The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-09-17
luNcKEoNs IN HOT WEATHER.
cold Drinks and Fruit in Greatest De-
mnnd Among Business Men.

cold Drinks and Fruit in Greatest De-
mnnd Among business Men.
Each person helps himself in the
quick lunch" restaurant, and each
person is apparently thrown on his
honor TO pay for exactly as much as he
eats. No person withouta proper sense
of honor would be safe, however, in
trying to cheat the proprietor more
than once or twice, for waitchful and
suspicious eyes are on the lookout from
various points of view The business
mans luncheon in hot weather is often
Il curious mixture. 1t is pretty GER
tain to have very cold streak in it..
In a spacious quick lunch place in
Nassau street about 1000 persons are
fed every weekday between 1880 a. m.
and four p. IN. With the exception of
tea and coffee the bill of fare is linn
tied TO cold dishes, and each persons
luncheon costs from ten to 30 CENTS
The average is about Is cents.
Accepting the conclusions of the
white-garbed custodian of the coffee
and tea urns as trustworthy, not one
man in ten knows what he wants when
he approaches the lunch counter on q
very hot day. THE first impulse is to
get something cold to drink" said this
white-garbed person. Almost every
body orders iced tea or iced coffee or
cold milk in midsummer, and after TAX
ing long drink, they begin to look in
half-hearted way for something to
eat"
Fruit and milk are in greatest de-
mand during the heated term. Berries,
peaches, stewed apples and pears and
melons are consumed in great quaint
ties. Pies made out of fruit in season
are also popular. The basis of bust
ness mans luncheon on Il very hot day
IS likely to be bowl of milk and a
plate of crackers or brown bread. Some
prefer boiled rice or shredded wheat
with their bowl of milk, but the order
most frequently given is milk and
crackers" Most men have q sweet
tooth, and the milk and crackers will,
in many instances, be followed by
tart or a piece of cake. Sandwiches, OF
course, are always in demand. and
their consumption is apparently very
slightly affected by the temperature.
In the hottest weather there is a gen.
eral diminution in the demand for solid
food.
There are some men who make it o
point to eat nothing but fruit for their
luncheon during the summer. a large
number of this class find enough sus-
tenance in q quarter of a watermelon
to satisfy them, and with others plate
of berries is sufficient. In the case OF
rhronically big feeders, the seasons
seem to make no difference in either
quantity or kind consumed. The small
est men are often the largest eaters.
rhe quick lunch" place spoken of has
Il few patrons who eat about the same
things day after day, summer and VIM
ter. They take hot drinks, too. NO
mat ter what the thermome'ter may say
Occasionally a man who takes a cup
of hot tea as matter of custom will
effect a compromise between custom
and desire by drinking the hot tea first
and glass of iced tea or coffee after
ward. One day, when the temperature
was in the nineties, sturdy, sensible
looking man started in with cup of hot
tea and a roast beef sandwich; next
he procured a glass of milk and a plate
of chocolate cake, and, his appetite
still being unsatisfied. he finished Off his
luncheon with a section of watermelon
and a glass of iced coffee.
Comparatively few women patronize
the "Q,ick lunch" resta urants. Those
who do spend very little time and very
little money in the operation of lunch
ing. business women are much simpler
eaters than men. 1t is seldom that a
woman who buys her luncheon down
town will spend more than ten cents
for a noon mcal.-N. y. Times.
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