Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-15
GET GOOD MEAL
FOR IA Cents
American Soldiers and Sailors
Well Cared For by Y. M. c. A.
in London.
BOYS LONG FOR HOME EATS
Eagle Hut Represents Last Word In
Economical Eating in British Capl.
tal-Menu Shows Great vari.
ETY. Of Dishes.

London.-Fourteen cents for a sat
isfying meal. Twenty-Five cents for
superlatively filling repast. These
prices reveal that the high cost Of eat.
ing should have no terrOrs to the
American soldier or sailor ION his
own" in London. 1t represents that
last word in economical eating even
for the English capital, where prices
are uniformly moderate. Even the big
ger public eating places, where large
turnover allows a low charge, the low.
est price charged for modest meal
Is tenpence-2O cents, while the meal
which costs the Yankee fighter shil.
ling costs the civilian as much as 30
cents.
Moreover, it Is American food. Not
every American boy in olive drab or
navy blue who lands in London has
literary tourists ambition to eat at the
Cheshire Cheese or the Blackfriars or
any of the other quaint inns made fa.
nous by Dickens or Thackeray. Many
of our fighters do not care for the pom
els, but ycarn for modern home eats.
Where King Ate Pancakes.
And they get 1t, at IA to 25 cents,
at Eagle Hut, the famous Y. NJ. c. A.
center where King George and Queen
Mary recently enjoyed pancakes Ia
American.
The 14-cent rate Is cheaper even
than that charged at the national mod
el kitchen, where threecOurse meal
of soup, beef and pudding costs 1S
cents Mrs. Arthur Coke Of London,
who makes out all the Hut menus, not
only meets all government require
monts, but sees to 1t that there Is prop
er and attractive variation In the
dishes from day to day. The food Is
plain, to be sure, but 1t oil Is of high
quality, and the portions show no
stntng.
Breakfast and supper each cost IA
cents. A breakfast consists Of cereal,
sausage or bacon, bread and tea.
recent supper consisted of sausage.
well done, thick slices Of bread with
butter, marmaade and tea. The same
food costs from 25 to 80 cents at the
West-en restaurants.
A typical shilling dinner includes
Scotch broth, stewed steak or cold
beef, potatoes, buttered beets, currant
pudding, bread tea or coffee. The
soups are not the dshwater type,
either, but of good stock. An Eagle
Hut shilling supper provides the
American fighter with meat pie con-
tanning more meat than crust, or sau-
sage, potatoes, jelly, bread and butter,
cake and tea or coffee. Commercial
eating places charge two or three
times this amount, often as high as S5
cents, within governmental restric-
tiOns.
Variety to Choose From.
The American soldier or sailor also
can choose from extra dishes at equal
ly low prices, a choice Of fish, pie, eggs
prepared in various ways, baked beans,
salads, fried onions, rice-and-marma-
lade, custards, jellles and other sweets
which are strangers to camp mess.
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are from two to six cents less than
the ordinary restaurant prices. In ad-
dition, this Is the one place where the
American boys can get that most typ
ical home delicacy, American pancakes
with maple sirup, which the king and
queen sampled recently. Twelve
cents buys brace Of cakes with ma
pie sirup and the first half-month's de-
mand for this favOrite tOtaled one or
more helpings for 6,124 men.
1t is no wonder then that Eagle Hut
feeds between 1000 and $500 Ameri-
can fighters daily, and that the noon
hour is continuous rush which taxes
to the uttermost the efforts of the
mattresses, all women who volunteer
their services and minister with smil
ing patience and friendliness to the
appreciative lads from the United
States.
Eagle Hut dispenses other cOmmodi-
ties, tobacco and candy topping the
list of favorites. A few Americans,
forgetting the many advantages and
economies found at the Hut have COM
planned that their favorite brands Of
American tobacco If at all obtainable,
cost them more than 1t did at home.
They did not know that there is a
high import duty on cigarettes and
prepared tobacco for pipes and "mak-
ings" nor that there Is home tax
which Is causing the English tObac-
tytc 70 fhat
Smoking imported tobacco in England
today really is luxury. The wise
stranger has given 1t up in favor of
the brands the English use.