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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Pork and beans piled high behind The counter

rush and the polite young man and
his found lady friend lost their
leading positions before the attack Of
more experienced bargain fighters.
Patrolman Gallivan kept shouting
"Now, now, easy there. Easy there,
ladies'. This amt no stock exchange
or somc,hln. Pipe down" Patrolman
Gallivan had been in the navy during
the war. He was reinforced By two
members Of the women's police re-
serve, a captain and lieutenant.
The crowd was finally subdued and
the young man and the girl who had
graced his soap box were restored to
positions Nos. | and ,. The young man
wanted 20 pounds OF bacon, 10 cans Of
tomatoes and 20 cans Of peas Also
one can Of roast beef for brother, who
hadn't been in the army and wanted
70 taste the famous Canned willie
or bully beef" Mrs. Leonora Sulil-
van told him that they didn't have any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Consider the Nutritive Value

value and requirements OF an active
body. In those charity baskets were
some solid staple foods, some foods
of moderate value and much OF
little worth except as 1t contributed
20 the joy of the little ones 10
ind an orange in the toe OF
the stocking and an apple beside the
Mate. Az a matter of fact, except the
potatoes. fresh fruits and vegetables
are EXPENSIVE food. Canned peas and
corn cost far more than the poor can
afford. cabbage is a filler, not fodder,
iellies and homemade preserves are
delicacies, but aside from the sugar
they contain little real food value;
coffee and tea arc, Of course, Injuries.
"All this goes 20 this end-when we
buy for charity we buy as ignorantly as
when we buy for our own tables. Ana
careful selection of the real staples
sugar. dried beans and peas, cheap fats,
such as salt pork, lard and vegetable
oils. -four and other bulk cereals, pota-
toes and dried fruits would make 1t
possible to send to the needy q basket
that would sufice for . week instead
Of for Q day."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

Ut ISN'T so much how much
food costs as how great IS its
nutritive value. When Amer
lean wives learn to market
scientifically a dollar expended will
bring far more nourishment than
the majority of dollars do now. In
touching upon the matter OF correct
foods II. +. Barnard, Phi. d., editor
of "The American Food Journal"
says:
There is far too much talk about
bad food--and adulterated food and
the high cost Of food. The really vital
question which should be studied at
every meal by every one who Is old
enough to give thought to the most
important thing in his daily life Is
How much food does he require and IS
he getting it? Now this is not q
question Of quantity-a whole cabbage
IL really less valuable as food than
lump Of sugar-nor is it altogether
q question Of diet. Man can live with
out meat--he can live on fruits and
nuts-he can exist on raw foods, but
what he really needs to do is not to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

now does. II the girl in grammar
school were taught the principles OF
food and nutrition as carefully "a she
il the number OF bones in the body
and the geographical boundaries OF
the states, when she became house
keeper she would be better prepared
than now 10 make the money available
for her famiy's food worth one num-
bred cents on the dollar instead OF, as
now, too frequently thirty-five. 1t Is
TOO true that everything the poor man
buys costs him more than it does his
better stationed brother. He pays less
rent. of course, but he gets almost
nothing but shelter; the conveniences
that would make his shelter home
are absent. He buys fuel in small
quantity and pays two prices for III
and what he spends fer food goes
in too large measure for things that
are bulky instead OF nourishing and
when food value is more apparent than
real.
"But how insufficient IS our giving
and how much further the money we
spend would 60 il both the giver and
receiver knew more about real food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

become a faddist-not TO chain hN
very existence down 10 some self
designed formula-but from the vari-
ETY. of food found on the average table
to choose the things he needs and TO
take OF them sufficient amount and
then st p.
stock feeding has become a sci
ence, b t the farmer who can sue
cessfully feed his cows for butter and
his hogs for bacon usually fails dis
mally in feeding himself. The fire
man who stokes the fires under his
boiler to gss maximum steam pressure
is far less successful in stocking the
fires in his own body, and as the shoe
makers child goes barefoot so the
bakers baby too frequently is pale and
poorly nourished.
Poverty and bad feeding are
synonymous, but it is fatal error to
say bad feeding is due altogether te
poverty The poor are usually poorly
fed, and so undernourished and in
efficient. But even the little money
spent for food for the poor mans
family II spent with wisdom would 80
much further-yes, twice - Tar IS II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

