Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-09
nosroN's CHEAP REsrArRANrs.
They Anord AN Extremely Interesting
study. Together with Countless Bushels
of Well-Baked Beans.

FL Doaqitss "a Christian Union.
The catiug-house of Boston that is. the
very cheap eatiugh house affords AN eN-
trcmcly entertaining study
Its distinctive characteristics. of course.
are simply representative of the indigenous
peculiarities that belong 90 good 1T. BO-
tolnh's town Boston's cheap restaurant is
"a great deal unlike New Works. IL can
hardly be- called iu any casc the resort OF
l0afers on the rendezvous OF rowdieS. Yet
the amount of palutahle food that one can
secure I'm Boston for very little money Is
truly astonishing.
fremont row iu Boston accurately typi-
Ties the BOwCry of New York, but there
are uo cheap restaurants there. In the
North and West Ends, and iu certain por-
tOus of South Boston the cheap restaurant
fourishes. but 10 is peculiar kind of cheap
restaurant. 10 doesn't look for or get very
much transient trade I'M these districts
are the homes of the very poor OF the city,
and the custom of the restaurants Is pretty
regular and steady. what there Is of II.
Leading through. or Immediately adjacent
tO the narrow space known as the business
portion of the city. are streets that get an
immense volume of traffic, and on these
streets the thriving cheap eating houses are
situated
eating habits is uo eNaggcratiou.
The number of Woodworking men and
women iu Boston who breakfast ON beans,
brown bread and coffee, and sup ON beans,
brown bread and tea, Is very large indeed.
Boston Is prc-cmiucuuy The city of fur
uished rooms and boarding houses. The
large number of women who work all day
boa shops and stores and live alone IN fur
ni~hed rooms iu Boston Is "a matter of siaiis-
a.. ~
tauraut is very well patrOnized, and TO a
stranger iu the city, ignorant of the town $
reputation and uuaccustomed 20 its original
WAYS. the common spectacle OF respectable
women of all ages dining alone IN cheap
restaurants is rather surprising.
Even 90 one WHO has lived i'm New ork
and observed the frcc-aud-oasy manners OF
that breezy town. 10 is somewhat startling
to come across women in the cheap reStau-
rants in Boston But this feeling soon
wears On when one discovers that women
in Boston DO without comment of any KIM
what women of other cities don't think on
doing except iu "a spirit oft intellectual def
ance And withli the women of Boston are
exceptionally modest and well bred.
The cheap restaurant of Boston is nearly
ALWAYS cieln. In many cases 10 is kept 10y
"a woman. and % quite uniformly sells hon
est food Tn the business portion OF the
city the business mems lunchrOOm' Is
quite numerous. and the temperance din
ing-room" has achieved marvellous sue
cess.
lu the cheap restaurant the shaboily
dressed diner is the exception rather than
the rule The fundamental distinction be
tween the very cheap restaurant of New
York and that of Boston seems 20 be that
the one is patr0uizcd by the wretched wan
dcrer and the other by the daily laborer.
The tramp in Boston this year has kept
pretty well out of sight, although an official
% the almshouse 40 Tewksburg told the
writer that the Institution was oVercroWd-
ed before the beginning of the wear In
point of chcapuesS Boston's cheap reStaur-
amt isn't quite the equal Of New York 5,
but is there any record OF living al small
expense that can match the following sup
per. for which the writer paid l5centS yes
terdav. Cold roast pork, mashed potatoes,
baked beans. "a bowl of coffee and three
slices of white bread.