Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-03

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wsuid iook wsii sDosgh IN . photogzpA.
but would give an ordinary stomach
heart disaase-
Then came porous towel. CT napkin.
and thick saucer of granuiated ice
cream In driving nails with the saacer
s1ns oas had cAippsd oar . naoutaful of
tns rich china. and nOsg the half melted
mayonnaise ice cream was running Gus of
that nosea There were lifsis lunps Of
butter IN this ice cream, silver gioo
starch. bergAnos and ciscumsssntia1 ssi-
dsncs that the provrissos cleAned Ne
lamps every morning before h - sde tbs
Ice cream for the day.
! pad two bits Tor tho cream. and 70
NAMED watching the little child in the
store 10 see that in nDss did not ran
away with IL while the proprietor went
ont 10 the fair grounds 10 get change for
a dollar. l do not care much for ics
cream since THAI.
But to return TO the dining car. A I
said. not only tho stock bat the en- re0fe
bcsiness has to be hooked after. Itvould
nos do 10 run dining car the way some
hotels are run. II would not only drive
people 20 drink, bat IL would drive them
over another railroad. Tho commercial
man Ia . throbbing advertisement for
good or i'll. He win damn q hotel or
dining car in ten days so that, unless ths
proprietor has married wsll, he will b
canvassing for mids family medical
work inside Of month. When began
70 travel went 10 such hotels as my
able New York m@aRr ssnt mo to.
Sometimes be ssnt me to hotel that
had been burned two months Some
times he sent me to hotel that had b.
come morally little rancid under q
new proprietor. Once hsseut me to an
inn which had its name ID the hotel
directory. and when ! got there found
that 1t was q saloon with an annex
consisting Of q room in which. the bar
tender fled away such customers as
could not be shipped home.
Now, however, simply get my eye on
a good looking sample cass and follow it
from the depot. I fiad that do not
make any mistakes. A travelling man
generally is . good oonversatioaist, and
If you listen to him you will notice that
when not doing mp . hotel he il doing up
railroad or dining car. and he is gem
orally on tho right hide OF the question
too. ! believe that the pres and the
commercial men together can do and
have done . good deal toward elsvating
tho standard Of American hotnl cooking.
And yet there Is . good deal Of room Cor
Improvement.
After every dayb run, or at the end Of
tho trip, the dining car conductor counts
mp his cash, looiD over his checks, bal
ances cash, loon over his stock Of
liquors and chec;hs up on thst, and then
he begins to take stock in tho Kitchen.
The conductor told mo that tho chances
for stealing ON dining car were about
a. good a. they arc for robbing . slot
machine. There used to be . chance to
make the price Of two drinks out a a
bottle Of whisky, but . keen young
Jay Gould Of special agent discovered
that there were twelve drinks 10 the bot
tie instead Of ten. He was promoted, and
the last perquisite. even to tho empty
bottle, was taken away from tho con-
ductor
Toward the end Of the trip, while the
porter is brushing the dust earnestly of |
the back Of one passenger apd depositing
it on the other; while the prettier Ladies |
are waiting snxiouely to primp while |
the ugiier ones are monopolizing the
primping facilities and replacing their |
teeth with those they wear in |
town. the perspiring conductor Of the
lining car begins TO check OF, with the |
aid Of tho cook. the entire list Of sup
plies. embracing over 1000 articles. to
wee what will have to Be bought, 20 that |
the requisition may go In 1t once.
No one thinks while calmly eating in
sweet smelling diner, and looking out |
over the velvety needs where the toc,-
Iit greets tho jocund morn, that 4 100
articles are in stock, packed under the
1oor beneath his feet or concealed about
he car. and that all these must b kept
IN stock and in good shape all tho time,
'uhiect to tho order q guests.