Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1913 — Cafeteria Idea and Home [ARTICLE]

Cafeteria Idea and Home

B tUro ever la a time when the three meals a day routine become 4rud#ary It la mid-summer. This la the time when the woman who doe* her own work la entitled to a vacation, but ahe rarely tots It, “so import-' eat la the mother apoke In the tome wheel If she can’t get away for a change, why not bring the vacation to her at home. Why not have a home cafeteria vacation ? a The cafeteria idea la both familial end popular to the dweler in the city. It meana climating setting the table end serving the meal and leaving the patron to wait on himself. There the cafeteria restaurant is such a suooeaa, the three leading ones so far •a the patron is concerned being quick service, a chance tci see your food before you order it, ind having to pay only for what you want If a man can wait upon bipmelf in a cafeteria, why not at home under Iflba arrangement? First Becure the fatcrart and cooperation of the family, then plan for it and give it a fair trial. It may be made as much fun as a picnic and the saving of work would be splendid. The getting of the meal on the table is often “the straw that breaks the camel’s back,”' so as to ■pvh. to a tired woma*. The getting of three meals a day would not be so hard if it, were not for getting it on the table lti proper Bhape and doing up the work afterward. The cafeteria home vacation may be made to solve toe problem if each member of the family will in addition to waiting on himself also ale to washing and replacing his own dishes. , When mealtime comes fancy the household filth* to the kitchen cupboard, each helping himself to eating utensils—'individual trays would be but not a necessity—then to the ■love, where the vessels of hot meat, vegetables, gravy, tea, coffee, etc,, are la readiness, and then to the dining table, where such accessories as cream, sugar, bread, butter, etc., are placed. The meal over, turps could be taken in dishwashing, all of which might mean any amount of home fun M well as a happy cafeteria vacation for the mother.