Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10

WASHINGTON, November 6..-De-
licious. Wholesome. broad. ut 61-2 cents
a loaf. In now being made by Wash
inGton housewives. under tho direction
OF Il community war kitchen. It's q
TACT. Every morning from twenty
1--we to nifty women assemble in neat.
whttewashed basement in one OF the
city's most fashionable sections End
mako their own bread.
Ono morning they come and make
their own yeast. For z cents they can
make enough yeast to raise twenty
ioaves of bread. The next morning
they come and set the sponge, using
the yeast made the day before. Then
they 60 downtown to shop or go to
movie. or sometimes they go home
TO attend to other household duties
five hours later they return, and. be-
hold, the sponge has risen dutifully
They bake their bread. After which
they pay 10 cents to the director Of
the Kitchen and walk home. Ia Ban
jamin Franklin, loaf Of bread under
each arm.
1t is novel deaths war Kitchen
whero women are taught how to cook
correctly and economically-and ono
city in the United States. The food
administration. the food controller Of
The District OF Columbia. and n num-
Der OF entcrprising Washington women
arc responsible for It. Last summer:
the schools were thrown open to wom-
en- Tor canning purposes. Housewives
who were willing to conserve fresh
vegetables and fruit. but did not know
how. were told to bring their materials
10 the schools and do their work there
under the supervision of domestic sci
ence teachers.
Plan Works Well.
The plan worked we'll. Women who
complained that they could make moth
ing out Of the cold pack method as ex-
pia'nea IN tho pamphlets. made ex-
ceiient progress when actually shown
how by practical demonstration. The
r CT demonstration sometimes
proved that the pamphlets were wrong
FOR example. II was found that while
mo recipe Tor canned tomatoes called
ior an eighteen-minutep period OF steril-
ization. the actual time required for
steriiizinE tomatoes was Twenty-Five
minutes. 1t was then that a Few wo,n-
en- began to conceive tho idea of a
community Kitchen. which would teach
housewives to save other things be.
sides fresh fruits and vegetables.
The food administration called upon
tne women of tho country to save
wheat by using less white flour. Rec
ipes Tor potato bread. corn bread.
"hoie- wheat bread, rye bread-every
KIND or bread. except white breuL-
we're sent abroad and the food au
thorities expected 10 see the use OF
white flour considerably cut down. Rut
nothing OF the kind happened. The
women OF the nation, otherwise patri
otic went right on using the kind OF
hour they had always used
The local food administration wa.
pained and disappointed. Members
smiled sarcastically every time they
saw woman with a knitting bag
which was very often. Just as thoy
were at the point Of complete disiI.
iuAiohment concerning the patriotism
or the fair sex. they received n cali
from 4 certain Mrs Wilcox, an ener.
Setic blond lady OF the Emma McChea.
neY type. who made a strong pIea ror
me stubborn American housewives.
what do you expect?" she asked In
some Indignation. These women have
peen using white flour all their lives
MOST or them do not believe that bread
can De made with anything else Now
the thing to do Is to show them thar
It can" '"'
SO Mrs. Wilcox is now showing tho
housewives OF Washington. assisted bv
couple OF lomestic-science erner,s
, VINO arc volunteering their services
Inc food administration is footing the
Dill somewhat reluctantly. in n. much
as the idea Is something 81 an exporI
ment. The Liberty War Kitchen. az 4,
Is called. opened three weeks aco. with