Religion: Brother Baker's Dozen

Brother Aloysius did his best to avoid the ladies' eyes at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus last week. He had taken twelve first prizes for his cooking skill. In baking he had four firsts (enriched white bread, plain oatmeal rolls, coconut-pineapple coffee cake, kolacke yeast roll). In canning there were five firsts (pears, lima beans, carrots, asparagus, tomato juice), in frozen foods three firsts (apples, red raspberries, cauliflower). But tall, stooped Al Hochendoner, 38, of the Marianist order, was upset about his angel food cake, which only drew a fourth. "I don't know what got into that poor soul of...

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