Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
BRITAIN FINDS COMMUNAL
FEEDING IS ECONOMICAL
National Kitchens Arc Giving Public
More and Better Food at
Smaller Outlay.
MAY BE PERMANENT FEATURE
Lesson of War Times Shows Great
Waste in Effort and Material in
System of independent Cooking.
Scientific Methods in New Plan.

nn Il. y. T.. ROWE.
LONDON, October 2+-"Probabiy AZ
somcs future tins writes British
iievc. iha; each household in the
county, AHA its own separate market
ing. snyins small amounts of food from
cost price: that every hundred houses
in a street had each lis own fire for
cooking. and ihat At least 700 human
that could have been better prepared
by half :, dozen trained assistants.
M9S d. ms nr,m NAV Iro hal ihf ibs Hn"f IS
still! a considerable prejudice against
communal cooking. .fhc truth is that
We have ACQUIRED the habit OF being
wsstcful and prefer to live wastetully.
but il is equally true that can no
,[lonEer afford TO do SO. 10 beat Ger
habit-thc habit OF systematic econ
omy. The ncw eficienry-for it is
nothing else which The nations must
learn.d does not consist or mere frugal
~ Frusality though necessary. is a
wiser and wider productivity. a wiser
as we'll as more sparine use of what is
produced. and the elimination OF waste
problem the British Ministry Of Food.
in connection with the British Board
OF Agriculture. is a, work TO an ex-
tent which is not generally recognized
OF its many activities the system Of
national Kitchens which is now being
tested is an interesting example
COMMUNAL FEEDING.
WOULD ELIMINATE WASTE
II the BritiGh nation were Obliged
10 live on halt it's present amount OF
food. tthcrc Is NO doubt that the most
effective and economic method by which
this gould hc accomplished would he
by the. compulsory substitution OF com
munal feeding for every other form of
supply In such an extreme case, which.
though never likely to arise, cannot
be dismissed from the domain OF pos
sibility, ii is even probable tina. COM
munaf feeding would prove the only |
soIutlon. The Importance, therefore. |
OF establishing national kitchens in |!
large snunrbcrS can hardly he ovcr-cS- |
timated at the present time
BY the vast majority who have not |
seen TINS system a, work its value may
not surprising. for till lately. the com
munai Kitchen was merely a name to |
most fpeople. and few are quick to
idea. 1.-The picture in the mind OF many
is pethaps of huge government res
tauraHts, of multitudes Of attendants.
Of an, atmosphere OF ciaidom and
red tape; the whole yielding the UNI
Fn PIE Sa IMPRESSION of people being
anyone who takes the trouble to visit !
an existing national kitchen. TO out
nne the system ana eXpi lain the need |
Tor IT. is all that can be attempted |
here.
TheIwas,e of food that goes on nor
mallytin this and in every other :"un-
but par,ly a, least among the poorer
classes, to less prev cntablc causes
The house wife who does her own
arkctins and cooking has. especially
In these days, neither sufficient time
: and opportunity for the former nor
sufficient time and knowledge for the
and economy '"'N't'''
o. x Tha, labor in general should be
90 That. there being shortage OF
supplies, the nutritive values Of the
various foodstuffs should be scicnti- |
neatly considered. so as to make tho
. possible little" do the service of the
A'impossiblc much"
n CD That. as a corrollary OF the fore
I Y which culinary science is capable !
the iopd thereby retaining it's utmost
>Auirin.ent and being made dieestible |
and appcitzins.
MIST CONDUCT CU0KINt:
OPERATION ON LARGE SCALE
Eu' for the achievement OF all and
eacn OF these ends il il necessary that
large scale; The single house system
increases labor enormously. bcr,l,s,. !
IL Iends to produce more retailers and
whole. OF the housewives time. II sbc
Is 10 DO her JOB properly. lncidentaiiy
l NOD cooking means that one per
son is doing perhaps for six what in
commune! cooking APT pcYSon does FOR
stA, or ". Th!F j.. ~ 'cxaggera,ion.
as as. NJ la he found BY anyone VII" takes
work OF i national Kitchen
W IN regard TO point e., ii is Obvious
, ,a n ayeras" housewife has not
&c &c. = no" Esdge !" deal with the nutri-
IRE value OF food Substances WIN
y 20 P'ih' ~. i Is unfortunately
~ iHeont. stable fact that nritish
t@In!iy cooking. iu POOR househo,d. IN
70 SL'trf. li an extreme degree
rr.r ol S"lll and technical pro