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ator is an easier way to make them
cold than to wash them in ice water
before using. The dishes do not have
to be dried and they will be as cold
as the food-if put in the ice chest
long enough. Salad and mayonnaise
bowls, dishes for fruit, and plates on
which ice cream is to be served need
this chilling especially.
The refrigerator should be used to
capacity in hot weather if the home
maker would have it add to the COM
fort as well as the thrift of the house.
Evening star., 1925-06-23

If poor little Smarty Chipmunk, be-
ing carried away by Mr.. Black Snake,
didn't know that all that noise being
made by the feathered neighbors
might bring help to him, Mr.. Black
Snake knew it very Well 1t had hap
pened before. That is why Mr.. Black
Snake didn't stop to make his dinner
of Smarty Chipmunk right where he
caught him. He wanted to get out of
sight. And so he was gliding right
straight for the old stone wall as fast
as he could, carrying little Smarty
Chipmunk with him.
Now just by good luck it happened
that Farmer Browns Boy was coming
through the Old Orchard just at the
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be used. Drain the juice from the
peaches and chop the peaches into
small bits. Allow one-half cupful
of chopped peaches to one three.ounce
package of soft cream cheese. Mix
together well and spread between thin
slices of white bread cut in circle and
crescent shapes.
Evening star., 1925-06-23
Use of the Refrigerator
by LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

When the thermometer seems to
lose itself in the high numbers it
designates and the atmosphere is
torrid, there are many more things
than food that are the better for being
put in a refrigerator. 1t is not always
that the articles would spoil, but that
they are so affected by the heat that
they are not their best. They will
not serve their purpose well without
nrSt being chilled, for instance, and
this cooling freshens them and pre-
vents that wilted appearance that is
so diSquieting to the home maker. The
things actually seem to make rooms
look warmer or cooler, according to
whether or not they are chilled. Since
appearances have an actual psyche
logical reaction on persons, the wise
housewife should do everything to
make her rooms and her table have
that crisp and cool aspect that is in
vigorating.
Among the accessories of the home
that adds decidedly to its artistry are
candles, always provided they stand
stiff and straight in the candlesticks.
All that is needed to get the necessary
qualities is to put the candles in the
refrigerator for several hours before
they are lighted. or possibly to be
used merely to add TO the decoration
of rooms in the daytime. Curves,
through classified as lines of grace
and beauty, do not fulfil such func-
ton when applied to candles which
are sorry looking indeed when in a
limp and plastic condition.
Cold Candles Burn Best.
But 1t Is not the appearance alone
that is of Importance in candles that
they should keep cool. They will burn
infinitely better. They will not drip
and splutter as is the case when they
are soft and fiacCid. They will last
longer, too, so the cost is diminished
A less number. will be required. 1t
pays, therefore. to put your candles
in the ice chest in hot weather, and
to keep them in a cold closet in Win
ter time.
Cool Air Good for Flowers.
The housewife does we'll also to fol
low the example of florists, who keep
their flowers in ice closets that they
may keep fresh after being cut. You
will notice that the glass doors of dis
play flower sections in flower shops
are kept closed except when the bios
SONS are taken out as sold. This is
to prevent the section that is chilled
from having the temperature raised
by the warmer air in the store. Dur
ing the daytime, in q home, the flow
erS add an element of the out-of-doorS
as well as of decoration that is graft
flying, but at night their beauty should
be conserved. Put them in water and
stand the vase or bowl in the refriger-
ator and the blossoms will drink in
the cooler air, and be revived If
during any period of the day the
flowers will be in a room that is not
used, it is wise to place them in the
refrigerator for such time. Flowers
for the dining table frequently can
be put in the cooler atmosphere, if
the home maker will but remember
them as she clears off the table after
q meal.
Chill Serving Dishes.
In order to have food that are to
be served cold retain their tempera-
ture, the serving dishes should be
chilled. Putting them in the refriger-
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time that Smarty Chipnlunk was
caught on the sunny bank at the edge
of the Green Forest. Farmer Brown S
Boy had heard Striped and Mrs. Chip
munk making a great fuss, but he
didn't think anything of it until he
heard the birds begin TO scream and
saw them hurrying over to the edge
OF the Green Forest.
Farmer Browns Boy stopped and
listened for a moment. THAT means
trouble said he. and I've got three
guesses as to what that trouble is.
1t is Reddy Fox or Black Pussy or Mr..
Black Snake, and my guess is that it
is Mr.. Black Snake. Probably he has
been robbing a nest l must teach that
fellow TO keep away from the Old Or
chard."
So Farmer Browns Boy began to
run toward the scene of all that fuss.
Kitty the Cat Bird saw him coming.
Her nest was in the bushes along the
old stone wall not far distant, and in
Evening star., 1925-06-23

