The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-08
CHEAP FOOD IN NORWAY.
Cafe Where q Good Meal II Served
for Nine Cents.

Cafe Where q Good Neal II Served
for MINI Cents.
There is a novel institution in Chris.
tiana in the way Of a monster cheap
restaurant. 1t is designated by the
name of Dampkjokke, which means in
English steam-kitchen. 1t was estab-
lished in 1858 and Is run by well-dis-
posed persons, not as a charitable in.
stttution. but is made selfsupporting,
The aim is to furnish the most con.
plete, ~well-cooked meals for the small.
est possible sum and, as this idea was
brou ght forward in Chicago last win
ter, and may be this, l will give as &C.
curate a description of the place "a
possible. 1t solves a problem. BY an
experience of thirty-siX years the man.
ayers have reduced the feeding of a
large number of people to a science,
for 1000 men, women and children Sc
cure Il good, honest, square meal at the
Dampkjokke daily at the cost Of about
q ore per capita. TO get at the small
amount of currency obtained in an ore
we divide a kroner, or crown, by 100.
A kroner Is equal to p lie Of our
money; therefore - ore is not quite
&C.. The food. which usually consists
Of soup, and fish and hash or sausage,
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 q
public hail..
The guests, after perusing the bill Of
fare, which is exhibited at the en-.
trance, 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 a 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 q long table.
On this table are salt, pepper, cruet-
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 *
pense of running the institution Is cut
down to the smallest possible mini
mum. Consequently every penny saw
ed goes into the quality Of the meals.
About 500 can sit down in both halls
at once. 1t, therefore. takes nearly
two hours to feed the usual attendance
of 1900.
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 IA i'll afford
1Oc from their pitiful wages; women
| who have lost all by dissipation and
| drink, and boys who have no homes;
| fierce anarchists. driven out Of other
countries. and pitiable stowaways 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 hun
cry eyes toward one good square meal
per day, thanking God for the Dampk'
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 hi,
palace, and they smack their lips with
the satisfaction that they have paid
full value for what they have received
Chicago Post.