Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-28
THE DINNER PAIL.
NOT MANY WHO CLING TO THE
OLD FASHIONED IDEA.

what New York Tin Merchant said to
Reporter-Evolutions Of the Dinner
Buoket-Patent Devices and Contriy'
ances.
When New York wasn't as big n town as
Il is today 10 was much more uf a custom
than now for mechanics and apprentices and
other day lahOrcrs 30 carry their midday
meal with them 10 their work Men and
bows who tOiled IN factories and stores could
. De- seen in the morning trudgiug along bear
iug bright shining tin dinner pals Today
I IL is pretty hard 90 find prOportiOnately as
large "a number who follow this old habit
Not more than one man out Of ten IN the
business and factory region below Thirty
third street can be- found with his pail II
workman couldnt go home at noon from
his shop in the days ten and fifteen years ago,
about tine only way 90 satisfy his II o'clock
hunger was the one which now seems TO be
scorned ~ discarded because Of inconveni-
ence OF course there are some who cling 20
tn old fashioned idea, and in certain locali-
ties the workmen can't get along without
their kettles. But these are rare instances.
The only places where the rule seems 70 be
for dinner pals IS along the whnrves, and
CARRYING A PAIL.
a down town tnwure merchant said the
other day. 81 u.ed to do a big business in the
one article of dinner pals, but for eight years
now b. seems 10 have amounted 10 nothing at
all The causef Why l guess it must be
TINT mechanics aud others don't like 10 have
the trouble Of carrying pail to work in the
morning and back at night. It's inconvenient
tv.t al. IA
fee II likely 70 he spilled In the jostling and
crowding Of the cars Then, IL a man is near
enough 10 his workshop 10 be able TO walk
there, he isn't likely to carry pail, for Of
course he had rather go home 10 dinner.
No, the bulk Of worklngmen IN New York
to-day seem % do without pals such ns we
uscd 30 see when We weren't 80 populous and
proud Still they get hungry when noon
comes around, and they must feed. Lots OF
them bring meat aud bread from home in
paper, aud throw the paper wrapper away
when they are done with It.
Their drink Wen, they can work the
growlrr, or go ont and buy lager or anything
elise Besides, there are more inexpensive
eating hous, nov than before, aud plenty Of
men who used 30 carry their dinners with
them find u just about as cheap 20 go out
aud eat THIS is more convenient, too
Some workmcu on houses in process Of CON
struction IN now ncghborhoods must carry
pnils, but they wouldn't II they could help IT,
Often the 'frcc lunch gives "A man IA stay to
his stomach aud hc muNcs his supper IA
hohvlr mcnl tuun IL nsed to be. This also
helps do away with the dinner pail Out ON
the aqueduct and along railway lines being
built or repaired the lIa.ans done use the
pail much. The cooperative mcs, which they
have hecuis 10 do pretty well Tor most Of
them, aud those who dou, nave that stuff
their food Ia paper iu ,uulr porLcts.'
REGULAR EyoLcrIoM
Ia spite Of All tbs funrug OF IN the use Of
the dinner pHli ia NcW York city. the dinner
pail Of this day is better than that oi t,n
years ago. II has guur ,uruu IA q rcsdar
evolution First n was suup,y plain Ly,-
.lc with a cover You couid put lu meat and
bread and pie ana p,catvs, uud Whatever
other solids the auprt,tc c.gr so, uut tIrre
wasn't any ruum fu. rl...o ulic,, You put %
IN "A bottle Tncu soEI.oudy DEVISED pau
with two compartment, uac patl n.uul mo
another la tins way ,1dec mI,ut loo vtr.
lied IN one OF the parts. hru some o,pyr
genius got up "a pIil wl,h tour or six svlar.-.g /
warts, all ntting into cucd u,hyr aud mt.mg
lt possible tu carry four or SIX articles apart
This was good. hut IL was discounted 10y
The follow who got cut "a patent ua a device
whereby the cu,lc' could uv nr1Jcd a, uuuu-
limo wherever the WnrNman might bo Ilc
loyico consist, ulu Wud ot asbestos cloth Two
nchcs iu diumeJc. and n inch thick rG.s
IS coNvVd with tin, aud there Is AN opening .
At the top exposing tine cloth The Who'll, /
hing is just hAv small round tr box f.
packed with asbestos and Open at the top
The workman can carry or have at his shop /
some alcohol, and "a vcuts worth poured on .
The ash,sto, will do to heat his coffee. A .
grrat many mechanics have this asbestos .
'ontrNuncc and like IT, More of the CON .
triyaucys are probably uscd n other towns
than this One other scheme has been .
patcuted IL consists uf tin pot, which I.
may ho tlllcd ay noontino with water and .
lime The heat so generated will warm any I
thing placyd over it, aud as the cumpart-
meut holding the cuttco hts over the com.
lartmont Ia which the lime aud water are,
thc Coolies may ho hcatcd very quickly. This
invention hasn't met with gcneral adoption.
Ihcro arv other complicated dinner pals,
into the bottom of which lamps may bo lifted
They arc mostly us'd Ia smaller cities. New
York sun.