The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-24
THE LABoRER,s xooNDAT MEAL.
Not All q Dinner Might ne, Perhaps, Rut
~ Rcemn 20 he Eni0red.

u seems 10 be EpioYed.
The sight OF workn IN eating his dinner at
noon from tin can or from the folds OF a
newspaper is common enough in this city. and
tho spectacle Ia apt to produce in the mind OF
q dyspeptic an envy OF the workman's st ongth
OF stomach. The physique OF the ordinary
working man and the eager way In which he
disposes of his meal would seem to indicate
that he enjoys himself at meal time. II he
sits in the sun while eating the natural con-
clusion is that be prefers the sun because
there are generally shady spots enough. and II
he eats his meal without beer. Coffee or any
other fluid 1t is probably because no docs not
care for a liquid accompaniment But this
familiar sight Is the foundation for the follow
Ing letter. which was printed in IHE BUN on
Tuesday,
n.rrogndinEs OF his midday sea ed nne weather
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Tue writer Of his Svlns hsi Ous sxScfisnco in the
coat p l. %d can ,hGw ,st ms g Of meal
sSS ~: IS"$ ESsh mix tea
4 beer was WISHED Or insisted upon the men .hoqld
ava9. drpssr VINO sno9l sy IcT 4 mi. might .on
anil rSh instead u Ren s rrousS warm and sae IN
Shat y kno nc, es,,eys as the srowhr hope rns
attract tic attention Of some phiIanthrouist NJ. y.
fthe employer should compel his workmen
try sky or the summers blasins heal ; when
they eat their dinner It would lie shamef ul
thing indeel. But the hour between II and
O'Clock belongs ~ the workman. During this
time he is as much his own master as ho is be-
fore he Legins work or when the, days
g character or IN such place that he can
nnd neither shade from Il Q sun nor shelter
in city i ike this lis he cam ind both shade and
In order to get the vews Of an employer q
thought OF the Correspondents proposition He
replied that shed could be built very esfsily,
into 2 close shed 10 eat; nm 80,
INV We employ about zoo masons" he said said
arc e en"ns Of their rights and who c would i not
thank the writer Of that let er for plying them:
They are great .eaI better able to buy hot
eat cold dinners in disagreeabls place they
probably consider It. no6ody's business but
them dinners At SO much per week. l am sure
that they would resent any Interference and
adsS mnH oTn CENTS
. man may cit, down in a saloon and eat his
dinner at ia BILE and have glass OF beer: II
the workmen insisted upon shed guess their
employers would fix one up for them. but lot
OF men huddled together could not eat as com
fo,tobiy as though they were permitted to
select heir own places"
r. his search for some person who was
willing to aid the CORRESPONDENT Of THE SUN
the reporter ran across biz machine shor
machinery The men seemed to be forever
climbing over some obstacle; 1t was not such
4 shrl whistle blew and in second
rushed ,oyTar f , th2G ssinkSs: where they
seized their dinners and darted out of the
shop. Some hurried into a Germ an restaurant
on the corner and sat down at the tables
They opened their. dinners, q waiter came
around. and some OF the men ordered O cup OF
coffee. others called for beer while a few
added plate OF soup 10 their order. A plate
OF soup cost ten cents aud the coffee cost five
cents. The men sa here and dined comforta-
bly, ard as well probably as they would at their
own homes. When they had finished eating
thew lit their pipes and smoked complacently
until tbs, skrill whistle called them again to
work. The carpenters masons, and laborers
who work on new buildings can dine In tho
same manner and lust as comfortably II they
please.