The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30

/ terra. This apparatus Is in the cellar
under the kitchen, and is a cOmpli-
Gated affair 10 a layman. The milk
/ is poured into cans and heated to $50
/ degrees. This, of course. kills the
bacteria. and in less than a minute, by
a chemical process, the temperature
of the milk is reduced to 80 degrees
and is ready for the table. Ice cream,
the usual Sunday dessert, is always
made by electricity, and requires only
q few minutes TO prepare it, The ice
[ is manufactured at the academy and
that used on the table is chopped by
electricity and cut into small blocks.
| The dishes, too, are washed by cleo
tricity-anOther wonderful labOr-saV-
ing device. and the envy OF every
woman who sees its workings.
Dishes Are Clean.
The absence Of unclean dishes about
the kitchen is refreshing. for it is an
irOnclad rule that each pan OF dish
must be washed Immediately after
use The dishes are placed in a large
wire basket. the inevitable button is
pressed which causes the basket 10
sink into scalding water. where it re-
wolves for a few minutes, and the
dishes are thoroughly washed. An
other lever LIFTS them to trays. where
they are turned out to dry The
dishes used at dinner by between 400
and 500 cadets can be washed and
put away by two persons in this MAJ
ner In half an hour. Uncle Sam is
an economical hOusekeeper and in
sists that there shall be no waste. In
deed, the average hOusekeeper would
be surprised TO learn how ecOnOm-
zeal the chef at West Point is in his
work. as is shown by the accounts
i Il IN. 90
master each day Even the greasy
water from the kitchen is turned into
profit fOr this, together with the soup
skimmings, are poured into a tank
under the pavement in the rear of the
/ building. When this coOls the grease
comes TO the surface and is skinned
and sold. with the Offai Of meat TO a
soap manufacturer. Apart from keep
/ ing the sewers free from grease, its
sale amounts 20 about 500 per year.
Doors Open Automatically.
Automatically opened doors lead to
different parts Of the culinary depart
ment, but the most useful are the
ones which lead in and out from the
mess hall Two doors leading to this
room have been placed side by side
one TO be used by walters as an en-
trance and another as an exit. There
/
the dining room for the exit. and the
other i'm the service hall for the en-
trance. When the waiter appears tray
in hand, he steps on the platform,
which causes the door to open and re-
main in that position until he has
passed into the room, and vice versa
when he leaves This saves the loss
of dishes by accidental dropping when
the waiter has to push open the doors,
and lessons the noise as well. This,
too, was an object of wonder to Prince
Tsai Tao. who examined il most mi
nutely. A few years ago when a well
known Chinese official visited West
Point. he shocked his retinue by rae
ing through these doors again and
again. and jumping on these platforms
like a child at play. Since the intro
duction of these doors at West Point
a ike invention has been placed in
several state institutions.
All the silver used in the mess hall
is polished by electricity. and it is re-
markable how easily the most elabo-
rately chased pieces are cleaned and
how the brush reaches the tiny cor
ners and cleans in a few minutes
piece of silver which would require
hours of handwOrk The kitchen range
is a model of cleanliness; in fact, the
whole atmosphere of the kitchen sug-
eests cleanliness and well-cooked,
daintily served food. The chef knows
the appetites of the cadets. and does
his best to please them in his menu
The bill Of fare varies each day, and
there is little complaint about the
food. Those in authority realize that
boys who are growing and who have
as much exercise as a cadet require
plenty of food and of the most nour-
ishing quality. Special dishes are pre-
pared for the athletes who are In
training. and certain articles of FOOD
are tabooed. especially pastry
Food for one month in advance is
always kept at the academy, and the
store room resembles a warehouse
Everything is supplied by contract, a
sample Of each article being submit
ted with each sealed bid. All the