The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-04

for one meat coupon, each voucher enti-
Ting the holder to meat meal Of not
less than two ounces. In this way it is
possible to procure six meat meals for
one meat coupon. A good substantial
lunch can be produced for a charge Of
one shilling, six pence approximately 30
cents).
The national restaurant is very popu-
lar with the shop workers, clerks and
business men in the vicinity of Fleet
street, the newspaper center Of London.
A queue starts forming a half hour be-
fore the doors open, and it was necessary
to remain in line about As minutes be-
fore being served. This is the only incon-
venience attached to the scheme, and
perhaps this may be overcome when more
restaurants are established.
"This first national restaurant has re-
ceived great deal of public attention.
The newspapers contain full account of
visit paid by the wife of the prime
minister, Mrs Lloyd George; the wife of
the minister of munitions, Mrs Church
Ill, and the wife of the food controller,
Mrs. Clynes, who took luncheon at the
restaurant and expressed great commen-
dation of the food and service The rush
OF patronage and the public attention
given to this restaurant have indicated
very clearly that there is need for many
of these restaurants to be established in
London and other cities of the United
Kingdom
Already hotels and restaurants have
naturally been considerably alarmed by
this development. The ministry of food
received a deputation of these interests,
but found that they had no definite pro-
gram. The object of the ministry of
food is to procure the cooperation of pri-
vate hotels and restaurants which they
would like to have adopt their methods.
Although there has been some protest of
the entry of the government into private
business, it does not appear likely that
this will amount to enough to check the
movement. The other alternative is that
the private establishments will have to
meet the national restaurant in quality
of food and prices, and in this the food
ministry stands ready to lend them all
the encouragement and give them every
possible assistance. If this results, it
probably viii be the greatest advantage
TO be derived from this government UNI
dertaking.
"The food ministry, however, is going
ahead with the establishment of more
restaurants Immediately The director of
national kitchens of the ministry of food,
c. +. Spencer, has already made definite
to establish four similar
restaurants in London and one in Leeds,
Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle on the
Tyne, Brighton, Cardiff, Birmingham and
Bristol Many appeals have also been
received from different parts of the coun-
try for the starting of similar restau-
rants in their communities. 1t is impos-
sible to say at present how far this UNI
dertaking viii extend, but it appears to
have been inaugurated with very great
success.
This movement has resulted from the
tendency of hotel and restaurant keepers
to fasten the burden Of food regulations
on their customers. This has resulted in
a special emergency need for something
to be done TO protect the interest of the
public during the war. The success, how
ever, of national kitchens and national
may have an ultimate effect
in showing the advantages of co.opera-
tive cooking and serving of food"