Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-18
NEAT LNVESTTGA TON HELPS
MAKE CAFETERLAS SUCCESS

THAT roast beef looks fine. A slice
off the red, please, with some Drowned
potatoes and gravy"
"Pm not hungry, but | must have
some of those fresh green peas and
Boston baked beans" This TO the little
woman I'm a crisp white apron who pre-
sides over the vegetables.
Has Picnic Appearance
At the coffee urns he adds cup Of
coffee, ice tea or milk to his cargo and
passes ON to the bread. Next to the
bread are delicious sal~fs, then fruit
and berries, then cake, then pudding,
then pie and ice cream under the coun-
ter In frcezcrs If he wants It. He may
not have had any appetite when he en-
tered, but his tray when he lays it be-
fore the checker for her inspection, has
the appearance of a picnic luncheon
for the Anal gamated order of Harvest
Hands. Everything appears so tempt
ing that one cannot resist the tempta-
tion to try Just a little of this and a
"trihe of that" If he has soup, meat,
potatoes, two vegetables coffee, bread
and buttcr, a salad, dish of berries, a
piece of cake and a piece of pie. the
checker will throw white poker chip
on his tray bearing the inscription 49,"
which means that you are expected to
luncheon. 1t is true that this order
at an average restaurant would cost a
little more money, but 1t is also true
that at an average restaurant a fairly
hungry man would be content with a
smaller order.
Employ Good Cooks
For some unexplained reason the
cafeterias in Los Angeles employ bet
ter cooks than the ordinary restau-
rants. Everything is cooked exactly
the way your mother used to do it back
on the old eastern farm and the cakes
and pies have mother backed into dis
NAL corner. And in the words of well
known advertisement, There's a rea-
son."
Go into a bakers shop and buy a
cake. 1t will cost you 20 cents. Try
to buy one at a cafeteria and If they
sell it at all it is for so cents. You re-
monstrate at such price and offer
half dollar.
1--WE can cut it and receive so cents
for it," they answer indifferently.
1t is the difference in price that ac-
counts for the difference in quality, but
it is worth it.
Pies are the same way. An ordinary
restaurant will sell you a fourth of a
pie and pay a waiter to bring 1t to you
in the bargain, for one nickel. At the
cafeteria you get one-fifth of a pie and
wait on yourself for five cents. But
there is a big difference in the pie.
Has Little Advantage
The cafeteria has little advantage
over competing restaurants in the
question of price, but it has on quick
service If you don't get your dinner
when you want it it is your own fault
and not walters and for this reason
cafeterias are frequented by a good
class of patrons. The busy man who
has little time to wait for his lunch
feeds at the cafeteria. At these places
you will find as good a class of patrons
as you will at the Bristol or any other
high class restaurant.
1t is an excellent place to study hu-
man nature. An observer notices that
while women form large share of the
patronage of caretera not one in fifty
ever takes a meat order. On the other
hand, barring those who have weak
stomachs that have been turned by the
Investigations into the meat industry,
tray along the counter without stop
there is scarcely man who slides his
ping in front of the carver.