Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-21
AT A RESTAURANT.
THE FAIR SEX VERY PARTICULAR
Az TO WHAT THEY EAT.
The Difference Between Men and wo-
men Whom They Go Into n Restaurant
for Dinner-How Proprietors View the
Two Sexes.

Two beNces
at takes the women to order a good din
ner, sad the proprietor Of a restaurant the
other day. They like good eating and they
know what goes with what better than the
men. Why, man had just as soon order
cranberry sauce with mutton as not" He
shuddered at the thought Besides" he con-
tinucd in disguised tone, half Of the men
don't know mutton from veal, anyway"
Are the women more eXacting than the
menr
Not a bit of it. Then, you see, the under
stand enough about the matter to appreciate
dish. a man will gulp down the most
elaboratcly prepared meal and never think
whether it's taken four or five hours or fifteen
minutes to prepare it. The women like to
eat dinner leisurely, in courses. They are
particular about their desserts, too. Why,
81 p is quite an ordinary sum for them to
spend on meal Men seldom spend over
seventy-five cents-I mean Of course for their
every day noon repast OF course when Il
party of men come in here together they
spend a good deal What do they drink
Well, both women and men drink good
deal of bottled beer-no, we don't keep wine.
Very few of the restaurants do. o, yes; l
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them, but it's not sold generally, and indeed
it is much called for.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS.
"Women affect iced tea a goo,: deal this
weather; then, too, they like chocolate, iced
or hot, according to the state of the thermom-
eter. Men take chocolate some, but say they
find it little heavy. think they prefer
coffee. Most of them get all the ten they
want at home. You see, women and men
come in here from totally different reasons.
The men want to get filled up for as much
under half a dollar as possible, and get back
to work. The women come in to enjoy them
selves and rest as long as possible Is their
love Of ice cream tictioni Well, all | have
to say is, ask the first young woman you
meet"
\ hollow-eyed young man, who seemed in
a continual state of perspiration, laughed
scOrnfully when the same question was asked
of him. Why, see here" he burst out
hotly, we've been selling mead and soda
water and seltzer water here quietly for
years, with no bother at all. But the women
were not satisfied. They were in here every
day by the dozen. No ice creaml Oh, my!
Amt that awful! Why don't you keep iti
Why, everyone keeps itf Then they got hold
Of the proprietor, and harped away on the
string TO him. The consequence is, we've
got it!' He pointed disdainfully 10 little
room, repoSing in sem-darkneSS behind the
portiere. The store is cluttered up with
women half the time now. What hours do
they come most! Oh, they'll take ice cream
at any time, but from 8 in the afternoon till
u at night there's no let up. What kinds do
they order the most of Oh, they like any
thing that's colored-pinkish or yellowish or
brownish. l suppose they get them to match
their dresses"
PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY.
aIce creamr said another man slowly.
No, we don't sell much of that. The peo-
pie who come here are hungry. They want
soup, sir, and fish and meat, and good hon
est Irish potatoes" 1t was not a quiet, we'll
ordered place with stained glass tranSoms
and spotless linen like the first, but big,
noisy feeding house, where things had the air
of being run by steam. The very people
seemed to be propelled by some galvanic
force. They were not conversational, their
faces were without expression Of joy or
sadness. Care seemed to have set its rigid
seat upon them. The desks dead wood" (or
the counters hsd eaten into their souls. But
half of them were shop girls. They sat in
stolid patience after they had ordered their
meal, and when it came they ate it with an
determination that must
have been very alarming, viewed with the
eyes of a potato. 4 drum majo could not
have kept more faultless time than did their
knives and forks, and behind them imagina-
ton saw gaunt dyspepsia standing with a
sickle in his hand, which he had borrowed
from an aged relative.
These young women did not care so much
for dessert, but some of them ordered pie
Now and then a woman entered who, it could
be readily seen, was not accustomed to din
ing at restaurant. She invariably hesitated
nervously and made three or four false mo
tions before she decided which aisle to Sc
lect. Half way to her seat she would man
age to drop her parasol, she has no end of
traps-a shopping bag, mantle, a Harper's
Bazaar, two bundles, prize picture and fan
besides her paraSol. They had to be disposed
Of on the floor, on the back of the chair, and
on the table.-Chicago Tribune.