. Journal of electricity . arge city play-houses. During warm weather these are given outof doors while the mess halls are used in the winter. The pictures are rented for a week, and are circulatedfrom camp to camp during that time. Mr. Mathews has two assistants besides suchvolunteer help as may be needed on special expenses are paid by the company except a tablecharge for billiards to cover maintenance of theequipment. LUNCH SERVICE AT COST BY GERTRUDE O. TUCKER Service is the foundation of the modern publicutility structure, and as charity begins at home, sothe utility compani
. Journal of electricity . arge city play-houses. During warm weather these are given outof doors while the mess halls are used in the winter. The pictures are rented for a week, and are circulatedfrom camp to camp during that time. Mr. Mathews has two assistants besides suchvolunteer help as may be needed on special expenses are paid by the company except a tablecharge for billiards to cover maintenance of theequipment. LUNCH SERVICE AT COST BY GERTRUDE O. TUCKER Service is the foundation of the modern publicutility structure, and as charity begins at home, sothe utility companies find that every privilege ex-tended to their employes is reflected in the servicewhich they give to the company and to the public. Physical well being is so closely connected withmental efficiency that when one of the largest utilitycompanies in the state announced that it would fur-nish to its employes a hot, home-cooked lunch at thecost of the food, the idea was welcomed as a bigadvance toward the ideal of Electric lunch room, Southern California Edison Company, Los Angeles September 1, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 229 As electricity is the stock in trade of this utility,the natural thing was to turn its good offices to thismost practical use. Two automatic ranges, withovens that work on the tireless cooker principle, wereinstalled. Electric cooking was an innovation to thewoman in charge, but she took to it like a duck towater and was quick to make good use of all its con-veniences. Even the manufacturers agents weredubious about the behavior of the ranges under thehigh load factor of feeding more than one hundred aday, but now they are growing chesty over the rec-ord of nine months continuous use without a seriousinterruption. The kitchen is such an attractive part of thelunchroom that it is not separated from it, except bya screen and countei. The food is dispensed on theself-service plan, and this time-saving element isgreatly appreciated by those who foiT
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