Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-10

lic health committees Interested Ia
promoting the cause OF the public
school luncheon. a problem TO bo
considered at the Fourth International
Congress on school Hygiene 10 be-
held al Buffalo, August 2s-a0th. are
enthusiastic over the addition Of an
other active worker In their ranks.
.nQpe, .nTher than. Colonel Roosevelt.
who j. even going 40 far ae To recon-
mend school luncheon plank IN the
Progressive party's municipal plat
form this fall
The coionels decision IN behalf OF
school luncheons WAS made after a
recent tour Of the lower east side IN
New York City. Re made this trip
with an idea Of inQulrlng into the
conditions Of child welfare, His visit
among other places included a stop
az the public school No. IS, WHARF he
found more than three hundred child
rem engaged In eating their noon
luncheon. Al tlrst the children we're
rather terror stricken by the presence
OF 30 Noted a guest. and came 10 an
abrupt pause In their eating.
by ueorge you little ones, don't DO
that said the ex~preeidept acvanc-
ing 10 the counter 90 take a luncheon.
II have just come down 10 eat with
YOU"
The colonel spent two cents on his
luncheon. which consisted 81 one cup
OF bean soup and one egg sandwich.
On hia return 10 the Outlook Office,
the colonel expressed himself 10 re-
porters as being heartily Ia favor OF
the school luncheon. saying that he
was going 10 work as hard AZ he knew
how 10 have a legislation passed
which would permit the department
Of education 20 supply such cost price
luncheons. - wish you coald have
seen IT, he said 20 the reporters. .
was immensely impressed. 1 ate one
81 the luncheons myself. The reRu-
lar lunch costs three cents so you
see l ate only two-thirds at a lunch.
Now ! got what / would have re-
garded a. q FIRST class luncheon or
dinner on y roundup or out with my
regiment or on a picnic or a hunting
trip. ! feel very. very strongly that
We ought by law Ia every state TO give
the school boards power 80 serve
meals TO the children a. not moro
than the cost price OF the raw ma
teriai. ! hope Il will be q plank In
the Progressive party's municipal
platform this faiL
The children must be physically
~ or you can't set The best results
ont of our schools" he continued
There we're other things which im4
pressed me. AZ one OF the schools a
dozen boys were serving the others
ana for that they got their dVcecents
meal free. The whole thing was FIRST
class. Then there were twa older hogs
who volunteered their services and
their JOB WAS TO keep things straight
They were Vincent and Joseph. I've
forgotten their last names. but they
were both very good friends OF mine
before the Luncheon was oyer.
The little boys and girls went IN
ana picked cut what they wanted.
some had a two-cent luncheon. others
spent three cents There was one
amateur Vanderbilt. who had a seven
cent luncheon. You could get two
chocolates for one cent. salad for one
cent, and cookie FOE one cent The
vanderbilt took Three plates Of salad
n noticed about the schools az least
dozen mothefa, who got luncheon
for themselves and for little ones who
Will soon be golng 20 school n was
a very excellent education for meth
ers 10 learn how "a ger good. cheap
meals. It's q thing that's immensely
important ] talked with many o.
the children: some told me that they
didn't 80 home for their meals be-
cause their mothers We're out az work
The luncheon was a ine thina Cor
them.
1--WE passed other schools an our
ride where they don't serve lunch-
coma" Colonel Roosevelt went on
"The children have TO eat what they
can get on nuahcarls. and Il srcnka
volumes Tor their digestive powers
that they don't die az once we
watched one ~ these chlldFeu, Ne
beught one large green pickle and q
stick OF llcorlce, and What - not a