The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-22
THE ALADDIN OVEN"
Mr.. Atkinson Gives "a Practical DEM
constructions of It's Merits.


washington Letter. in New York Tribune.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ham
lin gave dinner on Sunday evening mat
was unique as Washington dinners CO. Inc
cook entertained callers during the process
of preparing the dinner, attended TO otner
matters of business IN dlHerenl parts on
the city, rested oyer night, had leisure Tor
Easter services, arranged the dishes OF the
menu at intervals, tnen seryed the Gunner i
yited guests were Secretary and Mrs. G Ssh
am. Secretary and Mrs Carlisle, secretary
and Mrs. Bissell and the Japanese minister,
Mr. Kurino. The cook was EdWard Atkln-
son. of Boston The occasion OF t ine o of te
working OF the famous Aladdin oven, pre-
paratory to its being turned over i TO the
Introduction and use. Mr.. Atkinson is in
Washington to explain the process OF max
ing the Aladdin ovens and give TO the De
partment of Agriculture the right or the
free use of the patents for introduction IN
the agricultural colleges throughout the
II am anxious now to devote myself to
other lines of work. said Professor Akin
cause of the great need that it be done. Too
many lives have been sacrffced at the altar
OF the e4oKrsdoye' t hoo terror Of the Biddy
reign" not to count this national evil
calling for remedy. have given twenty
years of hard labor and careful thought 10
experiments on nutrition and economy OF
foods and in developing this oven on an
economical simple basis. l Ina, nave maze Elk
first going around Robin Hoods barn, then
back, then taking shorter cut, until now
have perfected an oven in which meals can
be prepared for 600 at cost of % cents
for fuel The toughest meats can be made
tender and wa ea OIL be ene loed
in wholesome dishes-giving the maximum
of nutrition for the minimum or expense,
and a course dinner can be cooked without
having to serve in the first course roasted
cook I had the ovens patented for pro-
lection from imitation and to cover the
cost of making the invention. They
in in many places and have paid their
way, and wish to put the matter entirely
dinner to my Whist Club and friends, in
Guiding oranges and coffee, which cost ID
cents each for food material Each cigar
consumed after dinner cost more than the
dinner
beans and pork into the compartments of
the oven. After a few hours / made the
Boston brown bread ana ~ indian pudding
prepared my spring lamb. with green peas,
fricasseed chicken and vegetables, and had
no more trouble with them until it was
time to serve for our O'Clock dinner. The
ovens are simple in arrangement, and can
Be made OF dfeTend Aa as eok t
ovens for his large school of planks plas-
tered with mortar. ana Is CARVING ga nin on COOK
one exhibition at the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton, and conduct q. restaurant on our plan.
There will be profit in it for him, too. He
is one of the brightest and ablest men I
have ever met. and has done an immense
anT a OF goea an study Of the food pro
lem in Boston. / lately gave dinner of
four courses-soup, fish, meat and veGe-
tables, and mush with moasses for desert
to nine of the poorer students at Harvard,
who want to economic There We're three
others. Each had a pound and half of
strong food, and the cost for the twelve
was 81 cents. We have established the new
England kitchens on a paying basis. One
of our ladies is making money on five-cent
dinners. Mrs. Ellen Richards has been my
right-hand helper in this work / cannot
praise too highly what she has done. /
have lately been talking with man who
proposes to cope with drunkenness in a
practical way. His plan is to open large
New England kitchen and have SOUP on one
side of q partition and lager beer on the
other where men can take their choice He
believes that if good food and other attrae-
tions are offered on the. same terms on
which beer is now sold. the majority would
prefer the soup. Secretary Morton is alive
to the Importance of good food. In fact,
the air is full of 1t.