The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-10-04
I CHEAP FOOD IN NORWAY.

Cafe where "A Good Meal is Served
for Nine Cents. ~ Il.
There is a novel institution in Chris
tiana in the way of monster cheap
1t is designated by. the
name of Dampkiokke, which means in
English steam7kitehen. 1t was estab-
llshed in 1853 and Is run by well-dis-
posed persons, not as d charitable In
stitution. but is made selfsupporting.
The aim is to- furnish the most coml
plete well-ceolled meals for the: small
est possible sum ard, as this idea was
Brought forward in Chicago last win
ter, and may be this, i will give as ac-i
curate description Of the place as
possible. 1t solves a problem. BY an
experience Of thirty-siX years the mail
ayers have reduced the feeding of Il
large number Of people to O science,
for 1900 men, women and children Sc
cure q good, honest, square meal at the
Danlpkjokke daily at the cost of about
l27sore per capita. TO get at the small
amount of currency obtained in an ore
we divide a kroner, or crown, by 100.
Al 4kroner is equal to q 1-2c of our
money; therefore q ore is not quite
&C.. The food, which usually consists
Of soup, and fish and hash orssausage,
with bread and vegetables Is well cook
ed and celan, and agood, large. portion
is served to each guest The building
is a large two-story structure, like
public hall.
The guests, after perusing the bill of
fare, which lis exhibited at the en-
frances buy checks at a window AS
they pass up they enter either the first
floor or the second floor hall, as they
prefer. They then make for conven-
lent window or passage which leads
to the pantry. From this are handed
plates, knives, forks, and spoons to-
gether with portions of soup and food.
Guests take their seats at long table.
On this table are salt, pepper, crtet-.
stands bread and decanters filed with
fresh drinking water, and the guests
are allowed all the time necessary to
enjoy their meals.
There are no walters; in fact, the ex
pense of running the institution is cut
down to the smallest possible mini
num- Consequently every penny saw
ed goes into the quality Of the meals.
About 500 can sit down in both halls
at once. It, therefore, takes nearly
two hours to feed the usual attendance
of 2.000 fssa tsa ea 4a sa sf
At these odd dinners are curious
combinations of people; old men, rag
ged gray and footsore; Woodworking
laborers and men too sick to work:
wrinkled women. down in the world,
fighting to live; shop girls with clean,
bright faces, but who can Ill afford
10c from their pitlful wages; women
who have lost all by dissipation and
drink, and boys who have no homes;
fierce anarchists. driven out of other
countries and pitiahle sstowaways who
have just arrived from foreign ports.
Two thousand made homeless and hun.
CRY by some cause or other known only
to themselves. and all looking with hum
CRY eyes toward one good square meal
per day, thanking God for the Danak,
joke.
The great beauty. of this Institution
lies in the fact that it is not a charity.
There exists. in the breast of those who,
sit down to this collation. the same in
dependence as the king enjoys in his
palace, and they smack their lips with
the satisfaction that they have paid
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