Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-03
LuNcAEoNs IN HOT WEATHER
cold Drinks and Fruit i'm Greatest De-
snand Among business Men.

! Cold Drinks and Fruit I'm Greatest De-
mand Among business Men.
Each person helps himself in IN,
I quick lunch restaurant. and eacl
person is apparently thrown ON hs
| honor TO pay for exactly as much as h,
eats. No person withouta proper sens
of honor would be safe, however. II
trying TO cheat the proprietor more
than once or twice, for watchful and
suspicious eyes are on the lookout from
various points of view. The bushes.
mans luncheon in hot weather is Offer
IA curious mixture. 1t is pretty GER
tain to have very cold streak in il
In a spacious quick lunch" place ia
Nassau street about 1000 persons are
fed every week day between l1:30 Il. IN
and four p. IN. With the exception OF
tea and coffee the bill of fare is linn
ited TO cold dishes. and each person S
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 " hen
be approaches the lunch counter o. a
very hot day. THE first impulse is 10
get something cold to drink. said this
white-garbed person. Almost every.
body orders iced tea or iced coffee OF
cold milk in midsummer, and after tai,
ing a long drink, they begin to look p
half-hearted way for something tc
eat"
Fruit and milk are i'm greatest dee
mand during the heated term Berries.
peaches, stewed apples and pears and
melons are consumed in great quanti-
ties. Pies made ont of fruit in season
are also popular. The basis of bus.
ness mans luncheon on a very hot day
is likely to be bowl OF milk and "a
plate of crackers or brown bread Some
prefer boiled rice or shredded wheai
with their bowl OF milk, but the orde
most frequently given is milk and
crackers" Most men have a swee;
tooth, and the milk and crackers will.
in many instances, be followed by a
tart or a piece of cake. Sandwiches. o
course, are always in demand. and
their consumption is apparently very
slightly affected by the temperature.
In the hottest weafher there is gen
eral diminuton in the demand for solid
food
There are some men who make it Q |
point 10 eat nothing but fruit for their |
during the summer. A large |
81 "A terl,
tenance in quarter of watermelon |
to satisfy them, and with others a plate /
Of berries is sufficient. In the case Of |
big feeders, the seasons
seem to make no difference in either
quantity or kind consumed. The small
Ast men are often the largest eaters
The quick lunch" place spoken of has
few patrons who eat about the same
.hings day after day, summer and WIN
Ter. They take hot drinks, too no
matter what the thermometer may say
a man who takes a cup
# hot tea as matter of custom will
fleet a compromise between custom
md desire by drinking the hot tea FIRST
md glass of iced tea or coffee after
ward. One day, when the temperature
vas in the nineties. a sturdy, sensible !
ooking man started inwith a cup of hot
ga and a roast beef sandwich; next
lie procured glass of milk and plate
# chocolate cake. and, his appetite
till being unsatisfied, he finished Off his
luncheon with a section of watermelon
nd a glass of iced coffee.
Comparatively few women patronizc
he quick lunch" restaurants. Those
Who do spend very little time and very
title money In the operation of lunch
ng. Business women are much simpler
aters than men. 1t is seldom that a
woman who buys her luncheon down
own will spend more than ten cents
Or a noon meal.-N. Y. Times. II