The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-27
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(Continued from Page One.) the counter, regular cafeteria style.
 presents his ticket and gets his food.
 He eats it at one or the tables, and
 drink from one of the sanitary drink ing fountains at either end of the
 room. All simple. but satisfying nev-
 ertheleSS.
 The menu, although not an elabo-
 rate one, is composed of food which
 is guaranteed to stick by fellow for
 a while. For breakfast there = is a
 cup of coffee, two crullers and a bowl
 of porridge Dinner consists of a
 bowl of soup, bread and cup of coffee. Supper is composed of a bowl
 of goulash or plate or beans, coffee
 and bread Can any one tie this bill- of-fare for 10 cents in a. restaurant?
 The directors of the Christian Union
 Home don't think so, because they
 have tried it out. They used to give the stranger 20 cents to spend in a restaurant, but it was found that for 20 cents a man couldn't get very
 much to eat in a public eating house. Feed 15O Day. Just how popular these 10-cent
 meals are becoming is seen by the fact that more than 150 men are be- ing fed every day at the Union Home. Every meal time finds the restaurant crowded to capacity, and the dinners | day. Pretty soon there'n have to be | another table slipped in somewhere. | If a man wants room in addi-
 tion to a good meal, the Christian | Union Home can give him this. On | the second and third floors of the | building are SC bright and sanitary | rooms, which can be rented for S2.50 | a week or more. Not much more, | either Every room is fitted up with l a single bed, a bureau, a chair, rug | and radiator. Best of all, they are
 we'll lighted and ventilated. Frequent | changes of bed linen are made and | everything is kept entirly ship-shape-
 For the man who desires to pay | less and sleep in a dcrmitory, there
 are also accommodations. If he is a complete stranger, however, he
 must go through a sort of process for
 Sanitation'S Sake- Before going to bed he places his clothes in a fumi- II gator and then takes a shower bath He nextS gets some clean nightclothes
 and is afterward shown into the dor
 nitory. A nights rest is sure thing Converts Club Active.
 H Recreation and religion play large
 parts in the life of the home, and are promoted almost entirely by the
 Converts Club. an organization which was founded in 1916. and which now boasts 39 members, 27 active and 1C honorary. All meetings are held 1T the chapel, a large room seating 3OC
 and equipped with a moving picture machine booth, a speakers platform and pulpit. The seating capacity car be enlarge to $50 by rolling back the SihoihS oOOIS ScdIdle tue Iild1I chapel from a little Sunday schoo room in the rear. Services are helt every Sunday afternoon and Satur
 day evening, and are we'll attended The Converts Clubs own room i situated in the rear of the building and was furnished in good style b. the members themselves at a cost O S360. It is sort of combination meeting and recreation room, and common gathering place for the mem berS of the organization. The con verts, by the way, are men who ap T piled for assistance at the home, an after receiving aid ''got'' religion They carry on a good work. and i [ the interest of the cause recent ! purchased an automobile for S70t ! The machine is known as the "Gos pei car.''
 Located on the first floor, imme $ diately across the hall from the office 1 is the general sitting room, wher N the tired man can stop in and res for a while. It is a popular plac
 just at present Recreation room similar to the general sitting roo1 % may be found on each of the dorm tory floors. Books and musical 1T & struments are on hand for those wh care for them.
 In the basement is a heating plar 7 which would be the pride of an fireman or engineer. Two enormoI steam boilers, which heat the builC
 ing, carry one and a half pounds T steam, and a hot-water furnace, whic
 is also a combination incinerator, ful # nish warmth aplenty.