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Show THE PRIZE MASCULINE BREAD MAKER There was a bread making contest the other day at a fair held at l'lvanston, HI.' Quito a number of women took part and there was more or less hilarity hil-arity when it became known that a mere man was also in the contest. The hilarity turned turn-ed to wonder and dismay when it became known that the said mere man bad won first prize. There need be less surprise ulien it is understood that broad-making is, in older countries, coun-tries, very largely a man's job. Beyond the seas, people have obtained their loaves for centuries cen-turies from bakeries and the makers were ordinarily of thu masculinci gender. For n long lime, on the other hnud, it was the custom every where in the United Stales to have only home mndu bread, and its mak-' ing was the job of the good" housewife or the mammy seri vant. As immigration grow, however, we began to see buk ' cries start up, operated by I French, German. Bohemian, I Polish and Italian-meliT Theft.1 j bakeries were small at fir', bjit they increased in size uir il the bakery hns been a great industry in America for. more than a third of a ceutur. Still, to the pure bred Am orioan, it still looks queer to see a man making bread and queerer to find him takinu a prize at it. j Also, we will find lots of M' lows twitting the ladies about this masculine individual whu has beaten them out at their own job. Jmt we think they had bettor not boast too hard, because, on the other hand, one of these days A woman make take the I railroads and run them right! |