The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-17
WHAT INFLUENCED HIM.
THE QUESTION WAS. NOT HOW
CHEAP, BUT HOW GOOD.
How an nl-Natured Human Bear Soft
ened and Became Rational Under the
influence OF Comfort. Neatness and
Tasteful Surroundings.

One Of the miserable days OF last week
was feeling meaner than the weather;
nv wife had written me scolding letter;
the sidewalks were ankle deep in mud,
and my ticket in the Louisiana lottery
had drawn its usual blank. As passed
up Main street, feeling like a dyspeptic
bear, pleasant voice said Come in" /
growled negative response Come in
and let me show you through our place;
Floyd is busy, but | have some spare
time and we will take il all in" Who
could Withstand the genial, cordial cour-
tesy OF Dave Mooney And besides rs tue
vision of damp, musty, fragrant cook.
rooms, mussy kitchens and the general
usual disorder and unpleasantness OF a
hotel or restaurant working rooms rose
before me | thought that such an eX-
perence would Just fit in with my mood
and temper As we passed into the bright
pleasant rooms Mr.. Mooney stopped
me near the door and showed me an
artistically arranged ornamented ice chest,
where were placed game and rare vege-
tables, from which guests could select
what they desired prepared There were
prairie chickens, teal ducks, woodcock,
snipe, and new game bird in this
market, blue quail from Texas. There
were new tomatoes. caulillowcr, lettuce,
radishes and chalots, all temptlngly dis
played. ! began 10 feel better and moro
willing TO live ms gnzed thereon; thence
he took me TO the coffee urns where the
splendid coffee used in his restaurant IL
made by steam. In the center was the
brightly polished nickel steam apparatus,
regulating and registering the exact
amount OF water that passed from this
through the ground coffee and dripped
into the urns on each side. In these urns
is placed the carefully Drowned and
ground Mocha coffee, through which the
passing steam extracts all the aroma and
essence OF the berry and makes the coffee
for which this restaurant - famed, the
finest coffee given anywhere outside Of the
French quarter of New Orleans. These
urns, which hold ten gallons each, ae
porcelain lined, 30 that the coffee does not
come in contact In any way with the
metal. Then We passed 10 tho kitchen
and cooking rooms where all the work Is
done by steam. In going there we passed
n large cabinet where the dishes, plates
ETC., needed for use on the tables
are kept heated 10 mild, pleasant, de-
licato temperature by steam pipcs-a lux
ury very few restaurants possess. Passing
broad, open court, entirely separating the
kitchen and culinary works from the
diuing-room, greatly To the comfort Of
fastidious patrons. There Were the big
Ice chests combining the bulk OF the ton
81 les which Is their average daily supply.
Next was the spacious kitchen; ! looked
around with eXpeciant noslrils for the
usual kitchonnoSs aud lol IL WIS not
there. Everything was ~ NEAT and free
from smell and mus, MS constant care and
the most thorough scrubbing and cleaning
could make il. There IL not more
neatly kept suite Of cooking apartments in
the home OF the most isstidiOus house,
Keeper; II was combination Of all the
convenience and economical labor-saying
appliances that kitchen could contain
There was - feet la length Ol range, one
.-gection beng kept solely ior contingencies
anil cXtIa occaSions; hcso were built di-
rccily inta the chimney. having no stove
pipes. and With ycniilator covering the
entire top. aud opening up through the
roof Of the building. Cniifuly carrying
away the heat nnd fragrance Of the cook
Ing. Then We descended Ia the basement.
First was the engine aud boiler In a house
entirely detached from the main building,
a first class engine Of twenty six horse
power, that sire being requisite to drive
all thc machinery and DO the work con.
ncctcd with the restaurant ~ 'ls,G *
Mooney, a tWcnly-siX horse power engine
10 run restaurant, nn / a. OF % used, ~.
curing forty bushels ~ cokc day. Near
i,y Was cistrrn ~ 900 barrels capacity,
i6r use in case Of accident or necessity.
Ilosc beside this was an innocent looking
little machine with iron wheel and pom.
dcrous jaws capable Of crushing into bit,
1000 pounds Of ice every Eve minutes
near 10y were the rcirirmlos containin.
the 2UO or moru pounds ul meat required
each day. Extracting u folly looking koy
from his girdlc, be- unlocked y door, aud
We passed into the grocery. Here was q
fair sized fancy grocery store, containing
over - 900 worth of supplies. As every.
thing composed Of -four, sugar OF fruit
used by them Il made iu their establish.
mcnt, % requires a guOdly assortment ul
wares. There were upUn, piiiud olives,
sauces and FIERY rClishcs. imported from
bordeaux rowso o! cans Of fruit Juice for
sherbcis or havorings, the pure Juice Of
the fruits, pineapple, pruuc ,pcau, peaches,
etc, then jars Of iiuitpulp Tor similar
uscs, boxes Of the meats ~ nuts, almonds,
Walnuis, hickory nuts, English Nulnuis.
INAsHANf AlaAN muir NNiHH INNtlNHiN ~
fresh quantities every two weeks. French
peas, mushrooms. cocoa aud chocolate. As
!, In my Ignorance. asked what thoy
wanted Of all that tmsh was told that
they needed u In their business They
use, among other things. iOl batrcls 0I
Hour n year, 400 eases Of mushrooms. siX
tons a year OF COCOA aud chocolate. eighty
dozen eggs q day, and other things in ur1.
portion. lwm the cellar We went % the
bakery and candy uoms, Whtrr tie samp
exquisite nCltuv-s and order prevailed.
We watched thc making of tho yaruu.
kinds OF CONNECTIONS. aud thr delicate mr..
ray oi cakes. aud the uumlofless dainty
toothsomo temptations DISPLAYED uu tb,
tables aud the counters until began 90 irG
fcnably hungry aud vastly better nnturrI
IN fact, ] began a. think there was stil
something LEFT to live ior We thri
climbed the stains 10 ihc laundry. Mr.
Mooney bandly informing me that thl
elevator running from ihu basement a. a.,
fuol was freight, and not q passousp
ono. Here were all the modern marhinn
and appliances Tor rchahilltatinr SOLE,
table cloths, napkins and the cicctcia VI
prosperous restaurant. Keeping In con
slant employment. bpsilcs tho machine
i've women. Al the rpUms are large. we'll
lighted, woll.yrnulutsl abundance III
water. admimhlcsysivm. aud perfect urat
hrs. Next We descended 90 the base
mcnt whore j. kept the machinery con
hrcicd with iho soda water and minofh
water portion Of the establishment. DO
tYrups, hayoring cXtmctg etc. Their
were sixty fountains, iiliccn Of which nr