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CHOPSTICK DINNERS
a fad with Would be bohemians
IN NEW YORK.
f hlitcwe H «*itmr.iit t* Thrre Tolcrntf
h I'rt*<r and Unity ft£t l<|uettc*, and Kv-
«*v) IkmIj* Dofi Jun( Atuul m He or
Who Vleamsn,
In the Inst few years a surprisingly
large number of Chinese restaurant?
have u:ado their appearance In up town
district* In New York. The tawdry
outward decorations of rod and blue
lights and Huge gilt Cldiiese characters
are in every case tin* same. The same.
t«.o. are the unattractive entrances, the
Malls decorated with colon d pictures
of pretty Chinese girls upJ marvelous
specimens of landscapes, the little tu-
IPs covered with white oilcloth, the
general dilapidation of the establish
t lent. Nothing about them seems at
tractive, nml yet these places thrive,
in.d their number Increases with aston
ishing rapidity. The reason Is not far
to seek If one Is at all familiar with tic-
Ituts. There are scveri.l characteris
tics of the Chinese restaurant which
recommend It highly to certain classes
and seem to Indicate that Its popularity
Is ium n lucre fad.
In the first place It should bo, under
stood that most of these places are
really what they are supposed to he,
ti tin,: houses carried on under Chinese
i ianugenient. Thu cooks are Invaria
bly true Celestials, and In i-iily a few
eases are the proprietors Americans.
The food Is prepared, therefore, accord
ing to the most approved methods of
the Middle Kingdom, with the result
that tu cheapness nml snvorlness (If
you like It) It can msll.v outclass simi
lar places run by American cooks. The
Chinese la n master of the art of mak
ing palatable dishes out of next to
nothing or rather a little of everything.
Not even the French cook can rival
hint. The Insipidity of cheap chop-
houses and the sameness of the dairy
lunch counters are thus escaped by
frequenters of these restaurants. More
over, in spite of appearanees the food
Ik prepared In an extremely cleauly
i aimer. No one Is debarred from en
tering the kitchen, and a visit thither
k< mis one buck with renewed appetite
I the untidy eating room. Ko many
M'ho while possessed of a sinn-ll share
«-f this world’s goods still affect "sport-
Iihsm” frequent the restaurant for Its
flu up’icss nml grow tu enjoy the highly
f'uvorcd dishes.
There Is also a free and easy atmos
phere about the Chinese eating house
which attract* ilmny would lie "Bohe-
lalaus" ns Well ns a goodly share of a
class below the lowest grades of the
city's many graded Bohemia. Visiters
1 II about and talk and laugh loudly.
M inn the waiter. Is wanted, some one
i talf n shrill yell which brings on an
swering Whoop from the kitchen, fol
lowed sooner or Inter by--a little Fill-
i cse at a Jog trot. Any one who feels
l'l:e It may stroll Into the kitchen and
tr.v a little pigeon English on (In* cook.
The proprietor will tench anybody to
t:se tlie chopsflcks nml roar with laugh-
t "r over tin* failures of the novice. Ev-
i rybody does ns lie or she plein.es with
in certain very elastic bounds. The
limit Is reached sooner .In some places
than In others, for while some of the
bolts,-a are before midnight at least
perfectly well conducted others are of
i ;ore than i|Uest!onnble respectability.
It Is curious ami Interesting to note
rh.it under American management the
• < in* of lbest places Is lower than when
ti e Chinese are In sole control.
