The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-16
New York. Aug. 4,

meatless days, war portions, thistl
soup and military bread, New Yor
people will soon come to the poin
twice as much as is good for then
Maybe IL the war continues and all tn
crops fail for a season or two the
will get down to a healthy diet.
The well-to people around thi
enlightened burg have been eating no
wisely but too well. Every New
Yorker l know looks as though h,
were simply bursting with food. Thi
high time. The free lunch has beer
knocked out and the bills of fare ar,
being slowly but surely deleted. IN.
stead of getting enough for three per.
der you now only get enough for two
Some days ago the hotel keepers
announced that their menus would be
reduced to meet the demands of wal
of the bright light district dismayed
Not SO you could notice it.
IAN right" he said. "Ill eat twice.
1t is rather difficult to circumvent
the real seeker after food, one who
puts his heart into his work and
whose day is divided into three per-
iods, breakfast, luncheon and dinner.
If Bro. Hoover intends to cut down on
- oil IF Of "a
parties l know he will have to enlist
the entire secret service and it will
take Is or 20 able-bodied detectives
to keep track of one man.
Can Discover Food Anywhere.
Bob, a friend of mine, whose busi-
ness takes him about considerably, is
one of these sincere seekers after food.
If Mr. Hoover stops Bob or even slows
him up perceptibly it will be victory
for conservation which should attract
national attention. 1t will denote eff
cheney ola high order. Bob is typical
of the class | am trying to describe.
He can discover food where food never
was before.
Corralling calories is his obsession.
If calory gets away from him in a
days business he is unhappy for
weeks From peanuts to partridge on
toast Bob is there. He walks heavily,
like Irv Cobb or Ban Johnson. He
begins taking ons weight as soon as
he gets out of bed every morning, and
he keeps it up until he goes to bed
at night. If he is not a victim Of
broken arches before many years l
will be surprised.
| don't know when he began his
crusade to reduce the worlds visible
supply of food, but / think it was
about the time they began to say that
food might be short Restaurateurs
inform me that this has been a COM
mon practice. l interviewed one of
these cafe owners yesterday, catch
ing him just as he was leaving his
place Of business to go out to lunch.
1T seems" he said, that as soon
as the people heard they might be
called upon to eat less they all began
eating more than ever. never saw
them so hungry. All my customers
decided to eat while the eating was
good Now we cut down on the pOr-
lions a little but it does no good If
they don't get enough they go through
the bill again"
The last time l saw Bob he told me
he hadn't exhausted the worlds sup
ply of food yet, but he had the farm
ers and the stockyards people work.
ing nights. Other forms of entertain
ment don't seem to appeal to him. The
only time he sees show is when
there Is one connected with rest
aurant. The other day Bob and /
went down to Coney Island. We were
too blamed happy and contented and
altogether comfortable in town and
we longed for entertainment. With
our usual luck we picked Coney Is
land. We landed there on particu-
larly suspicious day. 1t was the day
they reduced the hot dog sandwiches
from ten cents to five, marking ire
mendous victory for. the common peo-
pie.
Stayed Outside to Eat.
They have other things at Coney
besides hot dog stands, but II you go
with Bob you don't get a chance to
see them. Thanking the entrance Of
every entertainment section there is a
battery of these sandwich stands We
worked our way along the stands al
most to the entrance Of one of these
entertainment cities when Bob decid-
ed he would rather stay outside and
eat. There were no lunch counters
inside. Bob had found that out
After we had hot logged around all
the afternoon it came dinner time, the
one joyous event of the day. So we
went to the best cafe on the island
and Bob did the ordering. / under
stand now why there is a beef short
age and why it has been found neces-
sary to kill not only steers but breed
ing cattle and heifers. The steak that
Bob ordered furnished the clue.
"This is more like living" he said
when the waiter had brought wash
tub full Of French fried potatoes.
There was a good looking cabaret