Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-18

sists on and this rule is rigidly add
hered 10. No smoking Is allowed il
any part Of the building.
The most interesting and also the
most important part Of the bakery IS
the mixing room. Here is where the
Hour Is mixed and the fermentation
takes place. Il Is the aim Of those IN
charge TO keep this room at a steady
temperature Of rs and humidity at
! TO- despite outside weather condi-
( tions. This is very important and
serves TO make uniform bread and
produces the proper fermentation.
Tho weather has its effect on dough
while Il is raising and II Is to ohvi-
ate this that the temperature and hui
nudity is kept at a certain point. The
things a baker has to do to make and
bake a loaf OF bread that will please
the housewife are numerous, and TAX
ing II all in all It is an interesting
proposition
Company Entertains.
AS guests of Mr.. Huber. employees
of the bakery and others enjoyed a
delightful afternoon and evening eX-
! cursion on rhe river yesterday The
/ City Of Camden, OF the Wilson Line.
} carried a crowd said to be close 70
B 800 when she left the Fourth street
wharf. crowd that attested
/ by numbers alone the popularity OF
the baker.
, Mr. Huber proved a royal host, and
spared nothing to make the outing
I a success. The attendance was larger
than he had anticipated. and there
was not quite room enough for I'M
restricted dancing. but that fact only
went to show how widely Mr.. Huber's
\ invitations had been accepted. II
was impossible 20 purchase even a
cigarette on the boat. and when II
came time for supper, the heaped uT
plates that were served belied the
name II was late in being served
solely on account OF the crowd. and
the Ladies frsti" order that wen
up and down the line caused some o.
the greedy ones TO growl an objec
ton. But the crowds we're handled
by Mr. Huber and his corps Of as
sistants. and as there was said to b.
provision on board for $500 people
there was no cause for anxiety FOL
fear there would not be eats enough
to 20 around.
: With the Odd Fellows Band play
ing vigorously, the City of Camdel
steamed out Of the creek and pointel
. her nose doyn the river. At the Bel
/ Brown buoy the steamer was turnel
and taken back over the same course
, But instead Of entering the mouth o
, the Chrsstiana. she kept right on &
above Chester. Only one stop wa
, made. and that was not scheduled
The thirsty crowd had depleted III
water supply by o'clock and a sto
at Chester was made 10 replenish IN
tanks. The boat locked here at l
o'clock.
The grocers we're largely in IN
4 majority on board the vessel, and MI
o Huber had a surprise in store 70
e them. shortly after leaving Cheste
] on the homeward run the grocer
q were invited in the main saloon an
e addressed briefly by S. W. Treadway.
+ grocery expert. who gave them som
8 pointed advice on how 10 conduC
their business that was we'll wort
!. listening to- The talk dealt wit
n technical matters that enter largel
r into the grocers' everyday bushes
n affairs. Mr.. Treadway is the authC
I of a set Of celebrated ginger talks
n and gave extracts from one or tw
Is of them last night.
g Mr.. Treadway opened his talk
10 declaring that IS per cent Of the ms
: entering the grocery business IA
- The profit in the business lies
turning over" the stock. and u
:, oftener the stock is turned over q
more profit the grocer makes. he sal
According TO Mr.. Treadway. whe
a a grocer is able 10 turn his stoC
Z over seven times a year he is holdin
his own and little better; ten time
> he is making money; twelve time
e he is doing we'll He said that II
y average man in the grocery busine.
Il does not know how often he turr
his stock over, a mistake that brinl
: about failure on the part Of many.
u Taking the sum of $1,000 as a worl
u ing capital for the sake Of illustratio
Mr.. Treadway declared that il
u grocer turns the stock that the 500
IL represents over seven times a We;
Is he is holding his own. but not NAL
Z ing any money. He said that OF
J. grave danger grocers are likely
Ie fall into is the fault Of overstocl
y ing. Taking the $4,000 capital stoS
10 Illustration as a basis. the speakl
II explained that II the investment 4
10 stock In this store ran up TO $3.50
le the man would be bound to To-
II money There would come a tim
ID Mr.. Treadway said, when he wou
y have to pay bills for merchandi
m costing $500 more than he had capt.
" for.
I'd Mr.. Treadway had statistics gat
cred by the economics department
10 Harvard University. The figures
y presented we're for average store
Re The percentage OF profit in the ave