Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-03-04
FAST AND SLOW EATERS.
People Who Spend from Five Minutes to
Et Three Hours at Table. ...E.

Four men sat down to ''tiffin" at the
Bellevue cafe yesterday. 1.-The proper
caper just now" said the clerk, "is to
say tiffin when you mean lunch"
With glass each of Chateau Lafitte
the quartet began feeding. The must
cal French clock in a corner of the
pretty dining chimed the quarter
hour past 1. The oysters are served,
and the musical clock has again chimed
another quarter hour.
There is slight wait for the serving
of the consomme a Ia Colbert. s.....
The musical timepiece has chimed
the hour of. 2, played a merry little air
from .'La File de Madame Augot" and
chimed again. The attentive waiter
has served the fish, Spanish mackerel;
then the wine is changed and cham
payne takes its place on the table. The
bill of fare suggests French peas, cauli-
flower all Gratin, potatoes IN croquet-
tes, onions Ia creme, asparagus, 1tal-
ian artichokes, and corn fritters, With
these come blue winged teal duck and
broiled squads, then a fillet of beef la
Chateaubriand smothered in mush-
rooms. For the salad a little celery
mayonaise.
BY this time the sun had made long
slanting lines across the pavement and
the French clock has struck another
hour. The, dessert of walnuts, pecan
quits, almonds, and fruit had come on.
A taste of Roman, punch. stimulates the
appetite for dainties. The luncheon is
almost over, the black coffee is finished,
cigars are lighted, and as the party rise
from the table the timepiece unsteady
announces the third hour since they sat
down.
The clock registered a quarter after 6
when reporter entered the Twelfth
street market. Eight men sat at one
eating counter. On the opposite side
of the bar was an elderly country wo-
man and colored man. The old wo-
man was hard to please, but eventually
settled on ''two fried eggs!' and the
colored man took "buck wheat cakes
and coffee!' Eva -~.
At seventeen minutes past all were
hard at work, nearly all having supple
mented their orders with cups of coffee
and buttered rolls. At twenty-seyen
minutes past 6 the customer whose fam
cy was tenderloin steak and the old
woman who had ordered the fried eggs
were the only people out of the ten no.
ticed who remained at the counter.
The old woman had been heavily hand
icapped, at the start. Five minutes
later the steakeater went out and he
was almost Immediately followed by
the old woman. The toadstool seats
were soon occupied by other customers
and the race for victuals began again.
"How long before the New York ex-'
press leavesp" asked a breathless pas
senger, at the restaurant counter of tho
Broad street station, yesterday.
t.Half an hour, sir, replied the head
waiter.
"Well, give me sandwich and cup
of tea," said the man, dropping his
sachel9 and mounting a stool in hot
haste. E5EEsa MIN
The door from the corridor flew open
and three commercial drummers enter
ed, with their sample cases. The man
in the lead exclaimed:
eve have ten minutes to catch our
wagon, old man. Trot us out a half
dozen fried and bottle of wine"
The order was filled, the drummers
deftly surrounded their hasty meal and
were onboard their train, with three
minutes to spare.
a"Au, swaitarr, give me bit of chick
en-, with Saratoga chips, and glass OF
Attorney milk" said a dude, with a
single eye-glass stuck in his starboard |
optic, as he parted his eoat-tails over
his stool and sat there sucking the head
of his rattan. Nine minutes later the
chicken eater wiped his lips, set fire to
a cigarette, and toddled, mincingly, to
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