Taking the electrically-l lighted homes
OF the United States as a whole, re-
search shows that between 80 and 33
per cent have lighting fixtures that
are obsolete. Further, it has been
found that little more than so per
cent of the electric kitchen lighting
fixtures now in use throughout the
country are of antiquated design.
Evening star., 1925-06-23
Raspberry Granite.

One pint of orange juice, one pint
of raspberry juice, one quart of whole
raspberries, one and pne-half pounds
of sugar, one quart of water, Boil the
sugar and water together for five
minutes. Drop the whole berries into
this sirup, lift them carefully with
skinner and place them on a plat
ter to COOL then add to the sirup the
berry and orange juice. Strain and
freeze the same as water ice. When
frozen. stir in the berries and serve
in glasses
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ach-Cheese Sandwich,

Perhaps canned peaches make the
more attractive sandwiches, but
fresh peaches that have been halved
and cooked in hot sirup for about
eight minutes, then cooled, may also
Evening star., 1925-06-23
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Homemade Puppet Show.

One mother says:
We have found the making of a
puppet show a great advantage for
our children and the source of much
pleasure for days afterWard. Clothes
pins make excellent puppets and a
medium sized packing box is a good
stage. A clever child or "a helpful
mother can easily decorate the clothes
pins with the necessary faces and
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|DorothyDix|
Discusses the
Oddities OF
the Sterner
Sea
Aren't Men
Funnyr

Can She Find Happiness in Marriage on the In
stallment Plan?-Miss Seventeen, Who Wants
to Elope to Spite Her Father - Shall the
Rich Widow Marry Her Penniless Admirer?
Evening star., 1925-06-23
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
OF FRECKLES WITH.
PLEASANT SOAP
Freckles Disappear or You Get
I Your Money Back

With Stiefers Freckle
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freckles quickly, easily,
safely.
It works while you sleep
and Is guaranteed to re-
move all freckles within one
week If you simply apply
the fine creamy lather and
leave 1t on over night. If
the freckles do not disap-
pear. the 60c you paid will
be returned to you for the
asking.
Evening star., 1925-06-23

clothes, and wires or strings attached
make the manipulation of them possi-
bic and easy. Let the puppets act out
the old Mother Goose stories and then
see how quickly the children invent
stories of their own for the dolls to
act out on the miniature stage.
Evening star., 1925-06-23
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

A desk Is very desirable article of
furniture for the guest room. but often
there is not enough space for it. When
this is the case the desk and chest Of
drawers might be combined in an Eng
lish fiap-top desk such as the one
shown.
The good-looking old brass handles
and the sturdy block feet suggest it's
Evening star., 1925-06-23
Mr.. Black Snake Changes His Mind

Don't count foe as out till beaten.
Nor count dinner yours till eaten.
Mr.. Black Snake.
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him from
our
What A. K.
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Chill Serving Dishes.

In order to have food that are to
be served cold retain their tempera-
ture, the serving dishes should be
chilled. Putting them in the refriger-
Evening star., 1925-06-23
STIEFEL'S
FRECKLE SOAP

is a safe. medicated prepa-
ration of a famous Germsn
firm, whose products have
been prescribed by physi-
ciaLs for 10 years. Stiefel's
soap will not only remove
freckles, but will improve
the skin, leaving it soft and
white.
Sold for soc with the
money-back guarantee at
such stores as Peoples
Drug Stores.
Evening star., 1925-06-23

