They fed in the restaurant, under 'the Fair,' at fifty cents
a meal, 1,500 mouths a day, for a fortnight, from food furnished,
cooked, and served by the women of Chicago; and so orderly and
convenient, so practical and wise were the arrangements, that, day
by day, they had just what they had ordered and what they counted
on, always enough, and never too much. They divided the houses of
the town, and levied on No. 16 A street, for five turkeys, on
Monday; No. 37 B street, for 12 apple pies, on Tuesday; No. 49 C
street, for forty pounds of roast beef, on Wednesday; No. 23 D
street was to furnish so much pepper on Thursday; No. 33 E street,
so much salt on Friday. In short, every preparation was made in
advance, at the least inconvenience possible to the people, to
distribute in the most equal manner the welcome burden of feeding
the visitors at the fair, at the expense of the good people of
Chicago, but for the pecuniary benefit of the Sanitary Commission.
Hundreds of lovely young girls, in simple uniforms, took their
places as waiters behind the vast array of tables, and everybody
was as well served as at a first-class hotel, at a less expense to
himself, and with a great profit to the fair. Fifty thousand
dollars, it is said, will be the least net return of this gigantic
fair to the treasury of the Branch at Chicago.
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