The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-28

keUnants er Fashi .uahlc r~asts Gathered Cp
and sold as . Keeular nusisess.

and sstd as . Regular nusssess.
There had been some entertainment at a
handsome house on Madison avenue last even
ing. for the canopy still stretched from the door
70 the curbstonc. The hour wns Q A. N. A
dilaridated wagon stood In front OF the house.
drawn by an aged horse. A belated reporter
CHANGED 10 pass by and noticed two men hur-
rylng from the cart. with empty pans and pals.
into the basement OF the house. and returning
speedily with the same filed to the brim. For
q moment it looked like a burglary, but the
presence Of policeman on the nearest corner
was assuran 60 to the contrary. One OF the men
paused as II to rest for moment. and the re-
porter accosted him:
What's the racket"
The same old thing. FREQ lunches cheap
restaurants. and Eyetalians.'
don't quito catch on. What are you doing
In the place p
Why. don't you zoe. they've had a party
there Tonight and q big supper. They've left
three times as much as they've eaten, and
we're buying II up from the steward. Well
sell i ali bsiors nine o'clock to- morrow anu
A.. Regular customers Why. is this regular
"Of course 1t i.. and hes been for over ton
years Of my own knowledge. You see. there
are q hundred parties and over given every
are. noticed in the daily papers. Now. ut these
raekets they Slwsys mt up n lot more th.n
cause 1t would never do to have Just as mu ch
- their guests needed and no more. y would
look Just W. II they were dead broke. Old fam
lilies order generally twice rs much rs they're
going to use new families about three or four
much Why last Wsse We t teo and Ia zen s%s
place whore they had nifty reore. and they
bad s xs5dS aa
and there's all that stuff left untastei. All
they can do is to throw It int the swirl barrel.
buy It ur. Sometimes We buy il from the
caterer; y saves him trouble and time, as We
for his washers. Sometimes we make the denl
with the cook or the butler and sometimes
but not very often. with the old man OF the
get tho stun ~ e'"''' anu
What do YOU rnyS"
We can llhd ont what will be left over. and can
make affair bid. With cooks and servants We
note. Almost Always we come out ~ ahead hut
too. smari and want too much. With the. head
OF me house, though. ITS easy WORK. and
What DO you do with the stuff ?"
Sell itsto our customers. There's, first, tho
cheap restaurants. They're Always ready to
take ANYTHING cheap. II they can get n chicken
Sny e wsad s So To- make
afford then to sell II at twenty cents plate and
. mnns m aEp.Hy WnS 1 a ,s sod Lobster
sell sci II for len and MAKE money. Asa matter Of
cents rlatc. Then there's the free lunch sa-
Icons. They want sandwiehes, pickles. bread
sn .S aEa ad Ih BENZ aon nqsh
place down town where they give fried oyster
sandwich. or somethinI with every drink.
That man is ona Of my best customers
After you've worked the restaurants and
Tree lunches. .you can always sell out what's
it's cheap. enough. I've sold them melted Ice
cream Of different coIors. half eaten Charlotte
snS At
last year ] sold the ienvngs from the Plates OF
big Wedding reception for one dollar. They
different things in them"
What do you get mostly from parties ~
ice cream; next sandwiches. and then cake
9Gcoasi99naiiy We get Charlotte Russo and can
bat H Sa heyys ss eY sn cot fs
beef in max ing chicken salad We get a good
deal; On warm nights We collar a good many
corned beef, turkey, and venison. people don't
But you see it all depends on the kind OF
party It is; LIBRARIES are the worst Of all:
ah.y sas hass e Sans s
Musicals are almost rs bad. Keitiedrums and
afternoon A. racket are not much good either.
sand invites and Sc. Sp for 10 zane aud then stou,
i5O come. Receptions to public men are the
he1t utSt utu come DlTtlQHy. Christening.
and tin-wedding parties. Wakes too. are
sometimes bots. The only way to size them
from him."
DO YOU ever &c, any wine2,'
Mao the old man of tho house always
comos down and col ars what's left If he
don; the Writers drink il. and they're always
ha!ped out by the servants. I've been in the
business ten years, and ! never cot even half
bottle. That is, didn't got any wine although
did get the empty bottles. They don't pay,
though, unless you get more than fifty and
then they bring yen ia about a dollar. Tut I've
got to ttop. as I'm OF now to Washington
Market for our first customer"