Evening star., 1928-04-05
THIS AND THAT


| ever, that II oil the hot dogs to be
eaten In the United States In 1928 were
stretched end to end, they would go
around the world a times, with enough
left over to festoon the Washington
Monument from base to peak.
The reason for this popularity is not
far to seek. The hot dog does. indeed,
hit the spot. If one is really hungry,
nothing Is more filling than the hot
dog. with or without mustard
While connoisseurs shrink from mus
tard, your average "hot frank" con-
sumner delights In nothing more than
a pot OF good hot mustard. This Is all
wrong.
The man gifted with true taste takes
| bis "as is" He Is not willing to con-
! taminate. as he calls 1t, the delicate
| fiavors of the curious looking sausage
as 1t lies there snugly between its two
lids of bread. one above. one below
The favorite roll for this purpose is
one made to At the hot dog This II
does exactly When sliced. and the
| steaming dog forked into 1t. the roll
appears surcharged with calories, vita
minis and everything else.
| The tempting way In which the ends
| of the hot dog peek out from the roll
constitutes one OF its greatest charms
| The chicken In a chicken sandwich
| for instance, shrinks between the slices
OF bread until 1t becomes necessary for
| the purchaser to lift the lid" In order
to be sure that he drew chicken, and
not ham,
Even the acceptable ham sandwich
| never shows much more than an edge
The hot dog concoction, however. as
sures its friends. positively and point
edly, that 1t Is exactly what 1t purports
| to be.
| There has been much SANDER of our
| friend, but. like most such gossip. IL
| has been based on gratuitous con1bi.
! nation OF circumstances, aided hv
| fervid imagination and large ability
| to draw conclusions.
Even Booth Harrington makes his
penrod become vilely iii as the result of
eating not wisely but too well several
| greasy hot dogs at A small town fair.
| The truth OF the matter was, as Mr..
Harrington practically admits, that this
same youth had previously eaten so
! many. and so much varied. combina.
| tions of foods that he would have be.
come III had any one so much as looked
| at him.
The hot dog. no more than any man
or thing Is free from misuse. It is true
that there are ill-mannered hot dogs.
just as there are plenty of ill-tempered,
poorly bred people. men and wo: zen.
| who will meet no one half way, who do
not know how to act; who fail In the
| ordinary courtesies of every day simply
because they do not know any better.
The hot dog at large. however. Is a
very palatable article OF food. When
! man is feeling very hungry, with that
faint. all-gone feeling nothing will re-
vive him quicker than hot hot dog.
In such case. he ought to leave of
the mustard, by all means. What he
wants are the delicious fiavors of the
sandwich, pure and unsullied by ad-
mixture Of condiments.
Mustard Is all right in It's place, as on
a ham sandwich, which hasn't much
| taste, anyway: but to deliberately
spread 1t over the sizzling hot dog is to
insult one OF mans most interesting
| creations
| Let the vegetarians rave. and the
| food reformers below. The people of
these United States prefer hot dogs. and
| will consume them notwithstanding. and
| standing, too II necessary.