The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-20
Fiends" for MIXED Mystery
Among Best Spokane Families

M attraction of the age. mixed
'A mysteries" are the rage of
the age. Mysteriously alluring is
the mysterious scent of Chinese
cafes, and perplexing indeed are the
Nd mysteries to be found in
these mysterious places where the
god Of mystery rules supreme.
Men and women in public life,
men and women of profession and
trade and men and women Of fami-
lies and even their children here in
Spokane, for some mysterious
cause, are rapidly becoming hab-
tues of these places of mystery
and the numbers of habitual lovers
of mysterious dishes found only in
the Chinese cafes are multiplying
at an astonishing rate.
EVERY HOUR FINDS THEM
THERE.
At the lunch hour of every busy
day, in the quiet of the afternoon,
in the rush and hustle of early
evening and in the dazzling white
lights splendor after the theater
and far into the small hours of the
morning the mysteries of these
places are drawing the crowds. A
y different class and a different set,
yet impelled by the same myster-
ious force of longing will be found
in every separate place in each diff
ferent section of the city.
When one first tries the noodles
he can detect nothing particularly
appetizing in the long stringing
mixture of flour and water and
well, the rest of it is a mystery. A
half bowl is enough-enough, the
beginner Is sure to think, for all
time to come. It is the same with
that mysterious conglomeration OF
bamboo shoots. mushrooms, tender
meats. water chestnuts and spices
that come only from the orient
called chop suey, but that resolve,
never again." seldom holds.
CHARM is ALL ABOUT.
There is a charm to the weird
paintings on the dishes, some
strange charm seems to center
about the somber eyed waiter and
in the peculiar shuttle of his soft
shoes about the floor; memories of
the musical tinkle of the dainty tea
cups are alluring, imaginings OF the
strange fragrance Of the steaming
teapOts and strange and almost
overpowering longing for just an
other chance to learn the System"
of manipulating the chop sticks or
a wish for just one more trial at
some of those mysterious dishes
generally drags the beginner back
to the houses of mystery.
"A glimpse over the great. Jolly
crowds of men and women. decked
out in the latest fashions of dress
many of them from some of the
best homes of the city-sitting
about the marble tables set with
steaming noodles. chop suey and
other mysterious things in the fash
ionable Kwong Hal Lo noodle cafe
j at Gil SDrague avenue, is a revela-
ton. Many of them are actually
noodle fiends. Long divans are ar
ranged about the walls that eager
customers may wait in comfort for
a place at the tables. and they gen.
orally wait. After the theaters this
place, damned as 1t is. affords an
astonishing spectacle, and nothing
but noodles or chop suey seems
capable to appease that lurking in
ward longing of the after theater
parties, who find their way to such
places.
FORM HAPPY CULT.
Noodle eating. is a habit. The
hablt generally begins through
mere curiosity, an appetite for them
Is speedily developed and at last
they become passion.
NO matter from what social set
HoouIc, lovers come m tho