. The National Civic Federation review . dly arranged, the dining-rooms containing uncovered tables and benches forseats. They are carefully cleaned daily. Enamelledware of the appearance of granite makes an excel-lent type of dishes. Italians, Greeks and Spaniardshave their tastes consulted and their favorite foodsare furnished. At every plate half a loaf of breadis placed, and each is liberally supplied with a meatstew, macaroni or other vegetables, fruit or otherdessert and coffee or tea. Meals are furnished atforty cents a day gold, but Europeans may eat else-where if they so desire. They
. The National Civic Federation review . dly arranged, the dining-rooms containing uncovered tables and benches forseats. They are carefully cleaned daily. Enamelledware of the appearance of granite makes an excel-lent type of dishes. Italians, Greeks and Spaniardshave their tastes consulted and their favorite foodsare furnished. At every plate half a loaf of breadis placed, and each is liberally supplied with a meatstew, macaroni or other vegetables, fruit or otherdessert and coffee or tea. Meals are furnished atforty cents a day gold, but Europeans may eat else-where if they so desire. They are allowed to taketheir little bottles of light wine, which they areaccustomed to have with meals, to the mess halls. KITCHENS OF NEGRO LABORERS. The West Indians, until the first of February,cooked their own food in any sort of fashion, inutensils on the ground, at their barracks. Owing tomalnutrition it was decided to erect cook houses andprepare their food, which is now made a part oftheir wages. Employes file in front of a counter,. Europeans in Front op Mess Hall. their rations of meat, vegetables—yams, sweet pota-toes or rice—and sometimes fruit are handed to themfrom the kitchen behind. This system was recommended by the SanitaryDepartment a year and a half ago. The delay in es-tablishing it seems as unnecesarily great as do de-lays in other matters. Under the old haphazard plan negroes would se-cure food from the commisaries at noon, usuallycanned. By the time individual purchases weremade, fires built and food prepared the time allowedfor lunch and siesta would be consumed. Thereforethey were insufficiently nourished, and it was foundthat when ill in the hospital, after fever had disap-peared, they would eat as ravenously as starvedcreatures. The new scheme is a great step in advance, butthere is still room for improvement. There is noplace for them to sit when eating except under theirbarracks, like animals, or upon the floors in , no matter how simp
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