The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13
JUST LIKE HOME.
The GENTLEMAN FROM PRINCE
VILE FINDS THE SPOT AT LAST.

Knew the Givens Boys-Home Made
Bread in Generous slices.
In New York. as in all other big towns. ii
costs the stranger something 70 learn where
20 eat
After wandering into Delmonico's, the st.
Denis, and a few other places without signs
over the door, in my search for a cheap res
taurait, discovered 50 cent table d'hote
Italian restaurant on Third avenue. Later
found one where the proprietor needed but
IS cents at q time was doing reasonably
well from a financial standpoint, but food
prepared by the Italian method did not seem
10 amalgamate with my Spoon river system.
MacarOni and sour claret do not resemble
fried sausage and beefsteak gravy to any
great gasironomic extent, and was brought
up on the latter combination
THE GRAY CAT Oh THE RUG.
One morning ! walked down Fourteenth
street trying toeyolve an appetite for break
fast While reading the signs on the business
houses AS is my custom. encountered this
one: BREAD, Pie, Cake. Flour Coal, Kero-
sene and Kindling Wood"
There was a familiar aspect about this sign,
and its words had an encouraging ring. !
ventured 10 hope that this was the place ]
had been looking for entered, and the
opening door struck bell which continued
% ring for the next minute a fat old lady
appeared from a little back room She bad
"A gray Glove curl" N front 81 each ear, and
her silver bowed spectacles were on top OF
her head She wore a long checkered apron.
When | saw her felt more than ever as
,urod that this was the place.
asked her II She could serve SOME soft
boiled eezs. bread and butter and a glass of
milk She said She could and invited me 10
Doe -oafci Boo the little back room. An. here
was the place There was a rag carpet ON
the Au0r-,iich one n ms Aunt hadge bad
on her dining room noor I'm princeyiiie. I'm
one corner was small cooking stove and ON
Dos top an iron kettle whi.tled softly AN ind0
lent tune gray eat was curled up on
plated "rag rug under the stove hearth 4
tall clock. with moon. st.r- and other astro.
nsnical apparatus ON Us face. rose from AN.
other corner = copy n DIR. Ayers almanac
hung tY "a blue and white string from "a nail
los the window. On one wall hung an on.
craving of Washington crossing tine Della
print representing impossible twin girls. with
gerS round faces, huge curls, white stockings
and hurkld slippers. This picture was en.
titled Margaret and Ann" Near this work
" art Wa another of woman in deep
mourning Bending over grave under an
immense weeping willow. IN the single win
dow Of the room hung a canarys cage
Presently the old .ady returned with the
bread and butter and pitcher Of mills and
the cl1- IL struci, me that each particular
article was about the best ] had ever eaten.
The bread the old lady bad baked herself, and
it was cut in biz generous slices. II was the
ir.t real bread had eaten m New York. for
Vienna bread is universally used there and
Niena bread IS only "a poor imitation Of the
genuine article
And while ate the influences of the rag
carpet and she cat and tie singing kettle and
the almanac and the picture of the widow
under the weeping willow entered into my
soul aud doated away So close 10 Priuceyile
that could hear John McGinnis talking 10
Burke Poet out on the pavement
THE ENviABLE GIvENs BOYS
Suddenly the old lady said. "You don't
live IN Sew York. do yon, young man"
said. 80. mann"
She seemed pleased at her good Judgment,
and Strengthened up ia her rocking chair and
pushed mp her spectacles
"You come from the west. now don't you
YES. mann"
you didn't come from Ohio. did you.'
saw that she would be pleased % know
that ! was from Ohio So said. "Nes.
man, I'm from ONO
She was delighted. Then. IN % which
implied much doubt Of success, she asked
Are YOU ono Of the Givcns boys"
/ sincerely wished for "a moment that ! was
one Of the Owens boys, but 1 did not dare
claim the name, So ! said NO mann, that is
not my namo
She looked disappointed ooh. we'll she
said Il didn't know but what you might be
Bin Giveus. tie was the youngest one of the
family amt seen him since DE was little
boy. and spo-e he looks now about like you
DO DO you happen 20 know the Giyens fam
nyr
DID not
"What part Of Ohio do You come from
anyway
named Steubenyille az venture.
"Oh well, YOU don't know nobody DO
come from up around Cleveland Who do
you know round Steubenvule"
named several people who probably DO
not live round Steubenvine
Then she named several peop.e who iigc
cup round Cleveland. but we could discover
lo mutual acquaintance. She 8-kei me
great many questions about myself We dis