I'll* se new up town places are not so !
j (*1. either In a moral or a culinary |
v a.v. as these down In Chtuatown. It i
1-' usual to sp aili as If Mott and Pell ;
streets were the city’s sink.of Inbiulty, i
and sa they are In some respects, hut
there are no Chinese restaurants In the
i vlghhorboul as disreputable as out* or
two up town. The clientele of the
flown town places Is above suspicion as
n rule. Chinese drop In for tlielr meals,
r.\d dwellers from tip town eotne either
from curiosity or because they have
I arm'd to like good Chinese cooking,
bp town the bills of fare are more lim
ited. “Yoekanmn.” “chop sney" and
’Vbowuian” are the pieces de resist
ance. They auswer tlu* purpose cer-
tnlnjv, for 23 cents’ worth of sonie
I kinds of chop *uey served with rice
Will niuke a toothsome dish for two
! people. Ten Is served free of charge,
! and tlie quantify Is not limited. But
'■ n« one should Judge the Celestials' c-u-
, Ujpiry skill bv these tip town houses.
Slimy o> the..guests In these restau
rants conic regularly. Frequently men
and women come with palls to buy the
food and t,uk«* It home. Negroes are In
disproportionately targe numbers. Tin y
seem to like the Chinese, and Indeed
the noise tu the kitchen reminds one of
the similar condition of southern kitch
ens under negro management. How
ever solemn the Chinese may seem to
be in public, he Is ti cheerful crenture
in Ids own kitchen. Talk and laughter,
even music during “oil'' hours, float out
to the dining room. All the servants
seem ready to break Into smiles at the
smallest provocation. They are always
ready to exchange jests with tlielr pa-
trons, but familiarity never becomes
Impertinence. The Chinese doesn’t
care what happens so long as he Is left
unmolested. lit* likes everything to he
slipshod ami merry.—New York Trib
une.
Why “IVedilInn Urenkfniilf“
“In ull my experience of wedding
breakfasts,” *n!d a guest at a wedding,
“1 have never understood why the
feast whs called a breakfast and not a
luncheon. Now 1 have learned. It la
from the custom lu the Cliurcli of Eng
land. where the bride and bridegroom
always receive the holy communion be
fore the ceremony, receive It fasting
anil remain fasting until after the wed
ding. when the meal which Is served Is
really a breakfast”—New York Times.
fondling III London Parks.
Nearly all the London parks are well
stocked with eatable birds, and it Is
the easiest tiling In the world for the
loafers to kill them, clean them and 1
carry them off to the uourost hot plate !
for roasting. A story Is told by Lon- j
doners of a couple of Impecunious
Scotch black and white artists who
took a garret in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
and lived for a week on Low court pi
geons, which are plump, lively, plenti
ful and tame nml would doubtless'
make a good meal. In uddltlon to
poaching hi (lie parks, there Is also
good reason to believe flint many of
the fare birds sold to shady bird deal
ers arc snared there.—Glasgow News.
BRITISH BANKRUPTS.
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PRIVILEGES WHICH ARE ACCORDED
BY LAW TO PEER&
Rnrnurnglng Her Cousin.
"Ah, yes!" sighed the lovelorn youth.
’’I'm passionately In love with Miss
Van liTcfcel. ! wonder If I will evi-y
succeed In winning her affections?”
"Why not?” replied Ills Cousin Hel
en. "1 know at least half a dozen other
men who have.”—Philadelphia ITess.
Now She 11 atoh Him.
A young man mid n young womn
lean over the front gate. They are lov
ers. It Is moonlight. lie Is loath to
leave, as the parting Is the last, lie Is
uboiit-to go n\Vuy. She Is reluctant to
see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
"I'll never forget you,” ho says, "nml
If death should elnlhi uie my last
thought will he of you." |
"I'll be true to you.” she sobs. "I’ll;
never see anybody else or love them ua .
long ns l live.” j
They part.
Six years Inter he returns. Ills sweet-!
heart of former yourB has married. |
They meet at a party. She hnschnngcd
greatly. Between the dances the rec- j
ognlt'.on takes plitce. !
"Let me see,” she muses, with her
fail beating a tattoo on her pretty hand,
“was It you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart?"
"Really 1 don’t know,” he snys. 1
"Probably my father.” — London An- 1
swers.
Trade Marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
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Quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
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Scientific American.
