The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-11

SIDE arc Fortunate and there 10 ais
way the dinners have OF blowing hot and cold stil.
the expense saved Item 20 clrks whose saiao-
ries not Increase a. fast as their families which
n melancholy method that salaries and
families have OF keeping together. one gettng - iaf
advance that there 10 nothing 10 DC seen o. .no
other. There q particular limit placed upon the
orders az price, but OF course, has tho entire
range the restaurant bili-if the ranging does not
exceed the allowance Little dessert delicacics or ex-
tras or any kind will be furnished tho diners NJ re-
ducod ralea This courtesy Is natural one since me
reetaurateurs are always apt to make gooo ming
from the contracts tncy take.
why TME cusroA ExrsTsY
Providing clerks with inside meals-the writer I'M
derands Of course that all meals are supposed 70 W
Of that nature-s simply business move on tho part
oil tho banks that IL much OF necessity thai u
hard 20 understand how there are sweny,nve nna n
cial inGtitutions In tho city which DO mot ADOPT
IL in tho mrs. place. banking unlike
nearly every other business IN requiring some
calling Tue signature OF check the question Of On.
count, the transfer OF q balance, overdraus. khcs
anu all tho minute details Of bank are NO. knoSn
complementary on the instant 20 any one rom the
prssdenI down. Every department has us specially,
aud II important dcpostor Is iuming outside the
glass while the desired clerk ~ bending MS On
ergles upon u stubborn steak IN m unknown chop
house IL 10 easily that Inc consequences are uh-
pleasant Thomas Albone. president OF tho old time
opinion, arguing that his clerks had as much rgnt 70
knock on work Tor AN hour and 90 where hey cnose a.
any bricKlayeE But, then, President Aiiib0ue was
wrong, aud besides that was old style banking A
clerk mas right hour a. dinner II ne desires IT,
bus no SHOULD be within reach. Many 'elter taxes
his meal in number VI sections, and there arc
plenty OF them transact business involving nun
drcds OF thousands OF dollars between their PIC and
their coffee But there Is another reason equally I'M
porant, the banks tnink The clerks are generally
pxpKIyIsG rooR NAN OF Ills BEER.
1t well known TACT that bank clerks are
human, and that some of them IKE drink Al dinner
well any else. Or all the temperance instr
tutions IN the world banks add up tho most teetota
ana IL with tho Idea, also, oil keeping their young
from tho grasp OF temptation, mat the interior
dining IL insisted upon ihis 10, OF course, The minor
reason bank clerks have 10 be gcntemon anu gen.
posed know what 10 do and what NOT
70 do IN tho matter Of drink. And thcn
there Is the great saving Of tmc which 10 an
lions, even II no particular clerk should
DO wanted, while no was out, ior
any especial purpose good dinner suggests .
n ass OF which, turn may lead " game Of
billiards. and after that devil-maycarc detcrni ma
tlon 90 SEQ the girls come from the matinee, ana
les tho bank Itself An OLD yentiema an tod Inc
reporter that no knew . promising young man IN
Nassau street bank-if we mistake mol We think ne
SAID prom.ssory note youns msn-wno was .cso.
to peculaton by the very Iact and It's acquaintance
snip OF dining IN fashionable restaur
ant He met dasn friends with moro money than he
possessed; hc driod into quiet game. 'Just hana
or before no returned 70 ns DESK ana finally Tell
from hrs position OF trust THIS IL very rare case,
but AZ II IL workable anecdote u II used az moral
TO adorn the tale As deialcations have run lately
the most Ascctc and upright hvers have Dcen tho
biggest swindierA
The actual dinners served in the banks and insurance
onices are very palatablc. There Is no particular bill
Of iare the manages 70 entwne about the
generally received idea III menu all that the market
anorus WITHOUT OF course, brutaily interfering by
competition with tho Filth Avenue Hotel aud Similar
places whom She supply is early aid small tho demand
following menu given. II one that WAS served In
q Broaaway bank The day before yesterday