The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-01
Perplexing Problems
What to Eat and Where to Find En-
joyment in the Process

What to eat and where to eat is
a problem in these days Of high prices.
Does the great American public eat
too much? On all sides now for some
months past one hears complaints of
after having eaten at such and such
piace-leaving hungry. Not that
hunger hurts particularly, but the com
bination of high prices and little food
drives the diner away. On the othei
hand, there is the servant question,
which is forcing many people to live
at hotels and restaurants.
Some specialists say eat little, others
say eat much; some learned men ad-
wise but light lunch for those who
toll, others advise a substantial meal
with half-hour's rest afterward, while
still others say only 10 mouthfuIs.
chewing each morsel 3S times. How
ever, when the whistle blows or the
dinner bell rings or the gong sounds
the great American public, old and
young, or thin and fat, engage in that
great art of feeding the face" When.
where and how much, well, that de-
ponds upon circumstances such as how
close is payday or if one is SAVING up
for a new suit or hat or perhaps on
that ticklish question: Is there cook
in the kitchen? Speaking of cooks.
here is an interesting story:
Anybody standing at the RICH: spot
at the right moment in the big Union
station in Washington one night might
have seen representative Ben Johnson
of Kentucky, performing an odd chore.
runs story in the New York Tribune
1t wouldn't have looked so funny
If Johnson were not so tall and Of
such dignified appearance. He stood
by the big gate where most of the
passengers are coming from a train
and every few moments remarked in
a tone of authority, to nobody in par
ticular:
Right this way, Mandy; I'll take
care of you"
Now, there wasn't anybody named
Mandy there, you understand, and
everybody wondered why a Congress
man should be standing there saying
over and over again.
Right this way, Mandy; I'll take
care of you"
What sense was there to a man do
ing such a thing as that? After he
had said it many times, johnson went
away, but in a couple of hours he
was back again. repeating the same
> line with the same calm dignity az
before.
People were puzzled.
Yet it was all simple enough.
. The Johnsons had sent to Kentuck
for cook. They knew her name, bu
that was all; they didn't even knoy
for sure what train would bring hel
But, according to reports, she was
wonderful cook who could play Gull
nary selections on a gas stove nus
: by ear, producing Southern dishes o
rare quality and fragrance. She wa
too good a cook to lose and she wa
I not accustomed to finding street ad
D dresses in strange cities.
And that was the reason why tn
S dignified Congressman went to all tn
0 trains and cried out, every time b.
II saw an able-bodied colored woman
g Right this way, Mandy; I'll. TAX,
s care of you"
Girls and women who formerly wer
employed as domestics during the wa
times sought out other lines. now re
t fuse to return to their old employment
: Unlike the American housewife, tn.
D French have not yet taken for grant
: ed the general use of electric and ga,
, equipment, washing machines, paten
r kitchen cabinets and all the rest Of
the labor-sayers that give advertiser.
) the courage to print pretty picture:
J of the young bride in a lace apron
getting dinner to the music of a phono
r graph, while reading a book in the
breeze of an electric fan.