New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-04
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,i A. IN TIC case Of kemc, and rroy and Ithaca and
,.s.x,a-i srsak ei tho modosns nomonolaor had
49, ssew mea ct memcfy than OF comparison or nvcn-
ta Auex the a,ci acacrs in creature comforts here,
n Csar rrvrre;cr and administrator of an extensive
,~nNssAmcni called Cai!forxic. ny way of excellence
A., distinction IL Is spoken of la Veie CalJora'e, for
Cses he's his imstOrs and plsgiasists II worthy oil
ss-srrtcu. only afraid that my description VIII not
ks wethy OF l., IL may BE- a. its best OF SUNDAY VI
Monday in summer time, between and CLOCK III inc
Afternoon Noa enter from the Chaass.c du Name '"ioas"
rasc Ccchsrc into small paved court, where there are
,r, tables ar,unt which are seated sometimes ian,i-
IN rrcup composed of samples Of two or three genera
tom. brown old wrinklcd grandmohers, and bright,
smooth checked children, company OF friends, or
A,,,, Gathering Of strangers whose community OF in
.r.,s and c,eupstions and stomachic sympathes and
r.,on,, ,cynrous quality make them friends for the
asou Passing them, you Immediately TO the res
ssursnt proper On the left of the door You enter there
!. continuous table counter breast high enclosing
.ouars space within which are two three pre-
pauc salads and other Vegetables and bluff old fellow
in can and spectaclcs and apron and shirt sleeves who
Listens to the orders Of his hungry customers and transmits
Them in loud voice to the attentive ears of hall dozen
waters who are in perpetual motion for their iumenf
across the square space that separates the counter from NC
kitchen. While awaiting his turn to make known "'
wants or the coming OF his ordered meats the apPe"
heinz himself TO knife and fork from one OF the large
boxes full of those utensils that lie open on the counter
The credit system being unknown here he pays on re-
CENT OF his dh and then works his and Its way out Of TIE
espectant thong Of applicants and of coming and parting
guests who block up the passage to the dining ROOM 10
their needless husng and projecting elbows the mpron
,us mindful of their garments and the usabe require
ments Of his stomach, addresses frequent warnings in
zones whoee natural courtesy mngles with anxiety in the
proporon that the solid contents Of his plate bear 10 their
houid clements Old customers display marvellous dex-
tery in plotting through this dangerously obsructed cah
nell An elderly man deposited tho table near where
was sitting the other evening, three plates iu oil s"y
be-cravcd vegetables He brought Them all at one voy
noe from the counter and their unsmirchcd edges proved
that he had not lost drop of their semucnt con'ehs
Yet he was fur her encountered by roll oil oread uder
his ann. From motives Of economy and Others it is well
to take your bread with you when you go to dine
II il the sustom of the placeCadet takes no unbragc
wipe and unless he returned for new spply-cost HIM
Fix sous.
Vegetables arc two SOUS portion-and the portions are
LIBERAL Meats-beef mutton, vea-are four sous piate
but rabbit as my right hand table companion impressed
mon me- comes to six sous Parrdges ortoans, pates
de foe gras peacocks brainshese and such like vands
are not laid down Cadets bill of fare. The unsophst
Gated robust appetos Of his guests do not go wanonng
after titbis II hunger the poor mans sauce-sad to be
l, tun lint that
condrnent s-does not give relish enough, tumber OF
mustard placed each table free TO each feeders knife
Pepper and salt also provided gratis in open vessels
which are also not provided with any appropriated nsrd
nent for their distribution In this respect however, ca
diets as well furnished the Cafe d. Paris or any other
best restaurant of the bouovard where salt spoons are
unknown So much for the center of civilization in the
&" noon OF the nineteenth century.
Not being hungry, lover of mustard under such
promscuous circumstances yet wanting excuse to stay
while in the room, ordered pot of wine-a tc pot;
that IL nearly quart of red wne for which paid ten
sous bought an article Of that quality instead of at
eight sous by the suggestion Of my friendly neghbor
the right. lie seemed worthy steady man. shoemaker
by profession who had away from his close city shop
in the Rue ST. onore to recreae himself and two bright
looking lads his sons with the better air and the amuse-
mens Of the barrierc. He sharing his wine with the
boys He would have had his wife with him to share IN
the family fetc; but she hhge'e" ""u o"0'o" '"'o" "
hard winter and then died three springs ago. Her eek
ness and death made dark page in his history which,
6la tho htorv Of most married Paris workmen had
FIGHTS than shadows in II, This evidently entertained
apotion-aute common with that sort of peope"-that
something was wrong somewhere. A.he does not send in
uny written expression Of that notion TO the Pays to
the saloons or shrcwd observers that sudy Paris
the Boulevards and the Avenue he passes for being
"conent" and very fond Of Louis Napoleons govern
ment.
Well the room we were in contained thirty tables;
largo enough for x and others OF them large enough
for ten or twelve persons to sit down at They plain
tables Of deal or whtewood boards with benches to
respond Up stairs there are many They have
walters up stairs many. Then in the large court
yard there are seventy tables in the open air. and twelve
more under the shed that bounds side of the yarlac
commodaons in Ill for about thousand persons Near
.v ar anita ths. humber may be there Of pleasant
Monday They are worth the secingcspecialy to Amer-
can eycs-r the mingng Of all ages and sexes for their
quiet cheeruness for the prevalent good order and coa
tesy In the several visits that have made there have
but once seen any approach quarrel and that but
an spprcach ending in few loud words The faculty of
enjoying and letting enjoy in mixed assembages is in
enyiaby higher Of development with the French and
Germans than with One reason may be that they do
not blunt and brutalze the natural social sentiment by
The unnatural scGsh absorption of strong drink Most
psrt Of the wine drank at the barriers is very light and
very sour-too light and too souri, should say to have
hoen fabricated from drugs and 1t would need but
SLIGHT knowledge Of drugs to fabricate more stimu-
lnup plcasaner tasting beverage. good deal OF bad
brandy is drank there in the of day but mostly
in small quantities by any individual by nightia
Won may zee drunken enough indeed but they are
very few in proportion to the thousands that thronS