old hobgoblin of the high cost Of
living.
The doughboys, always good
grumblers, grumble best of all about
the French breakfasts. They Ike
the sensation Of getting it whenever
thew press a button in the wall, in
stead of having the bugler rout them
out for it at 6 q. m. or Whereabouts.
II amuses them beyond words to
have it brought to them in bed in
stead of having to stand in line for
il with their mess kits. But there
the advantages of French break
fasts end if you ask the American
army. They will not admit that the
food they get at petit dejeuner is
food at all. One cup OF coffee
with hot milk and no sugar, one
petit pain Ia very small rolf and
three small circles OF unsalted but
ter. which the boys don't like, com
prise the inevitable French break
fast.
"Don't call them breakfasts"
beg the doughboys. Call then
appetizers, and let it go at that:
They swallow with nervous haste
hurry into their clothes and rusf
down to the Y. NJ. c. A. canteen
where they usually arrive about
9 q. M. faint with hunger and de
YOUR an orange, some bacon ant
eggs or saussges. several pieces o.
bread with American butter ant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

There is nothing personal in the sale
of army food. The saleswomen are
volunteers, whose object is to DIS
nense as much of this low priced food
~ possible in five business hours
dav. These women believe they are
rendering a patriotic service in re-
ducing social discomfort by reducing
the cost Of living. They work quietly
without much conversation.
The sale is quite democratic. The
rich and poor meet together. Inc
bargains are the magnets for them all.
The single sales range from . cents
for lone can Of pork and beans up
70 800. made by women with automo-
biles. The 800 sales are usually com
munity purchases, one woman DONG
the buying for several and using her
motor car as delivery wagon. Some
Of the people with automobiles are
clearinghouse keepers out 20 make
a killing. Most OF these women tell
YOU that they bought the automobile
with money left by their husbands or
obtained it through other channels out
side Of the clearinghouse business,
which has become a liability since
prices went in for aviation.
At Erasmus Hall High School, in
Brooklyn, the variety and character
Of the customers included most Of the
races, nationalities, religions, social
strata and pocketook thicknesses. a
clean cut youth who looked as though
he was enjoying those delicious few
weeks between army service and a
civilian Job was first in line, one hour
before the school opened for business.
He was trying to look comfortable, but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
4 line of purchasers at Public School No.

away at the head OF her delivery
system.
incidentally, if it weren't for the
leisure hours at the disposal Of
school children, the food sales would
not reach their present encouraging
proportions. In front OF every school
are stationed five or six hiddies with
soapbox wagons, or some with ready
made carts. They deliver cases OF canned
goods al reasonable rates ranging
from to Is cents, depending on the
amount of goods, the distance and
the competition, chiefly the later.
Bacon wasn't delivered to schools
until two or three days after the sale
opened. When it was, trade over
whelmed the sales depo,s. 1t sold
wildly in every section Of the city. At
the school on East Fourth Street. the
patromaa in charge wanted to know
what dumobell or bonehead had shipped
a thousand pounds OF bacon 20 the
school. He wanted 20 krow If those
running the sale thought that IL was
any .ess sacriegious for Jewish people
TO eat bacon at IS cents q pound, the
army price. than at 81 cents a pound,
charged in stores.
That thousand pounds OF bacon
failed to survive three hours. Most
- ~ ,,.,o,,,or. u-cra Italian hut "A
few were Jewish and these insisted
that if the bacon had been good
enough for their children lighting in
France it couldn't be so bad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

bacon on hand yet. She was excited
and bit thrilled, so that her voice
was shri,l and far reaching. The whole
line. which was now 200 yards long,
heard her. A ripple OF disappointed
comment ran the full length Of the
queue and return. Mrs. Sullivan also
remarked that the canned roast beef
had not arrived as yet, but no one
registered disappointment. Most house
wives have prejudice against canned
meats, some because their husbands ate
!, in the Spanieh-American War, and
others because they figure that 1t Is
meant for lazy women. According 70
the oldest lady on the line at Erasmus
Hall High School, mos. of the modern
housewives are too lazy TO bake, but
even they have conjunction about
serving their husbands meat cooked in
a factory.
A large lady in a large pink dress
with thick ruiflos and number OF
other and seemingly unnecessary
things surveyed the assortment OF
canned foods on display through her
lorgnette. At Erasmus the school
lunchroom is being used as store.
The cans are piled on counters, while
the cases are against the wall on the
other side of the room. There is little
scenic value in the whole arrange
ment. That is what the lady thought,
because after two or three more looks
she sailed away to the sunshine, leav-
ing in her wake an aroma Of perfume
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Bv Bertram Reinitz

