Show rann n dom OM reeds an fn by HOWARD L RANN TABLE DINNER rr HE table dhoke dinner Is a suc JL method of saying saving money at the expense of the appetite the regulation table dhoke dinner consists of 0 three courses with one guess the patron Is allowed to look at a long serpentine bill of fare which seems to present untold possibilities for 50 cents but after reading it all tho the way through and deciding to order everything in sight he be stumbles onto a few lines of brusque fine print which eliminates everything but the roast beef and iced tea this explains why so many patrons rise up from a table chote dinner wearing a wan van and crestfallen look the table chote dinner was invented for the benefit of people who are never hungry when it Is their turn 1 D ant ae E cauin WELL 9 0 N tw 1 OE futris to grue so auar kr fim i NUTS I 1 A long bill of fare which seems to present untold possibilities for 60 cents to buy it Is favored by hotels and restaurants because it has been demonstrated that almost everybody chooses the wrong meat or vegetables and Is stricken with a total paralysis of the appetite it Is estimated that the american hotel makes more money off the table chote victim than it does off the six by nine sample room with a north pole temperature the main idea back of the table chote dinner however Is to drive the patrons into the open jaws of the a la in carte service this Is a merciless system by which two strips of bacon and a plate of buttered toast are made to cost more than a weeks board at the home of an esteemed relative it requires more fortitude to sit down and look into the threatening countenance of an a la carte menu without quailing qu ailing than it does to wear the legless union suit all winter the table chote dinner Is don doubtless bt all right for city folk but out in the country where people know knonz how bow to live it will never be adopted as a substitute tor for food copyright |