The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-27
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of Feature" This is especially true
Of the plans for serving foreign tourists
for catering to the varied tastes of
every nationality from Labrador to
Egypt.
At least forty and perhaps more than
that number of Foreign restaurants
will be in operation on the grounds.
They will serve the same kind of food
that similar places provide in foreign
lands. 1t is not exactly a reflection on
the American system of cookery that
visitors from other countries prefer
their own style of serving food, and yet
it seems strange, to say the least, that
Americans, who are proverbial the
world over for getting the best there is,
should not be able TO please foreigners
in this respect Anyhow, there was q
demand for large number of eating
places on the ground where dishes un-
known to this country could be had,
and the exposition management has
supplied the demand.
This vas Illustrated in q striking
manner when the Esquimau colony,
composed of fftv-ninc men, women and
infants. arrived from Labrador. Their
chief baggage consisted of barrels and
packages of blubbcr and other food
peculiar to the natives of that land.
The Esquimau colony fatty refused to
leave home until a positive guarantee
had been made that their own food
would be supplied during the long resi-
dence in the strange land. This guar
antee was not in the form of an agree
ment either. The Esquimau insisted
on seeing their favorite food packed in
barrels, and afterward watched the
white men until they rolled the barrels
on board ship. When this was done
they were ready to sail for the strange
land themselves.
In nearly every instance foreign com
missioners to the fair, most of whom
will live in the park during
the fair, have been especially anX-
ious about the arrangements for
home food. 1t was largely through
their efforts that the numerous places
where strange and mysterious dishes
will be served were established. The
German delegates and the workmen
who came with them would not listen
to the statement that American restau-
rants in large numbers had already
been provided. They wanted the pop
ular dishes and concoctions Of the IA
therland, and at last persuaded the
management to allow them to operate
certain number of these places. Then
the Turk put in his plea and got the
privilege of opening eating places for
! the accommodation of his countrymen.
! The same courtesy was necessarily eX-
| tended to the Erenchman and the Jap,
and the first thing the managers knew
they had fine assortment of foreign
restaurants scattered over the grounds.
Some Of these are in special buildings
while others are in the main exhibit
halls. All of them are conveniently To-
Gated and win probably be literally
patronized If they depended entirely
2n the patronage of foreign visitors
for their support most of them would
probably be starved out of existence
before the fair was fairly under way,
! but they will not do this. Many Amer
,cans will patronize them through Curl
osity, while others win prefer the nov
city of foreign dishes to the familiar
! bids of fare of American restaurants.
It is not improbable that the worlds
fair win be the means of introducing to
this country many new things in the
way of food preparation. The Vienna
,afe, now so popular among the busy
population ofnll large cities, owes its
Introduction to this country TO the Cen
.ennial One of these cafes was started
there for the accommodation Of num-
Der of visitors and exhibitors from
abroad at the Centennial 1t was open
70 the publc, and proved{to be so PoPu-