Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
MODERN BAKING
ESTABLISHMENT TO
Be OPENED TODAY

The Harris Baking Company of
this city, formerly located on Tenn
pie street. will open it new retail
store and bake kitchens at 1914
Main street today at p. M. The
opening of this beautiful new place
OF business will supply the public
with much that is interesting and
pleasing. Refreshments of a quality
which has made this company famous
In this vicinity will be served to all
visitors. Music will be part of the
afternoon and evening programs.
The building has been remodelled
and decorated after plans which are
at once original and practical, and
quite distinct from anything in this
section of the country.
The sales room on the street floor
Is marvel of modernity, with al
ways the ideas of perfect sanitation
and cleanliness paramount Shelves
are all glass encased with sliding
doors. and wherever joint appears
behind the shelves 1t is backed with
zinc and cement, making it absolute
ly vermin-proof.
About 95 feet Of silent statesmen
of latest design and constructed es-
pecially for the display of pastry,
CLEAN in polished plate glass along
the north side OF the room. Many
beautiful mirrors are in evidence and
on the south wall between cleaning
cases Is built-in seat of unique and
beautiful design for the comfort and
convenience of patrons. Chairs, tables
and beautiful plants attract the eye
and one Is ever impressed with the
fact that cleanliness has been the
dorminant idea behind 1t all.
The room is decorated in soft cream
unts and the cabinets, counters, and
all wood work Is Of beautiful birch in
dull satin finish. Rich lighting fix
lures are hung from the ceiling and
fastened to the walls in a manner to
shed pleasant and evenly distributed
stream of light throughout the room.
The floor Is covered with a heavy
linoleum Of artistic pattern, which
has the rich appearance of genuine
parquetry.
In the rear, adjoining the sales
room, Is the rest room for the sales
iadles. This room is elegantly ap-
pointed and contains a large fireplace.
odd chairs and an old fashioned settee
which is thing of art all by itself.
Cabinets for the girls are provided
with coat hangers and everything nee
essary to their comfort and convent
ence. The windows are hung with
luxurious portieres in harmony with
the general color scheme. modern
lavatory connected with this room is
provided with everything modern and
sanitary.
To the right of the rest room Is
what might be termed serving room
ana emergency kitchen. In here is
seen large Kelvinator, where per-
lshable articles of cookery may be
kept Here also is a gas range which
may be used after the bakers have
gone.
The salesroom is in charge of Miss
Minnie Williams, head sales ladv
long experienced in the business and
TOR several years with the Harris
Baking Company in the same cana
city.
visit to the bake kitchens re-
Neals a wonder of modern ingenuity
8 In ovens. machinery and general an
planes necessary to the economical
: production of cooked foods. Two
. large electrically heated ovens each
{ with capacity of about $50 loayes
: OF cake occupy position on the up-
per moor most convenient for the
bakers. These ovens have been thor
! oughly tested and tried out and have
: been found to be far superior to the
fashioned coal or oil heated tyne
: being, of course, perfectly free from
SCOT and smoke.
: An electrically cake mixer is an
important part of the new eouin-
. ment. This mixer is of the double
action type with several speeds. and
Will mix batter enough at one filling
: for hundred cakes. A frosting ma.
chine or modern make has also been
installed. A large cold storage room
is situated at the rear of this floor.
refrigeration being supplied bv ~.
sKelvinator system. Here win he
kept fresh those many articles Of q.
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