Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12

y traNelllng-fnan relates the lOiloWluS
story: II was sitting i'm a New York res
taurant some months ago quietly eating
my breakfast. when a young man with
beaming smile on his face and a big box
under his arm entered. and this CONVEX
sation took place:
Don't want no sleeve buttons nor no.
thin" growed the dyspepsia distributor,
glancing at the box.
mo. nor l." said the stranger, affably,
deposting the box on the counter and
removing the lid. But what you do want
IS the greatest invention OF recorded
time-the restaurant-keeper's friend-the
boarding house keepers salvaton!
Roach poison?" said the steak-stretch-
err cOntcmptuOusly.
mo. sir" retorted the young man. TAX
ing a handful Of singularly-shaped OBJ
iocts out of the box. Something that
beats the photograph and the telephone
| all hollow. | refer 70 the SlUdmore chop
whats that?"
why it's the most economical device
of modern times. and I'll prove II right
here. Suppose you are serving dinner
! 10. say. half-dozen persons. Now, how
| many chops do you usually put on the
! tablet"
well. about two apiece say twelve"
"And how many are eaten"
Hum about four
! Exactly that is about the average, as
our restaurant statistics show. As mat
ter Of course, however, you are compelled
10 cook three times as much as you neeC
70 make a show Now. if you could save
six chops every dinner for year IL would
, about TO 49," ~ fortune said the man
Of outlets. eagerly. IAN We can do VIII
'em now is TO work 'em over into hashes.
peace toyour hashes." said the agent
"all this runous waste is now prevented
| By the introduction Of some dlsh or IN
patent Skidmore Indestructable Rubber
Chop. but in packages of one dozen aH,
warranted for five years, and the tood
economizer exhibited some lifelike lmlta
tons of cooked mutton-chops
Looks like q good scheme said tn
conductor of stews. thoughtfully; "bu
don't the customer ever
Ever tumble? Not In the least II
only notices that one chop is toughe
than the other and finally gets his for
I'm and chews ahead. The smaller one
come higher. as they are made OF Il ltt
more timber article of rubber FOR lam
chops. Can't be told from the senuir
by the naked eye. All you have to do
grease 'om on both sides warm 'em up
little. and serve them mixed in with tn
others. same as usual
! Seems ike they are ABOUT d7 teHu'
as the regulation kind" said the resta'
ranter. iabbing one with a fork. Don
they ever get eaten by mistake
"No-uo-that is. not now. We did los
, a few that way when introduced. but no
, that We make the material tougher,
don't happen any more. unless they wi
swallow them whole. Why, here's
specimen that's been I'm use IN Chica'
. eating saloon there for years. night an
9 day. and you can't see the first too
{ print in it yet"
p THAT settles it," said the restaurants
"Ill take gross
II thought you would" said the che
agent. as he took down the order an
emphaticaUy declined an invitation f
some lunch. II will Dee around in f.
days and show you samples Of soft. whit
rubber Holsters We are getting up esp
cially for the country Trademark Il
best article OF indestructible salad eV
known" And he shouldered his box al
walked off i'm the direction OF anoth
restaurant