Answer According old Absence makes thu
fonder will of staying
husband, and keeping with
nstallment would steady
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and
Ripened


the ground that the vines were SO old
and brittle that they dared not scoop
deeply as they ordinarily do. Adding
these to the rest of Goods cranberries"
brings the rate up to sixty barrels to the
acre and even Satan himself would hardly
deny that sixty is miraculous.
Whether or not the pickers told the
TRUTH" said the Rev. Hidden, cor whether
or not they were in the employ and con-
fidence of growers who did not want to
see our little venture for God succeed,
there came then most astounding mani
festation of the presence and power Of
God.
~. J. Collister of New York, general
traffic manager of a cement company,
sent me a check for IS, with note en-
closed, ordering five pounds of Goods
cranberries," at the rate of 81 pound.
His note suggested that | take for a
slogan:
7'All cranberries from Gods own bog
81 pound"
eve did adopt that slogan and now
orders are pouring in for our 1880
o,ea. Br,,aip Riabts Rsseryed
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never any success with cranberries and
this was the worst bit of land she owned.
They referred to it as ''the minister's
nose" of the property.
As time went on the despised ground
showed intentions of bearing bigger
crop than anyone could remember. This
was remarkable but not so miraculous as
it might have been if the whole neighbor-
hood had not also shown unusual promise.
II was going to be good season for
everybody-that was all.
Then early in the Summer came ter
rifle windstorm, sweeping all of Cape
Cod, but in the centre of the storm, 1t
reached hurricane velocity uprooting
trees and severely damaging the bogs in
its path. Right in the way of this de-
stiuction lay Carver and the little quar-
ter acre now known as Goods bog" The
storm laid things waste right up to the
consecrated ground, both sides and for
miles beyond. But Goods bog" escaped
and so did the rest of Mrs. Boardway's
land as fitting reward for her generosity.
This was only the beginning of the
visitations. The dreaded "fre worm"
and all the other enemies of the cram
berry invaded Cape Cod but they kept
away from Goods bog" On top of this
came an unprecedented drouth, the
bitches that keep the boys wet dried up
and finally even the wells. The other
growers suffered severe losses but the
berries on the church's bit kept on grow
ing as if everything was as it should be.
The elimination of all this sorrow came
to the cranberry growers during the first
week in September, when a killing frost
descended on Cape Cod and made further
inroads upon what was left Of the crop.
The Government reports prophesied
more such frosts and the cranberry
growers were in a panic. Only rather
deep flooding of the boys with water will
protect the berries against frost and the
boys were abnormally dry and little
was in the ponds with which to flood
them. Frantically the owners of the
boys set out to save what they could by
picking them instead of waiting until the
berries were ripe for harvest
Gods bog" had strangely enough been
spared from the frost, but even members
of his own church urged their minister TO
pick before the next frost. Surely it was
tempting Providence 70 delay.
mo" said Rev. Hidden calmly, "the
Lord is responsible for that little quarter
acre. | am not worrying about IL and
we are not going 10 interfere. When the
berries are ready to pick we will pick
them
Next day came prolonged downpour
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Cranberry growers from all over came
TO look at Goods bog" the little piece of
unpromising land in which God had been
partner. Most of these growers had lost
money and this would be hard Winter
for those who did not have God for
partner.
Not only were Goods berries" what are
called "bouncers" but they were thickly
clustered, far thicker than they had ever
been seen on those vines without the aid
Of the Divinity. This was worn out
bog. The average pick on a well kept
bog is 30 barrels of cranberries to the
acre. Thirty-five barrels is an excellent
pick and if forty-five are gathered it is
considered marvellous.
When the sharp teeth of the pickers'
scoops were done with Goods bog" the re-
suit was twelve and one-half barrels, at
the rate of fifty barrels TO the acre. But
even this did not do full justice to the
efficiency of the Divine care of this cram
berry venture. Il was noticed that the
pickers had left at least three barrels on
the bog. The pickers explained this on
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England States had the abiding
= faith that God listened to their
prayers and helped them in their hours
of need. And the Rev. c. W. Hidden,
minister of the little 1OU-year-old Baptist
church of Carver, Massachusetts,, saw no
reason why God should not today join in
partnership with His faithful followers
and answer their prayers for divine help.
Of course, as in the days of the early
Puritans, so now today, miracles of
divine intervention must be for worthy
purposes, conducted by those of blame
less lives. What was the use, the Rev
Mr.. Hidden argued, of preaching from
his pulpit the doctrine of the efficacy
of prayer if there was no substantial gain
to be made by those who lifted their
voices in duplication; and what could
be a more wholesome, inspiring object
lesson and sermon than to make public
demonstration of the practical effective
