The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

chopped celery inside poured into little moldS.
There's dressing top and little balls of cottage
cheese with a dash Of paprika alongside, and it's
good. know, for I sampled it 1 couldn't wait to
get home"
The best cook in Evanston" Mrs James Wells
came in and took lot of it away with her, and
tnen Mrs James Patten ordered the rest to serve
10 her Red Cross workers. Bits Of comment like
6A1s were to be heard everywhere:
just couldn't wait; had to taste this ginger
'Isn't the potato salad deIicious?"
See you tomorrow, Mrs Kingsley. I'm going to
hurry home and eat this hash while it's hot"
Il couldn't wait. 1 had to bite into this cooky"
one woman remarked, crunching into cooky. MY
but it's goodI"
Speaking of the dinner she purchased Mrs.
Dawes characterized it delicious"
Mrs. Eugene Garrett said her meal was zone Of
tine finest home-cooked dinners ever ate. In nu-
triton, seasoning and all other points it per
feet"
Mrs. Robert D. Cunningham was likewise en-
thusiastic- IF the of the kitchen depends
on the food, it'll be a huge success she said
There isn't a restaurant in Chicago which can
offer as fine a hOme-eOOked dinner the com
munity 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
I'VE knew would be successful because the
plan was pretty thoroughly discussed before we be-
gan the work." said Mrs. Kingsley "but we weren't
prepared for all the enthusiasm that greeted US.
81 feel 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, 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 a pound the
gingerbread cents cake and the dOughnuts
80 cents dozen.
1.-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.
1.-The kitchen is really trial now. If it works
well, we may turn it over to business concern to
handle. but viii not make the mistake New
York did OF not having real home cooking Mrs
N. 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 domestic
science course-Afiss Rachael Madison. Miss Olive
Blystad, Evanston girl, is the other assistant"
The container that is to be used resembles
glorifed dinner pail, built in five compartments
and insulated to retain heat for three hours. In
the compartments viii be placed soup meat vege-
table, potatoes and hot dessert. These will be
distributed by auto trucks.
Winnetka is much interested in the plan. Mrs
John R. Dickinson and Mrs h. J. Orwfg OF the
Winnetka Woman's club visited the kitchen the
opening day to see how it worked.
1--WE need such institution as much as Evans
ton does said Mrs. Dickinson. IF it works OUT
in Evanston we will start one
Looking at the community kitchen experiment in
a broad sense. it Is merely one problem Of many
which every community has to solve. How long
will it be before our American communities take
held of these problems which in the last analy
sis their own and nobody elSe's?