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To render this establishment for the poor at Munich 

 perfect, something is still wanting. The House of In- 

 dustry is too remote from the centre of the town, and 

 many of the poor live at such a distance from it, that 

 much time is lost in going and returning. It is situated, 

 it is true, nearly in the centre of the district in which 

 most of the poor inhabit ; but still there are many who 

 do not derive all the advantages from it they otherwise 

 would do, were it adjacent to their dwelling. The only 

 way to remedy this imperfection would be to establish 

 several smaller public kitchens in different parts of the 

 town, with two or three rooms adjoining to each, where 

 the poor might work. They might then either fetch 

 the raw materials from the principal house of industry, 

 or be furnished with them by the persons who superin- 

 tend those subordinate kitchens, and who might serve at 

 the same time as stewards and inspectors of the working 

 rooms, under the direction and control of the officers 

 who are placed at the head of the general establishment. 

 This arrangement is in contemplation, and will be put 

 in execution as soon as convenient houses can be 

 procured and fitted up for the purpose. 



In large cities, these public kitchens, and rooms ad- 

 joining to them for working, should be established in 

 every parish ; and it is scarcely to be conceived how 

 much this arrangement would contribute to the comfort 

 and contentment of the poor, and to the improvement 

 of their morals. These working rooms might be fitted 

 up with neatness, and even with elegance, and made 

 perfectly warm, clean, and comfortable, at a very small 

 expense ; and if nothing were done to disgust the poor, 

 either by treating them harshly, or w&vci^ force to oblige 

 them to frequent these establishments, they would soon 



