The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-08-27
At A RESTAURANT; !
THE FAIR SEX VERY PARTICULAR
AS TO. WHAT THEY EAT. =
The Difference Between Men and Wo.
mon When They Go Ihto q Restaurans
for Dinner-How Proprietors View the
Two Sexes. -s=- IL

The Difference Between Men and wo.
men when They Go Into Restaurant
for Dinnsr-How Proprietors View the
Two Sexes. e. IL
at takes the women to order good din.
ner," said the proprietor of a restaurant the
other day 'eThey like good eating and they
know what goes with what better than TIE
men. Why, a. man had just as soon order
cranberry sauce with mutton as not" He
shuddered at the thought "Besides," he con.
tinued in disguised tone, "half of the men
don't know mutton from veal, anyway"
care the women more exacting than the
men?" -4.t- III IL
ANot bit of it. Then, you see, the under.
stand enough about the matter to appreciate
dish. A man will gulp down the most
elaborately prepared meal and never think
whether it's taken four or five hours On fifteen
minutes to prepare it. The women like to
eat dinner .leisurely, III courses. They are
particular about their desserts, too. Why,
S125 is quite an ordinary sum for them te
spend on a meal. Men seldom spend over
seventy five cents-I mean of course for theil
every day noon repast. OF course when
party of men come in here together they
spend good deal What do they drink
Well, both women and men drink u gooo
deal of bottled beer-no, we don't keep wine
Very few of the restaurants do. 0, yes;
don't doubt you could get a glass at most oi
them, but it's not sold generally, and indeed
it is much called for.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS.
"Women affect iced tea good deal thi
weather; then, too, they like chocolate, icee
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 tea theJ
want at home. You see, women and mer
come in here from totally different reasons
The men want to get filed up for as much
under half dollar as possible, and get bacl
to work. The women come in to enjoy them
selves and rest as long as possible. Is then
love of ice cream fiction? Well, all | have
to say is, ask the first young woman yor
meet"
A hollow-eyed young man: who seemed II
a continual state of pcrspira.oa, lauShcc
scornfully when the same question was askec
Of him. "Why, see here" he burst out
hotly, "we've been selling mead and sods
water and seltzer water here quietly fol
years, with no bother at all But the womer
were not satisfied. They were in here every
day by the dozen. No ice creams Oh, my,
Amt that awful! Why don't you keep it;
Why, everyone keeps ith Then they got hoe
Of the proprietor, and harped away on the
string to him. The consequence is, we've
got iti' He pointed disdainfully to q little
room, reposing in semi-darkness behind the
portiere "rhe store is cluttered up with
women half the time now, What hours dc
they come most! Oh, they'll take ice cream
at any time, but from in the afternoon till
10 at night there's no let up. What kinds dc
they order the most ofl Oh, they like any
thing that's colored-pinkish or yellowish OF
brownish suppose they get them to match
their dresses" .-..-.
PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY.
"Ice creamg' said another man slowly.
@No, we don't sell much of that. Tho peo
pie who come here are hungry. They want
soup, sir, and fish and meat, and good hon
est Irish potatoes 1t was not quiet, well.
ordered place with stained glass transoms
and spotless linen like. the FIRST but big,
noisy feeding house, where things had the all
of being run by steam. The very people
seemed to be propelled by some .galvanie
force. They were not conversational, theii
faces were without expression of joy Oh
sadness Care seemed to have set its rigid
seat upon them. The "desk's dead wood" (or
the counters) had eaten into their souls. But
their bodies had to be attended to. Nearly
half of them were shop girls They sat ir
stolid patience after they had ordered then
meal, and when it came they ate it with az
uncompromising discrimination that must
have been very alarming, viewed with the
eyes of potato. A drum-major could not
have kept more faultless time than did their
knives and forks, and behind them imagina
ton saw gaunt dyspepsia standing with E
sickle in his hand, which he had borrowed
from an aged relative. a ..1ss-.
These young women did not care so muck
for dessert, but some of them ordered pie.
Now and then o woman entered who, 1t could
be readily seen, was not accustomed to n
ing at restaurant. She invariably hesitatei
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, a prize picture, and far
besides her parasol. They had to be disposed
OF on the floor, on the back of the chair, ane
on the table.-Chicago Tribune.