The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-25
CO-OPERA TIVE VACATION
PLANNED FOR z, 600 WORKERS

The arrangements for feeding the
people were in charge Of Lonis Nor
purge, a former New York chef, the
head of the department Of domestic
economy at Dayton factory. Nor
purge came to the camping ground two
days in advance of the excursionists.
He looked over Sandy Park and studied
the, situation, then he ordered his forty
cooks and assistants to work. IF,
built in it tables and Benches to seat
900 people at once. Then they put up
q cook tent and placed in it three big
ranges: Then they built a stockroom
for such supplies as flour, coffee, canned
goods, breakfast foods, etc.
Adjoining the stockroom an icehouse
was built with a capacity Of twenty-five
tons of ice. In this icehouse whole
carcasses Of beef, hams, butter, eggs
kept. The stockroom was connected
by telephone with the city, SO that sup
plies could be ordered in hurry.
The quantities of food used in feeding
the campers are interesting. Here are
some Of the supplies consumed at each
meal: 400 loaves of bread, sixty pounds
Of butter, 200 gallons of coffee, seventy
gallons of milk and cream.
Sixty-fve hams were eaten at one
meal, $50 pounds of pork chops were
needed at another Three hundred
dozen eggs satisfied the hunger Of the
campers at still another meal. H.
Here is a sample breakfast menu:
Breakfast food, pork chops, Saratoga
potatoes, bread and butter, coffee or
milk. For dinner the following was
served one day: Beefsteak, Drowned
potatoes, dressing, peas, coffee or milk,
peaches. One of the supper bills in
Guided Clipped beef creamed, potato
salad, beans, coffee or milk.
The plan Of serving the people COM
bined quickness and neatness. Along
the front Of the big cook tent a coun-
ter was built. About three feet from the
counter and parallel with it was a
fence with four openings. tt.., -
At each of these openings stood a
member Of. the Welfare leagues camp
committee. These men collected the
meal tickets, which were issued each
day for the following days meals. -
The people then passed along: in
front of the counter, receiving from
the white-aproned mattresses behind
it plates of food, we'll prepared and
neatly served. Passing into the mess
tent the campers were supplied with
knives and forks and cups for coffee
Thus supplied, they found places at the
tables. =. .a--. r! ..E
Mattresses passed up and down the
aisles serving coffee and milk. Water
was kept on the table. When the meals
were over, a corps Of forty dishwash
ers cleaned up the dishes. .-.>
Each afternoon and evening and
sometimes in the morning there was
dancing. Music was furnished by the
leagues own band, composed of mem
bers of the organization. The league
also had a baseball team, which played
every afternoon with teams from sur
rounding towns. -
A nurses headquarters was estab
| lished in a big wall tent. Two. trained
nurses from one Of the Dayton factories
| were in attendance. A DOCTORS office
was also situated on the grounds. 9th
er camp conveniences were barber
shop and a branch postoffce, where
mail was delivered three times a day.
| The problem of chaperoning the 40(
| young women who went on the vacation
outing was solved by establishing thu
girls in separate quarter of the camp
Several of, the forewomen of a Dayton
factory and the wives of number o:
| the heads Of departments lived with tn
girls and had charge of their section o.
the camp.
Such a vacation outing as that Of tn
Men 8 Welfare Work league is said t.
be without precedent in industrial his
tory. It is an example Of: what can b
done by intelligent organization. TIL
workers will go back to their tasks a
machine or bench or desk rested and re
freshed, in better health physically an
with broader outlook thru the edr
cation of travel. The improved wor
they will do and the increased quar-
tity of it will pay their employers fo
allowing them time off for their vacs