The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
CHEAP FOOD IN VIENNA.
mi REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF A
OMMCN-SENSE PLAN.
FROM Bsire the wors, FED Capital IN
Europs, so Far as Its Poor Were Con-
eerned, n Has become, Throush che
Peoples Ritchers, Perhaps the Best FED.
Tfon fhs Nineteenth Century.

Or, Josef Kuhn CT Vienna in 1879, in c~onJunc-
tion with four other gentlemen, organized the
Peoole's Kitchen Association. The very rdisDn
d-fre Of this association was, and IL, 10 provide
the working classes OF Vienna with nutrltive,
palatable food at prices within their means.
Il began It's operations on n somewhat humble
scale. Each Of It's members subscribed five
hundred foriLs, and with this money q restau-
rant was started IN tho Iaechtengasse. At first
the restaurant was open only fro1 half past ii
o'clock until 9, during which time dinners were
served at q charge Of fifteen kreuzers IA little
more than six cents, or eight kreuzers each.
Fer fifteen kreuzers. a slice of beef or mutton
Weighing eight decaerams, and forty centilitres
Of vegetables were supplied; for eight kreuzers,
four decaerams of beef or mutton. and twenty
Eve centilitres Of veseAables. The Hechtenaasse
IA In the centre Of q densely populated
district, in which are several large factories;
the new restaurant was well placed, therefore,
for securing customers. The fame Of Its slx-
cent dinners soon spread through the neigh
borhood, and before many weeks had passed It
was thronged from the moment the doors were
opered. Soup at three kreuzers tho plate was
then added to the menu; vegetables, too, at four
kreuzers for fifty centilitres, and puddings,
omelets, macaroni cheese, &C.. at eight kreuzers
the portion. Low as were the prices charged,
The restaurant was, almost from the first, self
supporting. II thus afforded q startling proof Of
the extent TO which the poor had previously
been exploited by those Of whom they had
bought their food.
When once the success OF the first venture
was assured. DR.. Kuhn proposed that other
kitchen associations should be formed. and that
these, although perfectly independent, should
act In friendly cooperation with the one he had
founded. The Princess Hohenlohe-S Seedlings
furst was the first TO act on this suggestion. She
organized an association which opened a kitchen
In the Leopoldstadt district. In 1874 the Prin-
cess Liechtenstein helped TO start one at Meid-
ling. In the course of tho following two years
three moro independent associations were
formed, each Of which has now a kitchen of Its
own. A particular interest IL attached to
one Of them. owing to the fact that It
b organized for Jews. In the kitchen Il has
opened, the food Is dressed according TO their
peculiar ordinances. and special preparations
are made for the Jewish festivals. Meanwhile
the First Association, as that organized by DR..
Kuhn is now called. was hard at work. In De-
cember, 1879, IL opened a kitchen at Neubau. and
two months later one In MariAhiif. In 1851
. began 10 SUPPLY ,D a., ..' .o a . ou' I,e sn,,sas
meals for poor children. Since then i, has es.
districts. Thus there are at Che present time In
'S'' eNof ShNb 'itht uhhtt
the direction Of the First Association and five
h.Io,rnn o. ,ho .IItod ...o,,..o,. r,au -
ooio"s'ns ~ Ii "hieu "'soeiA.iohs. ihey arc
all founded on the same principle. all worked on
the same lines, and are all self-supporting.
rh.. on..a,on. q. a. .o.au...a a.-.u..
noir opera'ions = ho" .onuue.co on quits"
colossal scale. Their supplies are bought by the
thousand tons. their SCUM IA made nv the
ho..... No. -.
uousNnu aiio snu so"eines u . many u
2,400 persons n day dine In one kitchen.
Practical common sense IA the chief charac-
...,.,t. -, Ar a.a.ut.,Io. ~, - $50.
%i%'o Vi az orkAn'1a'on Vi tnese peopies
Kitchens. The system adopted by the First As
sociatiop has served AS a model for others. This
...o,,,,Ion i.o,on q, oil ~ No.. 90 at, 4,
sssoci"'poh sopon al VINO choose To JOINT.
On the LIST of January. 1902, IL had on its roll
s0s members-viz, PAS honorary members and
,ka orainarv r,anho-s uonor.rv mouh.r..uo
q ino""' nonofafy are
persons who have rendered some special service
10 the association, or who have made II n donn-
.,on =, soo oor,ns Nv VIC srbsor,ha .rrr.I,,
.ohoi Y ms ""o 'e' "nhu",s
ten HORNS Ordinary members are those who