The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-02-14
HUDDER SFTEID'S
SURPRISING BARGAINS


dominated by love of profusion, an
Incidence of character a desire to
haunt superabundance of wealth in
the eyes of supposedly admiring
world 1t fiatters mans sense of
superiority. He has not only got the
better of the seller by reason of his
knowledge. automatically concealed,
of the value of the article sold, but he
also chuckle in his sleeve at the
less acute public who pay three times
the price for the same thing. Hud-
dersfield has the bargain habit to
abnormal extent.
1t extends to everything It Hud-
dersheld meets old friend and
wishes to entertain him en- garcon
he very seldom takes him to dine at
the club. He says: -"Say. old man,
I'll tell you what I'm going to do
with you I'm going to take you. to
a little out-of-the-way joint where we
can get cOnsonme souyeraine
and 1arded tenderloin an madere
something like that that you will re-
member long you live, with a
! bottle of wine that you can't get in
the cellar of the Astorf-Waldoria.
Then he rushes the friend to a street
ear and presently, after traversing
two three mean streets and
two alleys that make the friend
feel extremely nervous, they arrive
at dingy restaurant whose badly
illuminated and dusty sign announces
but whose external appearance other
| wise would lead one to suppose that
it a gospel mission poorly sup
ported on off night.
Inside there are half dozen tables
/ extending to sort of box office
! tn rough the window ofzvvhich a view
! OF the kitchen can be obtained. Three
with soiled shirts and a great
deal of throat and anarchistic boards
are smoking cigarettes at one of the
bles and throwing out their fingers
I e2@cited1y at one another as they CAB
| bic in a strange tongue. gaunt
and depressed-looking woman pensive-
! ly stabbing a roll with a three tined
81 eel fork is the only other patron
of the establishment present. Hud-
dersfield and the friend take tn cir
places at the table which seems to
| have the cleanest cloth. There is
| verdigris on the top of the salt eruet
| and dark brown crust of undoubted
/ antiquity ornaments the mustard pot.
GA little bob emian," says Hudders
field, rubbing his hands brislS1y and
/ looking around with a smile. cit is
just what I like. man who gets in
the habit of judging by appearances
misses lots of good things in this
| world 6 ours
'.Does it always smell SOP asks the
friend.
Smell howe"
''Wen. don't know whether 1 can
L
| should say that the garlic is unmis-
taxable. I think I can detect wet
| clothes and yeast, but it may be the
cigarettes
You wait until YOU get your din
ner," says Huddersfie1d land in the
meantime watch those fellows over
there. There's SIGHT you wouldn't
see in Bins1ey's in leo years. Life
that's what you see here: life and hui
man nature I like to observe it,
By this time dark-eyed- waiter
who has neglected to shave for sew
I era1 days appears and takes Hut1ders-
fields order and spreads q coarse nap
kin over the worst stain in the cloth.
This done, he vanisEaes into the kitch-
and is heard to shout fiercely at
the cooks. who scream at him in re
turn and seemingly begin to smash
Dishes
They've got a cook in here who
could be earning his $3.50 a month
downtown if he only knew it." says
| Huddersfield, rem owing leftover
crust that the waiter had not noticed
5 ttf this place known by people
who could appreciate it half the block
wouldn't be enough for the CUSTOM
There is a rather long wait and in
the interval stout man afflicted with
eatarrh comes in and takes a seat al
a table close by. Huddersfie1d no.
tees a smoky picture in much fl
blown frame hanging in a dark cor
gain, gets up to inspect It. But il
turns out to be nothing but cleo
? graph The dinner comes in an6
really is not so viIlainous dinner as
!. might be expected although some
what permeated with garlic and de
o c:sfedIy greasy. The wine is merely
drinkable, and it is likely that Hud
t dersfield was right in saying that i
q could not be obtained at the Astorf
Waldoria- Huddersfeld expands Owe
= the wine. holds it up to the light AM
: | looks at it knowingly out of one eye
, sips it slowly and pauses between sip
IT with both eyes turned up ecstatically
q The friend tries to be enthusiast i
over it, too, but he has not yet recov
cred from the thum BIN arks that tn
waiter left the edges of the plates
They finish up with long stogie-look
ing cigars with straws run through
them for the improvement of tn
draft 1t really improves the havo
of the cigar as we'll When the checl
i. comes HuddersfieId exhibits it tri
umphantly-
Ar, dinner. yil<a ha