The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-14
Foods al FrescO.

Sidewalk restaurants and street vend-
srs Of comestibles play no such con-
spicuous part in the life Of the public
ways a. once they did, and that not 30
long ago. Perhaps the city has grown
more dignified. more regardful 81 ap-
pearnnces. No matter what the reason.
no longer do folks walk abroad in civic
Righteousness munching the bright red
apple or making themselves perfectly
ridiculous with an ear Of corn. each In
It's season. The critical historian will
probably associate the decadence Of
highway meals with the enactment ofthe
ordinances Curbing tho citizens rights
in the disposition Of banana peels.
Yet not altogether vanished are these
open air meals. In the financial DIS
trict the juvenile operators on the curb
make hearty luncheons from an as$ort-
ment Of tins. hot dog the staple. dark
red frankfurters in a split roll. food for
an open cOuntenance. The initial block
Of Ann street in the noon hour provides
a variety Of refreshment for a noisy
horde Of young gentlemen who are in
business while not yet ont Of their
knickerbockers. With the first gentle
breath 81 coming spring the newsboys
on the Row will expend their hard win
ninGs az craps in the chill delights:of
hoky-poky. These are but juvenile
survivals from a bygone period when
the elders thought no shame tn patron
ize the waffle baker on the corner.
Other cities vet retain the pristine
simplicity. Hunger i not 20 be- cribbed.
cabined and confined by structural walls,
nor will IL regulate itself by the dropping
Oi any time ball There still are towns
where the hungry man may eat and be-
not ashamed Of eating on the crowded
highway.
san Francisco still has its tamale
Fire and the loud chatter Of ruin NAV
have fallen with equal destruction upon
Barbary Coast and Mob Hill alike but
the retailer Of on ickcn tamales stall sells
his wares upon the streets nv night and
the wayfhrer welcomes the Wand Scot
fers may suggest that seag,Ill il the
principal component Of the peppeTy
the unalterable price Of three for two
bits lends color to the aspersion. The
tamale il none the less a satisfying meal,
a meal Of the streets. not a thing for
knife and fork and dainty napery.
Cincinnati still hears Of late evenings
the plaintiye CITY Of -winnewish II
demands the resources OF philology To
discover that IL il but the negro attempt
To compass -wienerwlrst. No matter
how IL may sound on alien lips. this nor
turnal food still hnds a ready sale in
Cincinnati among such a. are going
home az unhOly hours.
Richmond streets are still the market
for fried chicken. yellow legged chicken
on a slab Of ponc no less yellow. The
purchaser Of this refreshment may won
der how he NAV get 30 much NJ a
price 20 small. He may estimate thar
tho two levies with which he paws tho
ancient darky can scarcely cover the
cost Of manufacture, the cost 81 material
il unaccounted for. Far better leave IL
unaccountabIe save that the chicken
was cheaply acquired in the natural way,
for no gentleman would cast a cloud on
the title Of the chicken for which his
mouth In watering
Happy these and the other communi-
ties where a man who hungers may find
his slIstenance awaiting him at the curb
ard may go his way eating and rejoicing
in the moral support and approval Of the
citizenry.