San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-27
sANDwICH-EATING DETROIT.
The Combination OF Bread and
Meat the Leading Delicacy.

How many sandwiches are con
sumed in Detroit daily?" was aske,
of a dealer in the more or less tooth.
some articles yesterday.
You will not believe me.n he an.
swered, when tell you that Detroit.
ers eat daily 10000 sandwiches, vel
that is a low estimate"
The business has grown rapidly
during the past year. There are now
forty or fifty men and boys who gain
a livelihood peddling sandwiches.
You can see them all hours of the
day and night with their large
baskets filled with sandwiches of all
kinds and sizes They visit stores,
offices, shops and factories; in fact, go
everywhere. They find a ready sale
for their goods and the demand is
constantly increasing
One of the most successful sand
wlch dealers in Detroit is man who
for twelve years was connected with
the local revenue office. A change of
administration lost for faithful clerk
his bread and butter. What was to
be done? Several commercial enter,
nrises were tried but with lll-success.
The sandwich man, fir nm this pc n
viii De allowed TO tell his own story,
the public, more especially the rising
generation profiting by the implied
moral The sandwich man sa,
"Well, as you understand, lost
my job. The 3. NJ. used this clever
American phrase, job. [ tried sew
eral positions, but couldn't make
enough to keep out of the poor house.
One day. much dispirited, took a
q ferry boat ride to the island. On
the way up took q sandwich. Most
people date all their misfortunes
from similar cases of reckless.
ness, especially, in case of the
great American railroad sandwich.
But with me 1t meant the turning
point in my career. In such strange
disguise does fortune wait upon US.
Well, as l was saying, / bought q
sandwich. l looked it over carefully
and found that it was small, mean
and miserable. with soul as hard as
original sin. threw it in the river,
wisely concluding that 1 had been
swindled once more. Up at the island
L bought another sandwich, but 1
found this equally unpslstable. The
idea then came to me that q
good, honest sandwich, at a rea-
sonable rate, would be welcomed by
the public. L went home and thought
it all over. / bought loaf of bread,
cut it into slices, measured out some
ham, and after little figuring, con-
claded that there was money in the
business at sc per sandwich. To
come at once to the point: l made I'D
half q dozen sandwiches and went
with them to friend of mine. | told
him to sell them at &c each. He con-
Guided that there wouldn't be
much risk, so undertook the
venture. An hour afterward | hap
pened by the place. The proprietor
rushed up to me and said he must
have TWEEN ty-five more of the same
sort. The order took me by storm.
L filled another. l filled still another.
All this within the space of a few
hours. My head began to swim. I
began to think that all the world had
gone sandwich mad, and that hence.
forth my part in life was to be haunt
ed by a grim nightmare of sand
wlches. 1t did not occur to me then,
as it has since, that there are hun.
dreds, yes, thousands of people in this
city to whom the opportunity to secure
decent sandwich at an honest rate,
was indeed boon. Yet such is the
fact. Well, all of US eat three times
per day, someway, even if we do not
all live at the Astor house. That's
the secret of it all. The sandwich
deal has indeed proved q prosperous
venture. Let me take YOU through
my establishment"
The sandwich man led the way to
the kitchen. Everything was neat
and tidy, and several pleasant-faced
girls were round about engaged in
culinary work. A number of men
and boys at a broad table were bust.
slicing bread, cutting ham, and So
forth.
There" said the proprietor, with
feeling OF just pride as he pointed
TO diminutive oil lamp, "their. sir.
Is the stove on which / cooked the
hrst ham l used in making my first
invoice Of sandwiches. That there
is the table pointing to q sma
wooden table there is the Ia BILE with
which L began business. Now look
over In the corner. There are nv TWO
extra-size ranges used for my cook.
ing. The rest Of the establishment,
speaks for itself"
While the proprietor was speaking
the men and boys were busy slicinS
the bread. This feature of the bust.
ness was operated with dexterity. A
boy would take loaf in mis- left hand
and whiz! sip! 1t would be sliced into
several dozen tempting white slices
These slices would be seized upon b,
neighbor, who daube a broad blad
ed knife into plate of golden butter
dexterously spreading = thin coatins
over each piece of bread. Then an
other boy stood ready with the slicel
Of ham. Finally another partner il
this cOnsbirAcy To surprise the M, hl;,