The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-17
REGULATIONS FOR ALL
PUBLIC EATING PLACES

Drastic Regulations, effective on
Monday, October 81, have been an
nounced for the public eating places
by the United States Food Admins
tration. This program is a part of
the general conservation program of
the nation, issued by the food adj
ADMINISTRATION in order to carry out the
pledge Of Herbert Hoover to supply
our allies during the coming year
with nearly 100000 tons more Of
essential food stuffs.
| For the purpose of enforcing these
regulations, public eating places shall
be defined to include all hotels, res
taurants, boarding houses, clubs,
dining cars and steamships and all
places where cooked foods are to be
consumed on the premises. The regu-
lations apply to all included in this
definition Of public eating places,
whether licensed or not. the food
administration, under its general
control over sugar, flour and other
supplies, having full power to enforce
the regulations.
No public eating places shall serve
any bakery product which does not
contain at least 20 per cent Of wheat
flour substitutes nor shall it serve or
permit to be served more than two
ounces Of this bread, known as
Victory Bread, or if no Victory
Bread" is served, not more than four
ounces of other breads. No public
eating place shall serve bread OF
toast as garniture, or under meat.
No public eating place shall allow
any bread to be brought to the table
until after the first course is served,
nor shall there be served to any per-
son at any one meal more than one
kind Of meat. For the purpose Of
this rule, meat shall be considered as
including beef, mutton, pork, poultry,
and by-products thereof, No bacon
shall be served as garniture. No
patron shall be served at any one
meal be served more than one-half
butter, nor shall any patron at any
meal be served more than onehalf
ounce Of cheddar or American cheese.
The regulation forbidding the use
of sugar bowls on tables or of more
than one teaspoon per person per
meal is continued unchanged; nor
shall any public eating place permit
to be used more than two pounds Of
sugar per 80 meals, except such
sugar as may be allotted to hotels
as licensed bakeries.
No public eating place shall burn
any food or permit any food to be
burned, and all waste shall be saved
to feed animals or reduced to obtain
fats. No public eating place shall
be allowed to display food on its
premises in such manner as to cause
its deterioration.
Nor shall any public eating place
serve cream de luxe, and in any
event no cream containing over 20
per cent of butter fat shall be served.
Ice economy must be practiced in
every possible way.
No bread and butter shall be seIv-
ed unless the guest specifically re-
quests it. Rolls must not weigh over
one ounce each. Luncheons and BAN
quets of elaborate menus must be
eliminated. All so-called general bills
used in hotels, one for breakfast,
one for luncheon and one for dinner,
should be arranged, all with a limit
ed by the Department of Agriculture
from day to day.
Where table d'hote meals are serv-
ed the bills of fare should be limited
TO as few courses as possible, and
orders from t;<se meals should be
in writing. No candies should be
served after meals nor should any
cakes be iced with cane of beet
sugar.
H. A. MORGAN,
State Food Administrator.