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Hans In Iti Third Century.
The bell on historic old St John’s
church. In Richmond, where Patrick
Ilenry made his famous speech prior to
the American Revolution, rang in the
twentieth century. This bell Is thus
given the distinction of being the only
one lu this country, with the possible
exception of that on old Liberty ball, in
Philadelphia, that has rung In three
centuries. Old St. John’s hell has an
Interesting history. Many years ago,
when the old structure for which It
wns made was repaired, the hell was
voinoved and sold. Later Its last own-
er presented It to the Virginia Historic- 1
ill society, by which It was restored to
the church.—New Orleans Times-Dem-
oerut.
Shopping.
Shopman—This matches your sample
perfectly, madam.
Customer—It certainly docs. It
couldn’t be closer.
Shopmen—How many yards do you
wish?
Customer—Oh, not any yet! Yon see,
this Is the very first shop I’ve tried!—
London Fun.
HU Talk.
George—With tho assurance of your
love 1 could conquer the world.
Grace—That will not be necessary.
All you have to do Is to conquer papa.
—London Ttt-RIts.
Beggar—Say, boss, won't you help a
poor fellow out of a Job?
.Toakley-Graclous! Can’t you get out
of It without my help? Pretend you're
Sick or something.—Philadelphia Press.
Some Knicllnh Leant Decisions M to
Whnt Constitute the Kecessitrles of
Life — They Widely DlHer From
Duke to Ordinary Mortal.
Recent bankruptcy cases In London
have brought up various legal decisions
which have been readied In England
on tbe subject of what are necessaries
of life for men of various stations and
degrees who are not In command of
their own Incomes.
A duke, for Instance, rr even a mar
quis or an earl is entitled by law to
one bottle of champagne a day If Ills
trustees hold the money to pnv for It.
In ■yie case of the former Duke ^ Man
chester the law decided that seven bot
tles of champagne a week arc neces
sary to n duke whose affairs>piiy be In
the hands of trustees and that If he
hnd not the control of hhi own Income
he must be allowed to have a carriage
with one horse, a riding horse ns well,
one manservant and a house with a
rent of not less than, £230 a year: oth
erwise he must tie allowed to have the
tiso of £2.000 a year, while the rest
might bo allowed to accumulate for the
good of tho estate till the trustee pe
riod expired.
A viscount or a baron Is allowed by
law to describe as necessaries things
which smallyr fry might struggle along
without But a viscount’s Income-
provided there Is anybody to pay It—Is
fixed at £1,500 a year and a baron's at
£1.000. Ho Is. supposing any guard
ians have a few thousands a year to
pay out to him nocordlng to discretion,
only entitled to claret ns a beverage,
for 1:1s yearly wine allowance only runs
to £00. which would not keep him In
champagne unless he drank It very sel
dom. The duke’s wine bill tuny run
to £150.
The viscount must have a carriage,
but It may bo attached for debt, and
he euuuot force his guardians to give
him a horse. Of course. If he has no
guardians, nor any Income, either, he
must do os other people and go with
out. but these thlugs are considered
necessary to peers. A manservant is
allowed to a viscount or baron, but
the house rent need not exceed £200,
nor can It be less than £130.
A doctor Is better off than a viscount
In one wny—his carriage cannot be
seized lit most cases, nor can tbe ex
penses of It be reckoned In his Income
tax returns. In selling up n doctor for
debt he may retain one horse, and two
of his carpets nre considered ns neces
saries to his business—In the hall and
consulting room-and reckoned at £20
apiece. He may have surgical instru
ments and medical appliances to the
value of £1.000, nud these cunuot be
seized.
An ordinary man can retain nothing
blit his clothes, his hairbrushes and a
few stern necessaries of that kind. No
wine Is allowed to a doctor, but tf a
student lu the bauds of trustees, he cun
demand n couple of servants and a
house rent of tdO per year.
