Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-01

ern "Jim Crow" law. 1t read some
thing like this:
Coffee, per cup ..................$ 5O
Coffee, with cream, per cup .... %
Bread and butter ............... oO oO
Pork chops OO
Mutton chops ................. oU
Sirloin steak, plain ............. 70
Beer, draft, per glass .......... SO
One glance at that card and its aw-
full prices was usually enough to send
the colored man hurrying out of the
place. II, in spite Of 1t all. he per-
sisted in giving his order he found that
he was obliged to wait for an hour or
so before it was served, and then. II
he had ordered pork chops, for in
stance, at IS the order, after making
several complaints, two little pieces
of bone and gristle would be brought
in on an Icy plate and entirely sur
rounded by cold and solid grease.
1t Is not on record that any colored
man ever ventured to patronize this
particular restaurant the second time.
There Is another restaurant IN Chi
cago which Is famous for its apple pie
and cheese. In some way word OF Its
fame reached the ears Of an old COL
ored man. who has a small income and
has retired from active work. The day
after he went into this eating house
and ordered apple pie and cheese. II
was brought and he found that Its
was we'll deserved. The
next day he came back again and re-
peated the order. Again he was
promptly served, but this time the piece
of pie was not more than half as large
as 1t had been the first time, while
the cheese had also greatly diminished
in size since the day before. The
third day the apple pie had reached
almost microscopic proportions. 1t
was the length and thickness OF a
lead pencil, while the cheese was
mere postage stamp in thickness. He
stuck 1t out until the fourth noon. at
which time there was placed before
him a large plate with two atoms In
its centre, one Of pie. the other OF
cheese, both Of which together would
not have made a bill full for canary
bird.
II guess you don't want my CUSTOM
said the colored man.
That's as you please" answered the
waiter, who was only following orders
of his manager.
In another prominent local restau-
rant not long ago a colored man, al
most a mulatto in color. and his wife
were given seats at a table near the
front of the room. They were seated
during the temporary absence Of the
head waiter, who. on his return, al
once went to the table at which they
were sitting and informed them that
mistake had been made; the
table at which they sat was en-
gagged and they would have to
give it up. He led them to a small
table near the rear Of the room. They
sat there with no attention paid to
them for more than twenty minutes
Finally the man called a waiter, who
consented to take an order. After TAX
ing it he disappeared entirely from
the room. For half an hour longer the
colored man and his wife sat unattend-
ed Then complaint was made to the
head waiter, who simulated great in
dignation and asked to have the waiter
pointed out. but, as he ha disappear
ed, that was impossible. A second
waiter was called and the order re-
peated. He again went out into the
kitchen and failed to return. Another
wait Of half an hour followed and n
nally the colored couple got up and
left the place, followed by a sigh of
relief on the part Of all the attend
ants.
In southern theatres negroes are re-
stricted to one of the upper galleries,
which Is still popularity referred to as
"nigger heaven" Here is the way the
thing is worked in the north:
A negro applying to the box office
of almost any northern theatre Will be
told that all the parquet seats are sold
and will be offered seats in the highest
gallery. It Is almost impossible for
colored man to buy for his own use
paruuet seats in any of the northern
theatres.
Occasionally a white man Is secured
to buy them for him. In more than
one instance this has been the result:
When the colored man presents his
tickets at the door the coupons are
torn off by the doorman and presented
to the head usher. In readiness for
such an emergency the head usher has
a couple Of seats in the parquet pre-
pared. He leads the way to these
seats, turns them down. and waits a
moment for the colored people to take
their seats They sit down, only to
find that the seats give way beneath
them. The usher Is surprised and ex-
tremely sorry. He cannot understand
how such a break could have been
overlooked. OF course, it will be i'm
possible to fix them in time to have
them occupied at that performance.
II the ticket holder will come to the