The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

A man and woman sat at the same
table in one Of the downtown restaurants
yesterday noon. The woman had bowl
of soup cup OF coffee and some rolls.
Before the man was piece of pie, char
lotte russo and coffee. And yet the
luncheons that women order have been
made subject Of ridicule for as many
years as they have been taking their mid
day meal downtown. A glance over the
tables OF any restaurant will show the
fallacy of such paragraphs and if women
wer ever guilty of ordering the absurd
combinatio they were credited with they
have grown wiser. 1t is now the man
who makes his luncheon from three xmas
Of pie as one did one day last week, Sc
leoting custard, blueberry and apple after
q close scrutiny OF the menu.
There are two two classes OF women
who take their luncheonS at the tea
rooms and restaurants. One is made up
of the business women who go every day
and the other includes those who are down
town shopping or who have come especial
~ for lunch as a change from the home
meal. The first has learned what she
likes and what she can afford and it takes
her but a moment to write her order
which seldom runs over IS cents and
ranges from that sum down to the few
pennies for which one can get bowl or
soup at the Young Woman's, Christian as
ISOLATION.
A woman who is down town shopping
will spend minutes and minutes studying
the menu and she always looks first at the
prices and then at the dishes, for the same
reason that man reads over the names
first and then orders, regardless OF cost.
To quote Dr. Watts ut is their nature
to-" A woman always makes up her mind
how much she Is willing to spend and then
gets lunch for ten or fifteen cents less
than the stipulated sum, while man In
variably exceeds his limit-if he ever has
limit.
look at this, Molly, all for the lady in
black" whispered one Of the mattresses as
she showed the order to a friend and
commented on the fact that 1t ran from
soup to ice and coffee. 1t is so seldom
that a woman orders a complete meal for
herself that it Is likely to be matter OF
comment among the mattresses.
Time was when the feminine propensity
for salads was subject for mirth from
tho Atlantic to the Pacific. Now, those
who know, declare that salad, with a
French or mayonnaise dressing, is the
most healthful luncheon dish that a busy
man or woman can eat. Olive oil is rec
ognized in the dietetic world as Of great
value, and as olive oil plays an important
part in the dressing salad, preferably a
green salad, is regarded as healthful and
desirable. Any number of men and
women have been going to one of the tea
rooms this winter for glass Of hot milk
In which is stirred q tablespoonful OF
olive oil, the whole seasoned with pinch
of salt. They have gained in flesh and
spirits and one of the imbibers Of olive
oil was SO pleased at the way that it was
adding to his weight that he gave the
girl who brought it to him Is cents for
every pound he gained. a.
II woman wants to economic she in
variably cuts down her luncheons. There
is one little woman who has been going
without sweets for a month to pay for a
chiffon she had no business to buy. for II
cost more money than she could afford
and was not in the line of necessities, But
It was pretty and woman can eat bread
and milk with equanimity if she is sure
OF her frills and furbelows. This par
tlcular woman was a month without ices
and cream puffs and when the chiffon was
paid for. she went to the nearest tea.
room, for It was lunch time, and ordered
meal that cost half of her savings
Women can economic to certain limit
and then they break out into extrava-
gaace that sadly reduces their accounts
This is day Of fads and the restau.
rants feel the influence Of vegetarianisn
and other "isms." Women are rather
more prone to make experiments in theil
luncheons than men and there is little
group in one Of the large Office building:
who are trying to feel robust on hand