"HE retail grocery firm OF New
York City. Inc. has been do
ing more business during the
last three weeks than even
those firms which were started by the
crsndfathers Of the present manage
ment. The average daily business Of
this firm. with 100000 stockholders,
has been slightly more than 100000.
This is fairly good for a concern which
never before dealt in groceries.
The city is running chain OF stores
with schoolhouss as the sales de-
pots About thirty thousand custom
.rs pa.ronize the stores each day. The
commodities on sale were originally
purchased BY the United States govern
ment, another large firm which has
been dealing in food to a great extent
during the last two years, for con-
sumption by an army Of four million.
When there was no enemy for this
army 10 fight and they began taking
i, apart, lot of food was found 10 be
left over After several yards of the
reddest kind of tape were unravelled
this city and others were authorized
to act as agents for the government in
the sale Of army food TO the public.
Under the plan devised by Deputy
Public Markets Commissioner Edwin j.
O'Nalley, the food is sold TO the city
OF thirty-day consignment basis. The
city must give the government the
money or the food within thirty days
after delivery. Judging from the con-
eerted efforts Of the housewives who
ride in limousines and those who can
hardly afford to ride in trolley cars,
there will be no business for trucks in
esr,ins the food back TO the ware
houses.
A few Of the customers came TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
" aif;ng VOmen

Women with little crying children
in their arms and some with larger
frolicsome kiddies. who seemed in I'M
mlnen, peril Of being run over by the
Flatbush Avenue ears, were IN the
majority. Old women with li,sle hats
and black, shining dresses trimmed
with white lace studded the line. Some
young housewives, Of the June, 1919.
vintage. were happily waiting and
thinking how they were going to tell
little ole hubby Of the bargains they
got for him-ums, and if standing IN
a line for an hour in the sun didn't
show love and wouldn't he please take
is little wife TO the mountains be-
cause she needed a rest.
When the doors opened there was a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

which didn't smell as good as the can
of corn syrup which had been opened
to show skeptical housewives that II
was possible to sell real syrup at 10
hounds for IS cents. This lady with
the lorgnette was the only prospec-
tive customer not made into an actual
one. Speculation as to her identity
consumed a few seconds, but the sale
soon went merrily on.
The average sale amounted TO 81.
although one negro woman bought
can of pork and beans for . cents.
She said she came all the way from
Schenectady Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
ct davis sale for sentimental rea-

first days sale for sentimental rea-
food which sustained some fighting
sons. They wanted 70 eat the kind OF
loved one before the German army left
off fighting and took up running. But
most of the customers committed as
sault on the sales depots for purely
monetary reasons. The foodstuffs Of
fered at the schools were priced at
from 20 to 40 per cent below the quo
tations given by the most conscientious
retailer to his best cash customer, who
is also a friend of the family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
GRENOBLE (By Mail)

GRENOBLE (By Mai),
ny dint of coming back for
X second helpings the Ameri-
can doughboy is able TO
worry along on three square
meals a day while he is on duty.
But when he goes on leave he con-
siders il his solemn duty to make
up for all those foodless days back
In the lines. Six meals a day is his
average down here in Grenoble. the
heart Of one Of the largest A. E. f.
leave centres in France.
The army provides three meals a
day for the American soldiers who
60 on leave. In Grenoble, as in
other places, it quarters the boys
at the best hotels in town. Privates
and colonies 60 to the same hotel
here, and two doughboys recently
occupied the room where King Ed
ward Of England once stayed, when
he was q prince.
Aristocracy, however, is nothing
to appetite, where the boys from the
United States are concerned, and
even the most luxurious Of the
hotels serve only three meals a day
That leaves three to be bought by
the American soldiers themselves
In order that they may not pine
away on only four or five meals
. day, the Y. n. c. A. wet canteen
here and the American commissary
ars doing their best to destroy that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Lumcheon-(dt 20 cents)
Roast Beef
Hot Roll
POtdtOeS
Chocolatc Cake
coffee


