Evening star., 1914-04-05

coffee following While drawing ont IN
conversation concerning the movement a
CAPABLE man who has worked in the h,i-
reau for thirty years. il was with no lit
tie surprise that the strains OF .'Miserere'
were heard in an adjoining room. Pres
emily. the Ice cream and coffee were
arriving. the wall of this popular melody
from III Trovatore" ceased. and some
lively dance music struck M. 4 crowd
gathered. and soon dozen couples fei'
to doing the tango. Then MIR Ralph
came along and suggested adjourn
ment to the roof. dancers, audience
music and all
One of the officers Of the association.
another emplove of long experience IN
the government. explained that they vvers
buying the musical instrument by paw
ing a few pennies each, while the di-
rector. who was now standing nearby. re-
marked that he was hoping they could
have another instrument after a while.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. chairman OF
the District branch OF the woman's de-
partment- of the Civic Federation, and
at whose home the woman's welfare
branch OF the fedora tion was Instituted.
expressed the belief that as time went
on the Joint efforts OF all the enthusi-
asts interested might result IN using
the space occupied by the musical in
strument and dancing for the addi-
tional adva ntage of concerts, Inspiring
lectures and so forth.
Mrs. Hopkins was high in her praise
of the work of the director. and
sketched at length their mutual en-
deavors and further aims, while on the
other hand. unknown to her, the man
she credited so highly for his deep in
terest in the welfare movement had
nothing but appreciation for the
fri aP no Fad
There was once unusual death
rate in this department of the gov
ernment 33 per cent. the close con-
finenent deemed necessary then being
most conducive TO tuberculosis The
system of ventilation now installed
will not only send into the work
rooms a fresh supply of air every
twenty minutes, but will send into the
restaurants the same, go that when an
employe sits down to lunch. with \
fresh volume of air to breathe. he rises
from his wholesome meal with another
fresh draught of air in his lungs.
Seventy degrees Fahrenheit is the
highest point the thermometer Is per-
mftted to reach, under this system. and
no employe of the governments paper
money factory will suffer from the heat
in summer Can air be washed? That's
what they say over there is done with
It, but the method was not corlpre-
hended by a mere visitor.
The hygienic fountains stationed over
general wave of reform in matters Of
sanitation. All that Is required for
a cold pure drink of water is the push
ing of button that calls up minia-
ture cascade one may learn to drink
from or use D. cup he brings along.
They make their own ice, too. the cost
of the whole equipment for this pur-
pose not being much as the annual
supply of ice had cost before the plant
was installed.
The fuel for the great kitchens where
the food for both the men and women's
restaurants is cooked is furnished by
Uncle Sam. but the Cooperative Lunch
room Association will buy its own food.
hire its own cooks and helpers and
run its own business in detail. 1t Will
be an interesting thing to watch. this
first restaurant of employees In q great
department of the government of the
United States. If it fulf1ils what it
seems that it cannot avoid. glimpsins
it at this stage. the director and his
earnest confederateS anticipate the adj
vent of similar movements in other de-
partmentS.