you buy any kind of food you
should be careful to determine what
you are getting; but especially when
you get package goods, 1t Is up to you
10 guard yourself, for the laws have
made II easy for you to protect yourself
fully and we'll
i I'VE are rapidly establishing stand
ards OF attainment and service for
those who provide our foods for us,