Evening star., 1926-01-17
THOUSANDS VIEW
FOOD SHOW HERE
Rich Prizes Lure Many to
CoIorfuI Opening of
Exhibition.

Fascinated by the opportunity OF
tasting scores Of choice edibles, view
Ing the latest inventions to eliminate
household drudgery and enjoying
music and entertainment behind the
colorful settings of scores Of booths
populated by popular Washington
merchants, several thousand families
merrily trudged through the food
show which opened at the Washington
Auditorium last night under the au-
spices Of the Retail Grocers' Protec-
tive Association.
Beginning tomorrow the show Will
be open every day at 2:30 in the aft
ernoon and 1880 at night until Jan
uary 27. All who attend will have
opportunity to win an automobile. gas
range, 5-tube radio set or vacuum
cleaner as we'll as obtain samples of
all variety Of foodstuffs, toilet articles
and kitchen knlckknacks.
Crowd About Blackboard.
Each one of the 6S manufacturers
represented at the show had some in
novation to lure patrons.
A huge crowd always stood in front
of the elevated blackboard on which
numbers of fortunate ticket holders
were posted, emitting them to food
stuff prizes. Dozens of numbers were
posted every hour. The daughter Of
+. l.. Doyle, 929 Fifth street southeast,
won doll baby with a small complete
| wardrobe and Master William Catlin,
l30 Eleventh street northeast, was
given a coaster wagon.
Special features are planed for all
the remaining nights of the show.
The four major awards Will be made
on the final night
Of Dr..
Among those who Won prizes last
night were: +. Dercecke. 800 Second
street northeast l.. +. Bergeron. 272S
Thirty sixth street. Mount Rainier
Md: Miss Elsie Milsteam. 332 L street
northeast; j. L. Heard. BAL Dent
place; James Fanney. l37 G street
southwest: Ada Brumbaugh, 704 Four
teenth street southeast; D. Eldridge.
1923 East Capitol street, Helen Green
wood, 1903 Seventeenth street; II. Z.
Inlay. Clarendon. Va: G.. NJ. Bergin-
get. 14o7 A street southeast: a. J.
Hayden. 1928 Fourth street south
east; Miss Lorreta Lovenstein. 1876
Nineteenth street: Mrs. Payne, l444
Fourteenth street; ID. c. Huntley,
1929 K street southeast: NJ. G.. Ballin
ger, 526 Tenth street northeast; r. NJ
Beard, Potomac Park Apartments
| Mrs. S. w. King, 1923 Lawrence street,
Brookland. d. G.: Mrs. Cofer, IS Six.
teenth street northeast; j. w. Shiedy
1910 Twenty-third street northeast
r. II. Simpson, 1906 Connecticut ave
nue.; Mrs. NJ. Spars. ll18 c street
| southeast: +. J. Flanagan. IS Frank
| lin street; Mrs. William Jones. COL
| Morris street northeast: X. c.
| Salter. 1927 Tenth street: Eliza
| beth CARRIER. 2s06 Carter avenue
B. Howland. 1906 Sixth street south
| west: Miss Dora Doome, III Fifth
street southeast: F. p. Archer, 94s
Fifteenth street southeast: J. G.. Hail
1907 Pennsylvania avenue; G.. Wood
304 Maryland avenue northeast; II. w
Verrill. $50 Twentieth street: S. T
Craycraft. 1924 l. street northeast
Mrs. James p. Morris. r. r. D. No
2316 I street: Mrs. A. j. Cohen, 252s
Twelfth street: Herman Jenkins, 1918
K street: s. A. Whitehead, apartment
Ala. Monmouth Hotel: Bernice Pitzer
1900 Newton street: W. D. Robinson
3422 Thirteenth street northeast: John
S. Cole 626 Princeton street northeast
Mrs. NJ. c. Thompson. 1105 G street
southeast: Adele Dreskin, go street
Everett Mehler 400 B street southeast
Anna Carlstead. 1900 H street; Jennie
D. Briggs, apartment 5l2, Fallston
1401 Fair1nont street: A. Margroggan
1924 F street northeast: F. ]. Rafterrv
301 r street; G.. Wood. 304 Maryland
avenue northeast: r. s. Timble, S02
Nineteenth street northeast; r. NJ
Graham, 1910 K street; s. T. Cray.
craft, 1924 S street; Melvin Harship
1927 Virginia avenue.