Evening journal., 1917-02-03
WOMEN Appreciated
THE COOKING School
$500 Home Managers Took
Advantage Of Mrs.
Feuling'S Lectures
HANDSOME PRIZES
ARE ANNOUNCED


the concluding lecture and demonstra-
ton Of the Home Managers Week and
cooking school which has been conducted
there this week under the direction OF
THE EVENING JOURNAL by Mrs.
Alice Dynes Feuling, the foremost home
economies and cookery expert, was held
Yesterday afternoon. From the begin
ming of the week to the close of yester-
days session the entire lecture course
has met with unprecedented success and
it Is conceded that nothing of the sort
ever given here before has been as sat
isfactory and helpful to the women OF
this city as this Home Managers Week.
A rough estimate places the total num-
Der of women who attended the lectures
1T 5000.
At the conclusion Of yesterdays ses-
sion the four large prizes, including a
White Beauty Hoosier kitchen cabinet,
donated by Miller Brothers. an Eureka
vacuum cleaner given by the Whining
ton and Philadelphia, Traction Company ;
q Thermatic fireless cooker, donated by
the NJ. Megary Son and Company, and a
1917 model Oriole gas range, given by
the Wilmington Gas Company were
awarded, in addition to which several
other valuable prizes, including an cleo
trio iron given by the Wilmington and
PHILADELPHIA Traction Company, %
pound bag of Occident -four awarded by
the Russell Miller Milling Company OF
Minneapolis. Mimi, and six pals of pure
leaf lard, awarded by Armour and Com
pany. The first three prizes, the Kitchen
cabinet, the freless cooker and the
vacuum cleaner. were awarded to the
three persons who wrote the three best
letters in the letter-wTiting contest tell
ing "Why they used advertised foods,
and these prizes were awarded as FOL
lows;
White Beauty Kitchen Cabinet-Mrs
Annie Roberts, No 1912 West Eighteenth
street
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner-Mrs. G. w
lawson, No. 504 West Twenty-tourth
Thermatic Fireless Cooker II Mrs
Alger L. Ward, No. 1905 West Eighth
street.
The Oriole gas range was awarded
by the Wilmington Gas Company by
drawing from the hundreds of slips
which were distributed each day at
the High School to those attending
the lectures. and on which each one
wrote her name and address. The
winner Of this prize was Mrs. Charles
d. Russell of DO. 1903 Lowering ave-
nue..
The 25-pound bag of occident -four
was awarded to Mrs G. W. Jordan OF
No. 400 South Broome street, for
guessing the correct number OF
loaves Of bread which could be made
from a barrel of Occident flour. The
electric fat iron was awarded to Mrs
c. W. TazeWell OF No. 909 Jefferson
street, for guessing the nearest tc
how long a person could keep dinner
warm in the oven Of the electric
range after the oven has been turned
off
other guessing near the correct
answers were awarded OnepOuTa1
pals Of pure leaf lard and those get
ting these prizes were: Mrs. r. l.
Miller Of No. 1916 West Tenth street;
Mrs r. D. deValinger of No. 300
North Franklin street; Miss Janet
Brady, No 1901 BrOome street; Miss
Mearns, No. 1904 Broome street; Mrs
H. W. Bristow, Brandywine Springs
and Mrs. G. w. Whaler, No. 212 West
Eighteenth street.
Mrs. Feuling spoke yesterday on
Gun ted States Government Inspec-
ton Of Meats" and she gave an actual
demonstration Of the cutting of a side
of beef.
For Better Markets.
Following her talk she conducted
a brief quest.bnaira, in which she
answered a number Of questions. TC
the question what could be done tC
better the market conditions here? p
Mrs Feuling replied that she thought
that question could best be answered
by a local person and added that she
had every confidence I'm the people oil
Wilmington. In concluding her re-
marks on this subject she said:
you women of Wilmington are 60
ing to have whatever you want. Every
good woman can get what she wants,
she added smiling. land so, when
come back to Wilmington. which
hope to do, I fully expect to find your
markets closed" Mrs. Feuling ther
added that she had never enjoyed q
week more and that she felt already
that she had many friends in thi,
city. She was heartily applauded as
she concluded and from remarks
heard II was easily seen that she ha.
captivated her audiences with hel
charming personality and ability as
a lecturer.
Mr.. Brinton, representing the Rus
sell Miller Milling Company, of Min
neapolis which company gave away
the 25-pound bag of Occident -four
gave a three-minute talk yesterday
afternoon. He pointed out in an i'm.
pressive manenr the many excellent
points to be found in this make oil
-four, saying that It Is 100 per cent
pure and ~ per cent. nourishment
and that FIVE cups Of this flour suficet
when six Of any other were required
At the close of his talk. Clarence
J. Pyle. business manager of TIKI
EVENING JOURNAL, under the
direction OF which paper the Home
Managers Week and Cooking Schoo
was conducted. gave a brief address
in which he thanked the people FOL
the large amount of interest which
had been displayed in the school, az
we'll as the merchants for theil
hearty cooperation. He also called
particular attention to the work o
the domestic science class Of the VII
mington High School. taught by Mis-
Edith Mcdaniel. the members o
which having done the cooking al
week for the demonstration work II
the course OF HIS remarks, Mr.. Pyl'
said:
about a year ago THE EVENING
JOURNAL conducted a cooking schoo
here and so much favorable common