Tbe son of a well to do merchant or
tradesman making ahout £1,000 a year
can demand ueitlier wlue nor horacs
nor servants, but the law may allow
hlin a rent of £50 aud another £150 or
£200 to keep himself on. supposing he
Is In the hands of guardians, whether
under or over age. As to debt, he can
bo sold up. bar his personal uecessnrles
and his clothes, though he Is not gen
erally allowed to keep more than six
suits of the latter.
If he has more a Judge might allow
them to be taken with the other chat
tels. nud he cun In* left without a chair
to sit on or a spoon to eat with. Jewel
ry, If he has any, can be taken; but tf
he has, say, two pairs of valuable
sleeve links he can keep only one of
them. In the same way he may keep
a dress suit, but If he lias two an order
may be nmde to sell up one of them.
A lawyer eon have 500 books on legal
subjects or In some way pertaining to
luw, and those have to la* left alone by
the brokers. There are extreme cases
In which everything, eveu necessaries,
may be takeu. but the lawyer may also
demand exemption even In such cases
for his wigs, or at least two of them,
and two gowus. As a student In the
hands of guardians he can make them
pay him £S0 u 'year for chambers, and
they must pay bis examination and
other fees.
A clergyman or minister of any kind
Is worst off of all and can keep very
little for himself. He can make bis
gunrdlnns come down with tbe fees his
profession needs, however, and if he
lives In the couutry as a curate and
has some trustees and also a guardian
he can make them supply him with a
gardener.
TLe lEt+rna) 'Man.
"So you’re going to marry the police
man, Bridget?"
“Yes, mum.”
“I suppose you’ll have the same
trouble with him I’ve bad with my
husbnnd.”
“Sbure, what's that, mum?"
“Oh, be won’t give up his club*’*—
Yonkers Statesman.
Betrnylniff Duokleif.
General Dubewme was a dfinin^wTsb*;
Cd French veteran, slain by the Prus
sians after the rout of WfKVrMa. He
was full of resource and hnd gftjnt sk!l)
and presence of uilnd. At Pehcnra;
when he Was lu great danger, a large
fortress In front nml n savage lifSur-
rr-ction In Ids rear, his own common
*onse saved him.
"Who commands at Pescara?" be
asked a soldier.
•'There me two,”.
“What Is tbe grade of the chief In
command?”
"A brigadier gencraL”
"His name?"
"De Pletva maggloro.”
"Ills title?” • j ,
"A marquis.” ’ '
"Ills age?”
“About ?0.”
“Is he well preserved ? Does he keep
his color?” .. .
"He Is thin and pallid.”
“Is his voice Strong and manly?”
"It Is weak and dull.”
"Is he lively, gay?”
"Neither the one nor the other.”
"What does he wear on his head?”
"He is powdered, and his hair Is done
In locks.”
“Kns he boots and spurs?’
"No; he wears silk stockings, shoes
and great, buckles.” • • ,
"Great buckles!" cried Duhesme.
“Bring up the guns and begin tiring!
The place Is mine!”
An kiccie For n Pardon.
When the stem Duke of Wellington
was prime minister undir George IV,
he mnuaged the old monarch .-easily
enough, but whoa he attempted £he
same tactics with the youug Queen
Victoria he met his match. ; She con
stantly outwitted hlin. One of-his
earliest official acts wns to bring be
fore her a court martial death sentence
which he expected hot to sign as a
mutter of course; A soldier was-to be
oxecuted for desertion, apd as tbe
death warrant was placed before the
queen by tbe duke she raised her eyes,
full of roars, to. his face, saying:
“Have you nothing to say 1 In behalf
of this poor man?"
"Nothing," said the duke, standing at
attention like one of his own private*;
"he has desertedifhree, limes.”
“Oh. your grace', think it gain," plead
ed the queen as If she were asking for
the life of her dearest frlpnd.
