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Show SHOE-BOX LUNCHES It wns not long ago thnt the plcttlc uneh was qulto unfnshlonnblc. How-over, How-over, popular among tho common, pcoplo, pco-plo, society considered It undignified. If you ate out of n pastebeard box. Instead of going to tho best hotel In sight, it was felt you wcro meanly trying to economize. That point of vlow seems to havo gono by. The automobile has brought In tho habit of roadsltlo luncheons. Hvcn President Wilson nnd his brido elect w-ere reported n few days ago on tho rcadshio of tho Haltlmoro highway high-way eating out of a basket. Lunchrng out of a box on the train was onco considered particularly' bad (orm. Cen If, wearied by tho fatigues fa-tigues of travel, you wished merfcly for n sandwich and a banana, you wcro supposed to pay $1 for a full courso fcal In tho glided dining car. Then you had to tip the wnlter a quarter for services you did not wanL Todny all tho railroads recognlzo the veguo of tho box luncheon habit, and have" attractive handouts neatly put up for this purpose. It docs holp a lot to rcduco tho cost or travelling. travel-ling. Feeding a family, on tho move,' at tho high rates of transient nnd dining din-ing enr service, seems to cost nearly ns much as tho mileage The use of tho thrifty luncheon box goes fnr to mnko many ncatlon trips possible As for tho wnysldo lunch or tho motor party, it has something of tho charm of gypsy life. In tho lnvlgor-ntlng lnvlgor-ntlng open nlr it tastes better than tho hotel dinner, nnd with tho good appetite gained out doors, it Is quite as sustaining. Tills is one of tho many1 respects In which human llfo lends to become 'c-b conventional People aro tired or doing things merely to keep up nppearances, or to conform to tho habits and purses of othors. Tho plcnlo luncheon may look cluttory, but It Is practical, nnd in keeping with tho outing splrlt. If It is good enough for tho President, it Is good enough for tho rest of us.' |
