The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
HOT DISHES
FOR THE KIDS
At SCHOOL
Both in Country and City Are
Described in a Bulletin Is
!. sued by Department.

WASHINGTON. March 25.-In the
belief that a hot dish at noon, II only
bowl or milk soup or cup OF good
cocoa, is highly important to school
children, many schools throughout the
country are either supplying reg
tilar hot luncheon to school children,
1riare providing single hot dish with
which the children coming from dis
lance can supplement the cold food in
their lunch baskets. In most cases the
children bring money with them and
buy the dishes at cost price. Those
in charge Of the lunch room see to Il
that nothing 10 for sale that would be
hurtful to the children, and direct
them in their purchases so that they
VIII not buy merely sweets or pastry.
This oVercomes the danger of the
ehtld'a spending his money unwisely
or patroniaing an insanitAry shop.
Bills of Fare....,..li
To assist schools wishing to under
take this desirable activity, either
through teachers or groups OF CO.
operating mothers, the home eeonom-
les specialists of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, in Farmers
Bulletin No. 712, suggest the following
economical and easily-prepared bills
of fare, for the school lunch;
]. Vegetaille -nlil IL y coup, } crackers,
rolls, fruit, plain cake.
2. Meat and vegetable stew, bread
and butter, sweet chocolate. las
3. Boiled ,Olistard, lettuce sand
witches, fruit cookies. * sfy
4. Dried Goldfish ichowder, crackers,
fruit, maple-sugar sandwiches
5. Bean soup, crackers; baked APP
pies, sponge cake. I y 81
IN addition the school can serve hot
cocoa, cooked fruits, berries and liquid
or other foods which IL Ia difficult to
carry in baskets. Almost any school
by the tise OF paper cups can make
good milk available to children at
noon. The school can also place on
sale good simple cookies, zwieback, or
crackers supplied from the outside.
Equipment Needed. IN saD
AS, the serving Of an entire luncheon
calls for considerable equipment and
dish washing, many country schools
will find 1t easier toisupply simply one
hot dish, O cup of cocoa, or a glass OF
good milk. The milk could easily be
provided through arrangements with
parents or nearby farmers and Is parL
ucularly useful to children lii warm
weather when it is impracticable for
them to bring bottles Of milk in their
baskets. y az -. so ss.h z
In a number Of city schools the
pupils are provided with trays and
help themselves TO foods placed on a
counter. AT the end OF the meal they
return the trays and dishes and thus
reduce the amount OF help required.
In some large cities a trained super
visor is emp oyed to regulate all the
public school lunch rooms. In other
schools the preparation OF lunch, Is
made practical exercise for, classes
in cooking and domestic science. Is
1t is In the small country schools
with only one teacher. however, that
the midday. meal presents the most
difficult problems. Only a teacher
with ingenuity and enthuslasmif for her
work can carry out the plan, and even
with such a teacher the active Cos
operation Of parents is highly import
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