"Well, your majesty, be certainly Is
u bad soldier, but there was somebody
who spoke for his good character. He
may be a tolerably good fellow In civil
life.”
“Oh, thank you.” sniff the qlicen In
heartfelt tones, and before tbe aston-
i ished duke could utter p word of pro-
' test she had written across the paper
the word “Purdorted.”
The man who lives for himself alone
Is apt to be neglected by the world at
large.—Chicago News.
PenfrnbiilatlnH Goat Dairies.
There are a couple of European dai
ries In Athens whose proprietors keep
cows, but they do business mostly with
the foreigner* and with those Greeks
who ape foreign manners. Your genuine
Athenian believes the goat to bo the
proper milk producing animal, and he
regards the cow ip this connection
ahout the same as Americans do the
mnro. '' u'
Tbe milkman takes hlB animals wltb
him, jangling tbelr bells aud sneezing.
“Gain!" be shouts, with a quick, star
tling cry. wilh a “g” whose guttural
quality is unattainable by adult leqrn-
ers and usually unperceived by them.
When a customer comes to the door,
he strb.M the desired quantity Into the
proffered receptacle before her vigilant
eyes, selecting one of the goats' and,
paying no atlcution to the others, who
understand the business as wall as he
does. Patiently they stand about, chew
ing the eml or resting on contiguous
doorsteps.
When tbelr moster move* on, they
arise and follow, more faithful than
dogs.—Scribner's Magazine.
Hon- Do Von Prononnen "Doort"
How do you pronounce "dog?" The
chances are that. If you are an overage
Massachusetts cltlsen. you pronounce
the “o” rather broad, like “o" in song.
Tlie Century Dictionary, which Is a
very Indulgent dictionary Indeed, al
lows you to pronounce It so If you
wish, but uo other dictionary does.
You should renlly sound tbe “o" as In
not. Likewise how do you proDounce
“hog?" Even the Century won’t let
you say “hawg.” This reminds me
that a friend has written the following
beautiful but abstruse poem:
MV ROO AND MV DOG.
(A lesson to pronunriation.]
I omt owued a roving hog
Amt likowto- a tittle dog.
Whom I chained unto a log
To kepp him from a bog
Which vra* noar.
Thnt my faithful little dawg.
Doftpite the cl tain «nd lawg.
Would pursue that roving hawg
And get drowned in tbe bawg
W at my fear.
—Boston JournaL
Clever Bitkins.
“Bllklns’ wife found some poker
chips In bis pocket.”
“Yes?’
“Well, Bllklns told her they were
cough lozenges.”
“Clever of Bllklns, wasn't It?”
"Very—she swallowed two and very
nearly died.”—Ohio State JournaL
THE EXPERT’S THEc.lv
It Was Tain Inclusive and Weak-
Hltu as a Witness.
Cue otjtUe older members of tj, e
tlmore biff tells tbis uuecdote of
late Severn Truckle Wullls as liln-
iug the cleverness aud sarcasm of
Wallis: ' ‘ '
Mr. WnlWs was defending the %
* wealthy testator, and. Ji* theJaiv
say, when the rMiHte-dg-large a i at
"will wrestle with a will with a „
A prominent physician was enli^
testify for those contesting tlit-
Thu doctor becamp njstless under
le'n'gth'y ihid exhaustive Woks
Wpa. .94 ilfj. JVilills, fll)d..fi»ally he
lautly exelnJijKdi,-, , , -
“Oh. Mr. Wallis, I believe the
tor urns Insane?’
Mr. Wullls kept bis temper and
quietly; ’•Dot-tar, you itre the lirsi
son who bus ever intimated In or
cf court that tin* testator was | a;
WUy do you say he was Insane?”
"i believe,” thej doctor replied,
every man Is more or less insane
some one subject.”'
