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Show CAFETERIA NOW EiyjJYS FAVOR CHICAGO; peb; O. The desire on the part of the average patron of the I public eating house to BOVs time and money in procuring his meals. l assigned as-signed by C. A. AYestberg. manager of a rhaln of t'blcago cafeterias, as tho reason for the rtee of the cafeteria during recent years to a prominent place In public favor. "I'eopl" nlso like to see what kind of food th' v ar getting before they Ordqr it." he scys, asserting that the advantage of inspecting the various dishes offered Is a possible third factor fac-tor In he growth of the "self-service" plan. Mi. Westherg saj 8 that whereas five and sl years ago people hesitated to patronise a flrstfiooY cafeteria for fer of bing 1 gnlsed 1 friends, and. that establishment o( su.-h a place ia then a pr.-i .1 . lou step on that ac- count, now the "help yourself idea LB at the height ,,r lis popularity In I the five self-service eating houses In Chicago managed bj .Mr. Webster, H.-...111 H.-...111 meals ar served dally, he estimates. esti-mates. Ho fixes the average amount of a check at -IB cents. Few persons attempt to evade payment pay-ment e.f thir bills, and these are usunllv boys 01 from IT to 10 years of age. and occasionally women. Such attempts of;.-n are succes.sful during the bUSy hours. Mlhur patrons, while willingly paving fur their meals carry' away with Ih. tu souvenir! in the form of cafeteria equipment, such as spoems and napkins A BUPPly of one hundred hun-dred dozen small Herman silver butter but-ter plates put Into service at one c.ife-t'-ria a -ar ago has been depleted through onslaughts of "souvenir hunters" hunt-ers" and now practically none remain in possession Of the house. "These butter plates made very acceptable ac-ceptable ash traya." remarked Mr. Westherg in accounting for their disappearance. dis-appearance. Napkins are often taken away by customers through oversight and many of them returned Tho management, Mr. Weatberg states, receives In the mail every week napkins from various parts of the middle west, apparently taken away unintentionally by 'hica-g.. 'hica-g.. visitors. The manager sees hope for further declines In the cost of meals but declare- such 1 eductions must be preceded pre-ceded hy wage reductions He says the cost f labor haa Increased more than ion per cent In the past four years- A decided preference for table lln-' lln-' 11 rather than bare tables has bee-n . pr sse,j bv p. (irons, he says. |