The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-06-29
THE sE2TDMOBE CHOP.


tetlrs.
While the proprietor Of the Maison
/ Doree was standing behind Iis counter,
catching flies for c,lrrant cake, and wish
ing that q little of the business wave the
eastern papers say 30 much about would
slop over into his restaurant, rs it were,
/ young man with beamtng smile on his
face and big box under his arm entered
"Dontt want amy sleeve buttons, nor
nnthin',% groWled the dyspepsia distrih,l-
tor, CHANGING at the box.
"No, nor | said the stranger, at1ably,
Idennsitino. the hox- n4- tha- ate-
moving the lid. s'But what you do want
/ is the greatest Invention OF recorded time
-the Restaurant Keepers Frient-the
Boarding-Heuse Proprietor's salyation!"
ssRoaeh poison said the stea<-stTetch-
er, contemptuously.
mo, sir, retorted the young man, taxi
ing handful Of singularIy shaped objects
out of the box. Something that beats
the telephone and phoncgraph III hollow
refer to the -Skidmore Chop
>iYhat's thats',
WHY, it's the most economical device
of modern times, and LII prove it right
here. Suppose you are serving Il dinner
to say half Il dozen persons. Now, how
many chops do you generally pat On the
ttble?o
Well, about two apiece, say twelve :"
'sAnd how many are eaten?"
Hum about four. =
$iExactly--tllat is about the average, AZ
our restaurant statistics show. AS mat
ter Of course, however, you are obliged to
cook three times as much as you need, 10
make a show. Now, If YOU could save six
chops every dinner for year it would
amount to-
"a fortune" said The man Of eetlets,
eagerly. :'AIl VIC can do with them now
is to work them over INTO hashes.'
s:Peace to your hasltes," said the agent
s'all this r'tinous waste is now prevented
by the introduction to the same dish Of the
patent Skidmoge understandable India
Rubber Chop, put up 10 packages Of one
dozen, and warranted for five years." and
the food economizer exhibited some life
like limitations Of cooked mutton chops.
tI1ooks like It good scheme said the
concoctor Of steWs, thoughtfully; Shut
don t the customer ever
fsEver tumble? Not III the least. He
only notices that one chop is little tough
er than the others, and finally gets his
fork into a real chop and chews ahead.
These smaller ones come higher. US they
are made Of . little more Timber article OF
rubber, for lamb chops Can1t be told
from the genuine oy tile naked eye, All
you have to 10 is to grease EN- on both
stiles, warm 'em up little, and serve 'en
mixed in with the others same as usual.
Seems like they are about as tender AS
the regulation kind, = said the restaurateur,
.abbing one with q fork, Don they ever
get eaten by mistake ?'
stNo--no-that is, not now. We did
lose few that way when first introduced,
but, now that we make the material tough
er, it don't happen any more, unless they
swallow 'em whole. WAY, here's a speei-
men that's been in use in q Chicago eat
ing-saloon for three years, night and day,
and you can't see the first tooth print in It
yet"
ssThat set,les i=@!'' said the proprietor,
TT: take gro,
= 4:9ht YOU would, replied the chop
agent > took down the order and en-
pllatica1iy declined au invitation for some
lunch. II viii drop round in i few days
and show you SAMPLES Of some soft, white
rubber Holsters we are getting up specially
for the country trade-nlake the best a.
ticle Of indestructible salad known. ''--Sau
FI.unctsco Post.