The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-03-15

saving apparatus, and this in about the time 4
that it took Cinderella's Sodmother to turn
the pumpkin into a coach. ..
Jonathan will not stop here Before long
VIC shall SEQ tho architects of all first class
houses laying on not only gas, water, the tele-
phone and the electric light, but the opern
and church service. a landlord will 1.dver,-
tisc house to let: The opera and church
service laid on tha .,rosaieee" s5.4
Already the ladies of Chicago arc able to-
do their marketing at home.
The hotlsekccpcr goes to her telephone and
rings.
"He1o!'' responds the central Office.
''l'ut me in communication with . 2,a3o" (lcr
butchers uumbcr)
In another instant the bell rinos
"IIello'
"icllo'
as it the butcher
"Ycz"
''se"a me two pounds OF lih>t of beef aud
a leg Of mutton by 10 O'clock"
"ve,y good! Is TINT all
"YeS"
"-All right"
Upon this tho lady rings ugaiu,
'Helo!" from the central Office, where this
kind Of thing goes on all day long
Send inc 2Gi7' the fruitcrcr this time.
Again tie bell rings.
'Hello.H
"lIcIlo.'
as this the fruitcrcr::H
''Ica,'
And the scene is rcpeatcd-an,l 50 "a with
,i. ,r,-
tradesl,eop!e, -.sA
There is Il great effort being made now in
New York, Chicago and other towns to find
out Il plan to accelerate the service in restal-
rants and 10 awaywith walters, 1t is very
simple, and the Americans viii! not hg f.at'lcd
for such small matter,
This is how tho thing is to be done:
The rastauran. is proyidel viii. small
numbered tables. Each table is in direct
communication with the !.itchoG by means Of
rails Close nj hand are u cert. in number Of
electric buttons upon which the customer sees
written beef" mutton" "chop," "vcscta-
blrs, tart" etc lie touches thr,e fopr
ivo buttons according to !liSappctitr, and the
cook receives his order.
Steak and potatoes, tomato, salad, choco
late creaIa for No. 52--All right, ready"
In an instant Il tray bearing tue rea al,-
pears upon the table, placed there without
hands When tho customer has. disposed OF
his food, he touches tho button marked bill"
In 4 twinklins tho bill appears on his plate,
and the nssuased American settles it at the
desk as he goes out, The whole thing is rs
simple rs possible.
The American complains that it is iEnposSi-
bie to lunch or dine in less than ten minutes
This evil will be remedieh shortly.
II you want a really striking sight, 20 TO
one of tho great restaurants Of Chicago OF.
New York at lunch time. Those Americans
using their ssuifo and fork will make yo@r
head swim At a little distance they lou!; is
/ if they were ali playing the dulcncr.
| Those Americans are never still, never at
rest. Even when they are sitting, they must
| be on tho iaovc. witness the rocking chair
i habit
No rcpose for them: their life isa perpetual
| motion, Il frantic race.
| Opposite my wi;e'ows, at tl,e hicAeiieu
! hotel i'll Chicago there was railway station
| Every ten minutes or SO the loca! trains caue
! and wen, Eaai4 ti'ne the bell announced the
| the path of the station and leap into the car
riasses taking them by storm Ey icaviag
their Offices half minute earlier, thca, good
l,ecI!e nli sht have walked comfortably 10 the
| station, and saved themselves this hreathlcss
/ chase.
90 to the Brooklyn bridge CIR terminus,
New Go:E, about O'Clock in The afternoon
rhcre you will SEQ sight very like the storm
in, Of . fort.
.AH Anerican q day wrote ING Il noto Of t.
few liaps al!d TINS excused hiN,self for his
brcvty; IL word i'll haste, tave hardly
tiuo L, wink" Poor fellow! only think of
1t, Eot even time to wink it makes one gitldy.
Outside certain AnsloIna,ii,.c sets, to be
found in Nas" YORK, Boston and Philadelphia.
In oae t0;,sts of living Oh lis property,
In E.ng!uirl. IL man who does nothing goes
by tue name of gentleman; y in Chicago, he
goes ty the name of "loaler,'
In nfty years time, when America has
2o0,00o,Uol inhabitants, perhaps she will i'm
pose her ideas upon the Old World. Then,
maybe, society will have no contempt except
for the ignorant and the idle
A young man, with n very intelligent look
ilg face, was pointed out to mo one evening
in Chicago drawing room.
'sHc is very rich" /" said nj: hostess to ms
softly "For ycar or two after he inherited
tho property ho did no work, and people ba
gan to rather shun him But hu has Just gusi;
into partnership with n friend in business
and SO ho is quito rcinstnted in every one:
esteem.h
Not only Is work respectable III America
but in certain states it is compulsory In tht
state Of Missouri, for instance, my idle, iii
provdcnt fellow who neglccts his family or
through shiftlcss habits, is likely to bo {
burden to tho state, may BIO sold Ut auction
to tho highest bidder for term OF sis
months. This is Il law passed twenty year.
ago 1t provides ulso that, after tho vagran
has worked out the purchase money, any
other sum earned by him, at a fair compcs;a
ton, is to be applied by his purchaser to th'
payment of his debts or tho maintenance O
his family II, when he is FREQ again, he re
turns TO his bad habits his fellow townsine'
take tho law into their own hands. They es
cort him to some public place uud fog him
md if that does not cure him, his wife run
tho risk of seeing him one fine day hanging
from some neighboring tree. Tho peop
will tell you, us tho most simple thing in th
world, that by acting thus they economic
the cost of police force. Rather prinitiv
this reason, it must DO admitted; but, III nev
societies, dlencss is n crime, and tho bee
ought to have a right to drive tho drones gu
of tho hive.
was looking ono day ut tho list of engage
ments, which my manager had just sent III
for tho following week. To my stupcfactio
read:
"Mondny-New York.
"Tuesdny-Y Youngstown.
neutrality-suspicious.
| ran to tho Office of this imperturbabl
Yankee and asked him:
as it possible that can reach these town
SO far apart in time to give my lectures"
Nothing easier" be replied, seizins til
railway guide. "Your Now Yor! lectur
comes off at 3 in tho afternoon At s. 20
have train which gets to Youngstown b