The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-29
BY Pauline Suing Bloom

into that roseate state is Miss Harriet Klein, n
native daughter, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. \.
Chase Klein, grew to manhood and womlnhood
here and were graduated from the old South Side
high school, now happy memory. She will marry
Clyde David Allen son of the Rev. ID. d. Allen
and Mrs. Allen of Tacoma, missionaries among
the Indians, and now in charge of Cushman school
with enviable record for service MIR. Allen
is with the Spokane office of the Washington Sur
vey and Rating Bureau. The marriage will take
place Thursday evening, the nineteenth of April
at All Saints Cathedral Canon Leslie Rolls, ohci-
atng. sunday of the same week Is the anniver-
sary of the marriage of Miss Kein's parents.
Mr. Klein Is senior member of the real estate
firm of Clark Brothers and Klein. Miss Klein has
just had her 2rd birthday and may be said with
out fear of contradiction that she has enjoyed \
equalled by few girls of her age.
Specializing in Home Economics at Washington
State College, Miss Klein ran tea room AT En-
erson's, a department store at Pullman, where she
put into practice many new and original Ideas
Just about the time that she was graduated Vic
tor Dessert was completing the Dessert Hotel and
as the work of Miss Klein had come under his
observation, he made her an offer to become uetl-
tan of the new hotel and work out with him some
ideas which he was turning over in his mind
She had made up her mind to 20 to California
but in the face of "the Offer MIR. Dessert hmde
her, even the dean of the college said she would
be fixing in the face of Providence if she did not
accept it. She belonged, it seems. to that rare
class of individuals that the world was waiting
for the hunted for the job rather than the hunter
the fate of most college graduates.
that were bound to have bearing ON the feeding
of men and women" Miss Klein declared For
women. the boyish figure was just coming mt"
vogue: men, too, seeing what women could u"
with the surplus pounds, began to decry the bay
window effects and what is as much TO the loln'
those who had been accustomed to dropping INT"
the saloon, where drink or two-or three or -FOUR
ere lted an appetite for steak and fried potatoes.
apple pie and coffee. discovered that they COULD
double their efficiency on the luncheon III which
fruit and salads had II part This was the ilme lha'
oil bpnan
tage cheese, salads brown-bread spinach ana nut
termilk She set out boldly in II little column
ON the menus the number of calories each item
contained. the requirements for different types ct
individuals for the utmost efficiency. During the
past two years Mr.. Dessert and Miss Klein have
had their system adopted by the chain of Siatler
Hotels and dining ears and now some of the 'eho-
ing cafes of London have put the system INT"
operation rs something new and distinctly Arlerl-
can" in plan. Miss Klein at the request OF these
famous restaurateurs has kept them in touch Win
what the Oasis has been doing and has furnished
them with sample menus over period "i months
There are two things that make an appeal
ia the average man and woman: their health anu
their children naturally those are the two nam
interests in life. The growth of dietetics mas
brought into the foreground four new types Oh
workers The Hospital dietitian for general ana
cbIdrens hospitals and asylunls: the educational
,liettion for college dormitories, high school
cafeterias. ETC.; the philanhropic dietitian for
poor farms, childrens homes, veterans hospitals.
soup kitchens and health centers; and the COM
mercia diettan for hotels, tea-rooms, dining cars,
restaurants and hotels. Victor Dessert has the
distinction of being the first hotel in the world
TO pioneer this work and he has given Miss Klein
!, free hand I'm developing the detetic field with
such success that even after her marriage she will
devote several hours day TO the hotel as manag-
ing diettian and probably continue publicity talks
over KGA
Friends of Mr.. Allen think that he is in luck.
IIp will never be an "extra-hazardous risk" as
Young bridegrooms are apt to become when 1t
falls their lot to eat the brides first cooking lie
IL marrying one of the best cooks in the state.
Miss Klein states that there time
when she not Interested in cooking. When
.,,,u e,irl her choice always little