Evening journal., 1917-11-07
WANT WAR MENUS
N CITY Restaurants
Food CT observation Takes Up
Subject With Eating
House Proprietors
MEATLESS, WHEATLESS
DAYS AT THE DUPONT

War menus I'm restaurants and eating
houses are likely TO follow a meeting
OF an the restaurant and cafe pro-
prletors with Josiah Marvel, acting d.
rector OF the food conservation cam
paign for Delaware. In his Office In the
dupont Building this afternoon.
Ihc success OF the food conservation
plan that has been in effect at the Hotel
DUPONT for "a month has been a revela-
ton to the managers OF eating houses,
and today these merchants expressed a
willingness to cooperate with the gov
eminent, II an the restaurants In the
city would agree not 20 serve their pa
irons meat and wheat bread or rolls on
certain days OF the week.
One Market street restaurant that has
q larre list OF patrons has been having
beefless Tuesdays for several weeks.
The proprietor said today that so far as
could be observed the patrons were
satisfied 10 order something else when
told that this new restriction was IN
accordance with the governments plan
10 have meatless days.
At the meeting this afternoon, Mr..
Marvel hopes to obtain the Views Of the
restaurant and cafe proprlotors rela-
/ tive 90 meatless and wheatless days.
| II all OF the leading eating and lunch
! house prOprietors Of the city Will agree
! 90 cooperate, fixing certain days, he
! believes the success Of the movement
! will be assured.
At hte Hotel dupont, meatless and
! wheatless days have been observed for
| a month. On the meatless days-Tues-
| days and Fridays-fsh and fowl are
| served The amount Of meat saved
on each OF the days Is Si5 pounds, ap-
/ pOrtiOned as follows: Beef, 6i4
| pounds; ham, 46 pounds; bacon, "
/ pounds; lamb, 43 pounds; veal, 40
/ pounds.
ON Wednesdays, no wheat bread or
rolls are served. In their place bread
and rolls made OF graham and rye flour
| and cOrnmeal are substituted.
/ At the beginning Of the war menus
| Manager TAFT instructed his subordl-
mates to report 10 him any complaints
that might be made by patrons Of the
/ dining room or grill. The result was a
surprise TO Manager TAFT, and also a
pleasure. Instead OF the patrons COM
/ planning about being refused meat and
wheat bread, they called for menus
served on those days at other times.
This appeared TO be proof that the
guests were not only in hearty sym
pathy with the Governments plan but
also were pleased with the manner in
which the chef had tried 20 please them
with substitutes.
/ Mr.. TAFT Is the vice-president for
Delaware and in charge Of the cam
paign for the State for the Hotel Mems
Association that Is working In co-oper0-
tion with the Government. He has for
warded pledge cards to all hotels ant
restaurant places in the state, but NJ
70 today had not received many re
sponses.
Encouraging reports were received Ia
day from Sussex county. Or. Franl
Grier in charge Of the campaign there
wrote Mr.. Marvel that Sussex count,
workers had taken a fresh start thi:
week with the food pledge cards, anc
that he had received many good report:
from various sections OF the county.
J Major NJ :. BOehm, the Canadian
officer who has seen years service on
the front in France. and who will
speak IN Grace NJ. F. Church tomorrow
night, has some very interesting details
TO stale OF how the American Cana
dlans) soldiers have proven their worth
along the battle lines OF the allies.
Major Boehm comes 90 this city under
the auspices OF the Rotary Club. who Is
dcfraying all Of the expenses attached
In the hopes that something he a..y
say. may arouse the citizens OF VIII
mington TO a fuller realization Of what
this war means TO this country, and IN
cidentally aid IN the Food Conservation
d campaign.