New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

Many and vondr0us are the derivations whence
come those names applied u walters 90 certain
dishes which the menu card bear more Imposing
titles. It is in the quickly ordered quickly served
and quickly eaten restaurants that one most fro
quently hears the terms which excite his wonder.
such as beef an " and the like but occasionally
one runs odd eplthet in an uptown hostile
~. A theatrssoer entered wen known uptown
place the other evening and while awaiting his or
der heard a waiter shout into the kitchen. "One
stormy nightr. That was new one. What's q
waiter appeared welsh rabbit and scrambled
eggs on separate dishes replied the waiter How
well twas this way" said the waiter zone night
cane chap came in ana ordered a rs6bit with
srat disbeSs fer re- bsd gore Ne Selided NJ
Welsh rabbit, scrambled eggs. each on separate
breath and time We wanted something shorter.
Stormy night, says ]. and so it's been ever since"
The subway naturally was expected 70 be cool IN
summer and the last warm days OF March gave
the travelling public the opportunity to ind that
their expectations were fulfilled. Even with the
doors Of the cars shut cooling breeze blew In
through the ventlators from one end OF the trains
to the other. disagreeaPle feature. however. and
made its aPpearance in subway travel It Is dust
white with I'll and at some stations the particIes
swept through the cars like a sandstone
benevolent looking dominic entered subway
station the other day in which the show windows
OF a department store be SEEN He noticed an
array OF wax dummies in these windows. They
were superby gowned. but their heads were missing
What have they decapitated all those fine ladies'
for?'' the dominic asked the newsstand girl The
"decapitated' was too much for her understandings
and she could only look at the dominic In wondsS
The ticket chopper, however. overheard. ana with
Q grin stretching from to ear he whispered to
the dominic cOnfdentially: sure sir, an they be
niTtln with me all the time. But he regretted his
words second later. for the dominic ightWay
launched into his ear sermon the vanity OF
thinking that women would hirt with him
The master OF a cocker spaniel puppy recently
had a portion OF the dogs tail eliminated, for
there's a fashion In the length OF spaniels' tails
/ which must be observed faithfully as that In
Womens hats The operation IN its effects seemed
to have an inverse ratio. for the spaniel became III
/ IN the stomach and refused to eat All sorts OF
/ tempting morsels were put in his dish but their
| sight put no lustre in his eyes. He grew weaker
/ and weaker One night he apparently was in seri-
Gus danger OF dying. and the mother Of his master
sat I'D all night, caring for the dog as though he
/ were a SICK child While thus engaged She had an
/ Idea and acted it. She Fumu1aged a6o11f 49,
mix. helo the dog in her arms on his back ana MT
the ruPDer nipple in his mouth. To her SURPRISE
| ana oehghts ne sucked away IL with the s,UstO
/ OF a hungry babe, and steadily the milk ID the
] Dotue went lower and lower. Thereafter when the
spSI4eI went 70 bed the nursing bottle filed with
be empty. - N~'~