Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-16

translates this into the lingo of his
kind. The order reaches the kitchen
squad as Pork and-draw one" When
this order is showed through the slot
leading to the kitchen and the waiter
does not take it at once to the GUS
toner, the caller attracts her attention
in this way: PORK and-getting cold
take it away" The waiter comes
to life and grabs the order and hus-
ties IL to the hungry man who seems
to appreciate this eXpedlting of things.
Brown the wheat" Is heard. The darlSy
In the white cap proceeds to bake an
order Of wheat cakes. Thus the slang
dispenses with the full name of the
various orders and there is an air Of
s-in-one-minute." Still,
considering the number to be fed the
fact that checks are used, as these
places both cook to order and serve
cold lunches, the lunch is served with
wonderful rapidity and causes admira-
tion for the organization of such places.
Then there is the department. store
lunch. 1t must be seen to be UNDER
stood. Hundreds every day eat their
lunches at the department stores. Here
one may get good lunch at a mod
crate price, and at the same time watch
the crowd and listen to pleasant music
played upon a mechanical piano.
Then there are places which make a
speciality of what they term "busi-
ness mans lunch" Just what such a
lunch is remains a dark mystery. In
some places no business man could
exist long on such short rations as are
served under the aluring title. At
other places there is abundance. These
places are frequented mostly by men,
and the male animal may eat his meals
reclining, seated upon his back collar
button, or tied UP in a knot. whichever
position is the most uncomfortable to
the onlooked and not actually dan
gerous to his life and limb. In these
places man betrays the fact that the
noble creature only assumes his manly
bearing for the benefit of the ladies,
for no sooner than he has dropped into
his seat, far from feminine eyes than
he emulates the contortionist and the
frog-man and such others who try to
make the human anatomy conform to
the general rule of creatures having
no bones to prevent them from tying
themselves into a knot.
There are places where the hungry
man goes to eat and at the same time
partake of a glass of Dutch courage.
The lunches in these places seem to
never end. They ostensibly commence
at IL O'clock noon, but the eater fingers
in inverse ratio to his sobriety. Thus,
at 3 he is eating his lunch still, having
been thus. engaged for three mortal
hours. The place Is noisy with wit
and droll stories, and enough food is
consumed at the lunch to feed a poor
family for day.
Then there is the place where you
have to wait until some one else is
through. In these places each waiter
has counter. You coax your anatomy
to the narrow limits of patent chair
having n place for your hat in the
back, and when your neighbor isn't
jabbing your hand with his elbow you
get along very we'll These places are
prettily decorated and serve the same
food as other places, only you think
1t is different on account of the embel-
lishments. Here the food is not eaten
quite as rapidly as in the quick-lunch
places still 1t is eaten faster than man
should if he desires health.
Then there are the hotels. and there
are places where free lunch is served
with beer, and there are places on the
inn order. Almost always there is a
charity lunch going on where one may
eat well and know that the proceeds
are going for some worthy charity.
1t is a study In human nature to
watch the ways of people while they
eat and to note where they eat. The
city possesses a great number of lunch
places, for all Washington practically
lunches down town, and the man who
has the time to go home either lives
near by or is fortunate to be so situated
in life that he can leave his cares and
go to the bosom of his family and
partake of the noon bite.