The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-06-16

SCENE NEAR THE MANUFACTURES BUILDING.
kicked because there was not more time
to eat IL. Then when he got to the end Of
his journey he kicked because the train
was 10 minutes behind the schedule time
Nothing but train wreck would have nut
an end to that mans kicking, and his fel-
low travellers would have been more COM
Portable If an individual smashuD had been
especially provided for his benefit.
| But Chronic kickers" are no more popu-
lar in San Francisco than elsewhere, and
the great majority of Midwinter patrons
realize that they have no kick coming" as
Californians phrase it. The food is certain
ly good Of its kind and there are kinds
enough OF it to satisfy all sorts of tastes.
The service is as good as can be expected.
considering he daily variations in thenum-
Der OF those waited upon. The prices are
certainly high. but as large percentage is
turned over to the executive committee
those who hope for the fairs success should
have no fault to find on that score
An attempt is made in some OF the res
taurants to render the enforced waits "a
little tedious as possible. In the American
cafe, The Model, there is a good orchestra
OF mandolins, guitars and a harp, and in
the French, German and Italian restau-
rants patrons also eat to musical accom-
paniment. The Vienna Prater is ALWAYS
crowded, and regular" dinner may be
mad there for 30 or 80 cents. At the Heidel-
berg castle German dishes are dispensed to
the music of German band, and at the
Flemish dairy and the Swiss chalet milk
and sandwiches are the staples of diet.
In the Marine restaurant you can have
a fish caught and cooked for you, and in
the Indian village an old squaw will bake
you tortilla on sheet Of hot iron over
brushwood fire. japanese girls will serve
you with rice and tea in their typical vii
lage, and in the mining camp there are
plenty OF beans TO be had and many things to
drink. Nearly every one goes to the Cev-
Ion booth, in the Manufactures bnildins,
Tor cup OF tea or coffee and a sight of the
quaint little CeylOnese men who serve n
ana very Few visitors neglect the Mexican
tamale house, though the comestibles
served there impress him who eats them for
the first time with the notion that he has
swallowed some disguised Greek fire or
other sort OF Fourth of July enthusiasm
The Mexican fondness for chill penners
reaches It's apotheosis in the tamale of
winch Caiiiornians are very fond.
Every one goes to the Hawaiian restau-
rant as matter Of course to eat poi. The
restaurant Is really an arbor with a roof
out no walls From the roof hang punches
OF unriPe cocoanuts by way of decoration
lnere Is variety OF peculiar eatables. but
what every visitor especially desires ~
sample is the historic poi. In front ~ ~,
booth kanaka woman sits pounding the
roots and mixing the ingredients Of which
the dish Is made. When ready tn eat I,
looks like thick uncooked paste viii
blush tinge, and the taste of IL cannot -.
compared to any other thing that bnmans
put between their lips He who has no,
eaten poi can have no conception of what IL
is like. ""' IL
POI must be eaten with the fingers r. IL
too stringy to be dipped with a sroo,
There are three varieties. DESIGNATED -. -
finger, two finger and three finger moi go s,s
the number Of digits required To ear tho,,.
No individual dishes are provided and ~.
cry one at a table eats from the same No.,
TIE motion from the bowl to the rnor,h
must be very rapid and prudent nov;.a-
tuck napkin beneath their chins RI,
ners should attack the one finger vs-s -
drst. 1t is the thick paste, and enoneb ~,
mouthful may be wound around n 60.
finger. Two finger poi is thinner. ana -.
first and middle fingers are used.
Three finger poi is very watery and look.
like boarding house milk. Three fnrnrs
must be used at a time to scoop n nm ana
then you don't get enough for a monthf,i
unless you are an expert To achieve thS.
distinction takes long apprenticeship ana ana
very Few Americans would aspire To h =,
= not a particularly nice way cs catiue, hrt
Is decidedly novel to any one but a KansIs
When a group Of Hawaiians gather abont =
bowl OF poi, however. there is A flvins -
ringers and a steady stream from the bowl
70 each ones mouth. 'o"i