The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-15
PIE AWAY FROM HOME.
Hypocrisy % Men ~ Luncheon p,
That d the Hest Of All.


ITS funny about men, said a ca,.r.,
In Broadway who feeds more than 500 peo-
Pile daily mostly between noon and / 10
=. NJ.
You know he continued. having 70, /.
purchase with his opening remark. that
men who live at home have another sort Of
life downtown when IL comes to eating
In nv business I frequently have orders for
the homo table and IL Ia not an uncommon
thing for q man who IL a customer her,
at noon to nam In giving me an order for
his home something diferent from wha,
he eats here. You might say hs does tina,
because he wants variety. No. that liant
IL.
Now, you know. just for example, that
there In a sort Of exclusive cuisine which
bars pastry-I mean pie. ] don't know
who started IL, but somebody who sets the
style In eating put IL out that pie IL Wi.
gar at a course dinner. or at q very swell
house dinner
And yet men come In here and eat two
and three slices Of pie with their luncheons
who wouldn't any more think Of having
pi q mt home than they would think Of order
ing mosquitoes for company.
Il know a man whose ofice II not q milo
from here who takes his luncheon at one Of
the swell cafes near the roof. He sends his
oHice hoy over here for pie afterward. He
wouldn't come TO my place himself. but
he " stuck on NV pie.
We have every SOFT OF sweet on nv
counter that can b. made at cheap prics-.
but when the rush hour In over tho pie 49,
ton In cleaned out daily.
You ask me which u h popular brand
Except In winter there IL none. OF cour~e.
from Thanksgiving up till along In Feb
rnary it's mince hot mince. But after
that all pie IL alike. What ! mean is, II a
man can't get just the sort he thinks he
had rather have he will "a ke anything in
the pie line whether it's 'kivered. unkiverei
or croes-kivered.'
Once in a while as ! said In the beginning,
q man comes In and says his wife Is going
20 have company. and he asks what can
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will eat from two TO three pieces OF pie in
here.
there are three generations Of nv
family represented in this business. and the
old books show we have made more money
pie than on anything else. And yet every
now and then read somcthing In the news
about the decAdence Of pie,
Il don't believe IL. believe II the coun.
try stopped making pies for thirty DAYS
there would b~ a revolution.
Dlu you wv hNt III hNc bpu'ns huFN
never have less than two kinds Of pie for
dinner, and In some parts Of the South Pic
In AZ much OF a breakfast dish as toddy
II an ante-breakfast drink. We haven't
the pic habit quite 20 badly as that In New
York. but we are pie,eaters on a pretty
extensive scale. just the same.
before I dismiss the subject I want 20
cav that the most luscious pie ever made
II ono YOU never $50 In New York. rs
the sweet potato pie.
you slice the yam to tho thickness -
a slice Of pineapple: put In sugar and but
ter and spice s-plenty You don't want
10 h. stingy with your slices Of yam. Then
bake until the crust II Done and the sugar
and butter have saturated the yam. Then
serve.
L have an idea that II there II any pie
in Paradise its the sliced yam. BY the
that's an unkivercd. Why don't ws
Il here' Well. II would kill tho s.ls
~ all other kinds. Besides, IL takes an
old. fashion hous. nisKer TO make it