The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
SERVE DELlcATEssEN STUFF
Dwellers in City Flats Resort to the
Dealer in Table Luxuries When
Company Comes.
"Come right along up TO dinner" said
the city man heartily to his out-of-town

Come right along up TO dinner" said
the city man heartily to his out-of-town
friend.
The latter looked dubious.
How about your wife? She won't be
expecting me-"
The city man shrugged his shoulders
and laughed lightly, says the Louisville
CourierJournal.
"Oh, III just telephone her and the
delicatessen shop will co the rest"
The country visitor wondered but re-
Trained from questions.
His hostess received him in demure-
looking shirt-waist suit and made no
apology for the fact that size and her 16-
year-old daughter tcol, turns at waiting
on the table. The first course was clam
cocktails embetGed i. ice. the second
was cold sliced chicken. oarnished with
cress and lemons ard the hot dishes
consisted of nacaroMi With cheese and
tomato sauce ed cr'sn Seratoea pota-
toes. Crab salsd. seH- &C in the shells.
surrounded by a Wropth Of parsley. and
radishes cut in small fN'ip hape. were
served With thir salt W. e"S and tiny
jar of creamy ch"ese Fer dessert there
We're ice cream ard spence cake. with
coffee to cnish
The man frcm out of town waited un-
TIL he got alone With his hest and then
bluntly asked what the after had meant
by saying the Gelicatessen shop would
do the rest.
The city man explained that nothing
served fer elmer had been cooked at
home, save the coffee. The macaroni,
with its cheese and tomato sauce. had
been bought in a little earthen dish at
the delicatessen shop and heated along
with the Saratoga chips in the gas oven.
The crab salad had come in bulk from
the same shop, with the shells in a sep
arate package. Cold roast chicken had
formed the meat course, and the various
garnishes the lady of the house invaria-
bly, kept on hand.
The guest could hardly believe that he
had eaten what his good wife at home
would scornfully term "bake-shop stuff. -
The delicatessen shop of to-day is an
Institution Of evolution. 1t is the nat
ural result of the vexed servant girl
question. The woman who attempts to
keep but one servant finds that often one
Is worse than none. She dismisses the
maid and does her own work, with the
aid Of the caterer and the delicatessen
shop. The latter has increased its sphere
OF usefulness only as the housewife has
demanded it, and Is now as essential to
the family Of moderate means as the
caterer is to the family of wealth.
In the big department stores, which
maintain delicatessen shops, regular
chefs are employed, generally of French
extraction, as they have brought the art
Of catering to family trade down to a
science. In Paris the masses have all
their baking and cooking of Importance
done at shops, because fuel is so high.
America was slow to adopt the delicates-
sen shop, but once having accepted it as
part of the household scheme the
American wife goes in for it with en-
thusiasm.
All kinds Of bake stuffs are to be had
at these shops-cold meats in every pos
sible form. from plain roast to the most
elaborate loafs and made dishes; vege-
tables which require only warming up;
salads already mixed, or the ingredients
may be bought prepared separately to
be mixed at home; and. of course, all
the imported can goods like &c foie gras,
caviar, etc, are in stock. The delicates-
sen shop makes speciality of packing
picnic luncheons. travelling baskets and
automobile luncheon cases. 1t has be-
come, in fact. an important industry.
The small shop is to be seen in all its
glory Sunday evening. for which trade
special preparations are made. The city
flat dweller who has not pantry room
enough to lay in the Sunday supply, the
hostess who is caught urawares, the
young couple who are living in two fur
nished rooms and take their meals out,
and the bachelor-maiI-al swear by
the delicatessen shop.
First Piece of MacI;poru