CURS, DOLORS, O Restaurants.
Year: 1886

page_text: CURS, DOLORS, O Restaurants.
I WALTER MILL of 3 Storey's Gate, St James Park in the City of Westminster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the
saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My Invention relating to Menus or Bills of fare for use in Clubs, Hotels,
Restaurants, Dining Rooms and other places, consists of improvements whereby
increased facilities are afforded for reference, and special advantages are offered to
advertizers.
In carrying out my Invention, the Menu or bill of fare is composed of leaves or
sheets connected together either book-wise or in any other suitable manner. The
names of dishes or varieties under the respective courses appear on the right hand
pages (one page being set apart for each course) opposite to which on the left hand
side advertisements will appear, or vice versa.
In order to facilitate reference to the respective courses the names of such
courses are printed or written in Index form on the right hand side of the page.
The name on the first right hund page is printed or written at the top, and the leaf
cut away below it to the bottom for a width equal to the space occupied by the
name, and the name on the second right hand page is printed or written so as to
appear below the name on the first right hand page and the second leaf then cut
away below the name to the bottom for the same width as before, and so on in
succession throughout the remainder of the leaves, in such a manner that the
names although each printed or written on a separate leaf will all be visible the
one below the other. Thus, any person consulting the Menu or Bill of fare may by
reason of the index arrangement of the leaves readily turn to any particular course
required and whilst reading the same his attention is naturally directed to the
opposite advertisement on the left hand page so that by my Invention not only is
increased facility afforded for ascertaining at once the contents of the menu or
bill of fare but also special advantages are offered to advertizers in having their
advertisements placed immediately opposite a particular course.

page_text: The Invention may also be applied to reference lists of theatres, music halls or
other places of amusement, or clubs, hotels or restaurants for increased facility of
reference and advertizing, the names of the said places being printed or written on
the right hand side after the manner of the courses of the Menus or Bills of fare,
and the pages filled up with the programme of the day, the address and other
necessary particulars or other relevant matter, whilst the opposite pages are
appropriated to advertisements as before.
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In order that my Invention may be perfectly understood I have represented in
the accompanying drawing, as an example of its application, a book arranged as a
Menu or bill of fare. The book, is shewn in the figure with the front cover a
open, displaying the first leaf 6 bearing the word "Soups" and also displaying
the following words "Fish," Entrées," "Poultry," Joints," "Grill," "Cold,"
Vegetables," "Sweets," "Cheese," "Dessert," respectively printed on the succeeding
leaves, the word "Fish" being printed on the second leaf, the word "entrées" on
the third leaf, and so on, and the first leaf being cut away for a width equal to
the space occupied by the name it bears, and for the depth from 1 to the bottom
of the page, the second leaf for a like width and for the depth from 2 to the bottom,
the third leaf for a like width and for the depth from 3 to the bottom and so on in
succession throughout the series of leaves.
The first right band page bearing the word " Soups " is left blank in the
drawing, but it will contain an enumeration of the different soups, the second right
hand page will contain the different kinds of fish and so on.
It is obvious that the courses marked in the figure are only given as examples
as the list may be extended and the order varied as required.
Space is shewn on the inner side of the cover a for advertisements and the
succeeding back pages are also appropriated to advertisements as before explained;
and other leaves bearing announcements may be interleaved so as not to interfere
with the index.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A Menu or Bill of fare consisting of a series of leaves or sheets connected
together and respectively bearing in index form the names of the several courses
whilst the pages opposite thereto are set apart for advertisements, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. A. reference list of theatres, music halls or other places of amusement or clubs,
hotels or restaurants, the said reference list consisting of a series of leaves or sheets
connected together and respectively bearing in index form the names of the
several places whilst the pages opposite thereto are set apart for advertisements,
substantially as herein before described.
1000