Daily Republican., 1888-05-16
n WOMAN 8 LUNuH.

Al itbthufaut WHcTb Huuutcub VI
women lunch the reporter sat down in
the midst of the rustic and swish Of
skirts and the Babel buzz and hum OF
soft voices, and consulted the bill Of
fare. There were salads, ices, patties,
eclaires, soup, pickles and coffee, but
no steaks, chops or roasts of any kind.
The ladies were eating rolls, chocolate
cake, buns, charlotte russo and ices,
while here and Il ere a little basin ot
soup or stew was ordered. A tired
little woman, presumably from the
country, from the multiplicity of hel
wraps and bundles, was consulting the
bill OF fare. She read IL through. fur.
lively glanced OIL the other side and
then ordered one SANDY wich and glast
of lemonade. The lemonade not being
on tap she muistened her lunch with
the cheering contents Of u glass Of
water.
Now a lady's sandwich, as furnish
ed in the restaurants, differs from 0
mans as much as the perfumed scraE
Of embroidered vanity they call !
handkerchief differs from the comfort
able half-tquare yard of linen or silh
which men designate by the SAINT
name. The iady's sandwich Is abou
as large as a postage stamp cut In two
triangles, Is thin enough 10 see through
and seems to relish better II tied W
| with a ribbon bow.
Presently four country women en-
tered, consulted for some time as tc
what they should order. and finally
decided upon sandwiches and tea
Five sandwiches were given them
and when four OF them had served
their destined purpose series o.
words and pokes were INDUCED in by
the worthy chief OF the quartet as Ia
the disposition of the remaining sand.
i, wich, while she remarked, in an audi.
bic whisper: ''We'll have to pay for
'em all, and might as well have it,
AS no one needed her advice, she ap.
! propriated the bit Of bread and II. cat,
wrapping it up in scrap of torn pro,
gram, ano slowed it away among the
hairpins, handkerchief, combs and
other miscellaneous articles in her
well-worn shopping bag.
At the same time q delicate little
woman in ewildering, iridescent,
prismstic sort of q costume, oil beadl
and sparkle and jingle, came flashing
and rustling down to the counter,
having her white hands sparkling
with Jewels, ordered salad, lobster
patty, cup of boul lon, a cheese cake,
and an ice with q cup of chocolate
smolhered IL cream, dipping first into
Il isat
daintily as hummlng bird derts his
bill into flower cup-spoiled Sc pay
ing for it all, tipped the waiter with a
smile as dazzling as her costume, and
went flashing and sparkling down the
room like glowworn in dusky
thicket.
"How many people do you accom-
modate at lunch each day, and how
many ot them are womenP' asked the
reporter Of the superintendent of the
place.
About 1900 in all, and 1885 are
women"
''Do you think the average woman
selects her lunch in accordance will
the rules OF heal;h7n
II don't think there is any average
woman II there Is she buys hel
lunch somewhere else or brings 1t Ii
her pocket. The economical woman n
eats the cheapest food in the bill o
fare. regardless of quality, and her
lunch costs ten or fifteen cents. Some.
times two women come together
give only one order for the two, ant
then fume because they have to pay
the extra ten cents in charge fol
dishes and service. They seem to gel
more nourishment and pleasure out o
the few cents they save than all they
spend. The extravagant woman eat
the most expensive dishes she car
find, and enjoys piece of poor straw
berry shortcake when it costs seventy
five cents that she couldn't touch O
fifteen cents in the season. The wo
man in hurry always eats somethin.
that she can drink like bouillon, anS
then buys half a pound of caramels t,
stay her stomach on the way home. ;
"Does woman compare her checl
with the list and raise rumpus owe
fancied errors?"
"Oh, not very often, but when sh,
does it takes cry man in the place
from the pro rietor down to the bo,
that opens the door, to convince he
that she is not victim OF dishones
practices. You see. economical wo
men find out what thing costs befor
they order it, and extravagant wo
men do not care what their bill is am
way"
(Which had you rather feed, 10
women or 100 menp'
| "0h, 100 women, because there
more money in it, though they are
little harder to get along with, and re
quire better service. A man wants
dinner for lunch, and orders cut G
beef, potatoes, onions, succotash an
celery, and bottle of claret or beer
and everything hot must be steamin
or he swears, and everything col
must be freezing or he fumes. TIL
food, though commonplace and sui
stantial, is more expensive than th
whipped wind, baked froth and froze
vanities we serve to women in fame
forms. They'll eat almost anythin
If 1t only looks dainty and pay well fo
1t, too. II they do find fault with tn
food. as they know how to do yer
scientifically, they are sure to com
fluttering back again like birds to thei
old haunts in spring time; but if ma
is displeased he says very little, BIT
shakes the dust of the place from hi
feet forever" i"
"Do women ever leave their parcel
and poeketbooks on the tables an