Show r 4 H t 4 f f f ft t s H H 4 4 4 t f 4 I I 4 I 44 CURIOUS ORDERS WOMEN GIVE I I 1 WHEN WREN LUNCHING WITHOUT MEN I I t I I I I I t t t t- t Be He was was was' eating a sirloin steak and baked potatoes in a restaurant He was wa also talking a g great eat d deal al seemingly as much to amuse himself as to instruct instructor or entertain others in the restaurant I If there there there-is Is' Is one ne thing I like to see sec he said i ta is these country women who co cOrn come h into t the the e city for a a. days day's shopping and drop In into o the quick lunch places and smaller restaurants for their dinners dinner During the hol holidays days the city was full of of th them in and now during bargain time Ume we wesee see almost almot as many as then Ti order those The orders order those women women give are marvels The They choose anything and everything e without mt the slightest regard to which dishes go well together Th Their one requirement seems elI s t to be that they get dainties unknown in their home fare tare The They spend i as much time on the selection or these conglomerations I as did ever the most us diner at the Bellevue often reading the menus from start to finish sever several f times over ver It n does one good to see now lon the they enjoy the most awful mixtures o of salads 0 entrees and desserts It It is seldom they partake of a single substantial dish Now look at that woman sitting aTone alone at the table to the left She Is an example exam exam- pie of what I mean S The woman indicated was a robust who person had piled plied the chairs on each side of her high with bundles and valises She was surveying with immense satisfaction an array of dishes which the maid alaid was arranging before her all to together to- to gether T They ey contained Fried ried scallops a charlotte russe lobster salad orange orange orane short cake a slice slice of chocolate layer cake and coffee that delightful asked ii the man mall Whar th 1 several together they are sure to hiv have a good good tj time eIf If a man man n nF F accompanies c I them they have haye I to be more moie common I think the saddest thing Ive I've seen in a long time was during the holidays just passed It happened In the restaurant of one of our large department stores A farmer and his wife came came to the table at which I sat He was a typical time old-time man of the soil with chin wh whiskers and thin set lips He ruled his home His wife was one of f those patient working hard-working women whose face showed care and little relaxation Evidently the trip to town was her one dissipation dis dis- dis- dis of the year She Shet t took ok the menu in her hands an and leaned across the table as she read the list of Of good things to the man Her manner was earnest and Int sat with interested rested ested He clasped hands resting on the table his face immovable until she had finished the last item Then he glanced up at the waitress s I Two glasses of milk and two ham barn sandwiches he said I hope nope that I may never see a a amore more pitiful reproachful look than that which the the poor poor woman f fed d ham on and milk I suppose from one years year's end to another besto bestowed ed on the unseeing face before her Positively it made blue for the me rest of the day |