The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18

7 that Americans eat last Iha trtIth IL
that they ar. pitiably slow. Outside OF
Great Britain there n not a country In
/ central Europe which could not distance
tho United States In a contest In eating
/ for spc.Sd. Even u you were 20 make It
n pie eating race still poor old America
/ would lose. | admit that am a slow
eater. used to bs quite proud Of Il
! Since I have passed 80 much tins =
/ Europe have learned TO regard my
tAriins~s apoloEetiOally. see that It
needs explanation. Since | have fire.
ausnted twentieth century express table
/ d'hote- on this charming Continent l
have learned that the slowest eaters In
the world are Americans. Watch them
at any hotel. You can see them struggling
wildly with their dinners. pushing food
down their threats in sort OF desperate
haste le=t the ever watchfuI waiter come
and snatch away the pla tes ere they have
had more Than two mOuthfuls.
Then observe the Fr~nchman at the
next table. lie eats calmly and elegantly,
bat with q resi-tless s'.adiBe-z of move
ment. apparently Andante con motto, hut
actually allegro risoluto. and while the
hapl"'s- American IL yet gasping over h,s
last few mouthfuls this Frenchman has
finished the course. has received his clean
plate. has stroked his mustnche and has
disc l-s.,I the wen Their with his wife There
was Erenchman who sat three points
On my port bow at the place where You
look at lsola Bella and in the midst ~
my frantic struggles to finish = course
within three minutes % the time when all
the Europeans IN the room had finished u
could see this villain -rnlhng tho smile
Of him who has swallowed the canary
ana chatting aminbly with the partner
of his speed.
what chance has poor quick lunch
American With one ~ th"se polished
pclishers N 81 mellss No. they can eat
all around W. and yet they have IN"
superb nrldacitv 20 tell ~ that We do
ev"rvth,nR too fast and that II il our
hurry at table that - Staying the nation
With Indigestion
There Is nothing IN the earth or the
waters under the earth or aven in tho
aerndrume above the earth deClairned
the wife. that Is ~ swift as swiss
table d'h6te.-
good
1t is French said the wIfo. An
table dh6t.s are French Some are real.
" "xceedlnglv doubtful birth; hut all
are children Of the Boulevarcs. The ART
u eating j. French art and =
Probably interrupted tho man. that
is why th.. Frenchmcn can cot 80 fast
You have admitted that they eat
elegantly. II is their art. and whsrsvsr
you 60 IN Europe the French table d'hd'"
pursueS YOU You may pirate about
Italian cook 'nR hut you 10 not get itin
the hig gilt rdgcd hotels whore the rich
Americans go. In Germany YOU may
board AZ a palace with a hcf in is official
title hut the chef il a Frrnchman. You
eat Frcnchiy always You follow will
90 the Wisp when you think that some
whore W other you ara going Ia get some
thing characteristic Of the country and
then
-Snft yoy now interposed the man.
and | will say word into your she'll
Like ear Let us ask the waiter 20 bring
- "a potion 81 paprIka huhn.
The wife looked AZ him reproachfully
for a moment am then rolled up her eyes
In ecstatic recollection
You know she said, that il il ten
hours from here by the Ostend express
To paprika huhn. | admit that I Wa
y rung Vienna IL only pldEin French
The gypsy virus Of Hungary has touched
- life blood and II il different You
are indeed right, Wiener schn!tzel eN
sts only IN Vienna Anyw here else II
j. nothing but veal outlet As for pa
prika huhn while you can get It in Vienna
q - perfect only when You have passed
prrs-purg II dwells really in Budapest
strauss must have been eating It when
b" first thought Of the melodies II his
Beautiful Plue DANUBE n was the IN
oXicatiou Il paprika that made him
hink that dirty yellow river was blue.
Dr was no sitting by the Rhone? How
.ver. thai ls another story. Partner
4 my life did you ever eat hamburger
teal in Hamburg or drink English break
as' tea IN England
NO hun have drunk vichy AT Nlchy
1T - interesting To remember that
here In lao hamburger steak in Hamburg
md no English breakfast tea in England
lust tea. that = all. hut now there comes
Sithout any special reason q notable
question into my mind What u the
most expensive restaurant in Europc,-
ThIs question seemed to the man 70
ontain some sort Of trap. He thought
4 the red and gold restaurants Of Ger
many Ti'h their brass rallied kasse Ia
bought Of the palaces on the Ringstras-s
shere YOU have Ia tip three persons n
ou eat a roll. he thought ~ the cafes
Therr IN. waters pay the proprietor
wcnty francs day for the privilege
Z heing WATERS he thought 81 all the
wful riots 81 darkitcchture called hotels
y London. where the Americans 60 10
20 the London fast set and the Londoners
om"times go To see one another; he
bought ~ the great double barrelled
otel AZ Nichy where all the Americans
lNaTiably eat in the restaurant because
hey can pay nearly three times A. much
Dr their meals as they would in the hotel
ming room; he even thought for a second
Z grand hotel IN Rome. hut the newt
bic end came and he gave ~ up.
What ~ the answer he asked