Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23

lated sugar is still served in bowls and the
patrons help themselves as literally as ever
PASTRIES are not. quite so sweet as they
were. Icing or frosting for cakes is dis
pensed with. There have been MANY COM
plants, particularly from persons who like
coffee cake with icing. They generally sub
init gracefully or with a little mutterint
when told this is part of food conservation
People like sugar. 1t is not only the
women. whose heads are popularlv sun
posed to be full Of sweet teeth" who want
sugar Men are very fond Of it, Some
restaurants print on their menus requests
10 use sugar Sparingly and some even go
so far as to have such requests printed
on little slips of paper which are nasted
on sugar bowls or even stuck into the sugar
ltseli.. But even then there is little re-
duction In the use of sugar The sugar
Saving IN the cheap places is around 1000
pounds. 'O'
The Meatless DAYS
Ihe reduction of meat CONSUMPTION does
not exceed 10 per cent. Some establishments
nave accomplished a reduction of lG per
cent by observing "meatless Tuesday" and
taking the risk of losing patrons Thev
have lost Them too Their records show n
loss OF from to 10 per cent in patrona ge
on the meatless days, but they don't care
Ihey are part of big institution that is
very prosperous and is willing to stand this
small loss The patrons do not stay away
They come back next day. They simply go
elsewhere for meat
Most OF the cheap places. however, virtu-
ally ignore "meatless Tuesday" They have
Few more meatless dishes en- the menus
put plenty OF meat dishes are found and
eaten. The competition is keener among
the cheap places. They are eager for the
business OF the masses and very few of
them are brave enough to chance offending
customers by eliminating meat Their
customers too, are more largely meat
a
heavy work and want lot of heavy food
Many or them eat beef three times a day
something very few stenographers or book
keepers could do
Ihe saving OF meat in the cheap places
Is about 1900 pounds. The reduction in
wheat consumption is not more than nor
cent Some places have dared TO observe
wheatless Wednesday," reducing their own
consumption about 16 per cent. but the
vast majority of them have done nothing
oi .ne sort In this. as in other things, they
wont care risk losing business They would
be willing to serve absolutely no wheat eo,,r
product on Wednesday If they were. abso-
iuteiy assured that no other eating Mace
IN town would serve any, A hard ana
iast agreement is needed The conserva-
~ on 'nihs shouid be brought right down
10 the people A situation should be created
IN which nobody would enter the door of a
restaurant on Wednesday unless tbere were
a sign over 1t that said: "''e
No Wheat Served Here Today
ana then situation should be creatod
IN which on Tuesday there would he onI,,
vacant tao'es in places where there was
no sign reading: was
No Meat Served Here Today
the notion that going without meat for
DAY a week or going without wheat yor
day week is a real hardship Is non
sensical and worse. 1t is childish and bah,,-
ISM Any nation that can't go without meat
Tor twenty-four hours elegantly deserves to
be conquered and crushed and wped off
the lace OF the earth by Germany.
Muffin Sales Fall Off
certain quantity OF rye bread is eaten
In the cheap places. So are graham and
corn bread or corn mullins. But there 10
little more eaten than formerly. In some
places they look at you as II you were son,s
curious exhibit in museum il you ask for
| rye bread. wv "sN ior
| In some places corn mullins have aIwavs
peen popular. The price has been adva ncsd
slightly. You used to get two for a nickel .
now you get three for dime. So tha sales
OF corn muffina have fallen on This attn
alton resuits from the Increasing prise oe
corn oouy and neal ~ y = -
Hhs btg hotels en1 res(aa,ra11s IN s,nu~h,,