The evening world., 1891-12-28
A restaurant ON WHEELS.
Cheap Lunohecns Served Hot CT
Cold OIL tho Sidewalk.
How the TroDrictor. Cook, lien .
Waiter ard Cashier Does His Work.

Shay. Bob" said one OF couple of
real bad young men al the pair come out
of u popular resort shortly after midnight
with unsteady gait and flushed fnces, their
hats on the back of their heads. their
overcoats flying in the breeze and having
all the appearance of having good time,
according to the Kansas City star. ''lesh
go somewhere an get shometin' to eat. "
'All right" said Eob, where'll we
po."
"Oh mosh any place"
''All right. Got any money!"
Mot cent. Spent my las quar- er for
that drink. Hain't you got any"
Guess not" said Bob. feeling in his
trousers pocket. IIor on though" he
continued, as he plunged his fingers into
the little match pocket in his overcoat ;
there's thirty cents. We can't get nothin'
for that. though"
oh. yes, we can. said the first
speaker, who was taking TO himse Il
good deal the air OF n rounder I'll
show you where we can get a lot of things
for that-Sprlng chicken. ham and eggs,
Come on;' and taking his companion by
the arm, they staggered off towards the
junction.
Arriving there they stopped before a
little two-wheeled cart with n gasoline
torch burning at one end whose box "us
curiosity i'll ITS way. 1t was shallow
and full OF great display of edibles
spread ont III n most tempting manner.
N a. IA nl " n
gasoline stoves on one OF which was o
kettle of hot lard and on the other pan
OF hot water. Scattered about were u
variety # cooking utensils. Ii was II
veri,able portable kitchen and lunch
counter and was presided over Ivy u
swarthv individual whose nationality was
concealed by dirt and smoke.
- What You got to eat W sad Bob. who
was standing Tie suppers ou his thlrty
cents.
Most. anything, gents" replied the
nondoscript restauranterr. Spring
chicken, pork chops, veal outlets, lam an
eggs, hce!sieak an onions fried perch
watlies, anything. gents. anything you
want
How much for Spring chicken :"
queried Bob. slain@ M his 30 cents.
Everything five cents. gents.
Gimme n Spring chicken, heefsteak
an onions ard coffee" was Bob's order
and his companion took ham and eggs.
watfles and coffee.
In the twinklng OF an eve the hot
water basin was lifted of one of the little
gasoline stoves and a skillet i'll which was
IL liberal supply of lard was set i'll its
place. A tair-Sizcd slice of ham, evil
IDENTIFY already fried. was put into it and
i'll n minute was sizzling merrily. Then
reaching over with long fork the cook
picked up half an already fried spring
Quicken and dropped 1t into the boiling
lard.
BY this time the ham was heated
through and was lifted out of the skillet
into which an egg was then broken.
P.cking up his fork again lie dexierously
extracted the chicken from the boiling
lard. quickly lifted ou the kettle and re.
placed it with another skillet into which
piece of heeisteuk and a spoonful OF
spiced onions were quickly dropped
The egg WAS then swiftly taken from the
first skillet and plnced ON the plate with
on one plate and the chicken on another
were passed out to the hungry pair.
The first skillet was then quickly re-
placed with u waffle IRON nnd some bait el
poured in and the steak i'll the Other
skillet turned over. Two cups of coffee
were then poured from rot standing
back of one of the stoves. where it wa
kept hot, and by the time this had beer
handed TO the diners the beeisteal nnt
onions ana watiies We're done anC
promptly served. The cooking of tn,
whole meal had not occupied more thar
five minutes and in another five Bob lait
down his thirty cents and the pair waikeC
of. considerably more sober, to 20 tt
bed.
- How can you afford to sell half {
spring chicken tor five cents:" inquired
reporter AS made hungry by the appetiz
ing odor of the wailles he or cred sriilet
chop and stood waiting while ii WAS heatet
IN the Kettle OF iar.i.
ION, We make il up on the othel
things and it is an advertisement" sale
tho cook. as he poured out another iron
full of waifics. You see there nre sew
eral wagons like this in the city and nj
get their provisions and have their cook
ing done ut one place. lou would b,
surprised at the large amount OF pro
visions we buy. A couple of hundre,
pounds of all kinds of meat day ant
several dozen chickens. We keep a maj
on the market who buys the chickens q
farmers and gets them rs cheap aS he can
That piece OF steak | Just cooked is les
than quarter of pound. and we get j
for four cents II ronnd. The other meat
the same. The wattioS that we sell tor
nickel do not cost more than cent.
''Of course, am speaking now of tn