coffee
Most Of the hotels serve luncheon
tan excellent one, BEGINNING with
soup and ending with fruit and
nuts) at noon. By half past two
o'clock the energetic army vaca-
TONERS have been on a long hike
and are back in the y. NJ. c. A. can
teen for another luncheon. Then
they go up to the Y NJ c. A. the
atre and dance for an hour, or take
their mountain stock and climb the
foothills Of the maritime Alps
around Grenoble.
By five o'clock or a little later
they are back in the canteen eating
what might le termed light din
ncr or a heavy tea. The French
hotels here serve dinner from 1870
to 9 o'clock, and the boys are
always ready for it. In Greno-
bic, the army, after getting rates
from the hotels, is paying for each
American soldier seventeen francs
daily, or about $40 for three
meals and bed.
The evenings here are given over
to motion pictures in the y. NJ
c. A. theatre, vaudeville and dane
ing. After the show some of the
BOYS 20 down to the wet canteen for
their seventh meal of the day. They
are rather in the minority, however
for when II p. m. arrives 1t find:
most Of the doughboys with appe-
tite quite satisfied.
Here u . further scale Of thu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
4 Sample First

"What." said tie cashier, who is
Irish and efficient and John J. Me-
Kenna by name; you came al the
way from Schenectady Avenue TO get
one can OF pork and beans
The negress nodded in vigorous con-
iirmation.
"Yass," she said, "Ah did. Y'see
befor' an fill nah cellah with these
were cans OBJ po'k an beans, ah gotta
taste 'em. An doan't wanter eat
things an doan't lax all wintah.'
She added that she contemplated
purchasing three cases of forty-eight
cans each, if the sample proved salts
factory. Two days later she returned
with a small dark bow, who tugged
home made cart. The three cases
were loaded on it and she marched
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

Just now New Workers know best.
The Y. NJ. c. A., being allowed to
purchase its supplies from the Amer
lean commissary and charging moth
ing for service, is able to furnish 1t
to the doughboys on leave at from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

franc and half TO two francs,
or from thirty to forty cents.
How the y. VI. c. A., with the
help of the army, has been able to
rout the high cost of living over
here for the sake Of American sol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

two cups of coffee. A breakfast
like this in the French hotels could
not be gotten at any price in the
morning and later in the day would
cost about seven francs, or Sl.40.
What it would cost in New Yorl:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

diers on leave is shown by the fol
lowing sample of menus:
BreokJdst-(dt 20 centS)
Oatmeal, rith milk
Stored peaches
Ham saNdr;ch
Coffee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
What orr Fighting Men Ate While They We're Overseas

prices paid by the American soldiers
IN the wet canteen, in order TO make
the folks back home confronted with
the high cost Of living sorry that
they didn't dodge the issue By en-
listing.
Served from to 1870 a. m.
daily:
Oatmedl ...............s %
Stored peaches %. ....... %
Ham sandwiches ......... %.
Chocolate .........s.s..s ~
Coffee ................. ~ ..
Served from II 80 a. m. to 2
p. M:
Vegetable soup ..........S o.
Sandwiches: Ham, roast
beef (hoD, roll and STiss
cVttSe ~
Coffee Nth hot milk. ..... .O+
Chocolate .............. .0+
Ginger ale ............... ~
Soda pop ................ ~.
The cantecn is closed from 2 70
3 p. m. for ventilating. On reopen
ing in the afternoon it offers the
following menu.
Served from to IL 80 p. M:
Hot ffitters ..........'.S %
Canned peaches .......... %
Potatoes ................ ~
Whole orange, cut ~ hdV,
sugared ............... .o+
Sandwiches: Sciss cheese,
ham. roast beef....... .o&
Toast real ........~.. 90
Dates ................... %
Figs ................... .0+
Chocolate cake ........... Of
Fig pudding ,........,a.. .oS
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-20

FOR SALE-760 acres. eight miles fro
Great Falls, 30 per cent good tillat
land, almost level; good house; fowl
double your money; SIS per acre, OF
third cash. balance per cent. See Nj
lon. 2 Dunn block.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-20
la Insertion. Minimum l5c; End lnsa6sa nimm l0e
FOR REN1-HO OUSES


