Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-16

HIhh ot hlAiy EhUonH capacity eACh.
Will be used, the plant supplying
both the coffee stand and tho dining
room Al the Coffoo stand. Just up-
pusite tho dining room entrance, cof-
Zee ana sandw lchcs will bo served
at all hours OF the day and night, cX -
cept when regular meals are being
served in the big tent Mr.. pickena.
who has had much experience at
other Confederate reunions, says this
feature Us a very popular one. much
appreciated by the VsteranB The
stand viii be kept busy all the time
hc Says. even at night Many OF the
old warriors do not retire at all. but
linger around the coffee urn and
swap yarns about their experience
In the '6OH Lots OF them, too, Will
be nervous and sleepless and stroll
out for "A cup OF coffee 20 soothe
their nerves, wrought to a high pitch
boy the excitement OF their annual
meeting. -.
A thousand pounds oSneat sounds
big, hut that rs what will be served
at the camp when beef Is on the biu
OF fare. From sixteen TO twenty big
roast pans will be necessary for this
work.
Involving no cooking but difficult
TO serve. Is the Item of one hundred
gallons Of canned fruit for each meal
where n sauce is provided. Nearly
all other Items the important Items
OF faro-will be served family style.
that lis, taken tp the table In large
dishes and then transferred 10 ihr
individual platcs. II Is not practical
bio 10 'scrve In courses under such
circumstances.
Sin Bread Cutters Busy.
Five or six people cutting bread
an 0f the time sounds exaggerated,
even for large crowd OF oaters but
that is what Mr. Picken1 says will
be necessary The demand OF the oc-
cssion viii bo about seven hundred
luayos meal Five hundred pounds
OF bacon viii be the probable quota
for breakfast. when that Item Is used
ia place cf ham and eggs. Bacon
will be cooked on blk 20-f6ot ranges,
using the tops OF the stoves aud tho
ovens TO boot Speaking OF eggs.
there viii be eggs, but they will be
scrambled eggs For 80 many people
10 bee served promptly II is out ~
tho question TO boil, Try or poach
eggs with immense pans. however,
eggs can be scrambled and served
hot
variety will be furnished by tho
introduction at "a meal or two OF
fish Instead ~ meat Mr. pickons
prefers red snapper for this emer-
Kcucy but N this cannot be secured
river catfish could be substituted.
Fish, he says iH always welcome on
the bin OF fare by the veterans.
Hclp az IN tcHmp will comprise
about two hundred people, divided
as follows. Walters $50, cooks l6
dishwashers. 10; pantry helpers 10,
vegetable cooks, Q, firemen. 4 silver
pantry girls. 10; timekeeper, head
waiter commisRary clerks, 2.
Erpcct Usual Crowd Here.
tisa matter Of speculation ~ TO
the number Of old soldiers this camp
viii be called on 10 feed However.
those men now I'm Tulsa who have
had much experience In reunion
work. ARE seemingly convinced that
the crowd al Tulsa will be much like
those of Little Rock, ChattRnoogn
and Jacksonville At the first meal
I'm Little Rock Mr Pickons fed near
ly 10000 men. and the number
hung around that figure the whole
three days A total NJ A3.2O0 meals
was served NJ the Chattanooga re-
union I'm 1913 In 1914, down at
Fla, about the same
of meals was served during
the three days Tho very lowest os-
tIrHfu thnt anybody makes Of the
number of meals to he served at
Tulsa ls around 1900 a. day. or
4200O Tor the week 10 may 10 far
beyond that number.
This man piCkeia has record
for feeding big crowds lie has
a fhn