New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19
made visible, II such q

,o, ,vh,c, s favor and odor made visible. II such
thing can be imagined. and Is more soothhg anu uc
ucbttul TO the soul satisfied with meat than an even
ing OF fireworks at Corey 1sland-when ne Oh INC
Green Mountains saw this his own Imagination was
lndlcd too But though poetic brain may Dc IN
spircd In minute. 1t taxes longer than that happily
for II 10 herome soaked and saturate through ana
through with alcohol ana July acquainted WIN
the manners and customs OF Splits 20 'he per
copon Of the novice did not connect the display In
any way with alcohol In any OF its forms. ana all
that he longcd for blue fire. lie accordingly
put two humps OF sugar In his spoon dipped II In MS
coffee struck match ard tried to light IT, For some
reason unknown to Vermont pyrotechnics the coffee
would not burn and neither would the sugar In TACT
the natCh the only thing that would he u'eu
another match. but It no better. lie Iooheu At
IA, nclghors to that their coffee ana their sugar
were really burning and then dipped up some more
coffee to be- sure that there was no mistake about H.
but the result no better. by this ume TWO UT
three people had begun to notice and to take an
interest IN the attempt and OF them compassion
a,ely passed the cArrrmenter the brandy Task AS
was said at ginning this simple story Is stf1cy
truc and Is told here to show what can be accom-
plished by local option when it has fair trial.
But to return to the italian tables d'hote some
people who do not appreciate their atractivenesS
wonder Low many Of them can l!ve' ana some
thing will be said In explanation of this presently
Within an easy five minutes walk Of III, City Hall
Is a building that Is called Il hotel. IL Is one s'oiy
high and when son Ct inside you can wander ABOUT
and get lost In three or four little rooms In iroht
and behind and of at one side and around the other
corner. Probably waiter VIII find you In the
course Of ten minutes will put you at table. II you
have not already reconced yourself to your fate ana
put yourself at one. and will bring you some soup
and some pulvcrzed cheest to pat In IL. Whether
the infatuated owner OF this place calls II an hoel
he really supposes that 1t Is one. or whether
he regards II IA Joke, nobody knows. Whch you
get through with the dinner you may decide that you
like Il don't say that you do II you don't II 20"
are making the usual search for characteristic"
things yom will probably find nothing here to please
you y much the proprietor. lie sits In the MD
die OF the that /, first entered from the street.
With three four Of his friends about him, and he
keeps himself comfortable In the first place ana
casts au eye about assure himself OF the comfort
Of Ids guests in the second place. AT the proper
season the proprietor and his guests drink chian In
dccorous quantities. Al the right time also they ABB
sorb certain cordal. and whenever they think IT good
to do 20 they consume vast plat'ers Of spaghetti |
The spaghetti Is the terror OF the novice AZ an Italian
table GhOtc. At the most luxurious or The cheapest
1t Is always present and in such quantities tlat th'
new guest Is almost 20 suppose that personal |
diner docs not allow himself to be- unner,ed. lie |
simply eat, what spaghetti lie wantsIa pound or |
rest OF his portion away again.
beginner in tables dhotr. especially In Italian |
hotel. In fact the chances are that he Will not YET |
writer has been told In solemn earnest that the
dinner here the best ~ the price 10 be had In
this plac" and many like II flourish There Is |
In New York n large class Of hopeless jOccnt table
i'hoIc diners. The habit i just much disease |
a, drunkenness. III" victim Of the 5Occnt table |
d oic habit loses all spcct for any mt hOd OF din
Ing sanctioned by society. Though he may be- able
20 afford Ia pay Tor IT. lac doe, moi belrv" that any
table d'lote at than 30 cents 1, worth the |
difference In price: ordering Il dinner from card i
nm abominatlon 10 him hi, gaStronom'ca Intellect Is |
cloggcf and AL his power Of choosing from a list |
Of dshcs Is lost: Il simple dinner consisting OF u
good soup. generous roast that Is roast and not
q bake with plenty OF vegetables. and an unim-
pcachablc dessert, followed by coffee. appeals TO him
not AT all he j. willing 10 eat with his eyes shut,
n only he different things one at n
lime: he iorgcts that the home Is the foundation Of
tn" State, and II 1t recalled Ia him he wond
not Now every one OF these lost men knows
a Occni table d hotc Which he j. perfectly sure l.
superior 20 and all Others and he is always try
Ing to convince his friends. especially those who are
similarly devoted TO other tables that the one h"
knows + the only place IN Nrwlo:k where dinner
can Dee got that Is Just what dinner onght 10 he.
II /, provided by the fat"> however that when the
d"yotcc of particular tlblc d'hOte takes a friend
Their" with IN" purpose Of converting him the dinner
Is never mp 10 the standard Of the place. II Is this
happy circumstance which keeps the table d'hotc In
,tituiion and habit In cheek. II II not for this
The 50-cent table dliotc would ruin the city, II not
the State and the Nation. As II IL II n good
purpos" for those who know how TO use II without
iutemppranCc.