The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-08


i Then the soup came In decorated
bowls with quaint china spoons. It
was thick with chicken and muah-
rooms, and an egg had evidently been
broken in each bowl and cooked by
the heat of the soup.
/ .4Oh, what are these Htfle s.risn.
| crunchy things r. Helen was trying to
fish out bit Of something with the
short spoon.
Think that's bamboo shoots Coed,
aren't they 7"
Then came the chop suey In I laree
bowl, with two small bowls heaped
with rice.
"Oh, dear, don't don't give mo so
/ much. may not like It." for Warren
was helping her literally to the chop
suey.
you'll like It, all right. Now what
gan investigating 1t suspiciously with
her fork
| Dark mixtures In food did not an
peal to Helen and she tested it very
doubtfu1ly. But she was soon eating
| it with relish.
Pretty good, Ell? How about this
rice? Takes an oriental to cook rice
like that. Every grain whole No won
der they never eat bread. This rice
is darn sight better than most OF the
bakers DOS"
Mysterious Sauce.
U Until now Helen had not realized
that they had neither bread nor butter.
but she found both were unknown in
/ Chinese restaurant.
| The waiter had brought them each
tiny dish, about the size OF an in
dividual butter plate, filled with
dark brown sauce.
What do you suppose this is? and
Helen shifted at it critically.
Must be that Chinese sauce they
make out of walnuts. Yes, that's it,,
as he poured some on his chop suey.
Finer
Helen, still skeptfcal, dropped some
on bit of rice 1t was salty and Bit
ter, but very appetizng, and she soon
emptied she little dish.
Every one drank great quantities of
tea. The waiter brought them a fresh
pot of hot water to pour on their tea
leaves in the saucer covered bowls.
Want to try chop sticks with your
chop suey?" asked Warren, nodding
towards a couple OF men at a corner
table, who were skillfully Dispatch
in their food with long slender sticks
want those first hand
Why, can you buy them?"
Course you can. Every Chinaman
has his own chop sticks. Carries them
in his pocket. I say-your' reckoning
to the waiter. How much are your
chop sticks?''
Fifteen cents a pair, SIR"
"All right, bring us each a pair"
Helen examined curiously the slend-
er black sticks when they were laid
beside her plate.
Lets see, which is the working
end?" unused Warren. ''Oh, here we
arei This is the way IT'S DONE" hold
ing the sticks between his thumb, first
and third fingers and successfully car
rying with them a bit Of chicken to his
mouth. "Try it! No, you hold them
like this
But Helen only succeeded In getting
some chop suey on the floor. I'D
rather eat my dinner with a fork"
and she laid down the sticks decisively. |
eat with those things"
look over thereT Watch that
Chink. That's the real thing
Helen followed Warren's glance to |
solitary Chinaman who was eating |
his dinner at side table. He had just |
drawn a pair OF chop sticks from his |
pocket which he gravely wiped on one |
OF the paper napkins and promptly |
delved into huge bowl Of chop suey |
But it doesn't seem quite clean to |
carry them in ones pocket" Il
'sIts a darned sight cleaner than to |
use forks and spoons that have been |
used by anybody who can pay for a |
meal Talk about germs"
"Oh, Warren, don't say such things |
When We're eating!" pushing back her I
plate with a gesture of revulsfon
You're tAo squeamish. Through |
Want some preserves ? That's what |
you're supposed to finish I'D with at |
these places. Here they are" scanning |
the menu, Imported Chinese pre-
serves, golden lines, Canton ginger.
pineapple, green plums and lichee I
nuts What1l it be-"
II always like preserved ginger |
ventured Helen.
you can get that anywhere. Let's
try those lines and the lichee nuts /
Wonder il we can get any kind OF a |
cordial here?"
The waiter informed them that they |
served no cordials and no wine-ex- |
cept rice wine.
Rice wine?" repeated Warren. "It |
sounds nteresting-what's it lfke?"
VERY nice. A little sweet. Makes |
nice cordial"
"All right, Wen try IT, agreed |
Warren. And bring US an order OF |
those preserved lines and lichee nuts. - |
Helen was delighted with the lines. |
They were like golden balls, each |
speared on a toothpick. The straw |
colored rice wine was brought in a /
tiny, long-spouted pot with two minfa- |