“Is It. your del.lb&rnte profe^-
opinion.” Mr. Wallis then asked,
pressed herg In court under oath, f
every nirfp Is more oy less Insane
some subject;’’ /
i”Ye*,” the doctor"replied: “1 win
here under oath that from my ivafl
knowledge and expeVlorjoe I |g£
that every man Is move or less in-
on some one subject."
Then Mr. Wallis .said In thnt
tone of snrcnSin foi- tyhlch.be wns
ed, “Doctor, Jins'll ever occurred to
that'yon nre Insane on the suhj«t
insanity?’
Immediately the doctor flivd np
exclaimed, "But, Mt. Wallis, I am
inr.nuy!”
Mr„ Wallis arose and said: “p-
,according to your' own s-yorn t!r
ybu hiftst be Insane on some subject,
pronounce you Insane on the subject
Insanity.” ‘ •
Court. Jury nml spectators Inn.,
aloud, and nothing luori* was snklais
the testator being ’ Inshi.e.—Eulda
Sun.
OLD DUTCH WE'RE CH0LE
They Called Each Other (, Saap;,.
JeH.'’inii-d'13-ven Worse.
What a contentious- crowd tbe
hnhitnuts of the village, then known
Breuckelcu. now part of Brookl
was!
Tlie parly records -are filled w
reports of Inquiries. Into the cause
rioting und dlsturlMiUces of the pc:
The early court records onnsisi iarr
of actions brought for Bduuiter and
snulL It Is ret-orde.d fliui a man
arrested for calling an official n "sn.
pertje.”' another was put In jn 11. ilia
i>d with, bin-lug called his ucigbl-or
•‘biek beeste” and still another
clapped Into Jail for having called
i-enalu official a k'hWddsUoki i "
of the old Dutch recolds make later:
tug reading.
And tile court nirml but Justice in
these cases with h regilrd for t-caiffl
sense ami n 'disregard' for slatr.ieB
that one cumuli help but admire,
'msinneb of 'curious'’’adjustnient
penalties may lie cited:
The village tavern keeper and i
tent.lous woijuin both appeared i)cf
the court, asking JdsHcc. I’liey
quarreled. The woman tfnil r.er-useill
innkeeper of wateringJits brandy,
he in tnrn had. applied an opprobrt
cplttieii to (lie woman.’ J The court o‘
hearing the evidence adjudged liotll
be guilty. With rare dlserlmiwi’
Hi'making the punishment tit tberrt
thp uinn wns titled it gnldeu and i
woman, who had impugned the quaf
of the brandy. Was tlnivl 20 gulden.
Wltb hundreds of times the pop
tlou today, the courts of Brooklyn
nol have one-tenth the slander or
sauit cases thnt they had some
years ago. nud. as for u riot, there
not been oue of uuy magnitude e
threatened in more thnu a score
years.—Brooklyn Eagle.
A Cose Lincoln Would Mot Telit-
All clients knew that, with
Abo” as tbelr lawyer, they would
their cose—If It wns fair; if not. that
was a waste of time to take It to M
After listening some time oue day i«
would be client’s statement, with
eyes on tbe celling, be swung sudJt”
round In bis chair and exclaimed:
"Well, you have a pretty good
In technical law, but a pretty had
In equity and Justice. You’ll hove
get some other fellow to win this
for you. 1 couldn't do It. All the ti
while standing talking to that jury,
be thinking, 'Lincoln, you’re a Uar,'
I believe I should forget myself
say it out loud.”—Success.
Too Commonplace,
Little Jack—Oh, mother, 1 dc k
cake! It's awful alee.
Mother (reprovingly!—You should
say you "love” cake—eaV “like,
not soy “awful”—say ’•very." D°
say “nice”—say “good.” And, by
way, tbe word "oh” should be omk>
Now, my dear, repeat the sentence
rectly.
Jack—l like cake. It's very I
Mot her—That’s better.
Jack (with an air of d!sgu fit i '
sounds as If I was only taik.ns
bread.—Loudon TB-Blts.