The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-22
WHERE PRIESTS N
4 Walter Says That They Ia Net TAN.
But know How to Eat.

4 walter says That They ID Net TAN.
But know How to Eat
was "a, ,ny dinner in a queer res.
taurant in al odd corner o, upper New
YORK the o;hcr dag, and my attention
was distracted from ny food BY The
frequent passage through the room u
walters laden with plates and viandS
Each kicked thc swinging door 20 let
himself through. but when the door
was aiar | could see nothing hcyond
II except a sccccl. Uyer the door Wa.
the word private Nos and then
sound as Of one person speaking 10
another escaped from the room.
..iow is it possible" asked myself.
.'that two men can keep all those wait
ers flying 10 and fro. or that two men
can eat all that is going in there"
Dinner party in ihere?' l yeniurcd.
TO my waiter.
"Yes. big one; fecfty persons" said
the waiter.
Fifty" exclaimed. Fifty what?
Fifty dcaf-mutes. or is it a dinner OF
some queer club whose members have
a rule not to speak? Ihave heard o!
such oddities among the rules OF the
clubs Of town."
mo. sare: feefty priests are eating
in there. The priest he never talk
when he eats the big dinner"
MOP"
"NO. sare; the priest he never talk
while-a he eat Oh, sare, but the
priest he is the one man in the world
which know how 10 eat. First the
oysters. and there sit the feef,y or the
seventy or the hundred priest, and he
speak not n word. Then the soup and
his spoon 60 fast, but not-a the priests
tongue. Then the fish and still not
any talk. Then the roast and then
the this and the that. and all the time
the different kind OF wine and the
spoons and the knife and the fork they
60 like sixty. but from the priest not q
word. ! have wait on one hundred
priests. and all tho time not "A word.
except perhaps n says: Good. eh?'
and his neighbOr say: Fine All,
that Is what I call knowing how TO eat.
''In your country" he went on. for
/ had started the waiter upon u topic
dear to his Italian soul, ..in YOU
country the people all talk-a entirely
too much. Who "A taste the soup in
the middle Of the fine joke? Who can
tell-a the difference between the vcni-
son and the partridge il he must
scratch-a his head to make up the
comical story? How can you drink
the good wine as you should il you
think what you shall say to your
neighbOr and make-a the grand laugh?
All. not so the priest! There is feefty
of him in that-a room. and you DO not
hear them crack-a the Joke or icll-a
the comic story. or fence with the
smart word. No. they are eating and
drinking and 'joyins themselves Ikea
men OF common sense which know
what a good dinner Is and how il
shall be eaten. But wait. my friend.
1t is now seven o'clock. Wait till il
has been nine o'clock. Then you
shall not ask lis II two men in therc1
You shall think-a the whole town is
there. such laughter and good fun will
come from that room. That will be
over the cordial and coffee with-a the
good cigar. Then the stomach is full
and the dinner is out the way and IL Is
time to make-a the laugh. Wait till
you hear il the priest he does not
know how 10 cat-a the gOod dinner"
heard from this g%arrulous waiter
that there are priests restaurants in
town. that is. earthquakes that the
priests favor. One OF them is q IA
nous Spanish place far downtown. I
judged that their custom is not partic- |
ularly profitable. since they mainly
cat at their parsonages or whatever
their homes are called. and only ap.
pear elsewhere on peculiar occasions
when they descend in great bodies
upon their favorite restaurants and
demand that every thing shall be dc.
liciously cooked and OF the bcsi-N.
Y. Cor. Providence journal.