Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-19
MEALS AUTO SERVED
Here's the Latest Th.7J In c.
operative Housekeeping.
UPTON SINCLAIR. SIT o.!


The IIc!icun Hall colony 10 Upton
Sinclair. whirh came I' ga raiA...
end thr bugl fire int 5r-.. yri o..
hall. was practically "a ,a'- Fti.'''
boarding house. Samuel VI. h"#u 10
of Montc,air. y. J., has evolved "h iu'.
provemcut ON the Sar'Iir Hca --F
Sinclair. it is wei known. ~,frlta %.
experiment chiefly because of the e..
ficulty i'm getting satisfactory H'n "
servants. Mr. Robinson prH."~', e.
do away with dining room d E'..tH
servants hy having III" meals coke.
mt Il central place and served piping
hot in an automobile built inr 90" nus
pose. Thus each family may lE' in IFS
own houSe and ENJOY The cooperative
food
Mr.. Robinson skctchoi II a New
York Times reporter the main feature
of the plan which he ami lis frrads
are perfecting.
The great point In which our l.W
differs from others proposed from t.mr
to time is this" said lie. "tt.l"r plans
have tried t. reduce the cost oi living
with the result that. coming in coAlari
with that factor in human nature
which makes one Tolerate a thing I'D
his own household that lac Wuuldu T.
anywhere else. they failed. They uII
not give good service since Tire DC
object was cheapncSS. Now, we DC not
contemplate Mt the stNrt that we viii
reduce the cost of living. We aim -
extend to the home the best hotel Sprv
ice that we can arrange. But hy means
of an economy of mechanical forces.
such as the use Of the boilers t. run Il
laundry in connection with the hotel
service and the manufacture of ice. the
providing of al sorts of cell storage
and the mann cement of farms, all com
bined under the direction of a company
which shall be composed Of the sub
scribers to the service. to which tn"
profits will 60, We believe that uIlr
mate,y we shall reduce the cost Of
living
But to begin at the beginning; Al
of the cook ing will he done at the head
quarters. the plant. At breakfast tie
subscribers will have a complete hotel
bill of fare for the next days break
fast and they will be asked to order
their next morning meal from that. 50
with dinner and luncheon. In this way
we shall know tWcnty-four hours in adj
vance Just what we have to provide,
and the closest economy in tue prep
aration of supplies will lie possible.
Each individual meal us ii Is cooked
will be PIT in a sheet iron box with
two walls and space between This
space will be filled with hot water.
Outside the box is Il covering of hair
felt, to help retain the heat The cover
sheet. In this way meal can be kept
at Il proper temperature until it is
served. Some experiments We're made
from Stamford, Conn. a meal was
cooked there. put in one of these boxes
and then shipped to New York, where
1t was eaten. Those who partook of
1t said that they had never had finer
meal.
My idea of this box is that it shoull
consist of three sectionS-One, as | have
described. for hot dishes, Il second see
ton containing the dishes needed in the
service of the meal and Il third de-
signed like the first, but for cold things.
Ice or cold water would take the place
Of the hot water in the intcrWaIl space.
"After Il certain number Of the meals
had been prepared and boxed in this
way they would he taken to an autDmo-
bile especially designed for this work.
1t would have covered body fitted
with shelves for the reception of the
boxes. Some twenty deliveries could
be made by one automobile before it
returned for more Each automobile
could make about three or four trips of
some twenty deliveries each, the routes
being arranged to suit the varying
meal hours.
Coffee and tea would be served in
urns. under each of which an alcohol
lamp could be lighted by the house
wife. The breakfast and the other
meals of the day would come to each
household much as its daily neWspa-
pers do and in our rccCptaclcS there
would lie no harm done if the family
weren't entirely ready when the auto,
mobile called. Another trip of the
automobiles would receive the orders
for the following day and take away
the dishes
81 believe that the whole enterprise
should he under the direction of !
board, which should employ one Of the
best hotel managers that could be af
forded. \ high class chef should have
general charge of the cooking.
"Another direction in which we could
make ourselves a handsome profit
would be in the raising of poultry
Preparing our members food at one
central plant, we would have consider
able quantities of scraps, which cOul(
be sent out to our poultry farm ant
there he converted into poultry. Also
We could employ experienced farm
managers and raise our own vegeta
bles and furnish our own butter an(
milk"
The Lazy Days.
What can you do when the sky Is blue