The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-11

chopped celery inside, poured Into little molds.
There's dressing on top and little balls of cottage
cheese with dash of paprka alongside and It's
good. know for l sampled it / couldn't wait to
get home
The best cook in Evanston"-Nlrs James Wells
came in and took lot of it away with her, and
then MIS-. james Patten ordered the rest to serve
TO her Red Cross workers. Bits of comment like
this were to be heard everywhere:
4 Just couldn't wait; had to taste this ginger
bread"
Isn't the potato salad deicious?"
See you tomorrow Mrs Kingsley I'm going to
hurry home and eat this hash while it's hot"
Il couldn't wait. l had to bite into this ccoky,"
one woman remarked, crunching into cooky. "My,
but it's good ="
Speaking of the dinner she purchased Mrs.
Dawes characterized it as delicious"
Mrs. Eugene Garrett said her meal was zone of
the finest home-cooked dinners / ever ate. In nu-
triton, seasoning and ali other points it per-
feet"
Mrs. Robert d. Cunningham was likewise en-
thusiastic IF the success of the kitchen depends
on the food, it'll be q huge success" she said.
There isn't a restaurant in Chicago which can
offer fine home-eooked dinner as the COM
manity kitchen here"
Two O'Clock found the community kitchen"
pretty much deserted, and the managers Of the
place checking up on the proceeds of the first day.
I'VE knew we would be successful because the
plan pretty thoroughly discussed before we be-
gan the work." said Mrs. Kingsley, but weren't
prepared for all the enthusiasm that greeted
81 feel sure that the community kitchen will
prove great success Mrs. Rufus Dawes said. sit
will be impossible for several weeks to determine
the cost of the meals cost of operation, and 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
30 cents dozen.
The greatest problem now is to know how much
food 10 prepare. We are attending personally to
every detail of the kitchen that may find out
what quantities to prepare and just how much to
charge.
A1The kitchen is really on trial now If it works
we'll We may turn ii over to busines concern to
handle but will not make the mistake New
York did of not having real home cooking. Mrs
III H. Kennedy who is one of the best cooks in
Evanston, has promised to stay. One of her help
trs in a university graduate, who took domestic
SCIENCE course-Miss Rachael Madison. Miss Olive
Biystad an Evanston girl is the other assistant"
The container that is to be used resembles a
gloriiis4i dinner pail, built in five compartments
and Insulated to retain heat for three hours. In
the commandments viii be placed SOUP meat, vege
table potatoes and hot dessert. These will be
distributed by auto trucks.
W!nnetha is much interested in the plan. Mrs
JoI.n e. Dickinson and Mrs. Fl. ]. Orwig Of the
Ninnefka Wouian's club visited the Kitchen the
oy.enng day TO see how it worked.
ave need such IN institution much as Evans
tom does" said Mrs Dickinson. IF it works out
i'm Evanston we will start one
H1o0i;ing at the community kitchen experiment in
d, broad sense. it is merely one problem of many
which every community has to solve. How long
win 1t be before our American communities take
acid Of These problems which are. In the last analy
ass fRair orn nod nelody eise's2