Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
The Skidmnre Chnn.

. While the proprietor of the Ng;s.1' DOree was standing .eEili his cCurt,e the other day cat,i.ius E!e= ..s e,..r... ( cake, and wishing that a .s.ii,.r, ..-r business wave L.St-.n H.s-- sss sl much about wnllii Fi.f.i st"- .h'.. ii-. restaurant, as .t were, yru"s cl b ri:-I q beamiug smile 0u his ia,-s .,:'i .. =. box under his arm entered
 Don't want any hlccse s.as;,.a~ ...,- nuthiE',' grOwled the dysir.Nia ..s- tributOr.
 "Nu, nor l, said tue strange, ;i' a J %, deQOsilrg the boa on the C, uutef ahd removing the Ed. "Ert Htst y;u It want is tine greatest iaveIti.r. .- -yc ...to tiue-th restaUr lt b---v. a.rad the boarding bO';,r l.r, ..iIet r' % .'ts.- tica.'
 "R"ach voisunr' sdd ,r-s.cal -..,. E. er. coHieml l.nssiy-
 "NO. sir" reto5t, the youn- u;..u, taking .. handful .f >ia- -uidrly si--pC objects cut Oi thc IuX. "S,m-, .. that beats the phonogragh and telephone all hollow. l refer t0 the 'SGdmore chop
 "What's that?'
 "Why, its the most economical device fl modern ti-.e.. and I'll prove 1t right here. Suppose you are serving dinner to say half a iOzen persons. Now, how many chops do you put on the table?"
 "Weil, about two apiece, say twelve.
 And how many are eaten?'
 "HuIn! about four"
 Exactly that is about the average as our restaurant statistics saO1 4. a matter Og course, ,huwcver, yaJ a., uii.i...i tJ cook three times as mnaI as Suu r,e.l tl make a stew. Nov, il lsu ,paiu s.te. SIX chops every dinner fora pear 1t %0ulj amount tJ --"
 A fortune ssid the man oi cutiv;s, eagerly. Al we can ,!u with 'em ION is to work 'em over into hasLes.'
 Peace to your hashes,' said tue agent; all this ruIno:s waste Is now prevented by the introduction to the same dish 0f the paten; Skidmore h. destructible India Rubber Chop, put up in packages ut one dozen and WHrraEteI for five years, and the food ccoEomIzer exhibited some lise!ike immitSuons of | cooked m';t.on-chOrs.
 Looks like gOJi scheme" said the cOEcOcU1r Of stews thoUghtfully; tut don't the customers ever --
 Ever tumble? Not in the least. He only notices that one chop Is a little tougher ti.an the others, and finally gets his fOri. aui chews ahead. These small CT ones come hight-r IS they are made of little more Timber article of rubber, for lamb chops. Can't he told from the genuine hy the naked eye. All you have to do Is to grease 'em uu both sides, warm 'em up a little amt serve 'cm mix ei in with the others saIny as usual
 Seems like they are about as tender as the regulation kiud," said the rcstaUr- autar, jahbmg one with fOrs. Don't { ;hcy ever get eaten by inistake:'
 NO-nO-that IS. not BOW. We did lose few that way when they were first introduced, but now that we make the material tougher t dOa't happen any more unless they swallow 'en up whole. Why, here's specimen that's been m use in a Chicago eating house for three years, night and day, and yOu cant see the first tooth print in it vet"
 That settles 1t, said the restaurant CT, I'll take gross
 thought you would" said tne chop agent as he took down the order and en- phatically declined an invitation to lunch. m drop around ia few days and show you some samples of some soft, white rubber Holsters We are get ting up especially for the country trade made uf the Lest article c! indestruc- tible salad known and he shouldered his box and walked Tn the direction of Baldwin's hotel.