Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-02-14
CHEAP FOOD IN NORWAY.
A Cafe Where n Good Meal Is Served for
Nine Cents.


Nine Cents.
There is a novel institution in Chris
tiania in the way of monster cheap
restaurant. 1t is designated by the
name of DampkjolSke, which means in
English steam kitchen. TWAS estab-
ished in 1858, and is run by wcll-dis-
posed persons, not as charitable insti-
tuition, but. is made self-supporting
The aim, says the Chicago Post, is to
furnish the most complete, wcll-cool1ed
meal for the smallest possible sum,
and, as this idea was brought forward
IN Chicago last winter, and may be this.
will give as accurate n description of
the place as possible. 1t solves Il prob
lem. by an experience of thirty-siX
years the managers have reduced the
feeding of n large number of people to
science. for two Thousand mon.
women and children secure Il good
honest, square meal at the Damplijolll5c
daily at the cost of about twcnty-Scvcr
ore per capita. To get at the small
amount of currency contained in AZ
orc we divide Il kroner, or crown, by
one hundred. A kroner is coual
10 twenty-Scvcn and half cents @.
our money; therefore twenty-scvcn or,
IS not quite nine cents. The food.
rhich usually consists of soup and
I:h and hash and sausage, with bread
&nd vegetables, is we'll cooked and
lean, and Il good, large portion l.
.;,rvcd to each guest. The building j.,
ErGc two-story structure, like pub
ic hall.
The guests, after pcrusing the bill of
fare, which is exhibited at the en-
rance, buy checks at the window. AS
Icy pass up they enter either the
1T floor or the .ccond floor hall, as
:acy prefer. They thea make for q
convenient window or passage which
leads to the pantry. From this are
G.t2dcd plates, knives, spoons and
i0rlls, together with portions of soup
..ad food. Guests take their seats at Il
long table. On this table are salt
pepper, cruet stands, bread and de-
:anters filled with fresh drinking wa
tcv. and the guests are allowed all the
time necessary to enjoy their meals.
There are no walters; in fact, the eX-
pence of running the institution is cut
iown to the smallest possible mini
,num. Consequently every penny saved
soes lnto the quality of the meals.
.lbout five hundred can sit down in
both halls at once. 1t, therefore, takes
nearly two hours to feed the usual at
tendance Of two thousand.
At these odd dinners are curious
combinations of people; old men,
Jagged, gray and footsorc; hard work
ing laborcrs and men too sick to
work.: wrinl1led women, down in the
world, fighting to live; shop girls with
clean, bright faces, but who can i'll
&ifOrd ten cents 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 pitt
able stowaways who have just arrived
from foreign ports. Two thousand,
made homeless and hungry by some
cause known only to themselves, and
| all looking with hungry eyes toward
ono "rn"l "or"re meal per day, thank.
ing God for the UampIJoKKe.
The great beauty of this institution
lies in the fact that it is not charity
There exists in the breasts of those
who sit down to this collation. the same
/ independence as the king enjoys in hi
palace, and they smack their lips will
the satisfaction that they have PAID
full fare for what they have received.
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