The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08
TABLE D'HOYE, PRO AND CON
CHINATOWN MAY YET OVERRULE
MIR. Niger MIKES VIEW.

Mr. Danny Valenth Thought or Adding One
60 Hls Lately Acquired Cafe-Nsr.
saIter D~lsRpprOVes. hut MIR. Paddy
FIaherty 10 Politically Tn Favor Of Dne.
Not since the time when Eugene Field in
dited a lyrical epic celebrating the glory OF
Casey's tabble dots has hat imported
institution created such a commotion any
where as it has these last couple of days in
Chinatown and It's environs. Eugene Field
indited a poem about the tabble dote. but
now the tabble dote has itself been indicted.
And hat by no less a person than Mr.. Salter
Of Pell street, New York.
The main rumpus started when Danny
Valenti. who recently acquired the thirst
emporium Of Danny Callahan at IL Chatham
Square, i~nsinuated that he was thinking
Of tOninG up the Chinatown ginmill by the
introduction of a few mp to date ideas.
IL is quite the thing nowadays. MIR. Valenti
remarked. to have music on the side, but
In this respect His new place left nothing
to he desired. Not only was there music
on the side but there was music in back
and in the middle. The pianist's repertoire
included everything from Good Night.
Ladies'" to the latest caCophoDy a Ia Richard
Strauss. There was music in the air be-
tween drinks. The fertile mind of Mr..
Valenti wandered of to other topics. And
suddenly he thought Of "a table d'h0te.
The more he thought Of "A table d'h0te
the more the intrinsic merit Of the idea inn
pressed itself on Danny VaIenti. He put
ON his thirty-two calibre hat and went
around to look up some Of his rivals in the
liquid trade. In front Of IL Pell street he
found MIR. Niger Mike Salter summing
himself. No. Mr.. Salter didn't think a
Gabble dose was necessary A andwich
which complied with the law was good
enough for anybody. MIR. Salter exhibited
such a sandwich and added that it was to
DO disposed VI under sealed bids. A rafie
would be more profitable. but Mr.. Salter
would cOuntenance no evasion of The law.
not II he knew about IL. no sir.
About that time Mr.. Big Jack Poggi
dropped around, q Paddy Mullins and
Danny Callahan. as fat and jovial AZ ever.
and Mr.. Paddy Flaherty, Mayor of the
Bowery in place OF the late lamented MIR.
Chuck COnnOrs, and Mr.. Chuck COnnors
himself and Ginger and Squlnt and some
plain clothes men who were strictly and
unswervingly on the job, and a few other
people, also sailors, Chinks, NOps, artisans,
&c. A great discussion and hubbub arose
and a hurry call was sent for an ambu-
lance. Mr.. Tom Lee, Mayor OF Chinatown,
hearing the racket, sent down an emissary
to find out what il was all about. The
emissary returned with the Information
that Tom Foley Was running for Sheriff
on a table dhOte. Inc oriental, tuxedo
and Port Arthur restaurants announced
that owing to the great stringencv of chop
suey and the market conditions they would
not for the present honor Table dOtes IN
demand, but would take advantage OF
the law requiring sixty days notice.
After a while the tumult and the shout
ing died. and only those who had the price
of a drink remained. Pell street. Nell
strickland the ~neighboring boulevards once
more became quiet except for the tramp
Of sightseers But the discussion still
ran on.
We'll. biz is biz; | cast my vote for start
ing up "a tabble dOte." observed Danny Va
lenti iambic tetrametrically. And Paddy
Flaherty was heard 10 murmur over and
over:
Il Just dote on a Table dote." at which
everybody gave three ha has and asked
him to have another, till Mr.. ElaheTty
blushed from modesty and said -Fudge!"
three times.
But the matter isn't settled vet by any
means. and nobody knows how IL will end.
Paddy Mullins says that Hamlet's we'll
known question, To be or not to be-" liz
not in IL with this tabble dote problem;
and as for going further to something like
a la carte sh-h!