Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1914 — Domstic Science Fair at Old High School Building. [ARTICLE]

Domstic Science Fair at Old High School Building.

The Domestic Science Fair and Exhibit for the benefit of that department of our schools, will be icld in the old high school building, Saturday, Dec. 5, afternoon and early evening. The doors will be open at 2:30. The main feature of the fair will be a market where cakes, pies and candies prepared in the domestic science laboratory will be offered for sale. Other features will be a cooking exhibit, which will consist ora contest, a series of cash prizes being offered for best work in this. For best cake, first prize $1; second 50e. For best cookies, first prize $1; second 50c. For best assorted candies, first $1; second 50c, For best biscuits, first $1; second 50c. Entries for the first three will be prepared at home and brought to be exhibit, but the biscuit contest will take place in tile cooking laboratory during the afternoon of be fair. The girls will prepare the fiseuit® before the judges and onehalf will be counted for method of work and one-half for results. The sewing work done this year in the department will also be exhibited. Not the least of the interesting features will be the pufe food exhibit and sample sale. The department has secured samples of foods and household products that It can recommend lor use. Samples of these products will be offered for sale at a very small sum each. Lunch will be served to those who desire. Menu will be of cafeteria style with oyster stew, salad, cocoa, pies, coffee and ioj cream to select from. Everyone t* cordially invited to attend and so gain a general idea of the progress of the work in this department ibis year.

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