The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-08
FIFTY CENTS A DAY.
Meals At City Restaurants During Tho
Hot Season-Thc M.nu.


and families have gone into the country
and they float in the sense chat vhiIe
they sleep at home in darSoncl hons.
or linen shrouded flat the hearth f.r.. ar.
auenched--Bot to mention tho,o in tho
range-and they are reduced to Ii sd, of
skirmish for their meals. getting a DIM.
ner at Coney Island TO-DAY. al a down
town cafe tomorrow, Luncheon any.
where from the elegant cafe to tha free
lunch counter Of a baroom Th, sort
Of business can be made very expensive.
or a man can live well on fifty cent, 4
day. Don't believe that Well there,
struggling Young lawyer here vino
does it, This is what he. SAYS atou, the
matter
Il sleep in the house Of my cousin.
who is at Newport for the season. Gotta
fine four story brown stone affair just ~
Fifth avenue and as she knew ! was
hard up she asked me 10 come and stay
there while She was away. and the col
ored laiy who is care takev Of the house
does for me a. a part OF her dgiie5. a
semi-occasional half dollar rendering her
perfectly rec0ncilei to my presence.
am up by 8. and on my way down town
| stop AT q Sixth avenue bakery that lies
between me and the Elevated IL has
one outside room. with chairs and tables,
and YOU can get coffee good coffee too
for five cents u cup. Their buns arc
fresh and hot at that time Of the day anu
you can get nye OF them for live cents.
or Il sandwich for the same sum, you
happen to be hearty eater and require
meat IA the morning. II you are gilt
edged epicure you can get slice ot pie.
But a. for me, Inn PLAN. homeA
minded sort Of person. and find hye
buns more filling So my breakfast costs
me ten cents.
About | O'Clock my stomach goes into
executive session and begins 60 vote
lunch appropriations 10y acchmatiJu.
There's a place down ON lower Broadway
near my Office, that ipatronize indeed.
there are two OF the same kind. near to-
gether but we a faithful sort 0t dispo-
stion and I stick % thc one nearest me.
All the bank clerks and the Young aud
impecunious LAWYERS like myself g0 20
these places between | and 3, but I've
seen lots OF men who get their dinners At
Delmonicos come in there hurriedly FOX
luncheon. and get i, for fifteen cents.
You know the miiiionaircs never scorn
to save nlckels. It's not so swell as tho
bakery. There are no tables oil chairs
Just a long counter, with big dishes Of
everything piled within reach, and every
single thing costs Just five cents. You
help yourself to anything You like the
looks OF sandwiches doughnuts, cakes,
pies. hard boiled eggs, buns, etc.-and
then the maui behind the counter passes
YOU ont milk, coffee, tea. lemonade. as
YOU choose, and that five cents, too
When you're through You tell the
man what You've had, he gives YOU a
check. and you settle up with the cash
ier near the door, generally present
him @lth the munliiccnt sum Of one
dime and a nickel. and don't 90 away
hungry, either. That seems like lot OF
confidence to trust the lunchee 10 tell
how much he has had; but just lee any
tramp go IN there and try TO beat the
management, and he'll find out double
quick whether any one IS gllitcriBg eye
has been upon him. Summer weather
one doesn't want much to eat while you
are working. hut when the dag ~ done
YOU feel the need of something more
STAYING tnan the everlasting buns and
sangwIches; a good square meal. M short,
and know where can get that same
for - cents.
There are half dozen places where
YOU can get 1t. and the menu Is not 80
bad ~ YOU might think. There Is soup,
barley, vegetable or consomme, bit OF
fish, with boiled potato; lamb, mutton
veal on beef, some kind Of vegetable, a
spoonful of stewed fruit for dessert, on
you may take cheese instead, and then
you get coffee, with bread al iibitum,
throughout the meal The peck OF dirt
is not thrown in. thank Heaven. Ny
place j. on Third avenue, but its as clean
as the Brunswick. The waters wear
white jackets, but they're white, and the
people sec they are ali clean and respect
able themselves, for its the decentest
dinner for tine sum that I've ever seen,
and have had some experience / can
tell YOU. ante up my little American
quarter, and then am fed for the day
at the reasonable sum Of 50 cents
There are twenty nice restaurants on the
good avenues whore i capital table dhote
can be had for fifty cents with half
bottle Of vim ordina1e thrown IN, while
the Italian eating places cnt 1t down a.
low as thirty cents, but wine is left out.
Actresses out Of employment club TO
gether and dine At these places, and b.
three ordering Tor two, which, gives them
all enough. they fare sumptaously every
day on about the SUN usually rcckoned
sufficient to keep bird alive There are
still better almost elaborate dinners to 10
had for seventy-hye cents aud 81, and at
these places you will ind tue newspaper
and literary men these hot evenings,
with sprnklings Of the professionals and
artists. New York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.