ness of prayer?
And thus it was that the Rev. Mr..
Hidden came boldly out into the open
was about TO make public demonstration
and test the power of prayer, and show
that God on high had not lost the power
nor the willingness to perform miracles
now, today, as He did 1000 years ago.
II was in the form of supplication that
he addressed the Deity and yet it was
straight. clean cut challenge. He called
the attention of the Omnipotent 10
certain definite quarter acre section of
cranberry bog belonging to Mrs. Annie
Shutleff Boardway and asked Him TO
cause it to bear that season d bumper
crop.
This was asking lot because, as every
one knew, that bog was not a good one.
had not been cultivated nor fertilized
for thirty wears. that the vines were old
and neglected, while the "measliest" part
of all was that particular quarter acre
which Mrs. Boardway had dedicated to
her church. 1t certainly would take more
than human intervention for the church
to get much out of that forbidding piece
of land.
Knowing that the age Of miracles is
said TO have passed, it would have seemed
common prudence for the Rev. Hidden in
asking such an unlikely favor to have
hedged so that he could have saved his
face from the scoffers in case Of failure.
He might have slipped it in with the
general prayers for the benefit of the
human race. some of which are always
GRANTEE and some always refused. He
might nave 7rayed for the success of all
the cra.ber-y growers Of Cape Cod and
stood an even chance of winning.
But the minister left himself and the
Lord no loop-hole. He insisted on a
bumper crop from that wretched ground
aud made il clear that he wanted it not
only because the church sorely needed the
money for repairs but also as a sign and
demonstration TO the ungodly that there
is a God and that He does take care of
His own. If faith is the basis of miracles
then this clergyman certainly had it or
ne would never have taken what seemed
to those of lesser faith such an awful
chance.
Last Spring, standing on the sloppy
edge of that bog, he raised his hands TO
a cheerless and drzzling sky and with
fearless tones told the Creator what he
expected. &c ended his prayer by asking
the Lord of Abraham and Isaac to mani
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AS for the scoffers and the ungodly,
they haven't much to say except:
"Wait till next year. Let's see if he
can do it again. Once might be an ac-
cident.
What if he can't? The little hundred.
year-old white church and its Sunday
School have the money for their paint
and the repairs and its minister has ap-
parently performed one genuine miracle.
1t was modest one but real one and
done right out in the daylight where
everyone could watch and see exactly the
way the minister asked for it and surely
that's record.
Of course in New Jersey, couple of
years ago, they held a prayer drive to
break drouth and broke it. But that
was not satisfactory demonstration be-
cause the rain was delivered by a rip
snorting northeasterly storm which cost
many lives, piled ships on the rocks from
Maine to Hatteras and destroyed a lot of
buildings, including churches. There was
considerable criticism of what some
people termed 'loose praying" Anyway
it did not rate as a miracle.
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price Mr.. Jarcey paid for his s0uye-
mir would bring in to the little white
church by the wayside just $4,000
barrel! -
(Rev.) C. W. Hidden.
: Mr.. Hidden does not say that he
hopes to actually get any such sum
for his church next year, and yet
he doesn't know what may happen
with Divine partner.
He has received thousands of let
tiers commencing the idea. One was
from a missionary in far off India
who said her mouth watered for a
taste of those cranberries. She will
receive a pound from next years
crop, for it is understood that this
highly satisfactory business arrange
mept will be continued another year.
Another letter offering double the
market rate for all of the Lords
berries" came from a member. of a
Boston brokerage firm.
While the Rev. Hidden has been
offered double the market price for
his whole crop, a dollar for a single
berry and is actually unloading it at
a dollar a pound, other Cape Cod
cranberry growers did not do as
well, in fact had a disastrous season
and many have called to see if he
can tell them what to do about it.
They would like somehow to get into
business relations with a Partner
who diverts storms and frosts, keeps
worms off the vines and knows how
to bring in a sixty-barrel yield. So
they ask lot of questions as to just
how he did it.
The minister explains that before
that rainy day of conservation he
tasted for three days. Well, they
could do that. Also he prayed.
They could do that, too, if he would
tell them what to say. He tells them
and then the hitch begins to appear.
The Rev. Hidden's prayers were en-
tirely for the benefit of his church
and the moral effect on certain
doubters. He personally was not
going to get a cent out of it. They
must not only be unselfish in what
they ask, but must have absolute
faith that the prayer will be granted.
II is not easy to get that partnership.
One old cranberry grower said:
"Well, ! guess I'll still have to rely
mostly on fertilizer and pruning, but
maybe I'll try a little praying to
keep away the storms and my wife
can fast bit to keep off the fire
worms. It can't do any harm and it
uouId dn bar a lnf Of mad -
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pounds of cranberries, with every

