Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-21
Cheap School, Lunches

IN" movement TO ed chj,drer :.
school originated in Fc,,nd ana 80
I credit for initiating al deyelopi,r {,
belongs to the medical 'ofcssion. Er-
.'minins physicians, culoved bv tho
Hritis!i army became arned =, 49,,
rapid increase Of rcjcctns. and ON in.
'SuS"N"h arrived at he conclusion
mat most OF the trouble ,,ld he ,r.cod
|" insufficient and impipcr nouri.b-
hcht during childhood Tho povcr,,
hcht Then looked at the 'nicultv ss ,
4 menace to national dctac and IN.
stalled lunch service. ,hcrc ,,.ad,
children could he led at pljic cxnersc
III America the movcnentbcran as
preventive measure In Finland il was
designed 10 remedy n sociadiso.s. a.
ready rooted. But this coury saw j.,
IL an opportunity TO forcsia a nossihlr
alStase. and 1t lost no timtin follow.
ing England's example, an inciden,
ally Improving upon it,
New YORK was first aro,ed tn fine
hccH OF proper nourishmen for some
o, us school children in ,o7. when
Alarming statements appear I'm ,bc
papefs mat thousands of chiireu wcnt
10 school each day without uouph In
. taN' investigation showed 10 state
hehts 10 be true. and the Sw York
schooi lunch committee was t,med as
Il "r"'tn OF an association foIthe i'm
proVemc"t Of the condition OF 10 moor
In one school an experiment wa START
ea bE serving soup. sandwiche md
d!ngS and cocoa, but each child,ad IN
buy bowl of soup before he con- buy
any or the other dishes 1t wa Sow
from the start that the lunches .ould
nave 10 be made very cheap and a,ra,-
i've IN order to compete with THIN.
pure. unnutriiivc and sometimes INV
"a rod ~
about the schools and tempted the Iii
"'ch with their brightly painted CTS
ana httractiNcly displayed goods
me uniform charge for every disI;s
! cent ana, In cooperation with che,
: ISIS at Cornell University, list n
! dlsl!es mas been selected which makest
possible for children to get from an
to 500 Galleries for,3 cents. tho avs.. ~
price OF lunch. \ lunch consistj,r :,
vegetable soup. an egg sandwich ami
rice pudding may he obtained br
cents. In England only the noot ars
ailowcd 10 buy school lunches. butth;s
! system is contrary TO democratic rim
cipies, and In New York no restritiop
has ever been placed on the seIli,r
3! iunches In addition to the great.,ra
exercised III selecting and prenain
these lunches. racial tastes and &c
helous scruples have 10 be met. rha
great number OF races represented, In
the schools makes ii impossible to 90
icct different lunch for each, but thee
general groups have been formed: III
ian. Jewish and American. The tall
chlidren get food to which they bne
bcen accustomed at home. The Jewih
children arc provided with kosher fod
inspected by rabbi and made To cor
ply with the restrictions Of tho Tai
mudic code And the American childre,
are served with home dishes. Accord
ing TO report issued by the heaItI
board. the lunches are now served i,
twenty schools. Last spring term 1910
.s' portions were served at n cost {,
the children of S12.+94.S9. But the nor
tons cost about 3 cents each, whic,
would be alarming were 1t not for IN,
fact that New York woman, Mrs. EHz
abeth Milbank Anderson, has set aside ;
fund from which the income Is ,are,
enough TO meet n much greater dcfcit