The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-10-19

The United States Food Administration has
issued the following general orders governing
the operations of all public eating places. de-
fined to include hotels, restaurants, boarding
houses, clubs, dining cars, steamships, and all
places where cooked food is sold to be con-
sumed on the premises. These orders become
effective October 81 1918.
It has not been deemed advisable or necessary
at the present time actually to license the oper-
alton Of such eating places but in cases where
the patriotic cooperation of such public eating
places cannot be secured by other means, the
United States Food Administration will not
hesitate to obtain compliance with it's orders
through it's control of the distribution Of sugar,
-four and other food supplies; in other words,
supplies will be withdrawn.
failure to conform to any Of the following
orders will be regarded as wasteful practice
forbidden by Section Four Of the Food Control
Act Of August 10, 1917.
l. No public eating place shall serve or per-
NIT to be served any bread or other 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 more than four ounces
Of other bread (such as corn bread mullins,
Boston brown bread, etc. Sandwiches
bread served at boarding camps and rye bread
are excepted.
g. No public eating place shall serve or per-
NIT to be served bread or toast as a garniture
or under meat.
3. No public eating place shall allow any
bread to be brought to the table until after the
first course is served
f. No public eating-p place shall serve or per-
NIT to be served to one patron at any one meal
more than one kind Of meat. For the purpose
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ing beef, mutton, pork, poultry, and any by
products thereof
5. No public eating place shall serve or per-
NIT to be served any bacon as garniture.
6. No public eating place shall serve or per-
nit to be served to any one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce of butter
Z. No public eating place shall serve per-
NIT to be served toany one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce of cheddar, COM
monty called American cheese
g. No public eating-pla shall use or per-
nit the of the sugar bowl on the table or
lunch counter. Nor shall any public eating
place serve sugar permit it to be served un-
less the guest so requests and in no event shall
the amount served to any one person at any one
meal exceed one teaspoonful or it's equivalent
9. No public eating place shall use or permit
the use Of an amount Of sugar in excess Of two
pounds for every ninety meals served, including
all uses Of sugar on the table and in cooking,
excepting such sugar as may be allotted by the
federal food administrators to hotels holding
bakery license. No sugar allotted for this spe-
cial baking purpose shall be used for any other
purpose.
10. 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
IL. No public eating place shall display or
permit to be displayed food on it's premises in
any such manner as may cause it's deterioration
so that it cannot be used for human consump-
ton.
r. No public eating place shall serve or per-
NIT to be served what is known as double cream
or cream de luxe; and, in any event. no cream
containing over 20 per cent of butter fat shall
be served