| Show table Ite dinner dinners the tabled table chote hot eor or a meal at a fixed price is spreading among the new york hotels there Is no room set apart for such mea meals Is necessarily a dinner in courses being served in tile restaurant or cafe if it desired this la is a considerable modification of tho the former american and english customs why it was ever considered necessary to have a separate dining room and differently drimped tables for those who paid a fixed price is not exactly clear it Is quite aa as clear however as the refusal to serve a course dinner at itt all now a man may enter a restaurant at some of our best beat hotels and looking over the menu elect which he lie will take a course dinner at a fixed price or a dinner a la carte he ile may have a companion and one may have hav e it one way and the other another way w ay this would seem to be a higher stage of civilization new york herald |