New-York tribune., 1908-06-02
NJ Interest ~
10 TO 6Oomer1.
COOPERATIVE MEALS
7,b;rtu Persons PdtrOnize Ne70
Kitchen the First Day.

, ...r neonle are throwing bombs ana
making incendary speeches two MAJ ii..
ing women are quietly starting reVoiu,ioh ~ ~
west Side tenement house. They are MISS Aha ~
rr,..,,no sunerintendent of the Practicai HOUSE
leeninr Association. with her assistant his' ii1 nc
p Leighton and they purpose nothihe less 10
removal from the neck of woman Oh tue No. ~ =
that has hung there for untold ages naHeiS' 'ao
., a, tho family dinner If the expert
n,ent which they instituted yesterday is successful
Il will be extended to other parts Oh the @i'!' -
In each tenement house is the ideai cheil9 ~
Miss Kittridge but there is no reason why ~
,,,oye,nent should be confined to tenement houses
Yesterday the revolution began When the aSso'. 20
ton onened communstic kitchen at NO 'f"
West 18th street, and dispensed mea' PIE anu ~
cream to about thirty persons at anu
norton respectively This Is supposed ~ pe '
same price for which the same materials couiu Oe
bought and prepared individually, and AT the sam"
time tho food was scientifically cooked and seleceu
That is what are aiming IT, salu MISE ny
fridge Ito provide good cooked 1000 al 'he e0'
of the individually prepared food. lhe su.Ce'
the experiment depends on that All our iii
the neighborhood say that they can ohiy aHoiu
to huv food on this condition. And we doh see
why VIC shouldn't succeed. we thlhk 'ls'' '
saving in fuel and buying ought 10 pay inc i
of the kitchen and ihe wages OF COOK II WON =
of course pay for a domestic science expert cut
after we get the plan worked out. we thihh tha~
anv ordinary cook can dc the work Then theff'
will be no why we shouldn't nave gse@'
MANY such kitchens. one in every tenement Rouse
perhaps They will be self-supporting, and tEes VIII
give the people better food than they get 10" DIT
the same cost, and at the same time rei'eVe tile
housemother of intolerable burden we are
particularly pleased to hav@ got the work s'arteu
at the beginning of the SUMMER, because COOKING
is hard in hot weather
There isn't any in the world why every
woman should cook dinner for her own family,
Miss Kittridge thinks.
1T would be just sensible, she sald' TOT
every member of the family to prepare his own
food. 1t hasn't taken any more time to serve
thirty people to-day than 1t would have done 10
get dinner for the ordinary 1amily, ana why shouiu
people do unnecessary WORK."
Only two dishes are to be prepared each day, but
they are to SO selected to constitute a
complete meal. Yesterdays meat pie contained not
potatoes To-day there will be soup containing
and vegetables, with fruit, shortcake or des-
sert. The other menus Of the week are cOrned beet
cabbage. jellied prunes; corned beef hash rice
pudding; clam chGwder, rhubarb pie; split pea
soup with ham. Ice
The food was all but one case taken home
to be eaten anCf FIT was carried such short dis
tances that thery was no difficulty about keeping
it hot. Each p3ttion is intended for one person.
do for two If they haven't very large appetites
The Practical Housekeeping Association has peen
organized for several years and has conducted
model fats and schools of housekeeping in various
parts of the city.