Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-24

pupils furnish their own materials and
make any kind Of apparel they desire for
themselves. Next door ~ a cooking cip2~
which IL taught all the mysteries II die
tetlcs and table setting, and which, ~ The
end Of the course, ~ permitted W Try out
it's knowledge on It's parents ~ inviting
them 70 a delica'ely cooked aud served
banquet. There are slso Glasses IN me
chaDical drawing and shop mathematics
for the men, ss the y handles The ap-
prentice work for the steel plant.
The ballroom is quite magnificent, with
beautiful, smooth floor, and an outdoor
balcony sometimes used 10 accommodate
the orchestra, and sometimes for The re-
juvenation Of weary dancers. Just ~
this room is the banquet ball, provided
with a long, thin table, chairs, and a
dumb waiter which connects with the
soda fountain in the lobby and also With
the kitchen in the basement. The fOun-
tain usually supplies the refreshments for
dances, while. the kitchen takes care q
dinners and luncheoi1s. Any society or
organization can arrange with the "I'
TO hold a banquet in this room, and b1
served The same as in a hotel. According %
the secrctary, on an average o. nine ban
quets a week were accommodated here
during the month Of May, which was The
close Of the season for many clubs and
fraternities
The various superintendents of tho
steel plant have a luncheon here every
Tuesday, and the forernen's club also
uses it for an occasional banquet. Tho
Representatives elected by the ernpioyes
find IL an excellent place TO eat and talk
over their problems, 30 that the room b
seldom idle.
The dormitories on the top hOor ~ The
building, which house l55 men from the
steel plant, are very much like the rooms
found in frst-class hotel Most ~ them
are double rooms, with two large clossfs
two beds and two bureaus, and two kinds
OF decorations, sometimes Yale and Har-
ward pennants occurringin the same room
The most inte-s n ar q
however, is the basernent which contains q
cafeteria, a barber shop, bowling alleys.
swimming pool, lockers and a bewildering
variety OF machinery for carrying on tne
activities Of the club.
CAN FEED 1000.
The cafeteria is larger than mos. hotel
dining rooms, so that Il can serve, &C.
cording 20 the secretary, a. many ~
1000 people If called upon % do -. =
far il has had % accommodate only
1000. This is not because q lacks ap-
probation. but because the men work
only eight hours a day now instead n ten
and eat on the JOB. Many of them leave
their tin pals az the "Y' a. they 70 -
work in the morning, and the cafeteria
fills them and sends them over - the
plant at noon.
The kitchen supplying the cafeteria has
the proud distinction Of beng the largest
west Of the Mississippi. Il contains several
p N
a lot Of interesting culinary equipment
which we might have taken more pains 20
investigate had the kitchen been cooler.
We did notice, however, potato peeier,
which peels % pounds Of potatoes N
conparatively few minutes, and a huge
electric mixing machine which was mixing
! q bowl of "a eggs. Nearby was an egg
beater which was 40 large and Why that q
/ looked like bird cage.
After this we were led bv Mr.. shelton,
the secretary, abruptly into the refrlEerat-
( ing plant which turns out COO pounds a
/ ice every II hours, and stores We forget
how many hundred pounds Of meat and
/ fresh vegetables. Then came . view q the
swimming pool, Just vacated by lew
dozen workmen, and glimpse ~ the
liberation system that pumps water INTO
the pool and pumps It out araIn three
times a day. The water N the pool is
heated by steam pressure, the coal used
for this purpose beng measured by meter
that registers its consumption hour ~
hour.
As we returned once more 20 the lobby,
a young girl in pink gIngham dress AL
hat appeared at the front door. On.
/ there YOU are, Dad she cred as she
caught sight OF a tall, grey-haIred Swede
J In a leather rocking char. Have you for
gotten that tonight Is ladies' bowling
night and that you promised 70 give me a
| lesson?"