The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-07-04
WHAT A WOMAN EATS AND DRINKS.
It Ia Ofsen Something That Would Make
m Ostrich Pale.
(Erom the New York Times.)

IN Ostrich Pale
(Erom the New York Times)
''The ordinary woman must have
digestive apparatus similar to that sup
posed to be enjoyed by the ostrich, was
the suggestive comment made yesterday
by the proprietor of fashionable restau-
ant in the shopping district uptown:
He was checking off the days orders
ss be spoke, end q Times reporter hear
ing the remark naturally followed it up.
"Why?" repeated the caterer. "Well,
IN just show you. All orders here are
written, you know, consequently the
ladies have put their testimony in black
snd white. Here are some of their
lunches: .Bouillon and pistsche ice
cream Fancy man putting that combi-
nation in his stomach to nourish him for
q days tramp. Here's another: Straw
berry short cake and cup of chocolate;
that was the first course, followed by
cream meringue and lemon ice I'd
like to bet thst women will be visited by
both her ancestral gran6mothers to-
night.
..Here's an order in swell English
handwriting for goblet OF iced milk and
an extra porterhouse steak. Nothing
else. Enough to kill her? I should say so.
This extraordinary female relished q
chicken salad and cup Of tea; this one
reyeled in fried Little Necks and pine
apple ice cream; and third went from
shsdroe to charlotte russo without stop
ping at any intermediate stations.
.sWhst's the trouble with the lsdies?'
asked the reporter; Ignorance or econ
omy?"
ssBoth," was the emphatic reply.
sThey come in here and puzzle over the
carte for fifteen minutes and then order
consomme snd frozen custard. Desert
every woman must have, and the con-
somme or chop or bit of fish is delicate
attempt to lead up to the sweets. They
have no conception OF seasonable food,
either. They ask for minoe pie In June
and iced tea IN December. In August,
when I have exhausted every resource at
hand to reduce the temperature OF the
place, they rush in flushed and gasping
and call for fan and cup Of hot choc-
olste.
s.Few men eat here during the day,
but when one does accompany a lady
the order shows st once his presence. 1
can tell, too, nine times out OF ten, If the
man is the husband or only the 6ance.
If the latter, the young woman orders In
q lavish, generous way that Is most
agreeable to my professional taste; but
when msdemoiselle becomes madame she
contents herself with modest luncheon.
That is the time the husband is reckless,
and spring lamb, early strawberries, and
other expensive deicacies just about ill
the bill for him.
ssAs rule, however, my patrons
during the day are ladies'. I had TO get
used to them. Ittook me some time, bat
I've learned the ropes, and I Let them run
the thing pretty mach as they want to
now. From before 12 to s o'clock every
day my place is filed with women, and
by Geosgel they have q good time II l
don't.
.sThey sit forty minutes sometimes
overs q 25:cent order. They meet people
whom they know and block the aisles
and delay the waters while they e1-
change small talk and gossip. They stop
on their way ont TO ask me where / buy
my bread (Which Is my speciality, you
know or If the cook would be willing,
sfcr compensation, of course, to disclose
the recipe of . delicious soufle they had
inst eaten.
s.I blandly reply that every loaf of
bread is made upon the premises, and
thas my cook, who is q chef, creates those
scufses without other recipe than his
own nigh srt. No ordinary cook,
madame I will conclude sympathet-
icaiiy, scoul6 produce the same results
from the same ingredients.
(Which is lie, OF course, put ID the
reporter.
ssPartially, said the restaursteur with
sdeprecssing ggesture, ssyou know could
not giYe away my kitchen secrets, and,
besides, that woman viii come again to
est that souHe and tell her friends about
it and get them to come, all because OF
the little mystery 7 know about 1t.
Curious lot, these women" finished the
caterer, generalizing broadly.
ssRather s paying lot, too, suggested
the reporter, glancing at the prosperous
aspect OF the place.
The proprietor laughed as he leaned
over the desk.
81 have Just leased the place for
smother ten years, " he said.
They We're Married.
The Onaha Bee tells this amusing
story OF s marriage in the early Gays Of
Nebraska: A newly elected Justice of the