The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-07
THE EAST SIDE GRRMlH GAZE
Nsatasss. Comfort. Chsapaess. aaa Rs..rk-
ably Good-IookInE Girls.

NsAtnsss, Comfort, Chsapaess. AAd Rs1AFk.
ably GOod-IookinE Girls.
Bone bakeries In the German quarter call
themselves also cafes and furnish to customers
co1ee. chocolate, milk. eggs. sausages. and
few simple dishes for breakfast and luncheon.
The best OF these places are AstonishinRly
cheap and clean. They correspond as nearly
as may be to the so-callsd dairy restaurants
OF Third and Fourth avenues. but are better
than most OF these and have O tone OF domes-
tleity that marks respectable places OF public
gathering In the German quarter.
II tho passer-by who Is hungry and not proud
happens to note the marvellous pastry dis
played by one OF these cafes on far east side
avenue. tho chances are that the display will
draw him In. Once inside the visitors first
impression will be that he has intrudsd upon
family circle. Half a dozen tables are
scattered about In the gloom at the rear Of the
shop and further back. on a sort OF dais. lit bT
skylight, are yet other tables The walls are
hung with mock Armor. and in one corner is .
hanging book shelf with good old German
editions OF Goethe and Schiller in many email
volumes There are besides twoscors little
paper-bound German books. They and the
many volumes Of tho two masters are all well
thumbed, doubtless because It is tho habit o,
every one in the German quarter to read over
his meal II he be alone.
Scattered about the room are members Of
the family father, mother. children. grand
children. The little ones Ilay. the old folks
look TO the guests or serve the needs OF Gus
toners at the counters A single bald headed
waiter Is ordered about by every one HE'S
the only member Of the household not well
dressed. and almost the only one not notice.
sbly good !5oking Il you order chocolate with
cakes the bnld- headed waiter prepares ths
chocolate before your syss aud cook7 it In .
steWpan over gas stove. He brings Il TO YOU
steaming hot. anu II is always excellent. IN
you AXE one cake with the chocolate tho price
Ot the whole is IL cents. II you take tWJ
cakes IL Is 10 cents. Nobody in the tieTmBn
quarter Is ashamed OF tho thrift that looks out
ioF the pennies, so the poPulaTcu must MAKE
these delicate gradations in its foe Till
IL the stranger happens in shortly before
noon ne - hkely 20 % rewarded By an IN
!erssttng domestic sight, The family dimes
before the noOn hour. aud tho dining room
com NJ unicAtcs with tho shop by means 81 Z
square holo In the wall through which ths
proprietor can command view Of all that
goes on In the outer apartment. before that
square hole u opened the stranger THINKS that
the pretty fTesh-faeed. untiiy-dressei slrl
whom he sees helping her mother about the
shop BY far the best looking member u
the family unless, indeed. II 10 The handsome
little grandson with the lark curl- and tito
forehead liz" ~chilleT's. But when tho square
hole 10 opened the visitor ~ LUCKY sees not
only the neat, mothorly, houssSiieiy mistress
OF the place. nut ~ vel the most innocent
looking. Ted-cheskeN girl. who bends over tho
ironing tatlO. or waits on her Parents. or. ma
hap. fetches dish to some waiting ru,tomeL
Then the stranger falls 10 looking at the twn
girls by turns. and wondering which Is the
pIsttier ana thanking his lucky stare that ~
hlt UPON that particular eAt&