Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
SHORE HOTELMEN
ELIMINATE WHEAT
Chefs in Atlantic City Inns
Develop New War
Bread
MEET COST INCREASE
Eggs Are Used as Binder to Hold
Substitute Material
Together
AtIantlo city. AprIl 10.


Patriotic shore bonifaces went over
the top 100 per cent strong when Her
bert Eoover's propaganda for the entire
eliinination Of wheat from American
hotel menus until the new crop Of that
stan OF life comes into the market next
september became effective Throughout;
the country.
As result, shore hotel patrons are
going TO be served with the most ca
nensiye bread that ever has gone upon
The tables of the big and little caravan
saries here. Proceeding upon the theory
of AR. Hoover that wheat is a luNur"
for the well-to-do and a necessity for
those who labor for living. hotel bakers
VIII use eggs for binder in its place.
Barley. rye, bran and rice -four arc 90
70 into the new war bread for those
who never kick about tariffs in scashorc
hoktelries. The result is an exceedingly
paiatable sort OF muffin production that
toasts well and meets every reqYr"-
n,..A The fact that IL is 100 per cent
pat @cuc is not 80 EAST Of its COM
saendable qualities.
There were ;aose who for a time
thought that ho'elneu had contrected
for more than they could deliver when
they stood up and pledged themselves 10
Mr.. Hoover in Washington last month
absolutely to dispense with wheat
Judge White. Of the Marlborough Bleu-
helm, who is shortly to become food adj
ministrator for Atlantic City aud
county, said, ''They didn't see how We
wore going to produce a satisfactory
bread without the gluten quality OF
wheat TO serve 10 hold the substitute
iours together Some thought We ought
70 ask Mr.. Hoover TO modify his request
aud permit the hotels to adopt the
bakers formula.
"Instead Of doing that We continued 20
study the situation and confer from time
o time on progress. taking account Of
the fact that today was the time APP
pointed TO cease altogether the use Of
wheat in the hotels In order that great
itriotic purpose might be achieved
The result is all that we could have
oped for. We have developed war
read that meets every requirement. It
contains some corn, little barley, rye
and rice -four with eggs lots Of eggs, to
take the place Of gluten in wheat IN
binding IL together to prevent crunbling,
II Is more expensive than any bread we
ave ever produced. but it is wheatless
a Il enables us to keep the pledge
Visitors from every province iD
Hsnada and from many of the States of
GnlOn Sdtnpleu the litN war uItAN
lay and pronounced it good. Details
its manufacture were forwarded 70
siladelphia hotelmen through Admin
srator Fraser In that city last night
y kinds of corn breads also are beinS
wed in the hotels. The demand for
prning hot cakes IN restaurants has
creased so per cent III a few weeks.
IA double orders are called for by
aithy visitors who had aot tested Che
sEined lspjaclS for years
War cornbread Is revelation for
many of .he Canadians, some Of whom
lad never made it's acquaintance,
Atlantic City was officially declared
flfually free OF slaCkers when deteC-
YES ordered 70 enforce New Jerseys
Jrlz-or-fght statute found but four men
selectiYe service age who could not
eoduce a draft registration card during
search OF saloons and pool rooms.
lie prisoners are George j. Price, tweu-
two years old, of Philadelphia Rob
I Hagan. twenty-five; Edward r.
arrison. twenty-seven, and John Nj
stnder twenty-siN, Of Gloucester city.
iey were committed to Jail TO await
Investigation. John Winlfler, Of Phil
delphia. arrested here as a deserter,
II be sent 70 Camp Dix,