Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-14
Despite Bad Weather Yester-
days Attendance Was Large.
City Hospital Exhibition Still Con-
tinues Fairs Leading Feature.
Special Exhibits Deserving Of More
Than Passing Mention.

tlOfl OF the weather, lHstH WIS previous
ly noted. That the affair is attracting
the attention of the people of this Sec
ton in IA greater degree than was an
ticipated is the testimony of Capt. w.
r. KimbaIl, the enterpriSing manager
Of the exhibition. There is now every
indica ton that during the remaining
two DAYS the fair will be most gener-
ously patroniZed
Miss Hansons cooking lesson, yester-
day afternoon, was attended by large
number OF ladies and the greatest in
terest was shown in her instructive and
comprehensive directions concerning
the cooking of several varities of dish
es. Miss Hanson's cooking is done on
the gas range and is of the highest
grade of excellence. This afternoon
and tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
Miss Hanson will again give lessons in
advanced cooking.
The entertainment during both of yes
terday's sessions We're pleasing, the
biosraph moving pictures being par
ticularly fine. The music by Dennis
Orchestra was also of the highest char
acter Piano solos We're rendered at
intervals on the pianos in the exhibit Of
Staples, Smith & Moody, which at
tracted general attention.
BY an inadvertence in yesterdays is
sue of the Journal the booth in the
southeast corner of the hall was credit
ed to Fuller & Weber. 1t should have
been The Fuller Grocery and Grain
Co., an entirely distinct concern, whose
business is strictly wholesale, and
whose exhibit is made solely in the in
terest of it's patrons among the retail
dealers.
In this booth as noted, yesterday, the
Fuller Grocery and Grain Company is
giving an exhibit Of the famous Kr,iso
Hour. the Summit brand of corn, string
beans and lima beans. and the Glen
wood and Imperial brands of canned
fruits. The exhibit is Il most cretiitable
one and has attracted q great deal of
attention. AS already noted the Kruso
iiOur is used by Miss Hanson in her
cooking lessons. and by Miss Saville in
her pastry cooking for AtmOre's mince
meat exhibit. Hl.
The wcll-known Augusta grocery
firm of Fuller & Webber exhibit three
enterprising concern is in the north
east corner of the main floor and is
in charge of Ralph b. Folsom, one of
the popular clerks of the concern. Miss
Elizibeth Ray Of Boston, assists Mr..
Folsom in eXpatiating upon the merits
of the three spatialties on exhibition,
and politely SERVES all who come with
samples of tea, coffee. cream of chOcO-
late and crackers. The specialties dis
played are kennedys crackers, Sir
Thomas Lipton's teas and coffees and
ticles hold = high position among the
food products of the world, as all are of
standard excellence and of highest
purity.
Perhaps the handsomest booth in the
whole fair is that of Walter Baker g.
Co, the famous Boston manufa cturers
of cocoa and chocolate preparations. 1t
is octogonal in shape and is made in
sections SO that it can be taken apart
and packed in a small compass for
transportation from place to place. 1t
has been used at food fairs all over the
country and has a history of consider
able interest because of this fact. Miss
n. NJ. Hallenbeck of Boston, is in
charge Of the exhibit and graciously
waits upon all who come to see what
the booth contains.
The concern of Walter Baker & Co.,
is not only the Oldest but the largest of
it's kind on this continent. The mills
belonging to this house are situated on
the Neponset river, partly in the Dor
chester district of Boston, and partly
in The town Of Milton, Mass. The plant
comprises five large mills having a
floor space of about $4,000 square feet
over seven acres. equipped with all the
latest and most improved machinery.
The full strength and the eXpisite nat
ural flavor Of the raw material are pre-
served uninpaired in all of Walter
Baker & Company's preparations, so
that their products may truly be said
to form the standard for purity and
excellence.
No better evidence could he offered of
the great advance which has been made
i'm recent years in the knowledge of die
tetics than the remarkable increase in
the consumption of cocoa and chocola te
in this country. The amount retained
for home consumption in 1860 was only
ISL ,054 pounds-about three-fifths of
an ounce for each inhabitant. The
amount retained for home consumption
for the yeah ending June 80, 1901, was
43.S16,62S pounds-a little over nine
ounces for each inhabitant.
Although there was a marked in
crease in the consumption of tea ana
coffee during the same period, the ratio
of increase fell far below that
of cocoa. 1t is evident that the
coming American is going to be less
of q tea and coffee drinker, and more of
cocoa and chocolate drinker This is
the natural result of q better knowl-
edge of the laws OF health, and of the
food value of a beverage which nour-
ishes the body while it also stimulates
the brair. I t
Besides preparing chocolate and CO.
Goa for drinking purposes the concern
manufacturers vanilla chocolate, Ger
man sweet chocolate and other va
rieties in the line of CONNECTIONS, which
are most excellent in purity and fla
vor. The exhibit at the fair is one of
the finest in the hall, and is well
worthy the particular attention of all
visitors.
The handsome exhibit of Austin,
Young &. Co, still continues to be of
those vx-f,n visit a..