Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-17
at Capitol Theater Increases; Keen
Interest in Food Demonstrations; Miss May
Kommers Wins Tuesdays First Prize; Mrs. F..
M. West Winner of Second, and Mrs. c. J..
Refs, Third.

With a little Irish girl for a teach
er nearly 400 women, many Of whom
were twice the age of the teacher. at
tended the Tribune's Cooking school in
the Capitol theater Tuesday sitter
noon. The women applauded cnthusi-
astically the lecture of their teacher.
Miss Ethel OLeary of New York, and
marveled at the ease with which she
did her cooking on the little platform
that served as a kitchen.
Miss OLeary talked cakes, made
one and served it. The women told her
that it was delightful. She also made
a peach pie that from a few rows
back looked like the ace of pastry del
lcacies. The girls who shared it told
the little teacher that she holds all the
cards for pie making. She made the
cake SO quickly and with such ION
%chalance that many a girl of 80 sum-
mers h had been cooking for the
boys for nigh onto 40 years" sighed
with regret that she hadn't met this
little Irish expert many years ago.
Don't BEAT" Cake Materials
Miss OLeary discussed the mixing
and baking of cakes. She insisted that
you shouldn't beat them. After she
made one it was agreed that you can't
beat m But she didn't mean it
that way. The materials should be
stirred. muffin fashion, in the bottom
of a pan. Beating toughens the gluten
10 flour and allows a great quantity of
air to become mixed in the materials,
she said. There were mods of agree
ment here and there among the crowd.
The fragrance of roasted chicken
tloated out from the theater. and a lot
of hungry folks fingered neal the the
alter door. Miss OLeary demonstrated
the advantages of cooking over slow
heat by putting a chicken in the oven,
boiling some potatoes and ONE prunes
for hours during the afternoon. BY
using slow heat a dinner might be put
on and forfotten until it was ready to
serve. she said. She made some bak-
ing powder biscuits that looked great,
but as there were only a few of them
and so many folks in the class ROOM
the teacher only showed them to her
pupils. The fragrance of those biscuits
at close range was tantalizing.
A Sack For Every Woman Day
The first 30 women who arrived at
the afternoon cooking school were
presented with a four pound sack of
Rex flour, donated by the Royal Mill
ing company. This afternoon a similar
sack of flour will be given to every
woman VINO attends the school.
Today 'Quica Breads is the lect-
ure topic. Demonstrations will include
the making of nut loaf, mock mayon-
naise and short cake.
Pie Making will be discussed by
Miss OLeary on Thursday. The max
ing of apple pie. lemon pie and devils
food with Mocha dressing and fruit
salad dressing will be demonstrated.
Deep Frying" is Fridays lecture
subject, the making of salmon outlets.
tartar sauce, doughunts, potato chips.
planked fish and French dressing will
be demonstrated.
On Saturday Miss OLeary will make
spice cake with fudge frosting; chif-
fonade salad dressing, cream date pie
and cream puffs.
Enjoys Her Work
Miss O'Leary admitted that she was
enjoying her work.
The women are very enthusiastic
and ask hundreds of questions. but il
is a pleasure to work with them. for
their appreciation is so real she said.
She urges that the women come
promptly at . O'Clock as the points in
the lecture hinge so closely on each
other that those arriving late are apt
to miss some of the salient features of
her talks. The lecture course, including
the cooking. and the fussing around
in the little impromptu kitchen. and
the sampling of the teachers cooking.
takes about two hours and il is very
essential that the lecture start as
early as possible in the afternoon,
Miss n'Leary said.
Kommers Wins Days First Prize
Tuesdays special prizes that were
away were won by the following
First prize. q SO assortment
Of aluminium kitchen ware. donated by
Murphy aclay Hardware COM
pany. Miss May Kommers, 1917 Sixth
venue north: second prize, one can of
.. V. b. coffee. donated by the
Hatcher's cash grocery, Mrs. E. NJ.
West, SIT Ninth street north; third
prize, a 81 savings certificate In the
National bank, Mrs. G. J..