The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-21
DON'T LIKE DINNER PALS.

Odd Devices In Which People Carr,
Their Food to Work Every Day.
No end of ingenuity is displayed in
getting up devices whereby a person
can carry his or her luncheon to the
Office without the general publics
knowing it. There Is a large class of
those who wish to save the price of
their midday meal by bringing the
food from home, and who yet don't
like to carry it in an ordinary bundle.
In the winter man may stick the
parcel in his overcoat pocket, or di-
vide it and stick half in each pocket,
and woman may hide a sandwich
and piece of cake in her muff. In
summer, however, both these re-
sources are of no avail
One plan is to get an old portable
camera, take the mechanism out
and use the box to carry luncheon
in. This is capital idea if the man
Is not afraid of arousing suspicion py
the unusual habit of carrying a kodak
to and from business every day. The
box will often furnish amusement,
however. Many persons, especially
women, labor under the fear that the
man opposite them in a car with a
camera in his lap wants to take their
picture. They squirm uneasily in
their seats, glare at the innocent
looking man, gaze at the camera ap-
parently aimed at them and finally
perhaps go to seat in another parr
of the car. They would feel pretty
cheap if they looked into the instru.
ment and saw that it contained only
ham sandwich, a boiled egg or two
and piece of pie.
Boxes for holding luncheon are
also made in the shape of books. The
binding u an exact reproduction of
that of some books, the title DE
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
Volume |, or Ben Hur, being bold
ly printed on the edge. 1t may seem
odd that a man should carry one
book six months without finishing it,
so the bright young man perhaps
puts a paper cover, such as is used in
the Mercantile library, on the box.
He changes this cover from time to
time as it becomes soiled, and thera
fore appears to be great reader.
A sufficiently simple device for the
pretty typewriter is to carry lemon
ade biscuit and cake in dummy"
music roll. The objection here is
that young woman is hardly likely
to go to big Office building in Wall
street or Broadway to take music
lessons. She may carry the roll
there occasionally, but if she brings
it regularly every morning at 9
/ o'clock and takes it away every after
noon at she cannot deceive any one
who sees her frequently and pays
particular attention to her.
1t is a trait of human nature, how
ever, that people ask themselves ten
times as often What are they think
ing of me2" as they actually notice
the attire or demeanor of another.
In all probability not more than one
or two ever bother their heads about
whether the typewriter's roll con
tains music or mullins If she would
only realize this she would be less
uneasy and perhaps more unhappy
The oldest device of all was that
of girl who is a pupil at the Arr
Students league. This inventive
genius brought her luncheon in the
tall hat which she wore an idea thai
would hardly recommend itself t.
many 1t should be added that thi,
remedy soon struck her as worse
than the malady, and she now bring,
her food in piece of paper or gets i
in restaurant. New York Tribune