The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-11
Banks with Dinners and
Dinnerless Banks.
Real Life" Insurance
Companies.
SAMPLE BILLS OF FARE,
The Western Union Telegraph
Company's Plan.

can't one and as matters have progressed In business
stringcncy OF late. 1t has become even more imror.
tant What said about both the barber and the
poacher, "nrst catch your hare and then dress u ("
sti retains forcc piece OF advice bearing upon
the ever recurring gastronomic problem. 1t has been
epigrammcd OF a Bohemian Of the Henri MurgeP
order that he for whom the world freshly
created every day. We can readily imagine then, that
tho accomplishment Of dinner would be tho chief
task OF each creation. He was perpetual hunts
man in quest OF fleeing rabbit stow. Outside Of the
Importance which attaches and thcn 10 some cs-
pccia dinner which Is or Is NOT enjoyed, IL Is safe to
say that tho habit OF dining is . commendable one
wen founded in historic fact, and constantly proven
70 DO what II Is claimed It is, by daily experiences
In this city there 10 q number OF people who
by business engagements to take tho most I'M
portant meal Of the twenty-our hours down town;
10 browse for midday sustenanco in wilderness Of
restaurants; to pick up tho noontde chop or stcak
~ n holiday donkey would thisles by tho waysdo.
This statement is contradctcd by tho existence Of
tho extensive network OF boarding nouses-for II Is
tho clorking class to which particular reference 10
made-that gently pervade Manahatta with an aroma
OF weak coup at about six O'Clock 7. NJ Their re-
pasts which arc generally mathematical problems In
tended to demonstrate how many boarders 60 into
one dinner, with a chance OF something being carried
TO tho servants, arc frequently discounted ut
luncn c01ntcrS, wnero men slt uKo maleIoctor6 ON
stools and imbibe dyspepsia In q cloud OF steam.
And II Is well, perhaps, In some instances,
that 1t is SO. One gets something 10 cat, at
loast the plishmcnt OF which TACT there
always up town assurance, unless recourse Is had
again 10 restaurants There happy class, how
ever, and IL Is OF this class that tho writer intends to
speak particularly. who spared all trouble and
temptation MS the midday meal by having It pro-
vided for them by tho establishments in which they
arc employed. The clerks In our large banking and
insurance Institutions constitute tho feeding COM
munity referred to They fortunately situated
shat they not put to the mental trouble OF
deciding upon this that equally indigcstible dish,
but fed Elijah of old not exactly
on ravens by ravens, but in a manner that
gives them bother whatover-namoly, by tho cor
porations that employ them. In the Elijah conncc-
ton thcre may DO valuable genealogical consdcra-
sion about ravcnous hunger but 1t Is not pertinent,
and may therefore be laid tho table. As matter
OF fact there about thousand young and old
appotitcs that daily appcased TO dinner without
the slightest volton the part OF the Of said
appctilcs, and when Il is that these arc
served on the work premises and that
moro time isgven Tor masticalion and DIGESTION some
idea obtained oil how valuable system II Is that
the extensive financial concorns OF New York have
had the foresight to ADOPT.
DINNER BANKS
There nfty-elght banks connected with the
Now York Clearing House, OF which thirty give
lunches or dinners ana twenty nve 40 not The
Banking Association, Manhattan Company, Asr-
cnants' National Bank, Mechanics National Bank,
Union National Bank, Bank OF America, PhGnix
National Bank, National City Bank Fulton National
Bank. Galatin National Bank, Greenwich Bank.
Ward Na.,onal BANK, National BANK Of The
state OF New York, American Exchange National
Bank, National Bank OF Commerce, Mercantile Ma
tiouai Bank, Chatham National Bank. Peoples Bank,
Metropolitan National Bark National Citizens' Bank,
Continental National Bank, National Park Bank. Gro
Hunk
and Merchants Bank, Fourth National Bank, Ninth
National Bank, FIRST National Bank. New York Ma
tional Exchange Bank, Tenth National Bank, New
York County National Bank, German-Amcrican Bank.
The Tenth National gives coffee and tea only.
