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Show ' ENJOY 'tiEINQ CHEATEDi Kw York Snnlrt Who Ilell(-tit In I I.I 11 I Trenn'iiiloinly0errli'Jriieil. Vhen n sonsthlo yoting'innn v )m w ' given n dinner to Ihroo of hli fr ml , i-i a privnto i-ooni of 11 fashlonnblo ii-.,i;ui- I rant received n, lilll for lls- r -, ,t ninountlng to n hundred doll.iri he paid It, says the Now Yoilt Nun, with tho remark that hn did not lndn'ig U that order of young studm tlm I . 'ij-v. d being cheated, nnd should tal' j-" l enro to go elwwhcro Xnrlits hainpii-l I in the future. HoiiklnTof the in.ittei to sonio frlcmti luter, tlio young man said. Although that restaurant li Mr-1 class In Us equipment nnd nerve'i it-patrons it-patrons in the most jierfi-ct style, yet It is not for that reason it hi fanirlti-with fanirlti-with the very swell young men of Uptown. Up-town. Oidley and his friends haunt tho place because thoy are cliar"v.l enormous prices there for wh-U they nre served. Thcro Is nctuall'. t It ,1 element of ilchnnd vulgar mjn m , w Yoikof the Cadley stump, and if ilv v nro not allowed to pay absipilly hi li prices for things they imagine they 1 i. getting seeond-elasH goods. You" ill hoar n young dude boast of hor. h pays ono dollar n place for In 1 1, m and two dollars for it hit ot du k Hoi It is in thoao prlvntu dlnui-i th.it I ho swell snob revels, lie goes u,il .-,,. unorder for a dinner for Ip-ii, I. nr eight people, us tlio ease nyi.v ! rcrvesenrelossly to tho manap-i t'i 1 of eouisc ho is to have enrtu bluiu I. 1.1 getting up the tepast In liuiidnmne 1 trie and thinks no more nbout It, '1 he dinner din-ner is delicious, yon m-iy lie sure, i.ril nil the guest nre dcll.-htej). Now, If tho restnurant keeper were lo hiind 111 an anywhere near reasonable bill tin-snob tin-snob would rather doubt the quality of that dinner, so It U neceear to I'harpv him throe or four times, what it ss really worth. He is oll'eni.ivcly ileh, und he p.iys tho cxcesslvo bill witli a great deal of pride. Ho has disponed of two hundro'd or thrco hundred dollais In ono meal, nnd that is dils idea of splendid living. These arc tho men that fix tho prices nt tho ultra-fashion-able lestaurauts. nud, if n chap comes along who isn't mado of money but might afford to bo just a Httlo b.t chcatcU, ho Is barred from doing the elegant in u modost wny btcause Untie nro any number of Buobs ready to en gage tho rooms nt n much higher ralo of robber' '' |