The Washington times., 1921-02-27

Burns, 122 8 street nOrthwest.
Parentless little Riddles in six
orphan asylums and the inmates In
four other worthy institutions today
enjoyed the best cakes they ever put
in their mouths. More than that,
they enjoyed the best cakes ever
baked by the housewives IN the Ma
tional Capital and it's suburbs.
Three expert judges said so.
PALATEs WERE TICkLED.
On behalf of the orphans and the
others whose palates were tickled by
these gastronomic sanctifications,
The Washington Times wishes to
warmly thank the 300 and more
housewives who participated in the
All Washington Cake Baking con-
test and made this unparalleled treat
possible.
The feasting orphans reside at the
Emergency Home for Children, Bar
croft. Va, the Episcopal Home For
Children. St Johns Orphanage, the
Washington City Orphange, the Bruen
Home and St Joseph's Orphange.
There was a reason for sending
the cakes to these institutions. Sew
eral weeks ago The Washington
Times gave an Orphans Party at
Loew's Palace Theater and the chill
dren in the above named orphanages
were untable to attend because they
were quarantined. Since they were
cheated out of the pleasure of seeing
the moving picture show, they were
given the cake treat instead.
The other institutions to which
cakes were sent were the Home for
the Aged and Infirm, tuberculosis
Hospital. the Home for Incurables and
the House of Mercy.
CAKES Of MANY VARIETIES.
The superintendents at the institu-
tions were profuse in their thanks to
the Washington housewives who
baked the cakes. and all Of them ex-
pressed the hope that The Washing
ton Times would conduct another
cake e baking contest at an early date.
And now the gentle reader prob
ably wants to know something about
the All Washington Cake-Baking
Contest itself. Well, it was some
contest. 1t was one of the most sue
cessfuI contests ever conducted by
The Washington Times. The cakes
were of the widest possible range
and variety, the competition was of
the keenest sort. the judging was
done carefully. paihstakingly and
fairly. and the winners were de-
lighted.
Cakes began coming to The WASH
ington Times office Friday afternoon
but the real rush started shortly after
10 o'clock yesterday morning. when
the housekeepers were on their way
to market. AS each cake was handed
aId ho
an who baked it was removed. A.
number was put on the cake and
corresponding number was pinned to
the name, address and recipe.
shortly before > o'clock the judges
arrived. They were Mrs. Rose G.
Hoes, president of the Washington
Housekeepers' Alliance: Mrs. Fanny
Walker Yeatman, assistant instructor
in laboratory cooking in the expert
ment kitchen at the Department of
Agriculture. and Maxine Huguet,
chef at the Washington Hotel.
A FOUR-sTORy CAKE.
Through the courtesy of Robert
Downs. the genial and accommodating
manager of the Washington Hotel,
Maxine Huguet was not only allowed
to give an entire afternoon of his
valuable time to helping judge the
cakes. but Clement Maggia, the pas
try chef at the Washington. baked a
wonderful four-story cake ornament
ed with an elaborate bouquet of
candy flowers. and also assisted the
Judges by cutting all the cakes for
them.
when all the cakes had been ar
ranged on tables and desks they prac-
tically filled the long, wide editorial
room of The Washington Times. In
the center stood M. Maggia's cake,
although II was not entered In the
contest and was baked merely to con-
tribute n touch OF ornamentation. 1t
was work of art and was extrava-
pantly admired by all who saw IL.
The bottom layer was decorated with
grapevine heavily clustered with
punches of grapes. The next layer
bore many wreaths of forget-me-nots,
among which futtered a score of
doves. The third layer was decorated
with cornicopias dotted with silver
balls and the top layer was orna-
mented with a delicate, fine spun lace
work pattern. The candy flowers, all
in natural. edible colors. were Easter
lilies, tulips, sweet peas and carna-
tions.
APPLE SAUCE A WINNER.
About twenty-five eggless cakes
were entered. and the judges began
examining them first. After cutting,
examining and tasting all of them |
tho Judges awarded the prizes as fol- |
lows: First. Mrs. r. r. Ball. 1905
Maryland avenue northeast: second, |
Nrs. Fannie u. Pratt $40 Taylor street |
third, Miss Mable Burns. |
l22 s street northwest
Mrs. Balls entry was an apple |
sauce cake" Mrs. Pratt's war