The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-28

steatby revolution. Last
= year it was Russia that
took us unawares, and now it is
New York. Overnight, without a
word of warning, or q hitch in the
plans, New York overthrow an
autocracy more terrible than that
Of the Romanoff or Hohenzollern;
in a word, the foot of the Cook is
no longer planted upon the neck Of
Gotham.
Money, organization and q very
genuine patriotism accomplished
the newer freedom. And now
other cities are asking, 'If New
York is free, why should we be
enslaved?"
Keep the Home Fires Burning.
"The American Cooked Food
Service" has agreed to keep the
home fires burning" when for a
time it looked as if a lack Of cooks
would put them out.
Let is be said at the beginning
that THE American Cooked Food
Service" is not a charity, neither
is it a purely commercial enter
prise. The maximum limit of 6
per cent has been placed upon the
earning power Of the capital, so
that, while the entire movement is
on a sound financial basis, it can
not be exploited for personal gain.
The enterprise was started by
a group Of real patriots who real
lied that to win the war thrift and
frugality must prevail in the
kitchens Of the country, and that
the best way to bring this about
was by cooperation from a CEN
trail kitchen.
The economy effected in whole
sale buying, reduction in fue!
costs, service, and waste offset the
cost Of the motor delivery service
which is included in the price
charged for meals. The scheme
has the personal Endorsement of
Herbert Hoover.
A Substantial List Of Officers.
The president is Miss Jessie H.
Bancroft and the vice president
is Adolph Lewisohn; secretary,
Mrs. William G. Smaller; treas
urer, DR.. Belle J. Macdonald;
Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee and
Mrs. Edgerton l.. Winthrop, jr.
On the consulting board are Her
bert H. Satterlee, DR.. S. Jose
phine Baker, director of child by
giene, Department OF Health: DR..
Harvey Dwight Chaplin, Mon
signor Lavelle, Of St. Patrick's
Cathedral; Mrs. Lorillard Spen-
GER, and a SCOPE Of others equally
we'll known.
Unlike the Russian revolution
Of a year ago, there is no Keren-
sky-Trotsky-Lenine ''in again, out
again, back again, Dunegan" bust
ness about such sponsors. A Ro-
manoffless Russia may wobble
for awhile, but d cookless New
York, with the foregoing names
signed up as the godparents, is
assurance enough for the average
housekeeper who has been trying
to run an individual kitchen since
the war began.
Let the munition plants and the
Government departments, with
their rich, succulent scrubships,
sing sirens songs to our domes-
tics. II only Mr.. Hoover will in
duce the American Cooked Food
Service" to extend its field to
overworked. overcrowded Wash
ington, in the melting language of
the agony column, "all viii be for
given"
Wonderfully Cheap Meals.
The dinner menus range from So
to 90 cents TO $1.0O, depending on
the extent and the degree you
coddle your appetite. While for
luncheon you may choose a meal
at %. 35, or so cents.
n you are one Of the cookies
emancipated, a highly esthetic
lavender motor stops at your door
at 1880 and the neatly uniformed
driver deposits. in regular ice
cream freezer fashion. two thermos-
like containers. One OF pale Law
ender to match the wagon, is lock-
ed by a patent arrangement. Open
ed It displays a series Of shining
aluminium holders, fitted together
without a Granny Of waste space,
and clamped together with an air
tight top.
Let rash extravaganza claim US
for once, we'll go as far as We can