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Show "beef - and" ' without delicately passing the toothpicks at the conclusion of th meal. , ,-. ;-.. - . . ,t "Do toothpicks cost muckr said th manager of a great lunchroom system. "Well, you know they ar very cheap, but you ougit to see th number w hav to buy. i ( ' . - ' ' "I'll bet that a ton of lumber Is taken out of our restaurant every ix months In th form of toothpicks. X hav stood by a cashier's desk and seen man after man grab anywhere from a dossa to fifty as he walked out. v "What do they do with them? I am satisfied that on th east side there ar many persons who eat at our restaurants restau-rants who sav th expense of kindlings by taking our toothpicks. - "Most of our customers are not stylish and they do what they want to, whether It la regarded as ill-mannered or not. We will not let men without coats eat in pur places, because there Is always objections to it. Personally, I think a man who conducts himself properly at th table Is less offensive with his coat off than is on wearing a coat who la jabbing a toothpick Into Us mouth In the presence of other patrons. "But w are her to feed th people, and not to teach them manners." New York Herald. ; . - - , '. TOOTHPICKS A NECESSARY EVU " ' : ," " " ' - " " T aWIiirepers Deplor th Fact ; That ta Xiuy Patrons Want Taem. To obuUa positive and eomplet information infor-mation from tocredlted source upon the Question t Mw the patrons of restaurants restau-rants of every clas In New York regard th toothpick.'ji canvass was mad of th principal nw avery grade, from Sherry's to th Bowery quick iunch-room.-- 4 , . ..v... ..,....1,- If you art r ja Sherry's, , Del-monico'a Del-monico'a th Wsjitorf-Astoria, th Cat e Martin, th Houtrd. house. Rector or Shanley, and ysj f eel th need of a toothpick, you tmat order it. Then the waiter soea otn,lKr aBd gets some sharpened um you. -, - --. ' " That aslng toothtck in th praseno of others is very u brm was th poat-tiv poat-tiv dictum of the au.gers of all thes restauranta. They m& that such conduct con-duct by any of their nitrons was practically prac-tically unheard of. f . -We have toothptcj,- course," said ,n. "but ther 1 r , call-! month for them. Th, 0f persons who dtna her knew ut it Is unspeakably unspeak-ably offensive to ut wothnick In the presence of others, Pi.iari T .t table. . "We hav toothplcki . - on th caahlerw desk, and ct.uen take on a they leav the cttogoom. Of course, they do not staj CB tht tep and as them. " a . At the otter wMaura named tha managers had hHting things to add to the general t nent. one, at a famous hoteV &ii ne na4 many times observed m ron take a toothpick on leaving the Jiuing-room, bite it in twain and u-vJtentAtlouIjy chew half of it. . ; -It seems ,t becaus they feel tie imwker-sni mtXhiag between th teeth tat . a excite th secretion of Ba and x ttm dl. gestlon, a doctor toldlns." L,tlW.. . "In a coocacixtaa Place wthla I hav been annoyed to e r ticking their teeth at th table Ju., "fJi" trembled to se Pttera p t Vkalvea to their mouths. But w cat : aUct axamlnatlons In.tabl teax; rr, wTaWtpersoMtoourai So in Fifth avenu tha or. of th toothpick may ' i " ne guglbl ou&ntlty. Not so , avenue, th Twenties, Park ro , tho tcplekto : It Is regarded aa extreme T th ' to treat your "lady friend to p(j wss |