South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-26
NOVEL PLAN FOR
FUTURE KITCHEN
Cooperative Arrangement Sug-
geSted for Purchasing, Cook
ing and Serving FOOd--0r-
ganized in NeighborhOOdS.

Almost every phase of woman'S life
and activity has been touched by the
spirit of progress. 1t is the spirit OF
progress that has taught women to
unite IN labor, social, n political So
cieties for the attainment of their pur-
poses. thai has taught them that in
his cooperative age things must be
accomplished by concerted action. But
women have yet TO learn that the re-
generation, uplifting. and reforming
of domestic life from its present I'M
fair and laborious conditions must
come through cooperation.
In the work and department that
claims more women in it's service than
all the other activities added together
domestic labor in kitchens-the
spirit of progress has been permitted
TO pass by with few invitations 10
linger. Kitchens and kitchen labor,
despite the numerous and admirable
c~cntrivances for tightening toll now In
use, remain in the same condition of
primitive isolation of hundreds of
years ago. Then women tOiled UNI
ceasingly and alone at their labors in
kitchens as they toll now. In the
kitchen of the future this antiquated
form of detached labor will be re-
placed by modern n scientific CO.
operative labor.
The kitchen of the future will be
the cooperative kitchen. Kitchens es-
tablished by cooperating groups. and
serving the families and individuals
of these groups with a practical knowl-
edge Of their needs and purses are the
only type Of kitchen that can elevate
that department of domestic labor to
a level with the progress of the twen-
tieth century,
~Neighboring Groups.
The cooperative kitchen could be
established by neighbOrhOOd groups of
N,
aim OF these kitchens would be the
cooking and serving of food. 1t has
never been denied that h chief pur-
pose Of all kinds OF home kitchens is
10 cook and serve meals 10 families
and individuals. If we did not need
TO eat we would not need kitchens,
and a slight reflection makes plain the
fact shat any other kin of work in
homes, such as cleaning and laundry
work. could be satisfactorily accom-
plished without kitchens. 1t is the
cooking and serving of food that
makes kitchens necessary.
Such being the case, the purpose of
cooperative kitchens would be the
cooking and serving of food TO fami-
lies and individuals organized in
neighborhood groups. AS neighbor-
hoods are usually indications OF the
prosperity status Of the families living
in them, it would be the neighbOrhood
Where the different cooperative
kitchens were established that would
determine their scope and expense. In
these kitchens could be cooked the
meals and the extra food service the
cooperating families required. and all
done at their will and discretion. These
meals could be served in adjoining
cooperative dining rooms or sent TO
the homes of the families as the peO-
pie desired. 1t does not need much
space TO show that such an arrange
ment would beneht all degrees Of
womankind TO the saving of time. Ia
Dor and money.
Reduce Cost of Living.
OF the many advantages to result
from cooperative kitchens, one would
be that such departments would be
large. light. n ut sanitary places for
cooking. They would have for the
duickening of labor all saving devices.
the purchasing OF these conveniences
made possible by the low cost Of CO.
operative ownership. These kitchens
would greatly reduce the cost OF living
as they would make possible the u
chase OF food used in them at whole
sale prices. and would cook il in the
most economical manner. eliminating
all waste in careful and scientific
preparation.
The neighborhood groups cOntroll-
ing these kitchens. coUld meet the
alarming rise in food prizes due TO CO.
operative production by cooperative
purchasing. As these kitchens could