The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS
SECURITY DEMANDED FOR MEALS.
Odd Ways That Lovers Have for Paying
for Theater Snppers.
Under tlisIend &c per line per da,

for Theater Suppers.
The restaurant was crowded At the
table on the reporters right sat tall,
straight haired young man with glasses,
and his companion was girl OF eighteen,
who seemed to be in the last stages Of con
sumption. She was hollow eyed and hol-
low checked, and she was so pale faced that
the writer supposed she had come for
glass of wine TO give her strength 10 get
home.
The young mans order was very simple.
Ali he wanted was cup of coffee and
roll. The young woman took the menu
and read it over twice in a cool and DELHI
crate way, and then ordered fried oystevs,
coffee, rolls, cake, potatoes, cold turkey
and four or five other things-a hearty
meal for laboring man.
That's q queer thing" said the re-
porter 70 the manager, who had taken g
seat beside him.
Not a bit queer" be answered. I'm
fact, it is what might be expected Out OF
any dozen couples who come in here after
the theater for lunch at least ten OF the
females will eat twice as much as their e.
corts. They come to make regular meal,
and it's astonishing how much they can
get away with. ] honestly believe that
most of them 20 without their o'clock
dinner in order to get up good appetite
at this time"
Does large woman eat more than
little one,"
mo, sir; the reverse Is the case. Look
over there at that third table NJ the right.
There's a girl who doesn't weigh much
over 100 pounds, and you can see what
suread she's ordered. There's food enough
| to make a longshoreTnan good meal, and
you can see how uneasy her young man Is
why"
Because it's going 20 be close figuring
| whether he's got enough cash 10 pay the
bill. These young fellows you see in here
| are mostly salary men, working on from
/ fifteen to twenty-five dollars per week
/ These lunch bills on top Of the theater
/ tickets and coupe bills sometimes pinch
| them very close. The girl doesn't know
/ this. or if she does she doesn't care
| Then it sometimes happens that the
/ vo1pu man can't square up with Jour
! cashsery"
/ at happens every night | expect the
! cashier could show "a two or three watches
/ and dozen pins and rings waiting 70 oe
/ redeemed. But that's private, you know y
Then YOU don't raise a row II the young
man can't pay you'
I Far from IL There's a case at the cssk
/ now"
i vou,r man. who was looking very rsd
! IN che face and was plainly very much en-
. barrazssd. was holding confidential con-
. versation with the cashier. he sllpPed a
| ring of hls finger and passsd It H. wrote
his address Cd a slip Of paper, ard returned
| 70 the table where his girl was stlll eating
away "a IL she had just been taken od .
desert island
Suppose b. hadn't had anything 70 pat
up'"
we should have taken his address and
let him call later TO square the account"
Would he have done so''
Most certainly I've known scores d
cases, and I don't remember ons instzzos
where we suffered Ioss- Put him 1sad
On bis honor. you ses Il wouid be LIZ
going back On his girl 70 beat US
How much q a bill did you ever SO q
couple make here
six dollars. ard the young nlAn had1'
| bus forty cents IN cash he Sas easfk q
a salary Il nine dollars .ssr week, and -
left a ten dollar watch - sscurTsy. rs
was tgTo months paying that bill
| And did he ularTy the gsrsf
"No Within tEo weeks she was n hsr'
With another Young usan. and I've ser
, her with dETeryct urs@ since. The vat
/ en- cali her Ma Epp<flte- her eEees
il rever le-s than g -, sad Il shes fss.sss
goesj her ezco-r go.s osgt q here essd bToks
and wading IN s<lTTO~ ~ - Ia iae1k =
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