The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25

twice the same in one week. and the
variety Of dishes It includes /. the course II
the year IL simply marvellous, considering the
prices charged for the dinners. The list the lady
superintendent and the natron have TO choose
from, when deciding what shu. be given on any
special day. comprises nfteen kinds OF soups.
eighteen vegetables. meat OF one sort CT another
dressed in twenty-oned different fashions, twenty
nine sweets. six salads, to. sny nothing OF such
triies as entrees. The following may be taken
~ fair samples OF the dinners the First Assccia-
ton provides for its customers:
Groat soup krruzers
ppes sony, , ,''',''''' ,''' mr. !, srmsers
Venison with macaroni.. ........'..,.. or 10 kreusers
Halsln pnudins. OF 10 sreuEers
clear anup. ,.,... ''.''.'.''.''"3 kreuzcrs
spinach - ' '''''''''''' - kreuIers
Fork outlets with potato salad -. ....s or is Efeurers
Fruit pudding. .......". ............s or 10 kreulers
Each dish is perfect in its way, carefully pre-
pared and delicately seasoned. All the fngre-
cooked by highly, trained. professionals,
who. rank. in point of skill. with those
e%p eSyerythine f Is sold d'" q Ia e taptg, no t onS need
spend more than he chooses on his meal. The
average cost Of a dinner. is eighteen kreuzers.
though the prices range from twenty-five krpuz-
ers to six. It is almost an unheard OF thing for
the persons who dine in the kitchen 20 have "a
sayory dish; a very large percentage OF them.
indeed, have only fifty centiliters OF vegetables
S MSa tw mesEre meal they u pay siI kreuze erss Some'
Customers. unlessy the go provided with tick
cts, must buy them at the door where the cash
~ bltsshVt ~ " 'hN.h I" thV NiN
Their first business IL, OF course, to cx-
amiie the menu and make up their minds
then take up their places In the long row OF
persons trying to reach the two lady visitors,
are served. One lady m the tickets,
while the other hands the portions of food which
correspond to them rD n y va y si,c = - seS SyS%p Who SsS, !;
TO each guest as he passes, and a second PRO
yides him With 2 knife, fork, and spoon; He
matter sometimes; and II he wishes for water
nothing. else is allowed to be drunk he must
Ii is q somewhat motley company. 1t must be
confessed, that meets together day BY day In
epce Is deeper than their purses; e~x-criminals
with tickets given them at the prison door per-
wrong horses. OF women, Of course, there is
never a lack actresses whose beauty Is faded.
sional men. People who have wasted thou
sands In their day cit side by side
ends meet. 1t is the common rendezvous, in
fact. OF failures OF every sort and kind. still.
these are only the exotics, as IL were; the great
mass Of those who frequent the kitchen belong
TO the wage:earning classes. and are hnrd-work-
men. seamstresses. flower sellers. shop girls. all
dine together; and scattered about among them
Sese sneeO' The be SrTs EEow ssyerer Who a go. must ensn
for the time ut least, cast aside their role; for
nothing that smacks OF ms-whether the
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itself is not n charity. II must be remembered,
but = business cOncern-a fact its managers are
At 9 o'clock the kitchen Is closed, but 1t Is
opened again for supper from q until O.. Then
and the remains of dinner rdchuugis are served.
The average cost Of a supper Is ten kreuzcrs.
persons on the average are now provided with
food In the Peoples Kitchens. And these are
far from forming the whole clientele OF the
people who cannot afford even n fve-kreuzer
dinner. There are Others who are too feeble 10
go to n restaurant; others, again. who object
to eating in public. special arrangements are
made for the benefit Of such US these. At certain
hours in the day, the kitchens are open, for the
sale Of food to those who wish to take It away
with them. People who have invalids In their
houses can procure for them in this way suitable
nutriment at small cost. And women with
large families may fetch n quart of SOUP, u milk
pudding. or whatever else they can AFFORD, and,
children by their own frcside. The First Assoc
citation also undertakes to distribute food in
quired. At the request OF the BurgOmaster, IL
will organize at n few hours notice special din
good service TO the authorities in seasons OF un-
usual distress. The cost OF these meals Is de-
frayed either by the municipality or by public
The remsTksbly low price at which food Is
the undertaking is conducted. The associations
require such vast quantities of provisions, that
they are able TO open out new markets for them
the demand is small. Vegetables and, dairy
P %nson ica .GT fro ins' remote q are GSun 1f9Ss aietficts, U %yh tas
they are bought at considerably under whole
sale market prices; A. every housewife
varies, within certain limits, in inverse
ratio with the quantity PREPARED. What
gallons of the same quality can he made. for
much less than twice the sum; while a hundred
Is fifty made separately. In the H.chtengasse
Kitchen. soup - prepared by the .. 40 iitres at
sc sime' T The siil i've Si Gtne wb hrS'i fhe t ph LeS SANE ans
organized and managed by their honorary 9TH
cials is alsoa very important factor In de,ermin-
practices Of the most rigid economy
all highly trained housekeepers. who are
10 dealing with large stores Of pro
required Tor every dish. 1t is Their duty 10 see
that no waste occurs. \ considerable saving Is
, effected. TOO; by dsmPioyisG en'Y Tn ,h1ronEhiy;
this rule is that there are no mistakes in season.
ing: no food has to be thrown away as uneat-
able: but every dish Is OF the best quality.
A special interest is attached "a tho economic
arrangements of the Peoples, Kitchens, owing
being 50 extremely satisfactory. So far as the
food supply 10 concerned, the kitchens are en-
1 psid f sslf; : Sgssfias; d Time pp on srS Of Grs repTr.
sents the full cost OF these meals the bare cost
OF course, without any addition for profits, ex-
penses OF management, or interest on capital,
All that the executive committees require is
that the receipts Of the kitchens. taken ccllec-
lively. shall balance the expenditure. and leave
a trIle in hand against an evil day, II IL Is
found there il q surplus or funds, some II the
portions Of food are Increased in size; II, on the
contrary. there Is a deficit. they ART made some
smaller. During the year 1891 the First
Association cleared It's expenses. aud was left
with a balance In It's favor NJ 4.lOS forms.
Before DIR. Kahn began his work. Vienna, 10 far
at least as its poor were concerned, was the
worst fed capital in Europe; to-day II is un-
doubtedly the best. Thousands of men. women.
and children. who, II the old restaurant regime
had continued. would go half starved. have now
as much as they can eat every day Of their lives.
Wholesome. palstabls food has. In TACT. been
brought within the reach Of even the worst paid
of wage-earners; and this has been done with
out any lavish expenditure.