The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-29
A CHEAP PLACE TO LIVE.
Facilities for Feeding the Floating
Foundation In MnsIA nEton.

There IL certainly no city in the
country OF the size OF Washington with
mcnt for feeding the floating popuia-
ton. says the Washington Post. This
IN probably because the population IL
mostly fonting. and OF the so.called
meals under the same roof where they
lodge II may be. too. that the varying
fortunes OF the evcr-prehent office
seeker. az graphically described by the
Hon, Christopher Columbus Fishback
In "'rhe Texas Steer" have something
| to do with keeping up series Of eat
Ing places that vary from the most
| luxurious extravaganza to the most
rigid, not to say aBcetic economy. How
ever that may be, one who IL familiar
| with Washington can live more or less
| satisfactorily, according to his tastes
and expenditure. from nothing a day
up lowell up to the limit OF his own
and his friends capacity to drink cham
payne.
hn energetic bcggnr In Washington
can nearly always get enough to eat
| with occasional pocket money on which
to lush up" But aside from begging,
which IL good for three nights running
| every two or three weeks. according to
| the memory of the doOrkecper, and
there are charitable institutions enough
beside I'm the various churches to sup
| port the Ingenious man OF his wits
should he 80 desire. But when he Is
paying his way and wants to shun the
|
truth, IRE not cxtrn good In this city
he can begin on the peripatctIc lunch
wagons. which ARE an institution pc
| Cullnr to Washington.
These lunch push carts are patronized
| mostly by the colorcd folks OF the city
and such white ones AZ are very much
down, on, their luck. The, wagon IL
usually the wreck OF an old baby, car
rInge though any other four-wheels
with running gear does as well. There
In always body, usually consisting Of
l 4.
oil-cloth cover that shelters the viands
| In some measure from the dust and
| weather. When there liz an oilcloth
"%E'r 1t nw2yf bears notice II shaky
lunches. There would seem to the
casual observer to be several hundred
Of these movable mnch-rooms In this
city, though II H. doubtful II there has
ever been an accurate census of them
| Tho proprietor liz usually an inflrm old
negro, with white wool and dark glasses
l'onlfacc hg leaf, which serves n num-
her OF purposes beside keeping the pro-
prlctor's clothes clean;
The variety OF fare that can he gotten
| out OF these travelling lunch-rooms Ia
y revelation TO Hermann: CLANS. a
dozen or so OF them cuddled shyly about
very small piece of Ice Is sometimes
the only thing on the bill OF fare. When
CLAIMS are there. there is likewise sure
| to be three bottles perched on one end
OF the box. one OF these contains small
peppers submerged IN commercial vine
gar. the other two opaque reddish liq-
uids, presumably diluted tomato catsup.
An the bottles have holes In the corks
and when the holes get clogged up the
proprietor opens them with one tined
| fork that sticks In the corner OF the
wagon. CLANS come at one cent apiece.
and In warm weather are sometimes
dear at that.
The other sea products 20 be found In
the push carts are crabs hard and
SOFT, the former more common and
usually cold. with deposit of water
In the joints OF the legs. They retail
Mt from two to Ave cents each, accord
| ing to the size. But the regular three
cent lunch" consists OF coffee, without
milk or sugar, and a sandwich OF bread
and meat The only difference between
| the three and Ave cent lunches Is in
the size " the sandwich. and the fact
that the coffee comes with the addition
OF milk, Rut this does not exhaust the
| resources OF tho carts. Pigs feet.
usually cold, are n staple article OF diet
| with the customers around the market
house, and some OF the old aunties who
| come from down on " de Eastern sho'."
| the shore being always Maryland, have
fried chicken, one OF tho traditions OF
that part ~ the world The fried chick
en-, as n rule, looks we'll There are also
varieties OF sandwiches, beef. ham. and
stoves added 20 the freight OF the push
cart. there is hot Frankfur;er sausage
and fresh boiled hominy. All these del
| icacirs, OF course, are not to be found
In the push cart, but they may all he
found along the curhstone in the length
NJ single square. and nothing is more
than five cents an order.