The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-12
CoucSrning Eating.

some people eat 70 live. Others live 10 eat.
ano everybody eats. Some eat at their
aotles and frown ai the family when the
ulshes iail TO pan out a. they want them.
MS Il wrong. IL proof oi which suppose
the lrowning man takes dollar and goes
70 market and tries n purchase a dollar
and-a-A2h dinner with IL. Hardened
bucEsiers, who daily come IN contact with
hundreds OK people just ike yourself.
await you. You 20 TO the fight, and the
nrsi round you are hoored. You are los
tee ny FAT women. rude men. and impo-
me- tradesmen. The scent Of fresh meat,
OF decomposed offsl. oi rotten vegetables.
ana hdh Of all sorts assail your nostrils.
! lou get IN had humOT. and in ct oi
desperation you buy something 70 eat that
you don't want and take il home. Dinner
disappointment in consequence,
and ciouded brOws follow a natu-
RAJ result. Others try the ten-ceut
iunch-counters. An attractive sign IT
the door informs you that you can
get a ''hot lunch for ten cents" &
row OF tail stools. closely jsmmed to-
gether, stand in front Of tall
counter, behind which ere couple
or more Of lazy, Indifferent waters. A
castor here and there on the top Of the
counter stands up like lone persimmon
trees in cultivated field. The wsifer
takes dirty wet cloth. mops the top Of the
counter, gives you 3 knife, fork. and plate
and shoVes greasy-looking paper toward
YOU upon which l. half written. in q had
hand, and the balance printed. the bin Of
fare. The names are higb-soUnding. and.
while you try 70 ind comfort in seating
yourself on your high perch, Won
call out your wants for = meal. After
much persuasion a waiter takes your order.
You watch with interest a. he uDcOvsrs the
dishes and scoops out a sma.i complement
a food and throws il toward YOU after the
fashion Of Chesterfield farmer feeding Lis
hogs. You look around al your neiSbbor.
who is also found in the hungry ranks that
t5r0ng the counter. curse the walters. and
sQuabble over their food. he i treated
just a. you are. and in q little while you
jump down. wipe yOur lips. and receive q
ticket for. perhaps. thirty cents worth OF
victuals. when you consumed about twelve.
Ten cents ior each dish j. what j. charged.
The swell goes 70 the hotel. II looks
larger, and he travels or looks. lie goes
into the saloon. gives the fni-hin. touch 10
the twill Of hi moustacbe. and softly
smoothes his hair until be- gets the last
strand q the eFenin2te bang il front 70
assume the most impressive "lav." Then
be enters the dining-room. and i, seated
next 70 the man who is huskily drunk.
suspicious Soup. e. Cottage style" leads
on the menu. followed by Baked Spanish
Mackerel. Brown Sauce. and continuing
with Veal Pie. Sauie = Lamb, English
Apple Cake. Nobod sauce" and other
thing 100 mean 10 mention. and numerous
enough 10 make up IN quantity ior what Is
needed in quality.
What el yer have:" SAYS the waiter %
the drunken man with the husky voice.
"Billur air
This j. handed him. the waiter improv-
inc the occasion 70 whisper:
BOSS. I'se seed yer 'rCun her efore, I'll
! knows | gNyine Cit my beer now
4 quarter hides in the brown pslm q
tie waiter. and the hun Try man say:
"Gimme er good diner
lie waits n long ~ ANYBODY else. anus
ing himself in the mean time hvreadiu- tie
announcement or the lili q fare that ON
nihusses leave for al trains and boats. par
tIclllS information Of which fact can be
given af the oftice: also, that al fruits
or lunch taken from the table viii De-
charged extra. He therefore fights shy ~
the fruit and awaits the regular dinner. for
il he eats any Of it be viii be sure 10 carry
il away. II is further stated that MI dishes
called ior not on the bin VII be charged
for extra. q precautioD that be cannot see me
propriety Of when he a-cert2ius that be
did not yet hall Of those he called for. Snd
for which he will be called upon 10 pay,
whether he got them or not. After all. il
Is pretty much the same wherever you eat
or Whatever II may be, there i sure TO be
trouble in getting il. and man had better
be- content. " whatever the circumstances or
the food may l'e.