The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-16

chopped celery inside, poured into little moidA
There's dressing top and little balls Of cottage
cheese with dash of paprika alongside. and It's
good. know, for sampled it; couldn't walt 70
get home.'
The .'best cook in Evanston"-Mrs. James Wells
came in and took lot of 1t away with her, ana
then Mrs. James Patten ordered the rest to serve
to her Red Cross workers. Bits OF comment ike
this were to be heard everywhere:
II just couldn't wait had to taste this ginger
bread"
"Isnt the potato salad delicious?
"See you tomorrow, Mrs. Kingsley. I'm going %
hurry home and eat this hash while it's hot.
II couldn't wait l had to bite into this cooky.
one remarked. crunching into cooky. my,
but it's good!"
Speaking Of the dinner she purchased. Mrs
Dawes characterized 1t as delicious"
Mrs Eugene Garrett said her meal was "one OF
the finest home-cooked dinners ever ate In nu-
triton seasoning and all other points 1t was per-
feet"
Mrs. Robert D. Cunningham likewise en-
thusiastic. IF the Of the kitchen depends
on the food, it'll be huge success" she SAID.
"There isn't restaurant in Chicago which can
offer as fine home-cooked dinner as the COLL
munty kitchen here"
Two o'clock found the community kitchen"
pretty much deserted, and the managers OF the
place checking up the proceeds of the first day.
eve knew we would be successful because the
plan was pretty thoroughly discussed De1Ore we De
gan the work." said Mrs. Kingsley. "but we weren't
prepared for all the enthusiasm that greeted us.
II feel sure that the community kitchen VIII
prove great success" Mrs. Rufus Dawes said. 1T
will be impossible for several weeks to determine
the cost of the meals cost of operation, ana SO
forth The work that has been done by volunteers
will eventually have to be done by paid workers.
Corned beef hash sold for 60 cents pound, the
gingerbread was cents cake and the doughnuts
oeptco
1.-THE greatest problem now is to know how much
food TO prepare We are attending personally to
every detail of the kitchen so that we may hnd out
what quantities to prepare and just how much to
charge.
sThe kitchen is really on trial now. If it works
we'll we may turn it over to business concern TO
handle but we will not make the mistake New
York did of not having real home cooking. Mrs.
NJ H. Kennedy who is one of the best cooks in
Evanston has promised to stay. One of her help
ers is a university graduate who took a domestic
science course-Aiss Rachael Madison Miss olive
Bystad an Evanston girl, is the other assistant
The container that is to be used resembles a
glorified dinner pail, built in five compartments
and insulated to retain heat for three hours In
the compartments will be placed soup, meat, vese-
table, potatoes and a hot dessert Ihese VIII Do
distributed by auto trucks.
Winnetka is much interested in the plan. Mrs.
John R. Dickinson and Mrs. ii. ]. Orwig of the
.Winnetka Woman's club visited the kitchen the
opening day to see how it worked.
awe need such institution as much as Evans
ton does" said Mrs. Dickinson. IF it works out
in Evanston will start one
Looking at the community kitchen experiment in
q broad sense 1t is merely one problem of many
which every community has to solve. How long
will it be before American communities take
held OF these problems which are in the last analy
sis their own and nobody elses7