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uu roun ulio L.L. i i L.nSecretary Tumulty Conveys Acknowledgment of Receipt of Remembrance—Cake Has Kept Remarkably Well and Retains Flavor.Three pieces of fruit cake. 4e years.\:\ and 42 years old respectively, made by a Frederick housewife, constitute a unique and interesting gift sent b a Fredericktoniau to President YVoou-dow Wilson in honor of his marriage to Mrs. CJalt today. The donor was Singleton T. Stull, and it was Mrs. Stull who made the fruit take. The delicacy has kept wondelfully well, re taining a splendid flavor.President Se^ds Thanks. hIn acknowledging the gift. Secre- f' tarv Tumulty sent the following note u to Mr. Stull: The President asks me d to acknowledge the receipt ot your j P recent letter, with accompanying re mombranee, and to thank you warmly | ° for the good will which you manifest. Assuring you that your courtesy is much appreciated, I am ,Sincerely, etc/1 j nThe throe pieces of old fruit cake j d were forwarded to the White House j b j; roo m by parcel post While it is elt; generally realized that fruit improves ti with ag'\ few would think that it \ could be preserved for nearly a half J e! a century and still be very palatable, gj Mr. Stull stated that he kept the cake p in a tin box all the time, and there ; jr was nothing put in with it for the pur- J y pose of preservation. Some persons i say that an apple should he put in j with fruit cake to keep it moist,iTo Keep as Long as He Lives.Mr. Stull stated that he found this i was not necessary, and he believen that his fruit cake would keep indefinitely. He plans 10 keep some of his old cake as loim as he lives, ami this morning he expressed the hope that ■von after his death it would be sav ad. Edible fruit t ake, baked 45. 4 ! md 42 year- aye, is eertainh something of a curiosity and of all the gifts that President and Mrs. Wilson re •eive the Frederick remembrance will )■ the most distinctive.11olmliidlt;FmLM13at
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Frederick News
Frederick, Maryland, US
Sat, Dec 18, 1915
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