St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-08
PARISH DADS START
BALL ROLLING FOR
MUNICIPAL KITCHEN
Police Jury Hearkens to Request for
Aid for Enterprise and Comes
Across With $3.50
KEYNOTE OF THE APPEAL,
"PREsERvE THE GREAT WASTE"
Mrs. DietIein to Lead Local Movement
and Housewives League Formed
in Order That Success VIII
Crown the Effort

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Following the announcement in
last Saturdays issue of The Clarion
that a municipal kitchen would he
started in Opelousas, a meeting was
held Monday of this week at Red
Cross headquarters for the purpose Of
launching the Housewives / eague Of
st. Landry Parish"
Those who assembled at the Red
Cross headquarters Wera Mr. E NJ
Boagni, president OF the parish coun.
Gil of defense, promoter of the inno-
walton; Mrs. F. ]. Diettein, Mrs. j.,
p. Saizan, Mrs. John Green, Mrs Mary
B. Giesen, Mrs. H. b. Edwards, Miss
Gertrude sandoz and Mr.. A. c.. Jones,
superintendent of the sccal electric
light plant.
Mr.. Boagni explained the object and
purposes Of the meeting, to create a
municipal kitchen in Opelousas. TO be
4lf
would be easily accessible, in which.
Mrs. Mary B. Giesen would demon
strate and have experts as her assist
ants from time to time, When this
kitchen was actually put in going the,
public would be notified as to the days
demonstration in various lines of
Ct -
cooking, ETC., would be made.
Continuing. Mr.. Boagni said that as
our food supply became scarcer it
would be necessary to find new ways
to save what we have heretofore
wasted, and in order to do that we
must discover new ways in which to
prepare the great number of things
which we have always thrown away.
He advocated the spreading this gos-
pei of conservation of food and the
prevention of waste.
Mrs, Giesen, who has played a
prominent part already in the teach
ing of the young people how to grow
and acn products Of the garden and
field, told OF this work in other places
and said further that there was won
derful possibilities in the line in St.
Landry. There was not scarcity OF
food here, said Mrs. Giesen, but there
was great waste, and it was the OBJ
ject of the organization perfected at
this meeting to utilize this waste.
The members must obligate them.
selves to follow the governments In
structions and send in a report Of
what had been accomplished.
The small fee OF twenty-five cents
will be the dues Of the members OF
the new organization which was
formed under the name of st. Landry
Parish Housewives League, with Mrs.
Dietlein as chairman: Miss Gertrude
Sandoz as vice chairman and Mrs. ].
r. Saizan as secretary and treasurer.
A building will be equipped SO that
everything will move smoothly once
the new machinery has been put in
motion. Mr.. A. G. Jones of the muni-
cipaI electric light plant will later on
give an estimate Of the cost OF putting
in the required electrical fixtures for
cooking stoves, etc.
1t was decided at the organization
meeting to appeal to the police jury,
the city council and private individ-
uaIs for contributions of money to
help the good work along. To that
end a committee was appointed to ap-
pear before the police jury, then in
session, and request its financial aid
Mr.. Boagni addressed the jury on
the subject in hand. stating that
money is only needed to procure what
van need. He told the jury what the
committee wanted with the requested
donation and the great good the mu-
nicipaI kitchen wuuld accomplish
here Food was plentiful. Mr.. Boagni
said. but ii was being wasted. Do
something to prevent this waste, he
continued. He saw the shadow Of
famine looming over the land and
urged the jury to consider their ap-
peal.
DIR. Pavy. president of the jury,
said the move met with his hearty
approval and that anything tending
to alleviate want and suffering and as
for himself he was willing to go the
limit within the jury's power.
Mr.. CatIett OF the fourth ward, in
moving that a donation be granted,