Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20

twenty-five thousand persons BUY their
three meals a day In Phil ldelphias popular
priced hotels and restaurants. Ten thou
SAND others. who have breakfast and dinner
or supper at home, get one meal day-at
noon--in these places About. three thousand
drop IN at night for some sort of Il lunch.
That means that approximately sS,oov
meals day are served in these establish
Places to eat may be placed ~ three
groups--irst aud second class, popular
lriced and cheap.
Inc problem OF food conservation TO the
end that the Allied nations may win the
war against the German autorracy is
comparatively simple in the first and Sec
ones 1t is difficult and In the cheap ones
1t Is extremely difficult. The reason Of
this Is not far to seek. 70 n large NUM-
Der OF readers 1t Is obvious. The man
who customarly has six suits of clothes
on hand can cut his clothes supply In two
more easily than the man who has only
two suits. It is difficult, though not inn
possible, for the man with two suits to
cut his clothes supply In two. but what
can the man who never has but one suit
do" Two boys ~ a melon patch win
get away with tWcuty-four melons easily
enough by taking only the heart out uf
each. If removed from the patch and
required to buy their melons with money
earned by selling newspapers, they will
| greatly reduce their melon consumption
| they will reduce 1t far more than the lad
| who has always bought his melons with
| money he had to earn.
| Patrons Of the first and second-class eat
| ing places are very much like the boys In
| the melon patch; those of the popular
| priced places are in comparison somewhat
| like the boy who has always bought his
melons and worked and planned hard for
| the money to buy them. The rich man.
| the high liver, the lavish and luxurious Nv
! err can save more because he has more 10
| start out with. The fortunes of birth ana
| environment have much to do in determin-
| ing what are neCessarieS and what are
| luxuries. A man brought up on chuck
| and corned beef and cabbage Is apt TO
| consider the man who has to have ten
! derloin AS inexcusably extravaganza. Yet
| some one else might call the corned beer
| and cabbage eater extravagant because
| life can be sustained by bread and water
| Il is pretty generally agreed, however,
/ that those that have lived the most lar-
| ishly and luxuriously now can and ought
| TO save the most food
| The saving of butter in the popular-priced
| eating places amounts to approximately 20
| per cent or 2000 pounds. II Is accomplished
| by the same general method that rs en-
| . Dyed by the first and second class hotels
| and restaurants--simply by making 1t IN
| convenient for the patron to get as much
| as he had before. one piece OF putter'
Weighing about a thirty-second of a pound
| is served and no more Is gwen unless tne
| guest asks for IT, Sometimes two pieces are
! served lust as before, but the pieces are not
| SO large as before. Guests, OF course, ob.
| served the butter reduction and commented
| upon II. The patriotic explanation was SUI
| ficent for most Of them. though an neon
| sequential few said in substances prefer
| to do my own deciding about conservation
| In, for what | want to eat ana
| want it," In such instances there Is pu'
one thing for the management to do; GIVE
the man what he's paying for and asks tor
But the man who when ne Is pia',ls
asked can't give up little butter Tor ths
country for which other men are giving w
b,ood-that man is as scarce as you wonlo
eypect him to be in Philadelphia, II you are
II Philadclphian There may be something
wrong with our politics. but there 'sh
much wrong with our patriotism
The sugar saving is approximately ~ per
cent accomplished by removal OF loaf sugar
bowls from the tables and service or only
| two pieces of sugar with cup OF tea oi
| coffee The same method ~ employed bS
the more expensive places. Bowls Ior gran
| ulated or powdered sugar for cereals are
| not Glled, as before, but set on the tab'es
half or less than half full, giving the sug
pestion of scarcity. Again the psychologist
| cal effect is noticeable. with plenty oe
fore his eyes. a man eats more than VIII
| little before him, even though he must kho"
| there is more in the cupboard.
Walters are kept constantly warned
| against sugar waste.
The quantities Of sugar in all kinds OF
pastry have been reduced in moderation.
The total saving a day In sugar In these
popular priced eating places Is about 2ooV
| pounds
The meat saving is IN the neighborhood
of Is per cent. or 900 pounds lay In
| some places the 'meatless Tuesday" ]:
strictly observed, though in others the
absolute elimination Of meat for an entire
day is considered too severe an experfmen,
"a meat dishes are simply subordinated
tn vegetable dinners and egg dishes OF