The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-13
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The Hapidity with which Americans
dispatch. their meals has afWays been a
marvel to- Europeans. And isVe6 it a
quite natural. The EnRlis6man or
krenchman repairs to his ordinary to
dine, the American EusheS to his eating
mouse OF. Boarding house to Feed. His
object Is simply to take in fnel To sus-
tain the flame of life, and, ike a Mis-
stssippf steamb boat, he gwo6dB up'' as
tast as possible -Helbolts his food bo-
!us-wtse because he does not relish the
taste Of it!o . Under d battef CULINARY
dispensation he would enjoy his meals;
as II is, he endures them.
Toithei man who knows bow, to dine.
the interior of a New York restaurant
OF the "tmmediate ldispA Atcll'' class pre-
sents, between the, hours Of 4 and 2
O'Clock, a most uncomfo table specta.
Gle. Perched literally cheek by ioyyi''
on high stools, closely wedged together.
one sees twenty or thirty men and
youths with their heads bent down and
their elbows in rapid motion. Viewed
from therear, one might suppose them
to beweaying or tiddling. Behind them
stands another row waiting for Vacan-
cies. Every now and then one of the
perchers In the front rapke slips off his
ronsting place, wherenpon the member
of the reserve corps immediatblY0be-
hind him hops into it and gives his or
der. About two minutes thereafter the
new candidate fol-. flying dinner has
his plate OF meat slung ut tShim along
the greasy marble counter, with the
singular grace and dexterfty character
tsttci OF New York walters oftlie iIn-
pulsive kof9 slam:bangf school The
heavy solids disposed of the flatulent
dessert is Instantly Thrown in,n and
IN eight minutes from the time he
mounted his pf8ndfal perch the guest
has dinsd. III one did not feel 'thai he
fast feeders at the restaurants were
committing slow-Suicide, their habits
would be rather an amusing study.
They climb up and dsdRrtt down from
their ootgns OF. vantage soTmuch after
the manner 81 birds shall we Ishy cor
morants y that one Is involuntaffly re-
minded of Plates definition of man as
featherless specimen Of ornithology.
The ladies who perch daily in pigeon
Ike rows before the counters OF the dry.
goods Establishments sare; however.
much prettter samples of our bir1-like
race. Obi in the name of all the house
hold gods, why don 't they spendTa p6f-
tion OF the time they consume so profit
lessly abroad in providing something
delectable at homes for. their mates to
peck at?
But letps, not be unjust. Our culin4
ary prospects are Frightening. Nom
sieur Blot is fashionable. His SeGuces
are well attended Il and d1thereJ is hope
that In the course of time the spit and
the gridiron may prove formidable
rivals'to the harp and tlJs piano ia the
affections OF our wives and daughters.
The reform inaugurate6s IN the uptown
circles may, in the progress of events,
extend even to the downstoVvh restaut
rants, and those nnisances, bad cook
ing, headlong mastfcation and dyspap-
rs1a,l be s9nstbly sabated in all the walks
of life. Unquestionably, as the home
standard Of cookery improves, the pub
lie purveyors will find it necessary to
cater toslt the more critical sappetites
which such Improvement will engen-
der. Thereforey ladies, as yon love us,
nay, as you love domestic harmony-
for, recollect, that of ill-cooked dinners
come indigestion and bili6usness, and
of these iH-temper and discord-keep
the ball OF eultpRrY reform, SO, happily
started by NJ. Blot, briskly in motion.
Positively, you never look more faS-
cinating than when propitiating the
Bares 10 &hom, ,;by the way, Dad cooks
were sacrificed in ancient times) by offi-
chatting gSwithe yonH own fair hands the
culinary altar. Do you remember the
description in tsAfartin Chuzzlewit" of
sweet Ruth Rinch's first essay in cook
cry Such u busy little &6mAhias She
wasstifaS fplls of sell importance. It
was a perfect treat to see her, with her
brows knit and her rosy lipsiparsed up,
kneadtng away at the crust rolling It
out,I cutting it5tntQT strips, lining the
basin with 1t, shaving 1toff Found the
edges, choppipg the meat into small
pieces, raining down pepper and salt
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