Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
\ CARCELY had the amazing
= growth Of war structures
y sprung into life and action in

~ n sprung into life and action in
q Warrington than the govern
ynent. ito watchful aye divining the un-
hpoken Housekeeping needs Of hundreds
{. Of alien workers. concerned itself with
the immediate establishment at conven-
tent intervals Of clean. wsll-equipped
eating places. at each Of which food
could b. obtained quickly. and prices
that even the humblest salary might not
be taxed in supplying adequate nourish-
ment to the elmer man."
This was a. tremendous task, one
Involving thought. experience. ADJUST
mont and readjustnent. its first step
naturally being the certainty OF rapid
service with all possible elimination
OF expense. The result was the
adoption on . huge scale OF the now
familiar Cafeteria" the idea Of a
California woman, who. exasperated
sver her interminable delays in res
people couldn't wait on themselves"
Her modest trial proved sufficiently
convincing. Remembering her own
eft-repeated Irritation, she specialized
on neatness and speed, and thus rapidly
the development of her idea. as shown
~ WRshington's governmental cafe
tefias alone, Is doubtless far beyond
her widest dreams.
q ~
The words correct pronunciation, by
the way, is caf-e-te-ree-ah, it having
come to US in its present form from
the italian. The French term. cafe
{ tiere. is. Of course, very similar, and
it, meaning Identical As regards
the meaning, that originally referred
only to q receptacle in which coffee
And other beverages are prepared.
it, definition shifting later to the
name Of q place where coffee and
other beverages are dispensed. 1t re-
fnained for America to accent and de-
Ane the word to suit herself. q lib
Arty she has taken before In her bor-
rowings from foreign tongues. and Is
liksiy to take again.
Universal opinion has pronounced
the governments cafeterias excellent.
Literally thousands Of everyday eat
ers are not poor judges. nor will they
tong put up with what meets their
~ossers. sn masss. have Sa locked ss II
Ayer-growing numbers to the food
stations provided speaks for itself.
To the onlooker each Of these cafe
terlA0 t6 conducted after tho manner
Ok the others. In truth. their scheme
Of management is quite different,
those to which this article pertains
being divided into the following ave
ciAsSAs:
The cooperative, furnished and
equipped wholly or in part by gov
ernment employees, sometimes with
governmental assistance. good exam
pies OF which are the bureau Of en-
craving and printing and the t<y post
ofsce.
The government owned and govern
ment operated. also government
equipped. like the war trade and the
food and fuel administrations.
The governm emit equipped and pri-
yately operated. such as those most
Apacious OF all government eating
organizations, where gather the huge
STATS from the ordinance. the new
Library Of Congress.
Those established for governmental
pse. but equipped by an outside organ
trative Of which Is Corcoran Courts,
the Navy League having put it into
action at a cost. 1t is said, of 5000
Again, those which are government
used. indeed were government request
ystely operated. shining examples Of
which are the "Quartermaster," Of poor
exterior. but 80 promising within, and
found in the roomy, flag-hung base
Snsnt Of the Interior building.
In passing. II is but justice to men