The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
In Order to Live CheapIy I'm the Great
Metropolis One Must Know the Ins
and Outs of the City.
WOMEN CAN SMOKE At MARIA's
OUT-OF-THE-wAY PLACES WHERE
GOOD MEALS ARE SERVED.
In the Fashionable Cafes 1t Takes a
Long Purse 40 Be I'm the Swim
Table d'Hote Dinners Galore.
staf Correspondence OF the Journal.
NEW YORK, July g.

Star Correspondence OF the Journal
NEW YORK. July a.
You may boast Of your Rectors and sherry's
Gorgeous places where fashion plates dine.
Where though you eat little you pay just as
As If you bought barrels OF wine:
You may talk Of cafes that have gained wide
Because OF high sweIIdom's decree
But a little old place on the East Side OF town
is quite good enough for me-
A little old place where the good fellows go.
That makes you forget ev'ry trouble and woe
That ever came into your mind.
The chops are so thick and so tender and brown
That appetites greet thfm with glee:
Is quite good enough for me.
The cIaret's so mellow a fellow feels sure
It's a mixture OF sunshine and grape;
The conee's so wond roasly fragrant and pure
That it's certain 20 keep you awake.
But what do you care as you sip II all DOWN.
For you won't so to bed until three.
(The little old place on the East Side Of town
Is quite good enough for me1
So here's to the place where the good fellows 90.
And the place where the good fellows dine.
With never q bit OF your fash'nable show
Just jelly good lamb chops and wine!
It's easy enough all your troubles TO drown
II an atmosphere jOyOusiy free;
So here's TO the place on the East Side OF town
Ihats quite good enough for me!
New York loves TO ''dine out" In no
Ol0cI CITY III the WOTlQ-nOI even excepting
London-are there so many restaurants and
cafes. and new ones are constantly spring.
ing UP in all parts of the town. There was
a time, and not long ago. either, when
the many eating houses were partonized
nearly altogether by the city's vast floating
population. but to-day the New Workers
themselves are the cause of the predomi-
nance on Manhattan island of establish
ments where good things to eat and drink
are to be had at all hours of the day and
night.
The principal reason for the New York
habit OF dining away from home is due to
the peculiar geographical situation of the
metropolis. Harlem, that popular residence
portion of the city. is an hours ride from
the heart OF the business district. and
Brooklyn, where so many thousands of
New York business and professional men
live with their families. is. separated from
Wall street and the skyscrapers by a big
river and poor-transportation facilities
MONDAY luncheon at home. still the rule
in many smaller cities, is wholly out of
the question so far as the New York mar
Is concerned. And then. too, If the New
Yorker who lives in Harlem, Brooklyn. or
in ore of the pleasant suburban places of
" oAan VI Z OCAoCys WAchCo "
spend the evening in New York. it is no
easy matter to travel all the way home for
dinner and then back again. So. If he wants
to take his wife TO the theater. the simplest
thing to do is to nave her meet him in New
York and to "dine out" together. Living in
flats and apartments also has much to do
with the growing habit of taking meals
In the restaurants. 1t is estimated that
QUE. fur0-fhfr1o nf rroI1+410 No4r yarL
live IN flats or apartments and it is much
easier and far more convenient for these
people to patronize the restaurants than
to attempt to have their meals served at
home. And it is little wonder that, with
such conditions prevailing. dining out three
and four and in many cases seven nights
a week has of late become a common fea-
ture of New York; life.
BIG UNDERTAKING.
To cover if detail the eating places
of the great metropolis-to attempt to
describe the various kinds of restaurants,
together with the various kinds of people
that patronize them, would be an immense
undertaking that would require more news
paper space than this article purports to
I'LL. The point to be made is the love of
the New Workers for anything that is out Of
kAC "A tiial
shows originality OF ideas. while setting a
good table. is sure of Succession a time.
at least. until its novelty has worn of.
For this reason the eating houses contain
ing something OF a foreign atmosphere
are the ones that have been gaining the
greatest headway in New York during the
last ten years. The New Yorker delights
In taking his wife to dine nowadays at the
Cafa BOulavard on fba fast SiIa aud <f
other similar places that do not boast fash
ionahle surroundings. but offer instead a
little of old-world flavor that makes the
food taste better and adds sparkle to the
wines.
The Cafe Boulevard Is, a picturesque
place. and although a Hungarian establish
ment, IL is more like the typical French
restaurant in appearance than any other
eating house in the city. You may dine in
the open air on a pretty vine-covered bal
cony IL you choose, or, If you want to be
nearer the orchestra. you will find many a
coy corner in the main dining room in
side. The orchestra is one of the best in
all New York and it plays music that
savors OF Bohemia. The musicians are
swarthy-skinned Hungarians in uniforms OF
red. and their unique appearance, together
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well how TO interpret. has done much to
make this cafe popular. Each one of the
band plays with heart and soul In his work.
and from the tall, handsome fellow who
presides at the odd-looking cymbalom-an
importation from Hungary-to the wild
eyed genius who draws heavenly tones
from the cello. there is not one OF them
who il not a born musician from top to toe.
The cate Llberty-"Little Hungary"-was
for several years the favorite foreign eat
Ing and drinking place. and although il still
entertains crowds Of men and women
every evening from s until midnight. it
hos lost most OF its national favor and is
no longer the delightfully."- interesting little
cafe that il was in the days gone by. The
newspaper workers from Park Row have
been MISUNDERSTANDING. OF course
fer its gradual transformation. When they
as covered the curious little restaurant in
East Houston street. right in the heart OF
the tseming East Side district, and became
aware OF the fact that the cooking was
delicious. that the wines were of unusual
naeliowness and that the little Hungarian