Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-04
A HOT LETTER
ON THE HOT LUNCH

trict. gave some very good ideas re-
garding the hot lunch.
As Mr. Grrnseth says. if served
rightly. it no doubt would be all right
but as it has been so far in our school,
| it is more of Il curse than IL benefit
| The health nurse Miss Thomas. made
the claim. that farmers do not give
their children milk to drink and eat,
but sell all the cream and feed the
skim milk to the pigs: so our princi-
pal purchases ten quarts of milk every
day. for the hot lunch. to be fed TO the
| farmers children. 1t is Il well-knOwn
| fact that it is one of the hardest
tasks for good experienced cook to
make soups. etc. where milk is cooked
in large quantities. Ii is almost inn
possible to cook it so it will not scOrch
or curdlc
so. what can one expect. when small
children in the graded schools are OK
pected to prepare milk and tomato
soups, oatmeal mush. cheese and maca-
roni. and such servings. for scrowd of
fifty to sixty children. who know good
food. well cooked. as soon as they
taste it,
One Of the boys told the principal
that he did not believe such food was
digeStil>le: and the principal answered
by saving that the little girls should
learn how to cook. and as the boys
some day would have these same girls
for their wives it was Il good thing to
practice cooking now. The boys say.
let the girls learn to cook. but not at
the expense of the taxpayers
Many of the scholars refuse to eat
the hot lunch as il is not fit to eat. in
many cases have seen where a good
many gallons have been thrown away
The children are transported to and
from school in comfortable rigs They
have good warm. hearty food at home.
have well filled dinner pals. and con-
trary to the assertion made, they have
plenty Of good butter and milk.
BY the way. | take it, that Miss
Thomas really insulted the farmers Of
RuSk county when she makes the claim
that we underfeed our children. | can
show YOU Il number of men, taxpayers,
who leave their homes before daylight
in the morning. take cold lunch. work
in the woods all day, come home late
at night and are doing this work and
tortlring their bodies to make homes
for their loved ones. to help keep up
schools to give the children the best
possible start in life.
The fact is the hot lunch detracts
from school work If taLynS ornat
deal Of the teachers time. worth at the
rate of $4,000 per month. takes some
of the girls from the class room to pre-
pare the lunch.
Far better for the children to eat
substantial breakfast. ride in Il com
Portable rig to school, eat light lunch
ut noon time. put the mid day hour III
play, have a good clear head for study,
ride home in Il comfortable rig, and
partake Of mothers plentiful, well
cooked supper. This is the real life
Home Sweet Home"
The scholars do not like the clean
ing up job that comes after the hot
lunch is served The playground for
them.
The pupils are sick OF the hot lunch
as they claim there is too much same
ness TO it. 1t was quite amusing when
one thinks about it when the health
nurse came down to demonstrate the
hot lunch" to make some soup for
the kids: she was accompanied by two
other ladies They said that they. the
nurse and her two lady friends. were
sick of soup" as they had had 1t three
times that week. So the nurse and the
other two demonstrators were treat
ed to chicken pie. while the scholars
were treated to soup" Il sample OF
what they must eat all the rest Of the
winter The Old saying Is, What is
food for the goose is food for the gan
der
There are people in our country who
have nothing else to do but work up
schemes to create offices so that people
who do not care to do common work
can get good. high-salaried positions
and just as long rs the common people
will let themselves he huncoed. and
pulled around by the nose this rcd
handed work will be kept up. and so
will the taxes keep climbing.
Referring to the article written by
Mr.. GrmSeth. | believe as he does, that
if the hot lunch is good thing, that
all the scholars should be served. as 1t
would better equaliZe the taxes.
| will say. as clerk of the Ingram
school board. | was opposed to the hot
lunch from the start, and | am more
so now | have never begrudged sign
| inc Schonl orlnrs and III vino ont school