Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-29

den pertaters. dash OBJ red peppers. an
dar's egg plant in dis lot to kin OBJ ease it
up; den lam lites, chopped fine. an con
meal. ter thicken it. Oar YOU am. honey
OBJ :t?''
The reporter declined. with thanks. and
asked the old woman how much she charged
for the "slum."
Oar am two-sized plates De fust size
costs cents. an de secon' size cents,
CON bread on de side extry.''
In one corner of the baby carriage was
what at first glance appeared to be a hid
eOus-looking picture. 1t was the face of q
large hog, boiled to a turn. the lusterless
eyes and grinning teeth making the picture
sistance Is chopped up and sold at so much
chunk to the old woman's customers,
who regard 1t as quite luxury
The Itinerant Clam Man.
The itinerant clam man is another type OF
the street lunch vendors. also the '1ce-cold
lemonade" and cake man. The latter Is
very generously patronized by newsboys
and the street gamin.
A favorfte dish among the poorer whites
is beef pie These are sold In the cheaper
lunch rooms at cents each. They are also
much sought after by FOUNDERS when wind
ing up debauch late at night. There is a
song which is sung by the habitues OF
Washin8ton's Bowery descriptive of the
beef pie. 1t goes like this:
Beef pie. beef pie.
For dinner every day;
Beef pie, beef pie,
Five cents to pay.
They say It's made Of dog meat,
And perhaps that is no lie.
But there's nothing else 60 filling
As coffee and beef pie"
The Chop suey Joints.
These Chinese chop suey joints have be-
come a feature of the after dark lunch
business In this city. With the dimuni-
ton Of the all-night coffee houses has
come marked increase in the number Of
Chinese establishments. A few years ago
Chinaman with the euphonious name
OF Hung Fer Low. opened the first chop
suey establishment on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., He was discovered by some of the
FOUNDERS ION the Bowery," who sampled
his chop suey and yokami broadly pro
stun to be good and told others of their
find. Soon his dining rooms would scarce
iy accommodate the rush of men who
wanted dish of chop suey or yokami
Other ShreWd Cinnamon took the cue, and
soon Hung Fer Low had opposition. Now
there are at least dozen such establish
ments In this city. and they have plenty
OF patrons. too. for many Washingtonians
dishes.
Miniature Delmonico
On the line Of the Metropolitan cars,
near Georgetown is a little shanty on a
hillside which is devoted to the serving of
pigs feet chittlins and the like. Over the
door of the shanty, which is presided over
by colored man of mature years. is this
odd sign. painted in gaunt. uneven letters:
DelmonicO of America" .'f
Inc sparrow man was a character here
several years ego and did a thriving bust
ness until the restaurant keepers found
him out He had some scheme for captur-
Ing large numbers of sparrows. These he
picked and prepared and sold to the less
knowing keepers of restaurants as reed
birds and many good citizen ate his SPAR
row on toast. believing he was eating the
toothsome bird which Is such favorite
here in the fail.
An original Washington character and he
can be found nowhere else is the devil
crab man" His cry has long ago became
familiar on the Streets day and night:
Devil craos. Get 'em while dey's hot.
Crab man gOin away"