Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-17
HELP SHORTAGE
IS OVERCOME BY
ILLINOIS TOWN
Evanston Has Solved the
Servant Problem by In
staIIing a Community
Kitchen. !


evanston, Ill.,, oct. l6.-EVan-
ston's servant problem has been
partially solved and the Evanston
community kitchen has become
markedly successful institution
through the efforts of three wom-
en-, whose latest contribution To
ome-keep!nE il the Introduction Of
what they say is the most satisfac-
tory thermal COntainer vet perfect
ed. The Evanston kitchen, which
Is now more than a year old, has
become model after which nu-
merous similar kitchens have been
patterned all over the country, I'll
delivers hot meals to the home
by motor truck
The Evanston kitchen is an out
growth of the war. In the summer
of 1918. the Evanston Woman's
club conducted particularly sue
cessful community kitchen. The |
clubs record for the season was
1000 jars Of fruits and vegetables, |
most of which went to charitable |
institutions When the Influenza |
epidemic struck the country in the |
fall of that year, the club extend |
ed It's activities and for time |
served an average of 200 meals dali |
lY to those who were stricken and
their families. From these activi-
ties came the idea of a permanent
kitchen and it's establishment was |
due to three members of the wom-
ems club, Mrs. James A. Odell, Mrs. |
Rufus c. Dawes and Mrs Homer !
ii. Kingsley.
Evanston has been suffering
from shortage of domestic help"
said Mrs. Odell, in explaining the
plan. Everywhere women, espc-
cially young mothers, are finding ii
impossible TO do all that is re-
CURED of them, to take care of the
babies and the house, and have any |
leisure for the home coming of the
husband. An increasing number of II
ladies are frequenting the hotels
and cafes, sacrificing family life
and interests to necessity. We felt
that by delivering dinners to such
homes a service would be rendered
not to those families alone, but TO
society as well, by preventing the
disintegration of the home and the
humiliation Of the family table"
The big problem. however,
proved to be an adequate COntainer.
From the experimental stage to the
perfected aluminium, glass-lined
dish, these three women, who II
have now incorporated the Evans
ton Community Kitchen and serve
an average of 100 meals every |
evening, claim the distinc-
ton of developing the best Their
NAL containers now in use.
A complete meal is prepared in
the kitchen. placed in suitable
thermal dishes, heated to a high
temperature. ana the portions en- \
closed in a large thermal contain
er. The food retains it original
temperature approximately six
hours, SO that it is still piping hot I
wffpF1 X is delivered to the patrons i
home by motor truck. The empty
dishes are collected the following :
morning and the housewife is re-
lieved of all concern over her even
Ing meal.
Fer the service, charge of 50
cents for each meal is made, plus
rs cents delivery charge. The
kitchen has already proved a pay |
ing proposition and its success has
been so marked that representa-
tives from Los Angeles to Cleve-
land have visited the kitchen to get
pointers for establishing similar in
stitutions in their own communi-
ties.