The morning times., 1895-07-10
FEMININE LUNCHES.
Light as Air Are Some and Some as
Indigestible as Satisfying.


Indigestible as Satisfying.
For a long time it has been a source of
wonder 10 mankind TO really know what
the average woman calls lunch" Ger
tainly her idea OF the monday meal differs
materially from the masculine one.
What man would consider his inner man
satisfied with glass of chocolate ice cream
soda water? Yet that is what q North Side
womancalled" lunch" bargain Friday, after
having wrestIed four hours with snappy
clerks and eager bargain fiends.
An hour spent at any of the cafes or res
taurants where women enjoy their midday
meal leaves one bewildered in amazement
at feminine tastes, TO say nothing OF fem
inins digestion.
Out of thirty orders given between 1 Q and
o'clock recently at a well lknown restau
rant only one woman called for roast beef,
and she, poor thing, seemed to feel con-
scious guilt in SO doing
The usual order was far more interesting.
pale young woman in huge green sleeves
called for'' cheese, straws and pickles Her
companion wanted lice cream and brown
bread"
But sandwiches and buttermilk made the
person waiting on another young woman
who had thus ventured to tempt providence
turn pale, but he brought the order, which
! she ate and drank and apparently survived
| ali i'll effects.
Sardines seem to be the favurite fish;
| though the nutrition in sardines is not
! abundant, il seems To be enough to satisfy
! the girls.
Croquettes, too, are popular, whether
on account of their cousinship to the word
/ coquette or because their well-meant con-
tents viii always remain hidden mystery
to those who partake of them, is more
than the mind of man can fathom.
| Salads of all kinds are always in demand
the richer the better-and the oombina.
tion of rich mayonnaise dressing with
lobster and glass of lemonade is quite
the thing
! AS for the pickles and crackers with q
| glass of milk, they were ordered so often
that it would seem evident that the girls
were all IN love
Were affection to be gauged by the num-
be- of pickles partaken OF, one tall woman
in black had bad case. She finally
stopped on the eighth large gherlin, to
the visible relief Of her observers and
| friends.
Tiny cups full OF weak bouillon seem also
in demand, andStss is standard order.
The attention OF everyone in a cufe Fri
| day was directed TO a guod-looking old
woman who had a safe pocket in her
| inside skirt. Carefully lifting up her in
side garment, she slowly extracted her
| glasses, which she methodically adjusted
| Then she calmly read each item on the
bill of fare. 'At least three courses, "
unused the patient waiter, judging from
| the length of time her selection of what
to order consumed. He was told to bring
cup of tea :" Tea is 10 cents. Women
are close about spending money for lunch
They think q long time before ordering
The prize OF the day, however, went to
healthylooking young woman, who or
dered and ate a howl of lobster salad, two
| cups of chocolate with whipped cream and
three chocolate eclairs. She was appa
rently no worse for the feat
Few women order more than one thing
soup, salad or desert.
1t is no small wonder that days shop
ping undermines the average woman's con
| stitution, when she SO often subsists from
early morning until O'Clock on cream
puff, a glass Of soda water, dish of ice
cream or a meringue-Cbicago Tribune.