Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12


Broadway hotel. "We've had men at this
house, occupying good rooms, too who never
averaged 80 cents a day in the restaurant.
These fellows will getsa cup of coffee and q
roll lin the morning, perhaps, and live on
free lunches the rest of the day. In our cafe
we set out q substantial lunch-hot stews,
two or three kinds of cold meats, bread,
crackers and cheese-all good-and walters
are there to serve it. 1t is for the patrons of
15-cent drink and eat a square meal, and
that Is what some otherwise respectable
gentlemen do. There are some men who
will break their necks to get something for
nothing. Sometimes, too, they'll spend 80
cents to 81 for drinks and cigars while they
are eating a free lunch. They don't want to
be thought mean.
"There are a good many elegant free
spreads about town, and the lunch fiend
need not work the same place oftener than
once week or fortnight. Most of the free
lunches. however, are made up of very salty
and scrappy food, with the idea of getting
up thirst. Much of it is spoiled food, too,
but it goes. The majority of free lunchers
are hard drinkers and spend twice the
food. That is why it pays place to set out
good free spread"
What Bachelors Owe q Woman.
THE originator of the amateur chaf1ng-dish
cooking fad in New York, and who probably
contributed more to encourage it than any,
body else, was Washington lady corre-
spondent who signs herself II. L. g." Two
or three years ago she wrote a small guide
book for amateur cooks entitled, "What One
Can Do With Chafing- g-Dish." 1t didn't go.
She disposed of q limited number of copies
to personal friends and through one of these
got the attention of q Broadway bookseller.
He bought the rest Of the small edition and
conditional privileges, but for some time was
able to dispose of very few. He stuck to it,
however, and advertised and finally not
only sold the first lot but has reached the
end of third or fourth edition. q
1t was the first work of the kind and good
many newspaper chafing-dish recipes have
been pilfered from its pages. So, after all
the numerous men about town who are
working the chafing-dish racket owe their
inspiration to q woman. Mr.. Henry Guy
Carleton should make note OF this.
Language of the Lips.
IFwomen on the stage and ofr-parttcularly
those in the glare of the footlights-would
bear in mind that there are some people
who can read speech quite as readily from
the lips as others can by sound they would
be more careful what they say, or at least
how they say It. A popularity Of loss, or
partial loss, of hearing is the sharpening of
this faculty of reading speech from the lips
without the aid of sound. This lip language
is taught deaf mutes scientifically. Alex
ander' Bell, of telephone fame, does this
with much success. His wife is a deaf mute
who can converse in this manner as f1uently
and intelligibly as any woman can by spoken
words. II such q person sat on the front
row of q theater and read some of the
"asides'' of the actors and actresses and the
pleasantries exchanged by chorus girls, it
would be interesting, wouldn't 1t?
The lip language is easiest to comprehend
in the mobile face and expression Of those
who have made elocutionary methods
study. l want to warn some of the pretty
chorus girls and fgurantes against the use
of language to each other on the stage that
they wouldn't like to have heard. Also,
those thoughtless individuals who indulge
in side remarks in the presence of one who
cannot hear under the mistaken impression
that such Il person cannot understand. 1tis
true, this kindly given advice implies that
some women are not "real ladies'" and that
some mon fall short of the generally accepted
standard of the gentleman.
A Lesson for q Drummer.
ONE night in the pretty little town Of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, q Philadelphia drummer
and a popular Alderman of the same city
lounged against the office counter of the
Wyoming Hotel. It was somewhere near
o'clock in the morning and they were wait
ing for the early train. 1 had been hard at
work on some newspaper stuff and came
down to the office to mail. The night clerk
was one of those fellows rather difficult for q
somewhat deaf man to understand, and I
had to try him again and again. was tired
and wanted q bottle of beer before going to
DeO, DuC ble Dar was ClOSeO- Ibis TACT WAS
shouted at me. The Philadelphians were
very much amused.
"Where's that flask Of ofyours2" playfully In
quired the Alderman.
'1'm not going to give him a wf1ack at my
whisky" replied the drummer. He pulled
ont half pint flask and critically sized up
the remaining contents.
'"That's it-that will aggravate himr' said
the Alderman.
"If that fellow ever got hold Of this IL would
be goner, sure.
'He looks pretty dry"
"Dry9 You bet he isl"
"Might measure him out q thimbel FULL"
suggested the Alderman.
This went on at my expense at considera-
Bile length and some of the persif1age was so
maintain straight face. When the night
clerk had laughingly set out glass I got
hold of the flask which had been uninten-
tionally released.
Good gad-ny boy, you oughtened to let
go of that ~ said the drummer.
"That was o bad break"
"fouu never see any of that again, put in
the clerk. I held the flask up and dallied
with it, now threatening to pour it all out,
then suddenly reversing, while thanked
them for the courtesy and talked about the
weather. The night clerk nearly went into
fit. The alderman and drummer almost
rolled on the office floor when finally be-
trayed myself by inadvertently joining in
drummer suddenly on Chestnut street. I've
worked that deaf racket of yours all over
the country" said he. "It's great" Nor
would he believe me unable to hear as well
as anybody. CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.