The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-31
Let Husbands Weep and Wives Cheer

Brooklyn, Aug. 3l.-The kitchen OF
the future, II any. will be an assem-
bling plant only, according to Samuel
Slotkin-thcre will be no actual cook
ing or baking done there, and home
cooked meals will be as obsolete In
the next so years as home KNITTED
socks or home cobbled shoes.
Slotkin is head of a large cooked
meat concern that has recently
merged and now represents a corpor-
alton of several million dollars. and
he is one man who does not deplore
the delicatessen dinner, yearn for
home grown. home cooked chickens,
or sausage ground up In the family
food chopper. The further we get
away from the ome-cooked idea, the
better he is going to be pleased.
He believes that the pies mother
used to make were one fourth senti-
ment and three -fourths hard work.
and that mother had better 60 out
and play golf with dad, than wear
herself out cooking for him.
ITS the day Of big business, con-
solicitations. and mergers" he said.
Small businesses are being crowded
out. and the kitchen Is the last stand
Of the little business. It has got to
60"
Home In 1879
Here Is the home of SO years from
now. as Slotkin sees it:
THE apartments will be compact.
with mechanical contrivances to do
all the ~housework. All furniture will
be built in and most articles Of furni-
ture will be double duty. Apartment
buildings will be equipped not only
with florist and candy shops as they
arc today, but with equally attractive
shops from which all types Of pre-
pared food can be ordered over the
phone. Meat shops will be beautiful
as we'll as unitarian. and all chops
and steaks will be done up in artistic
packages and sold over the counter,
wrapped.
Butcher Shops to Go
"A butcher shop. where you see
sides Of raw beef. plates Of liver and
mounds Of hamburger, will be a thing
Of the past. And when a woman or
ders a steak or a chop. 1t will come
to her all trimmed and cooked. and
will only need to warm for a few Sec
onds before 1t goes to the table.
Housekeeping will be reduced to q
minimum"
And the swell part Of it is that men
are going to like it. Slotkin said-but
he spoke after all, only for himself.
He sees the home a happier place be-
cause the wife doesn't have to worry
about cooking the meals. or 60
through the mental torture Of finding
a cook. The dishes will be washed
electrically, the home cleaned me
chanically, and everything will be
jake.
"Our whole system of living is
changing" he went on. mo one
takes a lot of time to do anything
any more, particularly If it can be
shortened. What sane woman wants
to spend three hours preparing a meal
that is going to be eaten in less than
half an hour?
Men are not drudging as they
used to, either. When I started my
business. I used to set up at 2 O'Clock
in the morning so I could open my
factory myself, and see everything
For years l was there every morning
at six. Lots of nights I worked unit
eleven. System has changed mans
routine. and 1t is bound to change
woman's."
Speaking of his early days ant
struggles brought out the rather re.
markable success story of Slotkin. He
10 oa ~ THE ros,p<r@, frnoo R,,ee{o q
poor boy bound to be an artist.
He went to Buffalo. where he at.
tended the Buffalo Art Academy anc
learned enough about painting Sc tina,
at l6 he was hired to paint canvasse.
in store windows. Occasionally some.
one stepped inside and bought q
painting.
It was the sales that made the
trouble, for Slotkin realized that
whereas his cut was IS for making the
painting. the salesman received $2l
for his part. The fact was borne up.
on him that selling was more profit.
able than creation.
Decides to Sell Food
Further using his head. he decided
that for every family who bought 8
$25 masterpiece from IN itinerant a r
fist were hundreds of thousands who
bought food. so he decided to sell food
His first job was with a meat shop
selling hot dogs.
He stayed long enough to learr
about the meat business, the variou.
cuts and their preparation. Then HI
started his own business, which grew
to its present proportions. Meat wa.