| Show A RESTAURANT COMPANY Establishment at Which the Paris 1ublic is Fed The thirtyodd Duvtil restaurants are among the institutions of Paris that attract at-tract the attention of all strangers Started Start-ed in the winter of 1857 these establishments establish-ments are not only useful but they come within the reach of the poorest man The founder was a butcher named Duval and his enterprise was so successful that after his death a joint stock company was formed to carry it on The capital 4750 000 francs is divided into 9200 shares of 500 francs each and so profitable has the concern been that the dividends which were even below thirtyfive francs have in 1881 been uniformly 120 share the market mar-ket value of which is now 1890 francs These restaurants are all organized on exactly the same plan the service and regulations are uniform and the bills of fare cooking quality of food and the prices are the same whether the location be on the Boulevard de la Madelaine or out at Batignolles The company which already owns the dairy farms truck gar dens and bakeries which supply its restaurants res-taurants with milk butter vegetables and bread has recently purchased two large vineyards near Bordeaux with a to ordinary wines view to assuring pure their customers While everything is excellent in quality and the cooking good the prices at these restaurants exceed and ingly low For a tenderloin steak fried potatoes the charge is twenty cents and except in the case of game or spring chickens this is aboutthe most expensive item on the bill of fare but everything down to the napkin which costs a cent is charged for A portion of bread is for call cents but may tariffed at two you half a portion or if you like dispense with it altogether The wine list varies according to quantity and quality a car afon which holds just a small tumbler ful of vin ordinaire being the smallest quantity served and that at the rate of four cents while a halfpint bottle costs six cents While a hungry man can get meal at one of these bouilhons a for square less than fifty cents and they are all scrupulously clean and respectable the principal objection to patronizing them is that they are pretty sure to be filled with entire crowd and there is a promiscuous around much hurrying and rushing ly too who on the part of the whitecapped girls wait on you |