DINNER
rho twenty-five banks that take no stom achic in
tsrest In their clerks arc sfolows:-rradesmen's
Exchange National Bank, National Butchers and
Drovers' Bank (Mirabile dictu ", Mechanics and
Pacific Bank, Na.lonal Bank OF the Republic, Bank OF
North America, Hanover National Bank, Irving Ma
ons, Ns,,nas ,n Ss"s
christmas dinncrl National Shoe anu Leather Bank,
Corn Exchange Bank, Oriental Bank, Marine National
Bank, Importers Traders National Bank, National
Mcchsn,cs' Banking ASSOCIATION North River Bank.
Central National Bank, Second National Bank, Third
National Bank, Bowery National Bank
There two ways OF serving dinners TO clerks;
one is have complete culinary outnt. q Kitchen
Tor instance that would delight MSS juliet COR
pon. d reunue oil waters ard u chici aud
manage things generaiy. Tue other way is 10 havo
d,nuers sent IN. In the Now York Clearing House,
where dinner is served Tor tho clerks the work IS
done under contract by the ianltor, who receives
81, 900 dollars year Tor this special service Some
OF The banks have colored gentlemen OF great cxpcri
enco Tho chef Inca. Il IS not in human
has to eat and In mis- Dercgrinations The
HERALD reporter met more than ono attacb6
VINO grumbed exceedingly mt the style OF his dinner
his dinner Tor noihing-whcn, were the truth known.
he would probably, had ne 10 buy II outside, treat
himself 10 glass oil beer ana sandwich. But tree
dom is everything ia this country, and thon there's
the glass OF beer. The appointments OF the bank,
kitchen ana dinns rooms arc OF the nsa.est and IN
Is made, OF course to the Turkish carpetcd and BIRDS
eye mapcd rooms where The directors meet to con-
sIder discounts and declare dyidends such Sardana
palian apartments Always have the sheen OF heavy
silverware about thcm and eternaly pervadcd ny
the Grazing scent OF turtle soup.
Tho eating hours OF the clerks generally from
wclvc O'Clock to two and sometimes to three
In largo establishments, whore tho force NUN
pers forty or nifty or even more clerks, they
re conveniently divided into messcs, alter tho
ityie Of being In the army shipboard. How
pyer small the bank is there naturally RELAYS Mt
inner. In couu.ry banks only 40 they all dine
The time, forcing the burglar 10 como at the win
dow. The reporter had the pleasure OF Inspecting a
Broadway sublerranean kitchen ana found IL admira-
bly, arranged, being constructed Tor its purpose with
Al artistic nicely that could not be exccled In
ierred 10 the clerks have divided themselves in,o
three messcs, which alternate In their order Of gong
aown dipnef This Is hardly hygtenc. since the
man VINO eats his dinner on Monday at has 10
wait until three or thcrcabouts on "Wednesday. IL Ia
presurabe however, that the stomachie forces learn
70 ADAPT themselves To the roster or as IS sometimes
the case 10 tho irregular rooster These nesses have
The following namcs:-Sdns souc, dismas and grcascrs
Our informant had reason 10 give Tor the particular
designations. tie stated that II had bccu gen-
srations but volunteered The Information that all the
grumpy gray headed clerks went TO Tho dismal table
At thcso dinners The pup and qurk and tue prandia
toke 60 round precisely VI the OCCASION were state
banquet. IL Is Impossible TO allude TO the post
prandaI joke, because limo alter dinner TO
make one. Work IS waiting up stairs, and so Is
another hungry mess.
DINNERS SENT ~
when there IL not Tor kitchen or the officers
of the concern do not choose 10 tho trouble OF
buying dining room urniture table linen, dishes and
ali eat ceerds, ana yet choose to provide dinners
ihs meals are contracted Tor with some restaurant
proprietor, who sends them in IN huge tin heated
Affairs invented Ior this Particular business AZ tho
Eouitabe Insurance Company's Offices arrangements
have been made with Dcimonico, next door, there
hetne 1 special pAssagcway which permits OF inter-
assassination. Al CLERKS who arc fed from tho out