The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
ODD CITY RESTAURANTS
B~EEFsTEiK DUNGEONS AND OTHER
ATTEMPTS TO GET TRADE.
Features Of Dining Places In New York
Women who want TO Get Thin and q" 10
Turkish Iia'hs for the Purpose New Christ
mIs InNs-Iiorse NhoM Week IashIOns.

While New Workers are confirmed diners ont,
and there are more restaurants in town in pro-
portion to population than in any other city In
the world. there l. a surprising lack uf charm
or novelty ia the arrangements Of the average
dining place very few are mode led ON a rev
plan or in imitation Of some foreign restaurant.
and these are Invariably widely advertised and
well patrOnized: but the usual type seems To he
either the staid severity nj the fashionable hotel
dining room or oCluloid ralm garden or else
the differing mirrUr-llnei walls OF the Broadway
chop houses Few OF the popular places have
spe ialtics Of any particular sort. The one
re-taurat'u r who used to be famous for his
service Of Ash has ceased to cater to public
trade, and the sameness Of the menus at the
hos els is marie ID,
So the average New Yorker goes proving
about for something new. and when he ilnds a
Hungarian dinner in a cellar or 4 heei~t"1k
dinner on a roof he gives it hi- generous favor
and spreads it, fame far aud wide The French
and Italian eating place scattered 50 i.'niiIuIly
throughout the City are filed each night, not 50
much OWING to the excellence Of the yiahds as
to the informnlity OF arrangement that gives a
certain pictGresQuene,s 20 them all
Despite the American reputation for originality
and clever business instincts, Americans iaii 10
have any place that even compares family with
the English inns that have been lmmortaliled
I'm books and PLAYS. nor have they ANYTHING like
the Iatter-day Richmond dinners, wnIcn ar. sun
such A feature Of holiday life with londoner'.
where fashion cDngreg gates ana
where tho fare and the COMPANY continue 70
increase in quality. Il Is true that attempts
nrc made now and then toward establishing
places Il the sort, but they detcrior "a TO the
commonplace very soon or are abandoned
Sevcrl! years asp one restaurant decorated
is rooms with CulloG' colors and with III"
oinblcm4 Of the different sports aud this feature
made the place immensely popular tor a time,
especially with the college contingent. Now
there are 80 many Of these decorations In res
-aurauts that thew have grown tirnsome 20 look
upon. Another downtown place adopted the
ngure " n cat a. a symbol. using II on dishes
and bills Of fare and on tho walls of the dinirG
room iu imitation Of a famous Pans eating
place, and this grow To be a popular resort with
the Bohemian element.
The music of gyusv hands has mane several
Hungarian resorts well known 10 those who
are not particular n to what they eat so long as
they hear good music during the repast. With
the growth OF the new gludv chophouse the
old fashioned chophouse has almost completely
disappeared and in place Of the solid woods and
good painting that used TO be the pride Of the
proprietors Of the o'd-'lmo places. there is to-
day a cheap effort at display.
one ~ the newest departures IN the wav Of
restaurants l. the bcefst"ak dungeon which Is
n part II the several Of In-to-date eating pa 'es
Tho ido1 originated q few years ago with a
rratlura,cur who opened one OF these places
with r,rE"ty boxes and kegs as tables. few
dishes nd q general absence " Orn1mcntation
Absolute simplicity was the rulo and tho servant
wa, summoned 10y an old RUSTY cow bell sus-
nondod from the ceiling Bocfstoak. bread and
go. - ,Ia oyI l,ar tho univ fora
served. They were all Of excellent quality and
the place became a great resort for sightseers
and was org1 cni for marv supper parties.
A Fifth avenue restaurant keeper intro
ducti a decided novelty in the person OF an
Indian cook who prepares and serves curricd
dishes in a chatting dish. The man wears his
native turban Of silk and a suit Of spotless
linen and his cooking ia as ~faultless rs his nan-
ner Of serving lie was employed Ia the same
capacity in a London hotel before coming 20
New York and served all Tie foreign notabili-
ties There probably Lee acquired his manner
Of waiting which Is ia. very ideal Of correct
Another novelty in the wav of restaurants
j. found IN the basement Of an uptown resi-
deu,e which has been tLrued into an o!d-faSh-
lorpd living room with broad ~cttceS covered
win lowered c~re,onre The table, and seats,
Including two roomy old rockers. are placed
irrogularlv and there are two enormou fire.
places where logs are KEPT Burning. filing
AIF l''lA III 'l' Y ''aiii lAhA. AhN' ~ "
ing Iine The cook Is a Southern NANNY,
typical in appeararce snd in cooking, and
az tho Southern dinner which il served here
viii homemade preserves and other good
things.
Eight women out Of ton arc reducing their
weight just now" said a Turkish bath attend
ant There i a perfect rage to be extremely
thin. One young women who cores here
twi.e a week weighs only 100 pounds, but il,
IN DESPAIR because she has passed her limit
Of 100. Tho baths are a splendid preventive
Of accumulated flesh IL taken regularly It
l. almost homeless to attempt TO lose flesh by
taking them, although some do so. persever-
ing and taking them once a day much az horse
Jockeys do In cutting down weight. Taken
to this extent they are apt to he Weakening
Then with some the bath cngenders most tre-
monduUS aprctitaS and teiore leaving the UlaCe
irchc,ns are ordered which must aid largely
In defeating the purpose OF reduction.
Al the hatherS weigh themselves bcfor"
the pg'h AID after it AID from orc, TO Tire"
pounds il fire. lIentlv noted as n difference.
II will have returned, however. by the time
the bath"rcomeS back for hor next bath. The
trouble with this matter Of taking OF fnsh "a
that women wait until they are ton or twenty
poI1d- heavier than normal and then begin
70 take all sorts Of drastic treatment Ia get rid
OF tn" slrrlls. The first sign of increasing
we ignt must ne taken as a warning. Weight
increases very rapidly when 1t begins ard II
to nd that she Is actually fat.
"EverrisN ) the beat preventive not only
walking In thu ooev air but also simple eXer-
cis's % rising and before retiring. Then th"
dict must toe iessared materially, Az n ru|"
people who are very stoIt are very generous
/ 10 themselves at table. DintiAg is an unuleasa't
s,rt Of cIr" for anything. But less food is,
always possible"
Noah's ark and the tin soldier must take their
placeI among TOW antiquities. The doh that
SAYS para" and mama is really a very simple
affair beside tho mechanical toys that arc al
real being shown to Christmas purchasers
In the large toy shOus. Dolls not only TAX.
but walk. dance aid sing nowadays. They
have thei- houses with gas and electric
HIGHT arrangements, elevators AID crate ir,..
Their trunks are no longer cheap toy affairs
hut real leather with locks and strars and
travs AL their toilet articles are Of silver
aud ivory. An uU-to-iate don has her fll
allowance of costumes for tho street, tho
bolio!r AID d amor AID has a maid as well
The children OF to-day are well provided for
in the way Of wonderful toys. but their tastes
are largely for musical Instruments. grapho-
phones, t%vuswritcrs and other sel SHE ar
'lrIcs. Toy automobiles for dolls are among
the novelties,