The Bossier banner., 1877-08-16
Hints for Restaurants.
# was a popular restaurant.

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1t was a popular restaurant.
The seedy customer who had fingered
for half an hour over doughnut-revel
brushed the crumbs off his pantaloons
with his 4x5 napkin, and approached
the cashier with an abstraeted air. AS
he handed over his dime he remarked 4
''Mister, I think you and could do a
little business "a: --,G sseo ss'
"How SOP" said the cashier. ffi
"Why, have noticed that the folks
who patronize this hashery seem to go
in mostly for clam-chowder, and beef,
and doug ghnuts. They ignore the more
recherche elements of the meal, such as
quail on toast and venison steak. You'd
realize more profit if the public partook
more extensively of the lrxuries OF the
season, so to speak, wouldn't youP"
81 reckon" replied the check-taker.
! 4" Have you ever. noticed" continued
the seedy customer, '' that man Is an
cumulative being? He is guided and gov
erned by public opinion rather than his
own ideas" .s. "a. e. s..s- i,,ae.., I.
Exactly.'' t.,a t5~-.-. I.sfis ba. u
Now, do you see what am driving
at? Public opinion, influenced by hard
times, says doughnuts and clam-chow-
der. You want to educate public opin-
ion up to the more elevated standpoint
of quail on toast and yenison steak. ~ =
''How are you going to do it P'' ''o1 = re
/ I "That's just what / am coming to-.
That's where my inventive genius comes
in. You and l put up a job on 'em.
Every day about ] this time ! come here
for dinner. look over the programme
and yell out; Here, waiter, turtle soup,
.i fried oysters, pate de foi grds, and a
pint of Rederer,'r and the waiter he
Sings out the order so the whole room
full can hear. The folks that have just
come say to themselves Hello, this is
kind of stylish place. 1t won't do to
eat baked beans and Goldfish balls here,
and then they followmy example; more
especially if the waiter does his part
we'll, and can infuse tone of sarcasm
into his voice when passing along the
order for clam chowder and hash, so as
= to make the cheap feeders feel their in
significance. Things would soon work
around if some enterprising man would
set the example, -
"Well," said the cashier, you on
: any body else can order just what yor
, like, providing you pay for it, 8,
"I'm afraid you hardly appreciate tht
importance of my idea. In order tt
inaugurate the system it will be neces
.sary to disregard the immediate pecu
= mary outlay No, my proposition il
J that I should of1iciate as epicurean ex
+ emplar will soon arouse the spirit o
s emulation by my apparent reckless ex
:. travagance. will, by reveling in th'
delicacies which would appease th
+ appetite of ~ Lucullus, ; stimulat
: others to like 1agish Indulgence. 1 shall
Z assist the process by casting around m
: chances of scornful depreciation at thos
!. groveling souls who persist in partakin;
! of humble fare. Here, now, for in
stance, i assume an air of lofty dis
o. dain.' Doyou think you could sit calm
Z ly and eat clam soup while was look
# ing at you--o-and deyouring bone
turkey?'' t-s, e,, DIS :. 20 f,- !
,s "No, 1 should probably get up an
= kick yoli," was the answer. lsa
"Ah,, but most men would take
differently. They, would say, I guess
:, = can afford boned turkey as well as ths
q IcHOW, duo tuCy Wouiet oIuo eii III
n luxuries that they, could think of.
would catch 'em, / tell you. Now, t
4 come right down. to business, / ain
!, ambitious; don't ask any salary. A
- that / want is to order what like FIRE
:, - gratis, and I'll set right to work an
3 we'll bring about the biggest revolutio
in public opinion you ever saw. VIII;
: do you say? Is it a bargain?''
Is Il can't see as it would exactly pa
% me,n said the restaurant man. 81 gues
|. things have got to work around grad'
;s ally" '.s @si7
= You don't seem to have much ente
" prise," sadly observed the epicurea
! exemplar. "What kind Of on
- - horse beanery is this anyhow? You p1
down venison and quail in your lyiu
# programme. and hanged if | belie'
is you've got any in your old chowd
~ mill. I'll offer my services to some frs
at class establishment. ."-Boston Traue
+ Ter. ''.".
Y. Ten Thousand Dollars for Drink
2. Water.