The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-18
|IlN THE CIRCUS
PEOPLE Dine
<..dlna Nearly one Thousand People
Every Day With the 1o1
Ranch Wild West
Show.
THEY ALL LIVE HIGH
Good AppctItes Are Satisfied by the
Excellent Meals Which Are
a Good as the
THEY ALL LIVE HIGH

The system for feeding the nearly
one thousand people that will be here
With the 101 Ranch Real Wild West
nm August 25, is most interesting
{ etudy but one that would make the
frugal housewife tremble. So perfect
+ d this system that the United States
government has had two representa-
t;yes of the army constantly with the
show to study 1t. There are more
meals served in the huge dining tents
daily than are served in the very larg-
est Of hotels and the menu Is more ex-
tensive than that Of any first class
hostelry. When 1t is considered that
the kitchen and dining rooms must
be built every day before the first at
tempt can be made to get the meals
ready, the speed with which the morn
inc meal is served is marvellous. 1t
Is accomplished in about the same
length of time, that in the ordinary
he.el, cooks would require to pre-
rare their fires. Not only Is the vast
number of people that are to be fed
something interesting. but the guam
tlty of food that is required to feed
them surTriaing. Tho 131 Ranch fam.
~ have all good appetites and that
dreaded malady dyspepsia is wholly
unknown to them. Life In the open
fir has the tendency to give them
the very keonest Of natural appetites
md this Is augumented by the exemr.
larry life they live.
The feeding OF this multi
trde comes under the personal
supervision Of Mr.. George Arl
ington, and those who have wit
messed the organization OF the culin
airy forces with this show are moi
surprised that the United States
army should be anxious to adopt it
There Is no limit to the orders thai
may be given by the army of diner.
and there is no restriction put upor
the agent in the advance of the show
who does nothing else but buy fol
the yictualing department. The esl
the market affords graces the tables
and It is purchased In such immense
quantities that often when it be
Genes necessary to make one of thu
fmaller towns the agent Is Obliged
to have the meat and vegetables
shipped in from the larger cities
One of the precautions always takel
BY Mr.. Arlington is to leave towl
with enough food in the ice boxes tt
feed three meals. This is done ii
case OF accident enroute. Should on
occur, then the dining tents could b,
erected and meals served without an.
inconvenience and while they wer,
feing se-yed other food could be pun
chased If necessary. The food tina
Will be purchased here will not b.
eaten here It will be taken over t
the next stand. The food consumes
fere will be purchased in the stan,
the show makes before coming here
hns there is always one full day
food on hand In going from town t
I town. This Of course, does not refe
to the bread st,iffs and milk. Fres
milk Is always bought when 1t is OF
tainable but condensed milk is AWAY
carried In stock. The bakers with tn
show would have to get busy Is cas-
Of accident. just the same as the
have to every day when there is n
accident
The cook house wagons are tn
very first to be unloaded when tn
show arrives in town and within
half hour after they have reached tn
lot breakfast is ready to be served
It must not be inferred from thl
rapidity that the breakfast is