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Show Woman's Page How to Fight the High Cost of Living Fifteen Ladies Compete in Standard Cake Contest Judges Find Selection a Hard Proposition Owing- to Excellent Quality of All Cakes Submitted Names of Prize Winners Can of Cottolene For Each Lady Standard Employees Not Eligible to Win Prizes in Any of Paper's Contests Get Acquainted With the Children Household Hints Recipes. CAKE CONTEST Saturday nfternonn ;t 3 o'clock the counter In the business office of the Standard whs filled with cakes There were twenty-seven applicants ;md fif teen cakes In competition It was, Indeed, a hard proposition 10 Beli cl the best cakes. Two of the verj best cakes, which undoubtedly would have had the first and second prize, had violated vio-lated the rules by maklne one a frosted frost-ed cake and the other one a cream j layer cake. The contest was decided according to the following points; 20 per cent beinp allowed to each point. First outside appearance; second, Inside appearance; third, tat 6 fourth color, and fifth, texture The cakes as they were brought to the office were all numbered and 1 the name of the owner placed In an envelope and sealed up and the number num-ber written on the outside of the envelope en-velope Three of the best cakes were made by wives of the employees of Iho Standard. In fact one of the printers' wives would have been on- titled to either the first or second prize While the rules did not state that employees of the Standard were not eligible yet that is always a foregone fore-gone conclusion that the prizes cannot can-not be awarded to employees of r concern giving a contest. The judges never would permit any thing like that, though It is well enough to note that those connected with the Standard know how to make cake, and good cake at that 'I lie winners of the prizes were us follow s- First prize. No. 8, Mrs. J A. Mad son 2361 Qulncy avenue. Second prize, No 4, Mrs L W Horr. 2249 QulnC) avenue. Third prize. No. 9, Mrs Outran, 987 Twelfth street These ladles will please call at The 1 Standard office and get the following prizes . First prize Decorated dinner set of 86 pieces Second prize Decorated breakfast set of 3P. pieces. Third prize Porcelain coffee pot percolator, cream pitcher and sugar bowl. Of the twelve other competitors seven of them were only a point or two lower than the successful com petitora There are three of the competitors com-petitors who did not get their bucket |