The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-06
DINING IN new YORK
A Couples Experience at ShGr-
RVS and DelmoniCo's.
ATE WELL AT LITTLE cosT.

auned q Five Dollar BilI-What Did
the Waiter Mean by "PlksrsT
Many persons have heard of the man
who came to New York and hated to
leave without having eaten at Delmm-
ico's. All he thought he could anord
was a piece Of pie. says a New York
correspondent OF the indianapolis
News. He went in, got that, paid the
check and was able to say at home
that he had dined at Delmonico's. In
the same way visitors to New YORK
often look longingly into the windows
OF sherry's and Delmonlco's without
realizing that they could go in and eat
q meal without having 1t cost them as
much as they fear. 1t is perfectly true
that what one may spend in both OF
these places 10 almost without limit
IL in, however, also possible to get a
dinner In either OF them for much less
than Is commonly supposed.
'T1l tell you my experience" said
woman who came down with her hus-
band from Putnam county to see New
York and had to do II on limited
capital, land you will see fromit that
one may still 20 to see the swell res
taurants In New York and not have
10 leave his Overcoat behind him.
When left home made up my mind
that, poor az / was, was not coming
back until had eaten In either Del
monlcos or sherry's, and IL possible
both. For years had been asking my
friends who came back to town II
they had seen either Of these places.
All Of them had talked about them be-
fOrehand, and supposed. OF course,
they'd 80 there. All of them that
asked had ridden by and seen the out
aide only.
II determined II would be different
when I went down to see New York,
and told my husband that the money
/ had TO pay our board with wasn't
any more important than that want
ed to eat In those restaurants. ] want
cd to see the way things are done
there, and before we left home he gave
me q separate sum OF money to be
used only for that purpose He didn't
approve OF the plan at ell, because he
thought nobody should go to such
places unless they had money enough
TO act like all the others there. Iknew
wouldn't get any more money for
that purpose, so decided to make the
beat Of what had and try to make II
do for two places.
MY husband wasn't the only man
In Shergy's without a dress suit when
we got there, and I wasn't the only
woman with a hat on, although there
weren't many there like mine. There
were two walters to take cur order.
but one OF them-he was a sort of head
waiter faded from sight when he be-
gan TO see that we would not need
more than one. thought the waiter
looked az me harder than was neces.
sary while | was reading the bin OF
fare; but, generally speaking. he was
very nice, They were all polite enough
for that matter.
Perhaps he thought was LOOKING
at the bin of fare too long. was try
Ing to figure out tho cheapest dinner In
the place, and think Ibid. The bills
change every night. but they tell me
that dishes ut about the same figure
are always 20 be had
Naturally I'skipped cavlare at $3.50
q portion. but didn't mind that, Us
don't like II anyway. took soup
cream OF lettuce with puffed crusts-
which was the cheapest. Il cost only
30 cents. while the others were 40 or
90 The soup was enough for two.
Then had for choice at so cents
either smelts or blueGlsh. One portion
was not enough. and that course was
expensive. The meat that we had was
loln of veal stuffed with breadcrumhs
and favored with herbs, ana 1t wasn't
bad. 1t cOat only 90 cents, and one
portion was enough for two. With
that we had potatoes laurette, which
were alsced and cooked In cream, for 20
cents. We passed up fresh asparagus
at $50 bunch and had lettuce at 40
cents and pie at quarter each. There
were new strawberries at $50.
THAT was dinner enough for any.
BODY, and We saw the place, had all
tho beautiful sweet butter we wanted
ana the good French bread, and Ii cost
an only little more than II we had
gone 10 table d'hote. The dinner for
two cost $a.A5, ami we gave the walter
a quarter.
I'VE didn't have wine, as all the 9th.
ers seemed 90 be having. but I never
had it anyhow and didn't miss II.
When We got up and left. there was
nobody who lookad as n they had en-,
Joyed themselves more than we had.
Tie waitars3 didn't care how they
looked. We were there to enjoy our.
selves and not 70 please them.
7 had 80 for that linner fund. and
N ! had - left over decided to see
II Deimonieo's could not be included
TOR that amount. So we went there.
@1here we had PURGE Of pea soup.
which for the two Of Us cost 10 cents.
The ehsapest ash was 90 cents. For
that we had a choice OF haddo,k os