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Show THE LTJiNCH CAll GOES police onoEn Nomad nns- TAURANT3 TOlfMOVE ON. Al a rtaior of Mctit Ufa In llio tfellrrn Metropola The foil Ilia Inner? and Mail. l'riaaot Slgtit Htor or Cliance. a The story of the drcllno and fall of tho lunch wagon Is n story of city life and changes, says the Chicago News No one seems nblo to recall Just when the sandwich car first sprang Into existence ex-istence with Its array of good things looming up In tempting neatness nt the street corner Its whlte-aprniid proprietor, It bright lights and tiny cooking nppiratus, and, abate all, the Intltlng aroma that gradually grew to bo associated with the lunch car. Krom nn humble start It grew to be a recognised Institution, In soma cases outfits hate been built that represented represent-ed comparatltcly large Intestmcnts. Tho lunch car was primarily n crea-turo crea-turo of darkness During tho day It was concealed from sight, but when tho shades of night fell It was cato-fully cato-fully drawn by horses to tho spot whero It was destined to radlato good cheer. There, safely anchored, It did a land office business In plessant weather or foul, a haven ot retuga to tho hungry nnd weary nlghthiwk. Ujcry class and ctery grade became at once patrons of tho lunch car to n greater or less degree Tho rounder "dolug the tor.n In a fine equipage drew up alongsldo tu take , solid refreshment. re-freshment. The belated iwrton going home waiting for a ntgbt ar at a lonely corner forgot his dleromfort In munching at an egg sindwlch well primed with thin slices ot p'ckle, while good naturcd plrasuro seekers returning return-ing from the ball laughed Immoderately Immoderate-ly over llie fun derltcd from wrestling with Its hot, palate-tickling products What was sold at the lunch car was clean and pure Ihcieforo Its popularity. popular-ity. It as cooked beforo tho very eyes of the purchaser and was serreJ In a style thnt left no room for pttty distinctions sm h an are sometimes ex perlenced In n cafo or restaurant It mattered not to the msn In chargi whetner his pttron was nltlred In tht latest style or In tatters, whether tip sy or sober res pectablo or on outcast, tho renrkenWaa the aamo. to nil who thrust tho price through the little aperture where he presided over his gasoline fires And to the lunch Tan became popular with all that Is, all except restaurant proprietors Tho latter saw hundreds and thousands ot persons being fed whoie patronage might othcrwlso bo theirs, Bomo ent Intojhe business thcmseltcs, others protested Tjiose who cboie (he latter course maintained that they had a right to be heard ugalnst men who paid no rent, but rather usurped the people's rights to the streets and who took business from established restaurant res-taurant keepers whoso places In mtny Instances had formed landmarks for jears, The restaurant keepers were joined by saloonkeepers with lunch counter attachments to their bars Other Imslnets men with grievances ot other failctlrs wero enlisted to rn'se their voire agilnst the sandwich car Thero wero too many In the opposition to bo Ignored, nnd ono day an ordtr rnme forth from vollce bcadnuartcts to make the lunch fenders "move on." II brought forth a storm ot counter pretest, but the opposition had won tho day The lunch-cnr owners were vlrdttlng the law ctery time they tt-tic tt-tic J down upon n comer and they found their day had come Homo so-cured so-cured sites Inside tho building line, dismantled their cars from their wheels and settled down as permanent business men Instead of nomads Others put their outfits In storage and quit tho business, while somo few possessing pos-sessing political pull continued to ad-hero ad-hero to the old linn by changing tho base ot operations from time to time. Hut tho lunch car as a thriving Institution Insti-tution has ceased to exist on Its old lines and the nocturnal hours havo lost one of their most picturesque features, |