FURNISHED Groom house. modern ex-
cept Eeat. 1921 Fourth avenue south.
Fone 6573.
FOR RENT-Two-room furnished house.
106 Eighth avenue south.
FOR RENT-Two-room shack. with
rooms, So; Black Eagle. Apply 312
Thirty-third street north.
SEVEN HOUSE and garage.
2121 Sixth avenue north; $40 per month.
Apply 519 First National Bank Bldg.
WELL FURNISHED 4-room house, to
responsible parties. 911 Fifth street SO.
FOR RENT-Furnished 5-room house.
1913 Sixth avenue north.
FOR RENT-Strictly modern 5-room
bungalow, full lot and garage, will sell
furniture very cheap, also 6-cydnder
Buick auto nearly new; must leave the
city at once. Inquire owner, 1Sl2
Fourth avenue north.
THREE-ROOM furnished house. 9io
First avenue north.
FOR RENT-Furnished cottage. 1614
Sixth avenue north.
FOR RENT = Three-room furnished
house. 319 Ninth street south; S25
FURNISHED cabin. s22 Sixth avenue
north.
ONE broom house. all furnished good.
Eighth avenue north. Fone 7246.
FOR RENT-Two-room furnished house,
north side. Inquire c. H. Mclean, 5
Third street south
FURNITURE for sale cheap and house
for rent. 404 Fifth avenue south.
FOUR-ROOM HOUSE, unfurnished. No
children. Call SIS Fifth avenue south
FOR RENT-Modern bungalow furnish
ed or unfurnished. Call mornings, 300
First avenue south. Fone 5S49.
SEVEN ROOM modern house, with barn,
garage, garden, at 701 Eighth avenue
north; $45. 400 Ford Bldg.
FIVE-ROOM HOUSE; Second avenue
south. 1851 Central. L. F. Rutherford.
FOR RENT-Three modern rooms, on
west side. Apply 405 First avenue
south,
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-20
PLEASE NOTE-We do not charge
classified advertisements to residence
addresses.
HELP WANTED-FEMALE


WANTED-Woman for general house
work, in small town. Fone 1921.
WANTED-Girl for work in boarding
house. Mrs. Dahlquist, Fifteenth street,
Little Chicago.
WANTED-Young housekeeper, to keep
house for one; good wages to right
party. Box 271, Tribune.
RELIABLE WOMAN to do general
housework on ranch. Call at III Sixth
avenue north.
WANTED-Housekeep Denver Room
ing House. 2081s First avenue south.
WANTED-Girl for general housework; /;
no washing. 1908 Fourth avenue north.
COMPETENT GIRL for general house
work in small apartment; good wages;
no colored girl need apply. 405 Jensen
apartments.
NEAT, RELIABLE elderly woman de-
string home more than wages will find
a good proposition at 2021 Sixth avenue
north. Call Tuesday or Wednesday
afternoon or any evening except We'd
nesday.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-20
SITUATION WANTED-FEMALE


WANTED-Home washing. Fone Sis.
EXPERIENCED stenographer desires po-
sition at once. Fone 9724 Apartment 6.
MAN, WIFE, also son, wants work with
gas or steam plow outfit Box 267,
Tribune.
LADY with small boy wants work in or
out of town. Box 262. Tribune.
WANTED-Bundle washing. Mems silk
shirts specially; ladies' washing; also
curtains. Fone $3.50.
WANTED-Children to care for Fonc 1868
WANTED-Work by day hour. Call
after 6. Fone 9573.
WASHING and ironing. Fone s901. III
Seventh street north.
WASHING AT HOME. Mrs. Nose Smith
Fone 6594
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-20
HELP WANTED-MALE


BARBER WANTED at once. Must be
good, steady man. Guarantee SIS a
week. Oscar p. Weber, Glasgow. Mont
WANTED-A young man with mechan-
lcal ability to operate punch press ana
invest 81 900 as half interest in light
manufactory, just organizing; chance
OF lifetime, 1704 Sixth avenue north,
about 6 p m.
WANTED-Good, all around Ford auto
mechanic. Must be able to handle
lathe, welding, etc. Power-Morgan Co.,
Choteau, Mont.
WANTED-1OO men, at once, to learn
to operate and repair all makes OF au-
tomoDiles, gas tractors and stationary
engines in a special eight-weeks' course.
Glasses now forming. Apply or write,
Hsmphill's Automobile Schools, ia
North Sixth street, Portland, Oregon.
Branches at Winnipeg, Regina, Saska
toon, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge,
Vancouver, B. c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. salesman, with
established trade to sell line of work
and semi dress shoes in Montana; COM
mission basis Give references and ex-
perience in first letter. The +. 3. Pie
kenbrock Shoe Mfg. Co., Dubuque, Ia.
WANTED-Reliabl man, to take charge
OF small dairy. Plainview Dairy, Waller,
Mont
WRITE Los Angeles Y NJ c. A. Auto
School Get started right
WANTED-Licensed pilot to run ferry
boat on Missouri river the coming sea-
son. Address c. w. Kampfer, Clerk and
Recorder. Valley County, Glasgow,
Mont.