, 1885-01-08
TABLE SCENTS.
A Chat with a was:rsss in a Cheap
Restaurant.
DfGerent cir-.e. Of Customer. ~
different Times Durinx the
rwenry-Bour Hourr-Ihkes
and DIsiike~.


Cincinnati Enquirer.l
There Is u large class of people In the city
who prefer 10 eat when and where thoy
please, and order what they want. than to
depend upon the tiresoine table Of boarding
houses. They rent a furnished room in which
10 sleep, and take their meals where fancy
dictates and their pocketbooks will permit
Few students or el,rks or Boheinians who
buy twenty-one meals q week can afford to
pay 50 cents each for them, or even half of
that amount; consequently they seek cheaper
places whore food isn't as tempting. but per-
haps as wholesome is served 10 them Some
OF the more popular places are open day and
night and feed mor5 than 1000 persons
during every twenty-four hoursl A per-
son going into them and caring more to look
about him and study his tabls companion
than to cat will find men 10 amuse and In
terest even the superficial observer.
Such places are patronized by entirely DIFF
ferent Glasses OF customer at different times
during the twenty-four hours In the morn
ing the trade Is composed chiefly Of students
and those Bohcmians who live In an itinerant
sort OF q way. At noon business men, clerks,
shop-girls and a variety OF working psople
throng the tables for their midday lunch AT
the supper hour those who were In for break
fast, and who were not particularly noticed
In the crowd at noon. return. From o'clock
ON until midnight trade is not usually
very brisk and is composed chiefly OF
hungry people who have besn to
some place OF amusement, travellers
just arrived in tho city, young fol-
low and their girls, and any other persons
who for some reason are Inclined to eat at
an irregular time. About midnight bush
ness becomes more brisk. Night workers
come in for their lunch, and ngain the class
Of customers changes There are printers,
reporters, bakers, gamblers and sporting
people Of all kinds, together with the fast
young men who have been on a hurrah and
wish s bite to eat before sneaking home 10
tell fond parents hat they have been to a
church social, or calling on Miss -, of
Price Hill. awe missed the last car, you
know, and had to walk in"
you meet with a great variety Of appe-
tites," said the reporter to an Intelligent
looking waitress.
Eyes" was the reply, FAIL people ave their
likes and dislikes. and ii Is quite probable
that they will show their weakness VIII n
they come into a place like this. You col
have no idea Of the annoynnces we are put 10
by e~xacting aud mean-spirited customers. 4
would want no better test OF a gentleman
than tho way In which be orders a meal.
Table manners always disclose undesirable
traits OF character which under other cir
oumstances would not be easily discerned.
When hero by themselves they feel under no
social restraint, and the way in which they
abuse us poor girls Is awful. If they only
knew IL, they could get more and better
fesd by mixing a little politeness
with their orders than by com
handing us 10 bring this and
that in a dictatorial and insulting way. ia
man is grabbed, cross. and bent On finding
fault, l just try to bring him the poorest
rnaaI Il ran aud dnlt~hf IN hfa fa~.f,- IT,
meanest, most niggardly people, always
want twice as much for their money as
decent folks They come here, and with 10
or 10 cents expect TO get a SO cent meal.
They are so unreasonable that thsy make the
girls mad, and you can't blame US If We slam
the dishes about a little BIT"
But IL Il not economy that causes them to
act soF'
Not much. The people who are bsst able
70 pay are usually the ones who cause US the
most trouble. The economical ones are easily
waited upon They have gensrally made up
their minds az TO what they VIII order before
they como In, and when that IL brought
them they are satisfied.
with q certain class OF our customers the
main object Is TO satisfy the appetite at the
least possible cost With this In view their
orders almost always consist Of rolls and
coffee, or soup, or beans and stew. 5uqh
things are cheap and have considerable bulk
To show what acme people viii do: We have
a customer who buys buns at a bakery for 1
cent each and brings them here to eat with
his coffee. In this way he geta his coffee and
Ave buns for 10 cent?, whereas we only give
him three rolls for 8 cents. He is two ahead
each time, but 1t takes cheek"
aWho are your most Troublesome custom
ersi"
"Of course, the fault-finders are trouble
some, but We girls despiss most a csrtain
class of young fellows who. swelled up with
c~onceit, come In here to make a mash They,
Of course, think they are irresistible. and
annoy US by talking to US and ~endeavoring
to make engagements with u.s."
ado you ever have any serious trouble with
customersf"
@once in a while we are compelled to COM
plain TO the proprietor, and then the con-
ceited customer Is invited 20 leave. A good
many come In and order when they nave no
money, but that is no concern Of ours. The
cashier looks after thLt"