pounds of cranberries, with every
prospect of being able to dispose,of
many more if we had them. God made
His cranberry business an unqualified sue
cess
81 found in my mail the other day "a
letter containing one dollar for Just one
cranberry from Gods own bog as
souvenir of the Great Prayer Expert
ment' This is without doubt the highest
price ever paid for single cranberry
in the history of the world. The man
who sent in the order is Mr. George
Jarcey, of Niagara Falls, N. Y. We sent
the cranberry forward by mail and we
are going to be real good to him by send
ing complimentary pound of the cram
berries for his Thanksgiving dinner"
The junior partner of this remarkable
business got to thinking over that worlds
record price and sent this newspaper the
following postal:
Carver,
Massachusetts,
Nov. 10, 1925.
To the Editor:
Measuring up cranberries on way to
postoffice found that berries sold at the
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Photograph of Rev. Charles W. HIDDEN Last Spring. Ded-
h eating the Cranberry Bog to God and Praying for
~ His Assistance in Helping the Crop Along.

fest His presence and
power, to prove the suppl
cant to be faithful and de-
serving and to:
"Bless wonderfully the
section given to the Lord
God to the end that the
people of Carver and all the
world may know that the
Lord God lives, is all power
full and hears and answers
prayers as of old"
Quite a few of the more
devout of his flock stood
out in the cold rain with
him, awed at hearing such
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
challenge. Also there were
several unbelievers who
smiled. To them this was a
Joke. Mrs. Boardway had
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that filled the
streams an d
ponds an d
flood e d the
Dogs so that
the frost peril
W as averted.
The cautious
souls who had
gathered their
crops prema-
turely on the
theory that
God helps
those who help
the m selve s
now 10 k e d
ru fully at
Goods b err
ries," thriving
be autif fully,
and regretted
tn ir haste.
w h en- tn e
proper tim e
a me a n d
OF a d ay
sooner Mr.,
HI d d e n har-
vested his crop
and it was all
he had asked
for, at least
100 per cent
more than
could h ave
been expected
with the best
r. Ill
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Measuring up cranberries on way to
postoffice | found that berries sold at the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-06
READFIELD

The grammar school girls with their
teacher, Miss Ada Hackett, gave q
surprise party Wednesday evening to
Mabel Coffin at the home Of Mrs. Julia
Barlow. The evening was passed in
playing games. Refreshments were
served. Those present were Rachel
Norton, Mabel Johnson, Faris Manter.
Opal Adams, Helen Mason, Muriel
Weber, Dorothy Bruce, Louise Bruce.
Virginia Butman, Annette Tebbetts,
Helena Tebbetts, Marjorie Butman.
Hildreth Butman, Marguerite Barlow,
Florence Bruce, Charlene Tebbetts,
Frederick Barlow and Mabel Coffin.
The funeral of Harry C. Smith was
held at his home here Wednesday.
Masonic Lodge Il. and A. NJ, held a
public installation Tuesday. A fine
baked bean supper was served.
Readfield Farm Bureau will hold
an all day meeting, Friday, Nov. 10,
at the Grange Hall to make sewing
kits, stocking box, cloth to cover
same, small pieces cardboard and
glue necessary. Picnic lunch.